I'm out here listening! We're definitely in the minority on MFP! Congrats on your accomplishments. I lost 20 lbs before winter and held even duuring that time. Now that the weather's allegedly going to break soon, I'm hoping to start losing again. I'm already at my goal weight by there's easily more to go. 5-7 more will put me at the weight when I was 11 or 12!

I'm still here... still treading and still slowly moving toward my own goals. I have been finding resources to make me think more about taking care of myself. Things like... dressing better, better grooming (looks at balding head), etc... all to encourage me to feel and act younger. I know I'm not in the spring of life, but I definitely shouldn't be planning my retirement just yet!

Been looking at upwave.com and askmen.com for ideas... while I know some sites are just to advertise, I don't want my daughter telling me that I have been wearing that same sweater for 20 years and now it's in style again.

This party didn't last very long LOL.

LOL! Right. Hmm well you guys can add me if you need help. I'm on everyday and I'm quite supportive/motivational.

My thoughts would be that you are a creature of habit. You are set in your ways and your evening ritual is defined as something like... get home and rest a few minutes, then eat a snack and watch a little channel XYZ TV and then start making dinner... where you keep your snacks as you are cooking, etc.

My suggestion would be to change the plan, completely. Set up the day when your willpower is strongest... AFTER you have eaten and not before while you are hungry.

As an example. Before you leave in the morning, set out your gym clothes for the treadmill and sit them right on the couch where you watch XYZ TV first. That's your reminder to skip the news (there isn't anything to watch anyhow).

Open a container and place in it what you are allowed as a snack for the day and put it in your log. For example, I will put a 80 cal yogurt and maybe some carrot sticks... or perhaps some pita chips and a little hummus. But that's your snack, you don't eat anything except what's in that container for the day.

Every time you eat something, immediately put it in MFP... I find the guilt of putting it in MFP stops me from eating sometimes.

I guess what I am saying is you need to change your evening schedule and do things differently because the schedule, routine, needs to be different or you will just go through the same routine again.

Well done Markja!

I did the same, sort of. I went from 50's to a 46 that is comfortable, not tight at all. I've been stalling a bit. Too many carbs creeping back into my routine, and I find I'm starting on the stress munching again. I have to put the brakes on that pronto!

jtrack3d, so right you are. When I am really successful, it is by packing the lunch box and filling in MFP, with all that goes in the lunchbox, first thing in the morning, while posting breakfast. Then at then end of the day, when I get home from work, I remove anything I do not eat from my posts. Seeing the calorie intake drop is a great lift for the evening. It usually spurs me to have a healthy dinner, but can also give me a bit more freedom to add a few calories if dinner gets a bit more complex than protein and a salad.

dubiker - jtrack3d is correct. Mix things up, getting in a rut gets comfortable and it is easy to get complacent. If there is a TV in front of the treadmill, allow yourself to watch TV only if you start with an hour watched while you are walking there. It always comes down to choices and planning. Plan how you are going to change. Keep it small, one change at a time for a week or maybe even two, get used to that change and then start your next change. Just be careful, drop back into that comfortable rut and it gets very easy to lose those changes!