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Post by katelight on Jun 27, 2006 6:26:01 GMT -5
Thanks for the boost. You are right we do need to have that reality check once in a while of looking back to where we've come from. It's great to see progress. Sometimes in the non-scale variety and sometimes on the scale. Katie
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Post by xenagoddess on Jun 27, 2006 18:49:41 GMT -5
Sometimes it just feels so hard.... Reading over the old posts (especially my journal) is always a good reminder of this journey. It is so good to have you all here.
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Post by katelight on Jul 7, 2006 6:37:56 GMT -5
I thought I would check in here since my goal for this month is to maintain. I am up .8 this week... well within the maintainance range. I had a terrible time with cravings last week and gave in a few times. This week I will work on resisting more. HIHO Katie
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Post by girliepurple on Jul 7, 2006 8:56:21 GMT -5
I'm here too! I am up 1 lb. but still a few ounces down from my goal ... but I would like to have 2 lbs. leeway (down!) !! I am working on that this week.
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Post by girliepurple on Aug 15, 2006 9:05:38 GMT -5
HEY MAINTAINERS!!!Where's Coco - Cynthia - Kate - hey JANE! - who did I miss?? Where are ya guys?? Help me - this is the same as losing, I mean the same mindset and the same frustrations and hard work....oh yeah, this is for life!... ... I can do this!!!! How are you all doing? I know we speak on the Labor of Love but I thought I would try to get this thread going again....
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Post by xenagoddess on Aug 15, 2006 9:40:22 GMT -5
I am here and struggling. I have been taking a brake from the boards lately but I think I will hope back on the bandwagon for a while. It has been hard for me to maintain at goal. I have been maintaining above goal (10 lbs) for quite a while though.
It is hard. I won't lie. If it were easy the diet industry would go bankrupt. It takes vigilence. Everytime I get on the scale (especially when I know I am up), I am giving myself a reality check about my weight. It is so important that I do that regularly. The exercise is also really important in terms of keeping speed of weight gain from going through the roof.
It sounds like you are doing well Cathy! Congratulations. I am really proud of you!
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Post by girliepurple on Aug 15, 2006 11:13:31 GMT -5
Cynthia - seriously - YOU are one of my original inspirations, I will never give up on you!!! Take a break when you want but keep reading and come back to us. Once again I have been reading previous posts here, on people's journals, etc. and it is really eye-opening to see WHERE we were -- whether closer to goal or farther away -- and we CAN get back to where we want to be again!!! I don't feel like I'm doing well. Like I said same frustrations, I know I gained on vacation and tomorrow's unofficial WI will tell all, I have the same feeling of "oh no a gain" like I had when I was losing...maintaining is the same!! Maybe if I keep on typing that it might get in my thick skull eventually that my weight loss struggle will maybe never go away but that's the point, I can't stop what I'm doing and go back to old habits thinking it will be easier...I don't want to gain any more! You know how weight "catches up to you" so even though I'm back on track now I know the gain will make me sad, my clothes still fit but are a little tighter... but I WILL get back down again... Yeah vigilance, I think I'll make myself another sticky note with that on it...right now my sticky note says "Eat for survival, not fun"! Did I listen on vacation?...part of the time...which is more than I did last year or years before... AND...at least.....I'm HERE, X amount of lbs. from goal (who knows #)...rather than 15, 20 lbs. away or back at my starting point! Trying to be a little positive here....as I ramble...HIHO!!!
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Post by xenagoddess on Aug 15, 2006 16:34:56 GMT -5
Thanks Girlie! I am glad I am inspiring someone. I kind of have an off/on switch around food and sugar. It is all or nothing for me. I can have all or have nothing (that's not core). Maintenance isn't about the end of core at all. It is just another form of core which we all have to sort out for ourselves. But frankly when I am in my ALL mode is everything goes.
Weigh in's are relative. I remember when I gained 3 lbs after making goal it was a huge defeat. But now I would be happy to be back there!!!!
I think the weight range is a good way to go. I would like to have a weight range of 162-165. With my drop dead never go over weight being 165ish. Ironically, I had a great plan for how I was going to do that but it all went out the window when I started back with the sugar and just enjoying all that awesome food out there.
Right now my drop dead weight is 173. That seems to be the number on the scale where I go ugh...stop....quick do something. I don't know why. Maybe because that is the point where my jeans get really uncomfortable.
Rambling...rambling... I hope you can follow my looping line of thinking. Keep writing. This is cathartic for me as well.
Peace, Cynthia
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Post by katelight on Aug 16, 2006 6:44:33 GMT -5
Cathy and Xena thanks for posting your frustrations here. I've been struggling too. I have a 4lb fluctuation. When I've hit that I get mad and when I have a good mad on I kick it back into gear. But that's not to say it's easy. Very frustrating to constantly be fluctuating. I have a question... Have you actually gone through the WW recomendation to add 7 pts for a week and see where that takes you then add 7 more if you are still losing, or have you just kind of played it by ear and see where that goes? I'm deffinately the play it by ear and am finding out that just doesn't work very well girl. I think that when I get back to where I want to be (about 2.5 lbs) that I will actually follow the maintanence plan and work out a schedule and see where that takes me. I realize that I need a plan. When I was losing I had a plan that was very clear cut. Eat Core and only use 35wpa a week. Now I seem to be very loose with wpa and figure that I can only kind of sort of pay attention and all that really does is make me CRAZY. I'm stressing about what I eat and weigh a whole lot more now then I did before. We will get this figured out. We are doing really well at this point, we just need to fine tune a bit. Take care dear WWsisters Katie
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Post by girliepurple on Aug 16, 2006 8:01:42 GMT -5
This is a good thread, I need it right now ... I too want to have a weight range. According to WW the top of my range for my height/age is 147...I never thought I'd get there. But once I hit 145, 144...I could see myself going up and down 2 lbs. for a long while, my leader saw it too and said you're body's done. So we made my goal 145 and I have been as low as 142+ ... but I think 145 is reasonable for me because I never want to be over 147 again so that will be my "uh-oh" weight...when I get near that...which I probably am right now...then it's time to get back on track. The thing with me is, I know this is for life and I want to do it, but I also don't want to deprive myself or give up any food or drink. That would be too restrictive to my mind, and I would rebel. I want to learn how to have the "poor choice" stuff once in a while, but resist it most of the time. I think, if I concentrate, I can maintain 143-145 for the rest of my life and like it, in fact love it. I just have to get the maintaining thing down. That said...add 7 points? Are you kidding, I was terrified of that - anyway I'm not a good Core-er girl or WW follower for that matter...I only count points in my head and that's not good. Don't know how I got here doing that but I did. I've been playing it by ear for some time now, my basic plan has been eat mostly Core, eat some non-Core, get in 8 GHG almost every day...+ exercise 6x week and drink tons of water to compensate for non-Core foods! Sounds great Kate, I should fine tune and make a REAL plan...I made so many changes to get here and now I've stopped changing/adjusting my life....perhaps I need to write a plan down, or at least take out my points tracker and figure out those points for non-Core foods! Hello!
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Post by mbintexas on Aug 16, 2006 10:37:12 GMT -5
Girliepurple........I am no where near maintenance (but well on my way). I totally agree with you about not depriving yourself - that is what I am doing along the way too.
I have already decided that ff cheese is just NOT for me - reduced fat yes - ff NO!!!
You are doing so great and I know you have made this a lifetime commitment!
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Post by girliepurple on Aug 16, 2006 11:24:56 GMT -5
Michelle - happy belated birthday!!! I read in your journal, you had fun and did Core, that's great. You shared a margarita with your DH?? -- good for you! I would have had 3 of my own, LOL ;D
The only ff thing I eat is plain yogurt...I eat soy cheese, and regular cheese, and low fat cheese...soy milk... low fat mayo only, the ff is gross to me...etc. etc....the choices we have to make, and the changes we make in order to have these choices...
You are well on your way to goal, maintenance and lifetime - you can do it!!
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Post by xenagoddess on Aug 16, 2006 13:29:07 GMT -5
I stole this from the WW Community link: I thought it had some very solid ideas. "Why do you think you'll have a hard time maintaining? I actually find it much easier than losing -- you can eat more. All maintenance is, is the plan with more food. You need to watch your portions, like you did while losing, monitor your weight, and take care of very small gains before they become large ones. That's the overview -- the details are up to you. But here is what I suggest: 1. Treat reaching goal as the first milepost in a lifelong journey. You are by no means finishing; you're just beginning. 2. Add back points like WW tells you to, and be PATIENT. You will gain a little, but if you stick with it, you should stabilize, see-saw, perhaps lose some, and find a good points level for yourself. 3. Realize that we don't stay the same weight. We CAN'T. Our bodies go through shifts in fluid retention, varying amounts of waste in the gut . . . I weigh every day, and I go up and down w/in about a 4 lb range. It's totally normal. 4. Set yourself a weight "range" once you get to goal: mine, for example, is 130 - 134. Weigh anywhere in that range, you are FINE. Go above the top weight for more than a day or two -- I call this the "red line" weight -- and you cut your food back a bit until you're under red-line again. Looked at this way -- as a balancing act -- it's really not bad at all. It becomes very routine. The biggest part, I think, is the total acceptance of the fact that you can't go back to your old ways -- and that you do have to monitor your food and weight the rest of your life, one way or another. You can do this -- the only thing in the way right now is a mental block, and preconceived fears. :-) They're nothing: just paper tigers. " . . . . . . . . . . **Deb** RRainbow Thoughtful essays on weight loss and maintenance. www.dropthefork.net Bike diary: www.carbonfork.net OP 1/7/02~~GOAL 4/10/04~~LIFETIME 5/22/04
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Post by girliepurple on Aug 16, 2006 15:15:15 GMT -5
WONDERFUL!! Thanks Cynthia! I'm printing it!
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Post by mbintexas on Aug 16, 2006 16:45:22 GMT -5
Cathy - Oh believe me - I would have "normally" had 3 maragaritas too - yum!
Thanks for the encouraging words - I really appreciate it!
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