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Originally Posted by flatiron
OK I think it is sinking in now! LOL!
Hmmmm one thing you all have made me think now and that is the battle is not over after you lose the desired weight you want. It's gonna still take some effort to maintain. Maybe not as much as losing but still effort.
Good. Think about maintaining right now. Right NOW. This process isn't over when we reach goal. You'll find that most of us maintainers, if not all, do the same exact thing to
maintain our loss as we did to lose the weight, the careful monitoring and tracking of calories, the "clean" eating, planning ahead, frequent exercise, frequent scale watching, etc. Some of us up our calories by a few hundred a day, others, like myself, keep their calories the same and adds in a splurge meal every now and then. You will have to discover what works best for you.
Remember, this is no "diet" that you're on. No going back to the old ways. The minute that you go back to those old ways, the minute, maybe sooner, that you gain back the weight. There is no way around that.
The good thing though is, you'll be so satisfied and delighted with your new body and LIFE that you will be more then happy to continue on with this lifestyle. You will have good habits in place and "know" just what to do to keep you there.