1 year later and maintaining my goal weight (55kg) - Before/

yoga which i love and swim regulary... Well Thank you again, are you inaustralia? me too... xx claire

Doesn't matter what kind of exercise you do but if you find something you enjoy it's much easier to keep doing it! I think strength training is the key to a longer healthy life and yet I can't keep to a weights program for more than a month - I just drag my heels and it's a chore. I like running and it's convenient but I love dance, dance aerobics and yoga.

Yep I'm in Brisbane, Aus

Well done, you look fabulous. Great to see you have been able to maintain it. How many calories do you use for mainetenance?

I tracked and logged a maintenance diet of about 1700 cal for a month but right now I'm not tracking and seeing how I go. I probably indulge in richer foods now but I also don't treat myself on my running days either. So far so good it's all been even and within 53-56kg - inc over the Christmas holidays.

This is the sort of success story that really encourages me. Not only did you do amazingly well to lose that weight, but you also have managed to maintain it! It gives me a lot of hope! Thank you for posting!

I put off diets for a long time because I thought it would mean no more ice cream FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE (da dun) and I'd become one of those women who eat rice crackers while their eyes are begging for a cookie.

It's really not like that. I have a much better sense of how much food I need to eat and frankly I've gotten do used to going light on cheese and milk (I almost cut the out because I'd prefer to spend my cals elsewhere) that I can't eat much of it without feeling off. I have a much smaller stomach to fill and healthier eating habits.

It's not a chore to eat a piece of fruit and cook healthy at night - these are habits now.

And I still eat icecream almost every night

Thank you! Needed this reminder today... that it's a marathon not a sprint. My weight hasn't shifted much in the past week but overall I've lost 7.5kg in 7 weeks... I hope to be here in 8 months and have achieved what you have!

7kgs in as many weeks is a huge change! I lost a couple kgs week one, 1kg week two then nothing for 5 or 6 weeks. Sometimes you just have to stay the course and know that cal in < cal out = weight loss (eventually)!

Thanks Kris! I'm about to post another topic just about losing weight as a large busted gal. Losing a couple cup sizes was a real motivation for me... and it didn't work out that way but my boobs are definitely smaller now!