So, Who's in Maintenance?

I'm at Maintenance, but trying to get/stay more fit and active. Still struggle with making sure I exercise daily. I don't belong to a gym (other than a yoga studio) and don't intend to join one, so if anyone is in the same boat as I am and would like to form an exercise accountability/encouragement friendship feel free to add me.

i have been in maintenance for about a year now. i recently joined a gym to help more with the toning aspect. i am finding it doable although with my work schedule it sometimes can be hard to make it to the gym, in that case i try to work out at home. i think the most difficult thing for me has been staying motivated now that i met my goal as far as my weight. so i try to set other goals like how many days a week i will make sure to get to the gym, or long term goal of how i want my body to look one year from now, things like that to try and keep me in the "game"

I just hit maintenance.I am struggling, for me the thought of eating more and gaining weight is terrifying, so it is going to be a bit of a struggle to find balance.if any of you have any tips please share

I go up and down by 4 pounds constantly. Is this maintenance?
I'd like advice!

I am, although, I'm trying to figure out exactly what that means. If I eat the higher number of calories it says I can and still maintain, I gain. So, that's not good.

So, I'm trying to stay on the calorie deficit during the week, and relax and eat whatever on the weekends. So far, it's been a decent balance.

Not sure what is going to work longer term?? :-/

ME! I started dieting in January 2011 and hit my goal weight around May of that year. I decided to slightly lower my goal weight and hit that some time last year, so I've been in maintenance on and off for about 2 years. It's mostly a lot of intuitive eating for me now.. listen to my body and eat when I'm hungry. I still log calories but mostly for my macro breakdown. I do still weigh in to check I'm around the weight I want to be and I reign it in when I'm a little high.

I am! I still love to log and I find it helps me stay on top of things, especially since I really just got to maintenance this summer... I am eating more calories, but still watching pretty close, except for the weekends when I allow myself more indulgences. It's balancing out pretty good so far.

I started eating at maintenance in late May. I still had about 5 pounds to lose, but I decided to maintain over the summer and take a break. I did really well until mid July. I have now gained about 5 pounds, so will be going back to eating at a deficit once school starts again next week (I teach). I guess you could say I failed at maintenance. But I know what mistakes I made, so I know I can turn this around.

Good luck to all. I will be checking out this forum often.

Me too. I was doing ok with maintenence when I checked in often--worked for about 4 or 5 months, but then last month I just let it all go and I skipped some of my weekly runs and now I am up 5 pounds. (my goal weight is actually 150, but I think my ticker says 140), but anyway...I am back to start counting again and will try one more time to figure out maintenence without having to log everything I eat! Good luck to you!

I'm in. It IS an adjustment, no?

ME! Just switched to maintenance this week. I'm kind of nervous about it but am excited I finally get to focus more on building strength and toning up. Please feel free to add me if you are on maintenance. I'd love to learn more about the maintenance lifestyle

I've been maintaining since April..so about 5 months. I really placed my focus on my fitness goals and training so maintenance hasn't been an issue for me and I've found it to be exceedingly easy. I've found that to really be the key. A lot of people I know who've struggled, have dones so because they stopped working their fitness...this is largely due to the fact that so many people neglect to set fitness goals that are independent of weight loss goals...so they associate the two. They're not trying to lose weight, so they stop exercising...worst thing anyone could possibly do.

I've been in maintenance for about a year. While it was challenging to transition from weight loss to maintenance mode, I am thrilled with my progress maintaining within +/- 3 pounds of my final target weight.

I find that I can successfully back off from daily logging for a couple of months at a time, but if I catch myself leaning towards behaviors/patterns/habits that are out of alingment with my goals or if I gain a couple of pounds, I jump right back in and redirect my focus to get back to those behaviors/patterns/habits that helped me achieve my success.

I was up by 3 pounds at the beginning of July, so I started logging again (with a brief hiatus for a college reunion weekend), and as of last week am now one pound under my target weight. I'll continue to log for another week or so, and as long as I'm on the right track, I'll drop logging for a while, but I won't drop the eating/workout patterns.