Maintain or main 'taint?

Jthanmyfitnesspal

Hello, fellow maintainers!

I'm at that old goal weight once again.

It brings such a mix of feelings: Wanting to stop worrying about my weight all the time and but also wanting to lose just a little bit more.

Always an interesting moment. (I've been here many times!)

SummerSkier

Congrats at reaching that goal again. My maintaining since 2017 has looked like gaining 5 pounds losing 5 time and time again. I don't really stop logging or keeping an eye on things but I might not weigh daily and I might not use a food scale for everything AND if I am working out a lot I might increase my cals a little higher than the system likes. But mostly the reason I gain is not the level of cals I have for set or my exercise but when I go nutz and bingy for a day and that is where it adds up. So depending on your mentality you could go several months without worrying about your weight and then tighten up for a few weeks every year.

Sadly for me this is a rest of my life thing. But not everyone is the same of course.

Jthanmyfitnesspal

@summerskier : First, thanks for the response!

I am totally in the same situation since forever. What's a party without beer and nachos?

2022 was a particularly hard year for me and I gained more like 20 pounds which are finally off since January. I usually do well until about October when it gets cold and dark. It's depressing, and I put on a few pounds. If it's <5lbs, I can usually drop it in January. This year it took from January to May!

Best of luck to you and all the other maintainers out there!

Jthanmyfitnesspal

The answer is: Main t'aint. (I spelled it wrong in the original post!)

I've gained 10lbs in the past two months! 😱 (Lots of reasons. Details posted elsewhere.)

SummerSkier

But the good news is you haven't just walked away from the whole process and you know the damage and how to fix it!