Looking for buddies who are closing in on maintenance

nycgabby

Hi all,

I have been using MFP for the past 7 1/2 months and it's been great: I exercise regularly now and have lost around 40 pounds. I'm looking for some new pals who are getting close to maintenance and intend to continue to logging regularly, as well as those who may be seeing the approach of maintenance as a bit of a mindf&%k. I only want to lose around 5 more pounds, but lately I have been self-sabotaging a couple times a week via overeating, mostly because I think I'm scared of maintenance since it won't offer the continued gratification of weight loss.

Obviously this is something to get over and I'm looking forward to strengthening aspects of my fitness routine--I only started jogging about 6 months ago, for example, and still go at a turtle's pace, so that's a big one--as well as exploring new ones. At present I work out around 6 days a week, typically doing spin classes, swimming (I used to be a competitive swimmer so that's the most fun for me) and jogging. I also do body-weight exercises a couple times a week as well as yoga. A big dream of mine is to eventually do a triathlon. Exercise is the fun part; food continues to be my issue.

Please add me if you're in a similar boat and let's ride down the maintenance river together!

ZOOpergal

I actively creep the forums but don't often respond. I'm actually feeling this exact same thing. I have about 8 more pounds to meet my original goal. The first nine were lost super easy, and now I've gone a few weeks without the scale budging. I'm getting fustrated too. Sending you a FR.

aqualeo1

Ooh me! Sending you a fr