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I got the 35% statistics from the National Weight Control Registry, which is a large longitudinal database of people who lost at least 30 pounds and kept it off at least a year. CMriverside - you should join it. They are looking for people like you who are successfully maintaining. I'm in it too. I'm not part of the 1%.…

It's not a lot if you're exercising. You have advice from two experts. Buy a fitness monitor to count your steps (the Fitbit zip is $35 or so on ebay and works fine). Have it sync here so it gives you more calories when you exercise. If you follow the directions, use MFPs estimates and set your activity to sedentary (it…

It does take a while to know you're stable. Although many people regain, 35% do not. I've kept it off 4 years. The biggest reason people regain is they go back to their old habits. Keep logging and exercising. Remember, the goal isn't to lose the weight. The goal is to keep it off the rest of your life. So every time you…

Eat a little of what you want and take it out elsewhere. If I have cravings I usually find I really really want a bite or two and that does it for me. I'll get a burger with my son, eat half of it and let him finish the rest. Half a slice of pizza never killed anyone. I eat ice cream daily, but by the 1/4 cup.

I was where you are at 40. Starting just after that, my metabolism slowed down. So although I know I ate less and exercised the same, my weight crept up. Just a pound a year until 50, 2 pounds a year after that. That's easy to miss and you don't even notice it in your clothes because they all still fit (I'm quite tall,…

Puffiness can come from lack of sleep. I look puffy if I eat too much salt, even if I don't change weight. I looked flabbier in my belly after I lost weight. That moved around for 6 months. I would look blobby every time after a big loss. There's SPACE where there had been fat and the skin and interstitial fat hadn't…

Whenever I do a big trip I gain weight that it takes me a few weeks to lose. It isn't calories. It's mostly water. But it can still take 2 weeks to drop.

Congratulations! I maintained at current calories another few weeks and then upped by 250 until I knew I was completely stable. I also recommend that when you start to maintain and especially up calories, you add more protein and fat and fewer carbs, because you hold more water with carbs and (for me at least) they tend to…

Are you eating towards a NET maintenance goal with all that running? And measuring your running well? When I was younger, 5'9", and dancing 6 days a week, my teachers told me I was too thin at 128. You have a lot of muscle too, I'm sure. So I do think you're right to be concerned. I use an apple watch to measure my…

I was 54 when I lost. I went back to my college weight and the weight I returned to after my kids were born. It looks good on me, it's well within the healthy weight range (BMI 21), and when I'm thinner than that I get grumpy and feel hungry.

I build daily exercise into my routine. So I try to walk 5 miles a day (this takes regular activity and at least 30 minutes of effortful walking) and use a pedometer to measure it (first mechanical, then fitbit, now apple watch). I set my exercise to couch potato and eat the calories I earn (averaged over the week). There…

You look great.

I didn't, but I first added in 250 and then 500 calories when I came off my deficit. What I did notice was my first instinct was to add back in a lot of simple carbs like bread or cookies. That makes me hold water.

Peanut butter is very calorie dense. Bread is too. I NET 1270 but I eat around 1600. I have a lot of meals that come in around 300-400 and that gives me calories for snacks or for a bigger meal if I'm hungry. I drink coffee, tea, and water so that uses very few calories. I love to eat but put all my calories into things…

I lost 40 pounds and it took me less time to lose the first 35 than the last 5. But I kept plugging and it came off. I have maintained almost 5 years. However, I gained back 5 pounds last year. Again, it took me a long time to lose that last 5 pounds. I'm close to my body's ideal weight and my body is holding onto calories…

Every time I go on a long flight I bloat and my ankles swell. Often takes me several weeks to get rid of it. One thing that does help is taking a hot bath and drinking lots of cold water. No idea why.

Not in a healthy way. I've seen my son do that when he's ill and wound up in the hospital with dehydration (virus). Don't do it.

I log every single meal but stopped logging lettuce and other things under 10 calories. And I eat whatever I want, just less. Especially when I was earlier on, logging often tells me to eat MORE not less. Or tells me when I'm hungry, I should eat because I'm at too deep a deficit. Good luck!

I found it easy. Same behaviors, more calories. You just have to keep it up - I've been doing it four years. What motivates me is that my goal is to keep the goal off FOREVER. If your goal is to lose the weight, you'll regain.

I've posted for 1529 days, but I'm still in my zone. I did gain 5 pounds, but got back into it. I have learned for myself that I can stick to my calories, but if I don't exercise, I'll slowly gain anyway. I don't need to exercise a lot, but I do need to walk an hour a day.

Yes, your maintenance could be that. I'm almost a foot taller but older, and mine is only 1300 (net). It's why I exercise every day, because I like those extra 500 calories.

You look cute. And you're also straight on which makes all of us look our heaviest. AND the lenses on cell phones make everyone look fat. You've got great curves. Keep hiking. You're doing great.

If it's working, that's great. I haven't done vegan, but spent years as a vegetarian (we couldn't afford meat) and for a while ate mostly raw, just because I wanted to. I was surprised, frankly, about how few calories are in meat and how many in things like rice. But they way I cook when I eat meat makes it a higher…

OP: I've been logging everything for the last four years and lost 40+ pounds. My husband eats way more junk ands snacks a lot. He's overweight bordering on obese. He also does most of the cooking for our family (he's an amazing cook) and drizzles olive oil and things that adds to the calorie content of everything. All…

If it's real brown rice and not vaguely dyed white rice, it will go into your system slower and may help you avoid the hunger spike some people get an hour or so after eating heavy carbs. But if you eat it with protein, even that doesn't matter. Calories are calories. Log it.

I know what you mean. I just upped it 250 of the 500 calorie deficit to see that it really was okay. When I felt comfortable, I upped it some more.

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Today's the first day of a new streak of success.

Truthfully, never. I love food. But if I eat too much at a sitting, it makes me feel sick and I've learned that eating that same delicious fantastic glorious food in smaller portions makes me feel even better. And if I save some for later, there's more tomorrow. And it will taste even better then. Because the first bite is…

My son just went through 3 weeks of in-patient pain rehab. You must be working closely with a physical and occupational therapist - he did 6 hours a day. They can put together pretty intense program for sedentary activities. Not aerobic, but maintaining or building muscle mass through certainly weight training and planks,…