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Goal: Maintaining Weight

For those using MyFitnessPal to maintain their current weight.

I've maintained for a year!!!
First time ever! I've been on a yo-yo cycle over the years, losing down to 135-140lbs (my happy weight), gaining to 160lbs (the point where I get fed up), losing again... I've never maintained for thi…
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Started by pinkteapot3
Most recent by tryingtostayslim321
Apr 12, 2016
Goal: Maintaining Weight
Progress photos week 3 reverse diet
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Started by liz13444
Most recent by kdiamond
Apr 12, 2016
Goal: Maintaining Weight
Weigth lose
I just need sum one to take and to motivate me to do better and just have somebody to talk to during this process of losing weight
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Started by amydukes754
Most recent by simontossrwanda
Apr 12, 2016
Goal: Maintaining Weight
My anxiety is decreasing my appetite..help please
I just recently broke up with my boyfriend and I'm feeling pretty crappy. But my main concern is maintaining my health and I'm afraid of under eating.. Is there anything that helps you guys to eat?
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Started by cguerra2013
Most recent by hekla90
Apr 12, 2016
Goal: Maintaining Weight
How did you choose final weight?
I have a goal of 180 pounds but i am thinking about losing to 175 so that I will have a 5 pound difference to work with. If i lose to my goal of 180 I would be over goal with any gain i have. Have any…
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54 comments
Started by hotasfire36
Most recent by JanetMMcC
Apr 12, 2016
Goal: Maintaining Weight
Maintaining weight on a cruise
Hello everyone! I'm going on a cruise in 4 days and I was wondering if anybody has been faced with this and knows what to do. I'm 18 years old 138 pounds and 5'7. Though I'd like to be 130, all I can …
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7 comments
Started by Emmamarceau7
Most recent by k8mcminn
Apr 11, 2016
Goal: Maintaining Weight
doubting myself so much right nd ow
I've always trusted myself and listened to my body whilst losing the weight but now I'm struggling to maintain. My mind just isn't keeping in sync with my body. Been trying for a few months and someti…
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8 comments
Started by tamaraworrall
Most recent by tamaraworrall
Apr 11, 2016
Goal: Maintaining Weight
how often do you eat junk food?
I gained 15 lbs over the winter and went off junk food and lost 10 but I really miss it. Thinking about allowing myself to have some pie,cake,sundae, etc once every 2 wks. What works for you, I don't …
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105 comments
Started by brenn24179
Most recent by skittlebitz
Apr 11, 2016
Goal: Maintaining Weight
Scale Trouble
Hi everyone! So the last few months I have been having some trouble with my Taylor Digital Scale. I've been trying to maintain weight and eating just like I normally do, yet as soon as I got this new …
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4 comments
Started by seashelldavies
Most recent by seashelldavies
Apr 10, 2016
Goal: Maintaining Weight
Transitioning from 2lbs Loss a Week to 1lb Loss a Week to Maintenance
Hello All, I lost 20.5 lbs between January 26 and April 6th. From 198.5 to 178.0 lbs. My goal is about 170-175. So I transitioned from the 2lb per week loss setting to the 1 pound per week setting to …
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9 comments
Started by Canadian1970
Most recent by Canadian1970
Apr 10, 2016
Goal: Maintaining Weight
Sugar limit
I'm losing weight because I keep going over the sugar limit before I reach the calorie limit. Why is it so low? It's not like I'm eating sugary foods.
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12 comments
Started by kirstenlodge57
Most recent by myfitnesspale3
Apr 9, 2016
Goal: Maintaining Weight
Lessons Learned & Learning 28: 840 Days of Maintenance
Prior maintenance updates: 30 days, 60 days, 90 days, 120 days, 150 days, 180 days, 210 days, 240 days, 270 days, 300 days, 330 days, 360 days, 390 days, 420 days, 450 days, 480 days, 510 days, 540 da…
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2 comments
Started by Ejourneys
Most recent by RWClary
Apr 9, 2016
Goal: Maintaining Weight
Cardio: Sprinting
Hey guys, so I don't like long distance running and I would like to start implementing cardio in my lifting routine. I read that Sprinting is a good method especially for those that want to maintain m…
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31 comments
Started by se015
Most recent by se015
Apr 8, 2016
Goal: Maintaining Weight
When do the comments stop?
Right, so I've been in maintenance for well over a year now. Yet every time I go back home to visit family and friends (moved away for university purposes), it seems like I'm still getting subjected t…
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102 comments
Started by AllyCatXandi
Most recent by simmoner4
Apr 8, 2016
Goal: Maintaining Weight
Moving from an active job to a less active job
So my current job is very active. I do a lot of walking and carrying things heavy or light depending on the day. I'm changing to a job where I will still be on my feet quite a bit, but not walking a l…
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6 comments
Started by wellthenwhat
Most recent by wellthenwhat
Apr 8, 2016
Goal: Maintaining Weight
Self control issues since reaching maintenance
So I lost 85 lbs in the past year and I always had great self control. I could carefully weigh out my 20 grams of m&ms and be totally satisfied with that. I almost never went over my calories and if I…
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33 comments
Started by victoria_1024
Most recent by not_a_runner
Apr 7, 2016
Goal: Maintaining Weight
Vacation!
I just got back from vacation. I ate like it might be my last vacation ever! I can not even begin to estimate how much over my TDEE I ate but I enjoyed every bite and choose things that I normally wou…
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241 views
8 comments
Started by bioklutz
Most recent by NorthCascades
Apr 7, 2016
Goal: Maintaining Weight
Loose skin or fat
Maybe a dumb question but how do you tell. My stomach is very very giggly like jello. Before I lost my fat areas were more solid (not muscle hard but more solid). Also if this is skin wondering how lo…
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14 comments
Started by mdrichardsons
Most recent by smit7633
Apr 7, 2016
Goal: Maintaining Weight
Recomp friends?
Hi all! I've lost somewhere around 15lbs-20lbs and am actively trying to change the way I look without losing any more. I am specifically looking to gain muscle and lower my bodyfat percentile. I am 5…
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18 comments
Started by nineteentwenty
Most recent by frantzcr
Apr 7, 2016
Goal: Maintaining Weight
Walking a Tightrope
So as a result of getting back into running, I have hit my goal weight a month or so ago. I put my calories up for maintenance mode and set long term goals. BUT I am finding maintenance so stressful, …
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24 comments
Started by Lo0BLu
Most recent by mitch16
Apr 7, 2016
Goal: Maintaining Weight
Mindset of maintenance?
I reached my goal weight a month or so ago but am having a hard time transitioning to a maintenance. I am training for a marathon so I know I need to be eating more but I can't get myself to and am st…
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15 comments
Started by simmoner4
Most recent by Sabine_Stroehm
Apr 7, 2016
Goal: Maintaining Weight
Back again
I quit tracking and found that I was having trouble with my blood sugars. With tracking they are coming down. Got the Whiting scale and that is helping also. Now to start training to ride the Tour DE …
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Started by spangmks
Most recent by LivingtheLeanDream
Apr 6, 2016
Goal: Maintaining Weight
Need Maintaining Friends!
1. I don't have a clean diet. 2. I do HIIT, Kettlebell, sometimes running. 3. Mom of 3. 4. Don't accept requests from anyone that *only* has women as friends. 5. Sarcastic and use bad language on my f…
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21 comments
Started by MaintainCats
Most recent by paradi3s
Apr 6, 2016
Goal: Maintaining Weight
Post loss surgery for excess skin?
Hi there, I have some questions for those who have lost significant amounts of weight and have or had saggy skin in different areas. I have lost about 80 pounds and have between 90 and 110 to go ( wil…
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44 comments
Started by MommaLovesToLoseIt
Most recent by Onhowtobelovely
Apr 5, 2016
Goal: Maintaining Weight
IMMEDIATE HELP PLEASE
I'm having a craving attack at this exact moment... when I get like this... I jus want to eat any n everything around me.. please any suggestions??? Think I've been doin good n really don't want to me…
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23 comments
Started by karmenkokaine136
Most recent by Lagopus
Apr 5, 2016
Goal: Maintaining Weight
Upping calories
Anyone have any advice for upping my calories but not gain weight? I'm just a little nervous to do so.,
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Started by MorganLange508
Most recent by BurnWithBarn2015
Apr 5, 2016
Goal: Maintaining Weight
Am I really ready to switch to maintenance?
I was only over my weight goal of 115 by about 3 pounds (weight creep due to a new medication - had to nip it in the bud!). However, I had a colonoscopy and the prep for it got me back down to 115. So…
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Started by Womona
Most recent by mirrim52
Apr 4, 2016
Goal: Maintaining Weight
Good snacks
Excluding fruit and yogurt I need a healthy granola bar. Are there any good ones out there?
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18 comments
Started by connors0470
Most recent by vikinglander
Apr 4, 2016
Goal: Maintaining Weight
question for those who met their goal weight
For those of you who have already met your goal weight, how long did it take you? I'm only asking to get a general idea of what it's like for different people and because it's interesting to hear stor…
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51 comments
Started by perkymommy
Most recent by KayTeeOne
Apr 3, 2016
Goal: Maintaining Weight
About a year post-100lbs lost
So I lost about 110lbs between 2014-present and am lighter than I've been since college. 6'0" 180lbs. I have no plans to go over 195lbs ever again. Much like the "lifers," MFP will have to always be a…
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Started by EastSideJohnny
Most recent by sunnybeaches105
Apr 3, 2016
Goal: Maintaining Weight