4 Year Anniversary Maintaining!

Robin1117
Robin1117 Posts: 1,768 Member
in Goal: Maintaining Weight
Hi there! Just wanted to post this--as this week it'll be my 4 year anniversary w/the help of mfp. I always write a post about lesson
s learned through the year...here's the latest!

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/Robin1117/view/4-years-of-maintaining-w-mfp-663046
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  • JeffInJax
    JeffInJax Posts: 232 Member
    Nice read and congratulations on 4 years maintaining! That is no easy feat!
  • belanna5
    belanna5 Posts: 85 Member
    Congratulation!
  • FabulousFifty
    FabulousFifty Posts: 1,575 Member
    Really inspiring and introspective!
  • Hikr56
    Hikr56 Posts: 128 Member
    A wonderful post. Thanks for sharing!
  • Robin1117
    Robin1117 Posts: 1,768 Member
    thanks everyone! Once we enter maintenance, we all seem to realize it's the hardest part, isn't it?! How in the world to do this forever??! Thank goodness for all the people here on the site.

    And so glad you found the post helpful and inspiring!
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    Congrats...nice post as well...it confirmed everything I suspected about maitenance...

    I hope I learn from your journey and not be one of those that says "oh that won't happen to me I am different"...:noway:

    Defining maitenance seems quite personal...if it's a weight, size, measurment, BF%, BMI or a combination of a couple or all of those...

    Time to define it for myself I guess.
  • nxd10
    nxd10 Posts: 4,570 Member
    Congratulations!
  • themedalist
    themedalist Posts: 3,218 Member
    Well done, Robin, well done!

    I enjoyed reading your blogs from this year and past years and I'll be sharing them with my maintainence friends. Great observations and lessons learned. Thanks for posting!
  • ShannonMpls
    ShannonMpls Posts: 1,936 Member
    Thank you so much for sharing this! I am coming on my second anniversary of hitting my goal weight. Such a big step for me, but I know this is something I need to keep up forever if I wish to stay at this weight...and I definitely do. It's very very helpful reading tips from seasoned maintainers so thank you!
  • PJPrimrose
    PJPrimrose Posts: 916 Member
    :flowerforyou: You are doing great! 4 years is a serious haul. :flowerforyou:
  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
    Congrats!! :flowerforyou:
  • missylectro
    missylectro Posts: 448 Member
    Love it
  • jan5500
    jan5500 Posts: 47 Member
    4 years! Awesome. I have just started maintenance - first week of official Phase 4 (maintenance) of Ideal Protein. I am joining the Maintenance Group. Let's get it active, again!
  • The_Enginerd
    The_Enginerd Posts: 3,982 Member
    Congrats on your 4th year!

    I'm 2-1/2 years into maintenance and pretty much resigned myself to continuing to log since the beginning. It doesn't take much time and seems quite a few who try to move away from it end up coming back. And with the concentration on fitness and macros and going through bulking, cutting, and maintaining phases, it's a tool that continues to be useful.
  • greenolivetree
    greenolivetree Posts: 1,282 Member
    Nice post!
  • mulecanter
    mulecanter Posts: 1,792 Member
    Just the kind of post I was looking for, I'm on the verge of entering maintenance for the first time. Thanks
  • Happymelz
    Happymelz Posts: 536 Member
    Thank you!!!
    Bumping to save for when I hit maintenance in a few months.
  • La_Malfaisante
    La_Malfaisante Posts: 1,509 Member
    Congrats!! Very inspiring!
  • canadjineh
    canadjineh Posts: 5,396 Member
    Great blog! After 3 months maintaining (never was overweight until I got very sick 4 yrs ago and couldn't exercise) I realize that I can't be the same person health and fitness wise that I was before the chronic illness - I know that I will have to log food for quite a while because I love variety... If it was only about the same breakfast every day, and 3 or 4 different lunches and 5 or 6 different dinners, I could probably just go it on memory. BUT, every day for me is different foodwise, so I need to know my ratios of macros and where I am in my calorie goals. I'm thinkin' I will be logging for quite a while.
    Thanks again!
  • Robin1117
    Robin1117 Posts: 1,768 Member
    Hello everyone! Thanks so much for all your comments and feedback. I never realized at first how helpful feedback on maintenance was until I wrote about my 1st year and the great notes and comments I received back. And of course I love hearing about everyone else's experiences and learn so much from them. It's funny, writing this year, I wondered if it was starting to get redundant and wondered if I should still keep up on the anniversary posts. Then realized every year brings out new challenges, new anxieties, and of course changes because what worked for me 4 years ago in the beginning? Seems like it's starting to change again! This is quite a wild ride.
    Congrats to all of you who have met your goals continuing to figure it all out with us!
  • Robin1117
    Robin1117 Posts: 1,768 Member
    Well done, Robin, well done!

    I enjoyed reading your blogs from this year and past years and I'll be sharing them with my maintenance friends. Great observations and lessons learned. Thanks for posting!

    Thanks so much for going back to the older ones and sharing! Appreciate that!
  • V0lver
    V0lver Posts: 915 Member
    tagging
  • quietHiker
    quietHiker Posts: 1,442 Member
    Always an inspiration! Thanks for sharing your lessons learned!
  • Robin1117
    Robin1117 Posts: 1,768 Member
    Always an inspiration! Thanks for sharing your lessons learned!

    thanks Martha, as are you!! One of my long-term maintaining pals!
  • Jim_G10
    Jim_G10 Posts: 132
    Superb and thank you.
  • Robin1117
    Robin1117 Posts: 1,768 Member
    Superb and thank you.


    so glad you liked it! Appreciate the feedback!
  • tech_kitten
    tech_kitten Posts: 221 Member
    Congrats!
  • kimad
    kimad Posts: 3,010 Member
    Well said,

    I am the same as you.. kind of let it get away from me, got to comfortable, and also find myself with about 8 lbs to lose (some was holiday weight, but no excuse).

    It will be a life time of logging for me, but I am hoping to start measuring myself so I can stop being ruled by the scale.. or heck, even better just log and not weigh/measure if my clothes still fit.

    I have done this twice now -- last year I was up almost 10 at one point and my clothes got snug.... so I got the weight off, then I went on vacation and find myself back here again. Clothes aren't snug this time but I feel kinda gross lol... I have been in the same clothes for a few years now so I must be doing something right I guess.
  • aserranzana16
    aserranzana16 Posts: 43 Member
    Congrats, and thank you for your blog post - it's really inspiring for someone like me (just starting on my maintenance journey)!

    What a great outlook.
  • bciloveme2014
    bciloveme2014 Posts: 213 Member
    So glad I read this, I am about to switch to maintenance, and started to feel anxious about it. Thanks for sharing

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