question for those who met their goal weight

110lbs or so in about a year. I switched to maintenance at the end of october 2015 at 175lbs. Since then I have slowly continued to lose and now seem to be ranging between 167 and 171. I don't have the satisfaction I thought I would have, mostly because when you see ads or things with people that have lost gobs of weight, you see them as very fit and muscular, none of them show you the loose skin that some people get.

I found it is very important to keep setting new goals. The first 2 months or so I had no goals other than to maintain and try to be more fit. Now I am training for a half marathon, and feel that having a specific goal with a training schedule is much more beneficial than just generally being more fit.

That said I weigh every morning to keep me honest, I more or less weigh my food, and when my weight starts approaching 170 or so I cut back on any treats and eat back fewer exercise calories.

9 months; 40 Lbs

30 lbs in 4 months then 3 months into maintenance dropped 10 more without trying and appears to have to be pretty stable now.

jeepinshawn wrote: »

110lbs or so in about a year. I switched to maintenance at the end of october 2015 at 175lbs. Since then I have slowly continued to lose and now seem to be ranging between 167 and 171. I don't have the satisfaction I thought I would have, mostly because when you see ads or things with people that have lost gobs of weight, you see them as very fit and muscular, none of them show you the loose skin that some people get.

I found it is very important to keep setting new goals. The first 2 months or so I had no goals other than to maintain and try to be more fit. Now I am training for a half marathon, and feel that having a specific goal with a training schedule is much more beneficial than just generally being more fit.

That said I weigh every morning to keep me honest, I more or less weigh my food, and when my weight starts approaching 170 or so I cut back on any treats and eat back fewer exercise calories.

Yes I can understand some people ( including you) like to set new goals and be continuously striving for the next level.

However. Speaking for myself, my goal is really just to maintain the status quo. That is all it has been for last 2 years - as I have successfully maintained, I am happy with that.

paperpudding wrote: »

jeepinshawn wrote: »

110lbs or so in about a year. I switched to maintenance at the end of october 2015 at 175lbs. Since then I have slowly continued to lose and now seem to be ranging between 167 and 171. I don't have the satisfaction I thought I would have, mostly because when you see ads or things with people that have lost gobs of weight, you see them as very fit and muscular, none of them show you the loose skin that some people get.

I found it is very important to keep setting new goals. The first 2 months or so I had no goals other than to maintain and try to be more fit. Now I am training for a half marathon, and feel that having a specific goal with a training schedule is much more beneficial than just generally being more fit.

That said I weigh every morning to keep me honest, I more or less weigh my food, and when my weight starts approaching 170 or so I cut back on any treats and eat back fewer exercise calories.

Yes I can understand some people ( including you) like to set new goals and be continuously striving for the next level.

However. Speaking for myself, my goal is really just to maintain the status quo. That is all it has been for last 2 years - as I have successfully maintained, I am happy with that.

For me personally, not working towards new goals is one of the reasons why I started slipping backwards, after 2 and a half years of maintenance. In another thread I mentioned losing focus and someone asked why this happened. My response-Boredom, loss of motivation, not working towards new goals, justifying lazy choices and definitely a bit of arrogance as well.

The further I got away from the weight loss phase, the easier it is to lose that focus and drive. Having new goals, even small, silly ones, can really help. Right now my goal is to get back down to a bmi that's just under 20. After that I'm going to be setting small walking goals (like walk 4 days a week, then 5, then bump up the distance etc).

We all need to find what works for us, but if the status quo doesn't work long term, adding a goal or two may help shake things up

Took me 2 and a half months to loose 14 lbs and reach my goal weight