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I switched off maintenance and am now back to losing 0.5lb/week. I sing understand maintenance completely and now know to get to my goal weight before going on maintenance.

Thank you everyone. I will do just that.

Then what do I do?

I broke the plateau on the 3rd when I lost 1 pound. That was before I switched to maintenance. Before I broke the plateau, it lasted a month. What do you think I should do so I can lose the last 8 pounds?

Then what resolves it?

Not intentionally. It's hard to eat that much for me. So I always have like 100-200 calories left at the end of the day.

I've been at maintenance for roughly a week and I've started doing strength training. I just didn't know if I was missing something or doing something wrong.

I'm still eating at a deficit. I rarely am able to eat the full 1,570 calories and exercises gives me a couple hundred calories, depending on the day. What do you think I'm doing wrong?

I sent you a FR Joey. Feel free to ask me any questions and I'm more than happy to help!

I get it. I just want to get back to the same size and weight from when I first met my fiancé. That's the last time I was happy with my body and weight. But now, I'm thick. He's loves it. Bigger breasts, thighs, and butt. I don't know if I can ever get back down to that weight with all of this.

Then why don't I believe it? I look in the mirror and all I see is flabby skin and my jiggly tummy.

Thank you so much for sharing and I will definitely do that. My fiancé tells me that I don't have to lose any more weight but I feel like he's just saying it just to say it, you know?

I don't have it set to maintenance though.

I measure out the Chinese food in measuring cups and Sour Cream with measuring spoons. Tell me how you weigh these things when it tells you 1 TBSP or one cup. One cup is one cup. One TBSP is one TBSP.

How did you know it was time to maintain? What was going on?

I have logged everything correctly. I only use Quick Add when I have a bite of something or can't find the exact calories. So pl

The last time I lost was on the 21st.

I thought it was but I fixed it now. I think it's been maybe 2-3 weeks.

Yes, I use a food scale.

Thank everyone for your advice and input. I'm only thinking about maintenance because I can't seem to loose anymore as the scale isn't moving. I know I'm not gaining weight and it's frustrating not seeing it move because I don't understand why it isn't.

Thank you everyone for we or your support, advice, and encouragement. It definitely helps and gives me things to think about. Thank you for your time. It means more than you'll ever know. Goodnight.

Thank you so much for the link! It's definitely a starting point for me, especially now with having less than 5 pounds to lose to get to my goal weight of 125 pounds.

Thank you. Is there anything you can think of to help me start getting rid of this belly fat? I'm not even 5 pounds away from my goal weight of 125 pounds and I thought it'd be gone by now.

I don't understand anything but the part about trying gluten free.

I've never even heard of a structured lifting progtam- what is it?

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I think there's a BJ's close to where we leave. Our one reservation about going there is that we share an apartment with a roommate so there isn't too much room to store what we won't be using right away. I never liked Ramen until I had my surgery and I had to eat soup but my fiancé would always buy it prior and I was…

I understand where you're coming from. Money has been a little tight since I've been unable to work since November due to having surgery the week before Christmas and now, I'm recovering. My fiancé and I are living off of his paycheck alone so we're doing the best we can. I eat Ramen only as a last resort because of the…

I think I've become a creature of habit in terms of food but I agree that I should add more options and switch things up. Thanks for the pointers!

I have premade salads, cereal, Ramen, and wheat bread.