Great thread JacobsMommy, and everyone that responded.
I agree living for today is good, and also with the knowledge of where I want to go.
I kind of relate this to a driving lesson I had once.... When the teacher was with me driving, he would say be sure you keep your eyes as far in the distance as you can, because you will then see everything from here to there. Other wise if we keep our eyes just over the hood, we will continute to adjust to the curves and turns.. every time you come to one.
So I relate this to other things, knowing where I want to go, helps me better to get there. and like JacobsMommy had said, I want to think now in terms of maintenance ... not to be afraid of it, but to begin to develope habits now that will last for life. I remember before what was important is getting there, I didnt think anything about what I would do when there. Now I plan to spend time learning maintanence too
And in thinking that way, it helps me make healthy choices today, because if its dont something I can do for life ... why start?
I like the ideas yall had, like how to work maintanence for a year.. and all.
I have actually be thinking of something like this, other than getting to goal, I also had about 6 times I lost 40-50 pounds to turn around and gain it back.
Here I think is the problem, for some reason, I hit a 3-5 month bump. I go to another forum board and 3-4 of my friends have stopped going... and they all started about 4-5 months ago... So I am wondering what to do when I hit this bump again, I can almost see it coming, I am almost 3 months into this...
DO you see that? Do you have any Ideas.... HELP!!
I think its harder because when we have so far to go, we are bound to hit these times... and need to somehow learn how to ride them out and continue...
Well I enjoyed reading yalls Ideas!!
Love Ya Kathlean