@Hollis100 thanks for the detailed tips!

That's a very good point that in maintenance you keep going with what was working during weight loss. I think logging has helped me understand more about approx how many calories I can have in a day as it's become more intuitive, but weighing myself is something I will definitely need to keep up weekly.

That's how I ended up gaining weight in the first place-- I wasn't keeping track and then gained more and more until suddenly my clothes didn't fit and I was 40 lb more. I look back at photos and realize that how I thought I looked in the mirror (I look the same!) wasn't how I actually looked in real life (not the same haha). So definitely I need to keep up that habit to prevent myself from unintentionally slipping.

@cjane917 The same thing happened with me -- I gained weight because I wasn't keeping track, and thought I looked okay (I didn't, but I was surrounded by obese people and looked smaller).

Another thing that helps me now: many years ago I quit smoking. I quit when cigarettes began to give me minor health problems. I told myself if anything else made me sick -- eating a particular food, for example -- I would just stop doing it. I decided about the cigarettes that I was neurotic, needed outside help, got it, and quit forever.

I feel about the same way about gaining all that weight. I'm a 5'3' woman. Gaining almost 40 pounds tells me something is not right with my relationship with food. I need to watch myself for a long time so I don't slip back. I can't go back to the habits that made me obese -- living without awareness.

Good luck there and congrats on your achievement!

Pass Day #2

I wouldn't have been over by a ton, so I was more in control than I was the day before, but the food choices weren't great....a lot of pizza!! I did exercise, so that's something positive!

Exercise? Yes

Budgeted? Nope - Pass, please!

Track? Yes

Rings? Yes

Water? Nope

Yes, yes, yes

Pass Day #1.