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Get yourself a trending weight app (Libra or Happy Scale for example) and try entering your weight daily for a couple of weeks - it'll be eye-opening - you'll get to see your daily fluctuations in weight, realise that it's never completely stable, and get to know what affects your weight up and down on a day-to-day basis.…
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@CoachJen71 You most certainly are not a fraud!! You are solidly under your maintenance max and have been consistently for months! Less than +0.5lb from last week is absolutely nothing! Take it from me - you've got maintenance sussed, and you really don't need to be worrying about a tiny bit of over-indulgence now and…
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Fantastic work! And what a great attitude - keep it up!
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I agree with all that's been said here so far. The one thing that I wish I'd known going into maintenance was that I didn't have to panic! I was so determined that my weight loss this time would be for life. I'd done exactly what you have been doing OP - stalking the maintenance board for ages before I got there, absorbing…
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It's all those multiple personalities coming out!! :)
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Name: Mandy Total Weight lost: 4 stone (56lbs) Height: 5ft 6in Time it took to lose: 16 months How long in maintenance: 1 year 1 month Maintenance weight range: 137 - 140lbs (lowered from 142lbs in June) Average weight recorded for January: 141.9lbs Average weight recorded for February: 141.2lbs Average weight recorded for…
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Down 56lbs!
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Name: Mandy Total Weight lost: 4 stone (56lbs) Height: 5ft 6in Time it took to lose: 16 months How long in maintenance: 1 year 1 month Maintenance weight range: 137 - 140lbs (lowered from 142lbs in June) Average weight recorded for January: 141.9lbs Average weight recorded for February: 141.2lbs Average weight recorded for…
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I have had varying degrees of success with not logging. I am a sloppy logger anyway - in that, whilst I log 100% of the foods I eat, I don't measure and weigh anything, so I am likely not very accurate in terms of the amounts of food I eat. It has worked for me all the way through my weight loss and maintenance and, since…
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@CoachJen71 Your trip looks amazing - beautiful scenery!
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Name: Mandy Total Weight lost: 4 stone (56lbs) Height: 5ft 6in Time it took to lose: 16 months How long in maintenance: 1 year Maintenance weight range: 137 - 140lbs (there - officially lowering my max from 142lbs) Average weight recorded for January: 141.9lbs Average weight recorded for February: 141.2lbs Average weight…
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@mikesmom1983 - maintenence doesn't need to mean the end of your numbers and graphs! I kept an excel spreadsheet all the way through my weight loss - recording data on weight, measurements, planned exercise, weekly meal plans - I still keep adding the same info now that I'm in maintenance - just on a new sheet! I've also…
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Name: Mandy Total Weight lost: 4 stone (56lbs) Height: 5ft 6in Time it took to lose: 16 months How long in maintenance: 1 year Maintenance weight range: 137 - 140lbs (there - officially lowering my max from 142lbs) Average weight recorded for January: 141.9lbs Average weight recorded for February: 141.2lbs Average weight…
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I got a Fitbit Charge 2 for Christmas. I had been maintaining successfully since the summer of last year, but linked my fitbit to MFP when I got it and started to trust the calorie burn that it gave me - however, the numbers it generates are too generous, and my weight actually started trending upwards. I love all the…
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@kgirlhart - I'm not entirely convinced that Fitbits are completely accurate! I had the opposite problem - I ate the calories that my Fitbit was telling me that I was burning, linked it to MFP and was very happy with the increased number of calories I was getting to eat..... but my weight trended upwards the entire time!…
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That's fantastic! Well done you - keep it up!
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Name: Mandy Total Weight lost: 4 stone (56lbs) Height: 5ft 6in Time it took to lose: 16 months How long in maintenance: 11.5 months (one year anniversary this month!) Maintenance weight range: 137 - 140lbs (there - officially lowering my max from 142lbs) Average weight recorded for January: 141.9lbs Average weight recorded…
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Thanks @mk2fit! I think you're right about the weather affecting running - it was really windy and muggy this week and it did make it much harder.... especially running into the wind! I tend to sleep fine once I get to bed - I just don't get there very early and a 5.40am alarm for work means no chance to make up for it in…
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Ok - I'll do this again! The last round was my first joining the 10 day challenge, but the public accountability really helped me focus. I'm officially maintaining within a 137-142lb weight range but was nudging the very top of this at the beginning of the last round. I'm aiming to get to the bottom of this range by the…
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Name: Mandy Total Weight lost: 4 stone (56lbs) Height: 5ft 6in Time it took to lose: 16 months How long in maintenance: 11.5 months (one year anniversary this month!) Maintenance weight range: 137 - 140lbs (there - officially lowering my max from 142lbs) Average weight recorded for January: 141.9lbs Average weight recorded…
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Ok - I'll do this again! The last round was my first time joining the 10 day challenge, but the public accountability really helped me focus. I'm officially maintaining within a 137-142lb weight range but was nudging the very top of this at the beginning of the last round. I'm aiming to get to the bottom of this range by…
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Ok - I'll do this again! The last round was my first time joining the 10 day challenge, but the public accountability really helped me focus. I'm officially maintaining within a 137-142lb weight range but was nudging the very top of this at the beginning of the last round. I'm aiming to get to the bottom of this range by…
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Ok - I'll do this again! The last round was my first time joining the 10 day challenge, but the public accountability really helped me focus. I'm officially maintaining within a 137-142lb weight range but was nudging the very top of this at the beginning of the last round. I'm aiming to get to the bottom of this range by…
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I lost 56lbs - almost 30% of my total body weight. Whilst I didn't track it at the time I was losing, I did calculate it at certain points and when I reached my goal weight. And yes - it felt substantial! But it's all relative - losing just 3% more of my bodyweight now (3-4lbs) would feel equally substantial, but wouldn't…
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Ok - I'll do this again! The last round was my first time joining the 10 day challenge, but the public accountability really helped me focus. I'm officially maintaining within a 137-142lb weight range but was nudging the very top of this at the beginning of the last round. I'm aiming to get to the bottom of this range by…
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@abbynormalartist - go for it! At 46, with two kids, absolutely minimal upper body strength (it feels like!) and a really embarrassing shy streak, it's working for me! I doubt I'll ever feel like I comfortably belong in the weights room, but I'm at the point where I can get in there, do what I need to do, and get out again…
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Honestly - I felt exactly the same. I was desperate to lift free weights, but too intimidated to go do it. I started off using the weights machines (I figured less chance of getting things terribly wrong?!) which helped me gain a lot in confidence. You've got some great advice here - it is nerve-wracking at first, but…
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Ok - I'll do this again! The last round was my first time joining the 10 day challenge, but the public accountability really helped me focus. I'm officially maintaining within a 137-142lb weight range but was nudging the very top of this at the beginning of the last round. I'm aiming to get to the bottom of this range by…
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Ok - I'll do this again! The last round was my first time joining the 10 day challenge, but the public accountability really helped me focus. I'm officially maintaining within a 137-142lb weight range but was nudging the very top of this at the beginning of the last round. I'm aiming to get to the bottom of this range by…
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Ok - I'll do this again! The last round was my first time joining the 10 day challenge, but the public accountability really helped me focus. I'm officially maintaining within a 137-142lb weight range but was nudging the very top of this at the beginning of the last round. I'm aiming to get to the bottom of this range by…
