How many people have kept at mainenance for over 1 yr?

nannabannana

Everytime in the past I did fine for 8 mos. January thru Sept. Then Sept and all the holidays and birthdays came, celebration upon celebrations and I went crazy. How many has actually gotten to the point you are healthy and fit....then has kept it off? I may need additional HEAVY support from now thru Dec 31, 2012.

126siany

I lost 40 pounds in college and maintained it for over 20 years.

Then I put it back on a few years ago in middle age, took it all off and then slid half of it back on. I'm not worried about keeping it off this time, as I've accepted that I am going to have to do different things to keep it off as a perimenopausal, middle-aged woman than I was able to get away with as a younger woman.

LiftHuff

I've been right around the same weight for a year or so. I pip up and down as I go into miniature bulk and cut cycles but essentially I float right around the same weight now. It's a weight I'm comfortable at and as I slowly gain a bit more muscle I'll likely lose a bit more bf% and end up maintaining at this weight for the long haul.

MaraDiaz

I have never maintained a healthy weight in my life. One of my longterm goals is to become a lifelong member of the National Weight Control Registry.

missprincessgina

I've maintained a healthy weight now for about 14 years. If I can do it, so can you! I sent a friend request.

nannabannana

I've been right around the same weight for a year or so. I pip up and down as I go into miniature bulk and cut cycles but essentially I float right around the same weight now. It's a weight I'm comfortable at and as I slowly gain a bit more muscle I'll likely lose a bit more bf% and end up maintaining at this weight for the long haul.

GOOD FOR YOU LADYBUG!

nannabannana

I've maintained a healthy weight now for about 14 years. If I can do it, so can you! I sent a friend request.

Tks for your confidence. I am serious this ime...I want muscles..I do not want flappy arm wing bat wings anymore. Tks for he friend request. You are just so sweet!

issyfit

Everytime in the past I did fine for 8 mos. January thru Sept. Then Sept and all the holidays and birthdays came, celebration upon celebrations and I went crazy. How many has actually gotten to the point you are healthy and fit....then has kept it off? I may need additional HEAVY support from now thru Dec 31, 2012.

This is me too, although I've never reached my goal. The difference this time is that I will continue to log on MFP and have the support of my pals here. The holidays are always tough but we can all do this together. I think I will be fine since I plan to continue avoiding foods with added sugar, for me that is the key.

clover5

Good topic. I just changed my goals to maintenance last week. I get on the scale every morning. I know, you're not supposed to; but I do. I have watched my weight go up 3 & down 2 just in the last 5 days. I set my calorie goal at 150 less than the suggestion because I have a tendancy to be over by 150 quite often. And there are those birthday cakes and holiday dinners where - you get the picture.

I have lost weight and maintained it before, but it's been a long time. Now I'm in my 50s and worried that it will be harder to maintain. I intend to keep logging indefinitely. I think I need to re-learn what the right amount of food is for me. My weight has been going up and down as part of my life being married with kids. I know I can do it; I just feel nervous about it.

nannabannana

Good topic. I just changed my goals to maintenance last week. I get on the scale every morning. I know, you're not supposed to; but I do. I have watched my weight go up 3 & down 2 just in the last 5 days. I set my calorie goal at 150 less than the suggestion because I have a tendancy to be over by 150 quite often. And there are those birthday cakes and holiday dinners where - you get the picture.

I have lost weight and maintained it before, but it's been a long time. Now I'm in my 50s and worried that it will be harder to maintain. I intend to keep logging indefinitely. I think I need to re-learn what the right amount of food is for me. My weight has been going up and down as part of my life being married with kids. I know I can do it; I just feel nervous about it.

Alright then! Lets keep each other even more accountable. Ok? I will if ya'll will.

lizzie2190

I weighed exactly the same omy first anniversary last month as I did on my wedding day x

mem50

Can I raise my hand? It's been a year of stable weight for me now. Love this site and all my friends here. :bigsmile:

lin7604

wow good for you, i am afraid of maintenance. I will be maintaing soon as i only have 3 lbs to go to my goal but i find i go up and down so easily i don't knwo if i will ever be able to maintain? or go without logging daily. I am a daily weigher too as i gain so easily i need ot make sur ei am on track otherwise i wouldn't of been here in the 1st place.

jimmacdonald

9 months in mainetance what ever that is.

gained some lost some learned it is a lfestyle change not a diet.

I am into biking so it is easy to get extra calories. Bike an hour or two.

Hard lesson to learn not to go back to see food comfort diet.

Hang in there.

Nice to be healthy and in size 34 jeans.

jim

shelbyweeeee

I reached my goal of losing 100lbs last year on Sept 25th.

I've basically kept it off. I've gone as low as 117lbs and as high as 129 during this past year. As of today, I'm 122. I do weigh myself daily. It doesn't bother me to see the pounds go up and down (sometimes drastically!). I know that if I was able to take off that much weight, that if I gained a few pounds, it's a piece of cake to get it off. I now have the tools that work for me.

When the holidays come around, I don't view it any differently then I do each day as it comes. If I wouldn't have eaten something by choice today, then I don't justify it just because it's a holiday. If I have no choice in what to choose for food, depending on where I am at, then I just eat smaller portions. I can still enjoy the foods around the holiday times (if I choose to), and I can also adapt for it to fit into my lifestyle now. I have the control now.... other people, places and things don't anymore! :flowerforyou:

nannabannana

I weighed exactly the same omy first anniversary last month as I did on my wedding day x

THAT IS WONDERFUL! Congratulations.

nannabannana

Can I raise my hand? It's been a year of stable weight for me now. Love this site and all my friends here. :bigsmile:

WTG LADYBUG! YES RAISE YOUR HAND HIGH!

nannabannana

IT is soooo good to hear from people who have maintained their weight for a yr or more. I am at my original goal, but I changed it again. And nowI am as small (almost) as my husband. He is at 129 lbs. I am at 135 lbs.
We both have started strength training, and are loving it. I m thinking of throwing the scales away.

Tks for haring your successes!

anemoneprose

Maintaining for a year after 50-lb loss.

Lots of things can throw us - holidays, injury, stress - but I think the way to keep it off is really just to eat healthy food you like in moderation. Any kind of diet that involves deprivation is bound to backfire.

Best way to do this is count calories regularly, imo. Life happens, and it`s easy enough to veer from normal portions with eg more than a week off the books. Counting, you can make adjustments, and take lapses in stride.

I see myself counting for life.

jenneal89

Not maintaining but I've been steadilly losing weight for 2 years now. I'm 5' 6" and was about 145lbs before I got pregnant, 205lbs when I gave birth dec 2010, and now I'm 123lbs. I actually lost 4lbs over christmas last year

LJCannon

:drinker: Next Month (October 6) will be 2 Years since I reached my Goal Weight. For all that time I have kept my Weight within 5 Pounds of Goal. This includes a bout with Pancreatitis and an Emergency Gall Bladder Surgery in October of last year.
:flowerforyou: It is many Daily Choices and Keeping On even when (occasionally) I'd like to say "&%$# It!!

quill16

I have just reached 3 months at maintenance. It is not easy and I am a lsoookingfor those who have lost a large amount and what they are doing to keep it off. Right now I can gain 5 or 10 lbs back in a week and then fight like crazy to work it off again. Its like a mini yo-yo.

nannabannana

Wow....what successes still are coming! I am so proud of all of you!

vienna26

Same im not in the maintaining stage yet, but ive been losing weight for the past 2 years myself, after the birth of my youngest daughter i ballooned up t0 14st heaviest ive been in my life, i lost a stone within the first year just by itself and then the 2nd stone the next year was only until 2 years ago when i split up with my bf and started uni that i decided enough was enough i wanted my confidence back and my figure, 2 years on im now 10 stone and am hoping to continue to lose weight till i reach my goal of 9stone thats when i will move into maintaining!!

dvelocity

I just want to say congratulations to those out there that are maintaining. I think that success is one that is not congratulated enough.

nannabannana

I just want to say congratulations to those out there that are maintaining. I think that success is one that is not congratulated enough.

AMEN! I am fitter and healthier than I have been in my life now...Strength Training, cardio and the mix up of all exercises is what I love most. I don't care if I am a size 6 or ?. I have realized that muscles make the difference. I know I' m fit and healtier and I WILL NOT QUIT moving my body as long as I can move it. I just logged 1, 241,538 steps and over 513 miles since I purchased the fitbit on April 19, 2012. I took up strength training and gym cardio classes so I FULLY expect to be the Nanna who can do anything I put my mind to.

If ya'll can keep it off then I CAN KEEP my healthy and fit lifestyle change in place forever. That is my goal to stay fi and fabulous into my 80's or higher.:)

AggieCass09

I have been at my goal range for nearly 2 years now. This weight isn't coming back on...when I see the scale hit 160 lbs i get in serious "game on" mode so that I stay here!

californiagirl2012

Me me me... pick me! LOL

bobbiesfitness.com

I attribute my success to the Venus Index Workout and The Anything Goes diet who taught me the truth about setting my goals, how to find my true calorie needs, how to accurately count calories, how to workout to make my body look good, and best of all how to maintain. Whoo hoo! and I have a new life at over 50 and my husband is the envy of his friends.

BobbyDaniel

It has been a little over a year for me now, time flies! I've fluctuated anywhere from 5-10 pounds, but stayed pretty consistent for the most part.

jimmeezwyf

I do it every time I lose my pregnancy weight and I attribute that to working out really hard to lose the weight in the first place. I'm a pretty healthy eater in general but I do have a lot of bad days too. Exercise is what keeps it off for me, even when I do have a bad day!

kimad

I feel you. I have yo-yo'd since having kids and it scares me that I could gain this 84lbs back.
I have been maintaining over the summer (thankfully) since I have been bending the rules alot with all that has been going on.
I am starting to be more honest with myself and logging everything I eat on those splurge days, becuase I want to start increasing my daily cals as I prepare for maintenance.

It is all really scary for me, but everyone's success stories are very motivational.
good luck