Wow - week 6 already.
Weighed in Saturday morning for a one pound gain
. However, I'm not really that discouraged cause I'm looking at it as a normal weight fluctuation.
Why maintain? For me, the reasons for keeping weight off are the same ones I had for wanting to lose the excess in the first place.
1. To feel better.
2. For health reasons - not having any problems right now and I want to stay that way well into old age.
3. To look better in clothes!
4. To look better out of clothes
5. To make running easier - it's hard to run with 25 extra pounds.
6. To be less self-conscious.
7. To make hiking easier (see #5)
8. To get "lose weight" off of my life's to-do list.
9. To have one wardrobe - in one size - instead of two or three.
10. To eliminate one of the reasons for not participating more fully in life.
There are so many benefits to being at or near goal weight, and so few to being overweight. I can't even say that there is anything that I don't eat anymore - it's just that I perhaps don't eat it in the same quantities or at the same frequency.
Who else wants to have a go?