I DID IT! :)

kitinboots

Okay so I never had more than 10 lb to lose, but I've been on and off MFP for 2 years now and this is the first time I actually reached my GW.
In the past I aimed for lower numbers, set my activity level to sedentary and logged and ate every little bit of exercise I could. That worked short term but I was barely eating. Not good. I still didn't get to 120.
Back in January I weighed in at 128, and started aiming for 1450 without eating my exercise calories. I dropped to 124 in time for my 24th birthday but fell off the wagon.
I started again at the beginning of February, and set myself the challenge of an alcohol free month to help me stay on track and form good habits. For the first 2 weeks I ate back my exercise calories but the scale didn't budge, and I realised I was bargaining and rewarding myself with food. Not a very healthy habit if you ask me.
So I stopped eating my exercise calories, and I stopped logging snowboarding as exercise. I continued eating 1450 calories a day, which was just above my BMR, and I didn't beat myself up or feel guilty if I went a little over. As the number on the scale dropped, so did my BMR, but I kept my 1450 as it was working for me.
The weight dropped off at a steady 1lb per 8 or 9 days. If I felt undernourished and lethargic I'd eat more, if I ate more on my night off I'd drink extra water the next day and wouldn't stress about it.
Today I woke up 120lb.
Now I'm going to steadily increase my calories and find that comfortable maintenance zone woohoo it's mid-march and I'm bikini-ready!

kaybelieve

Congratulations!
That's brilliant!