I think I'm suffering from a mild depression. I keep thinking if I make it to goal...it's still not over...this is a way of life. The diet and the excercise must continue...I still have a long way to goal but, I am already stressing about maintenance.

And I am currently losing 2lbs per week...and I'm constantly worried about how long is that going to last...and god forbid if I stall I'll probably need to be hospitalized. I have become spoiled with 2 lb loss per week. Last week I experience getting on the scale and it showed a 4 lbs gain and the next day I was down the 4 lbs plus an additional 2 down. But that sent me into a tail spend. I started thinking about giving up.

My goal was to excercise 5 days per week and most of the time I do 6-7 times per week because I feel guilty.

But, I need to think positive...So much craziness going on in my life right now...I'm sure this will feeling will go away...I just have the blues...

If you are obsessing about the scale then don't get on it. You have been doing great, your fitness meter thingy shows that, so for a while, measure your progress on the calendar. Mark off each day that you work out with a a red star. Mark off each day that you eat right with a blue star. On the days you do both - workout and eat right - give yourself a gold star. If that doesn't work for you then find some other way to measure your success other than with the scale. You have gone too far to get depressed over success.

Tiki.

I second that. Also, instead of making your goal "get to the gym 5 days a week", try making some little measurable goals. Like to increase my distance on the cross trainer by 1/2 mile. To increase my weights by 5 lb on exercise a b and c. That kinda thing.

That way when the scales don't relect what you're doing (I've gone from a 2lb loss per week to pertty much nothing) you'll still have achievements on paper.

I've found the best antidote to "oh my goodness can I really maintain this forever" is to visit the maintainers forum. They're really friendly and don't mind SFC's (still fat chicks) coming in and asking questions.

It's really hard, the head games that go with weight loss. I think us regular exercises are ahead of the game in some ways, we are more in touch with our bodies, and we are already doing what's going to see us through life long maintenance.

Every day I receive "Page-A-Day Calendar E-Mail Edition" here is what it said this morning:

Hope this helps , have a GOOD day .....

In addiction programs, the key is ONE DAY AT A TIME. We cannot worry about tomorrow. Today is sufficient to worry about. Let's get through right now, this day, and let tomorrow and next week and next month take care of themselves. If you can habituate your mind to remember this - One Day at a Time -, you will find it so liberating.

Dinah,

This is so true!! And if you cannot make it one-day-at-a-time, there is always these-5-minutes-at-a-time. You only have to survive the present 5 minutes without letting go. And that usually is very doable.

Have a great day,
rabbit