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  • jan110144
    jan110144 Posts: 1,281 Member
    My Big News!!
    I dipped below my Goal Weight on Thanksgiving!!! So thrilled ~ it was even s little emotional ... I guess I wasn’t sure I’d really get there after the past two months of broken arm, surgery, medical tests, and two weeks of smoke-filled skies. I persevered.

    The night before, I entered my weights at dr appts since June 2010 into my weight tracking app... here is that graph.

    Simply a miracle. 🙏🏻 and UAC has been a Huge Part of my Success.

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    Nov 22 Thanksgiving!
    Yes x 3
    Exercise: 77 mins 11,679 steps
    Calories: under 41
    Tracking: yes, a All

    CONGRATULATIONS!! What a great avcomplishment. You should be proud of you self :smile:

    I will be very interested to follow your journey into maintenance. I should reach goal in the next 6 weeks or so (hopefully) and not quite sure how to.progress from there.
  • syrr
    syrr Posts: 786 Member
    November 22

    Exercise-yes
    Calories-I don’t know
    Tracked-no
  • BMcC9
    BMcC9 Posts: 4,451 Member
    jan110144 wrote: »
    .....
    I will be very interested to follow your journey into maintenance. I should reach goal in the next 6 weeks or so (hopefully) and not quite sure how to.progress from there.

    I'll be taking notes too; I am also getting close to when I will make a maintenance-zone choice. I am guessing that if I stay on the track I am now, that will happen ~January or February.
  • w8goal4life
    w8goal4life Posts: 1,375 Member
    @MadisonMolly2017 I am so very pleased you are in maintenance...
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    ...and also that @jan110144 and @BMcC9 are soon to join us in maintenance. It is great to have others on board and participating in UAC who recognize that the goal achieved is not "the end."

    I will be curious if you find maintenance requires the same diligence as losing. I find that weight is not static and my nutrition plan (notice I did not use the word "diet" which in my book is no better than any other 4 letter word) and various components thereof require continual modest adjustments - sometimes daily (i.e. calories up, calories down, exercise up, exercise down, water up, water down) to maintain a healthy balance. Tracking/logging seems to be a given for continued success, at least for me. :)
  • MadisonMolly2017
    MadisonMolly2017 Posts: 11,152 Member
    @MadisonMolly2017 I am so very pleased you are in maintenance...
    sboliglbzcro.png
    ...and also that @jan110144 and @BMcC9 are soon to join us in maintenance. It is great to have others on board and participating in UAC who recognize that the goal achieved is not "the end."

    I will be curious if you find maintenance requires the same diligence as losing. I find that weight is not static and my nutrition plan (notice I did not use the word "diet" which in my book is no better than any other 4 letter word) and various components thereof require continual modest adjustments - sometimes daily (i.e. calories up, calories down, exercise up, exercise down, water up, water down) to maintain a healthy balance. Tracking/logging seems to be a given for continued success, at least for me. :)

    Thank you @w8goal4life! Yes, I believe Rock & Craig are both in maintenance, too.

    I am curious too! I have tracked/logged all of my food for a long time now. I will never stop. I have an app that computes my daily deficit/surplus based on my Apple Watch & another app that logs to Apple Health.

    Best,
  • victorious55
    victorious55 Posts: 3,518 Member
    November 22
    Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes.
    Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes.
    Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes.
  • victorious55
    victorious55 Posts: 3,518 Member
    My Big News!!
    I dipped below my Goal Weight on Thanksgiving!!! So thrilled ~ it was even s little emotional ... I guess I wasn’t sure I’d really get there after the past two months of broken arm, surgery, medical tests, and two weeks of smoke-filled skies. I persevered.

    The night before, I entered my weights at dr appts since June 2010 into my weight tracking app... here is that graph.

    Simply a miracle. 🙏🏻 and UAC has been a Huge Part of my Success.

    Wow O! Congratulations!

  • RangerRickL
    RangerRickL Posts: 8,469 Member
    @MadisonMolly2017 I was just reading prior posts and discovered your amazing and wonderful news!! Hurrah for you!!
    I am inspired by you!
    Rick
  • victorious55
    victorious55 Posts: 3,518 Member
    edited November 2018
    @MadisonMolly2017 I am so very pleased you are in maintenance...
    sboliglbzcro.png
    ...and also that @jan110144 and @BMcC9 are soon to join us in maintenance. It is great to have others on board and participating in UAC who recognize that the goal achieved is not "the end."

    I will be curious if you find maintenance requires the same diligence as losing. I find that weight is not static and my nutrition plan (notice I did not use the word "diet" which in my book is no better than any other 4 letter word) and various components thereof require continual modest adjustments - sometimes daily (i.e. calories up, calories down, exercise up, exercise down, water up, water down) to maintain a healthy balance. Tracking/logging seems to be a given for continued success, at least for me. :)

    Thank you @w8goal4life! Yes, I believe Rock & Craig are both in maintenance, too.

    I am curious too! I have tracked/logged all of my food for a long time now. I will never stop. I have an app that computes my daily deficit/surplus based on my Apple Watch & another app that logs to Apple Health.

    Best,

    I have been in maintenance for a over 8yrs. For me tracking, exercises, mindset that food is a fuel for my body. If I am kind to my body, it will serve me very well. I have no explanation, apology to anybody for the way I have chosen to take care my body (my earthly, precious, and superior car).
    @MadisonMolly2017 -
    1. Adjust your MFP settings to maintenance, continue tracking, exercises, etc., for the next few weeks and see how it affect your weight. Adjust as needed until you see you weight within the range set by you and your doctor.
    2. Surround yourself with like minded people. That is why I am in this group. UAC.
    3. Remind yourself that this is a life style. It is okay, there is nothing wrong with it. There is no recess after you have reach your goal. (I have known people who have sabotage their goal by not recognizing that this is a life style)
    4. Keep eating your healthy stuff, continue your good habits. People around will be influence by you.
    5. Continue in whatever habits got you to your goal. They will become second nature to you.
    6. Never beat yourself when you fall off the wagon. Get up, forgive yourself, and continue.
    7. Continue learning. I am always reading, etc.

    Any other person with maintenance info? Please add to this list and let all learn. :smiley:

  • RangerRickL
    RangerRickL Posts: 8,469 Member
    @victorious55 Thank you so much for your wisdom and support!
    I appreciate you too!

    Rick
  • GrandmaJackie
    GrandmaJackie Posts: 36,878 Member
    Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? ✅
    Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? No
    Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? No