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5'10", 160 right now ( :( - gained 5 pounds - I'm on deficit again). 38", 28", 40" size 10 bottoms, 8-12 or small-medium tops, depending on fit and makes.

I had this problem after 3 years of easy maintenance. I had to drop down my calories. I also realized I was underestimating food a tiny tiny amount every day. And I also was using an apple watch instead of my fitbit on my waist. I play the banjo. It adds a lot of steps that I wasn't earning. Between those two things, I…

It took me a year before I stopped catching myself in the mirror and being surprised to see a person I hadn't seen for 30 years. Now I look at pictures of my thin self and it looks like me. I've maintained 4 years. It still feels great though. And every time I look in the mirror I feel happy.

Congratulations! Reset your goals.

The National Weight Loss Study didn't find rapid weight loss to be problem. The problem is that people go back to their old habits, eat too much, and regain. If you're on a slow loss plan, it's easier to turn those into good long term habits you can live with the rest of your life. But if you can take it off fast and then…

I go back the week too. And don't do it next time. Pick the couple of foods you really want, eat a bit of those, and fill up on veg.

I found it really hard to restart when I needed to because I'd gained a few pounds. I just started small - there were snacks I'd picked up and I just dropped those. Then I started walking again. That got me back in the mind set and after a week I was ready to hit the lower calories.

Yes. Lost half a shoe size.

Four years of maintenance. Still in that 5 pound zone. I'm 55, lost 38 pounds, and have been maintaining at my college weight. And am in the National Weight Loss Study of people who successfull maintain (you should join too). What they do not say is that the research says that 65% people who lose a lot of weight gain it…

I did this too. I'm coming up on year 4. The good news - I am creeping back down into that zone (I gained 5 pounds this winter - I had lost 40 4 years ago). What helped me was just exercising. Not EXERCISING but getting back to walking every day. Even though I was hitting my calorie goals, when I walked a lot more I would…

Eat what you want and that's healthy with lots of fluids. People regain the weight they've lost when they've been sick very quickly. You need to food to heal.

I'd go down a little. What Francis said - just cut back 200-250. I say that as someone who let it sit at the high end of my range too long (a few months) and am having trouble getting back into my range - and I've easily maintained there 4 years. Don't let it go too long.

I upped my calories by 250 (I had had a 500 calorie deficit) and just ate what I was hungry for and left the rest there. Your body will know. When I started losing again, I upped up some more.

A week? That young? I'm not surprised. My kids eat literally twice what I do and are as skinny as rails. I did that myself until I was 40. Enjoy!

Me too. I did change from fitbit to apple watch - I like the heart rate tracker.

I track everything and have every meal for four years. I enjoy it. But I very rarely modify my eating because of it because I have learned to 'naturally' eat at maintenance.

It depends on activity level and whether you're talking net or total calories too. I am 57 and 5'10". I maintain at 1700 net, but eat at least 2200. I've done that 5 years. And trust me, I ate much more at 20.

I think people have their own patterns of logging as well as their own bodies. If you're maintaining you are fine. If you start losing, increase calorie density in a few items. Congratulations!

Four years maintenance. I just kept logging and hitting my calorie goals. It isn't hard. It just takes persistence.

Congratulations! Staying there is the hardest part. And goal. Because the point isn't to take it off, it's to stay that healthy weight forever. Yay!

When you see new people they are just telling you that you look different from their mental image of you. Yes it's annoying. My mom does it too. People who see me every day don't. It's been four years. I think they did it for three. HOWEVER every time weight comes up with my friends, I got pointed to as someone who has…

You should do whatever reduces your anxiety.

I've been logging and maintaining 4 years after losing 40 pounds. I eat back whatever I'm hungry for. If I'm hungry, I feel no compunction at all about eating every one. If I'm not, I just eat until I'm full. I use the MFP calculations and have my activity level set to 0, so get my calories from an apple watch (used to be…

I think it's hard to stop because there's always someone 'more fit' or 'thinner' or with lower body fat and you feel like you're giving up. But it's just not true unless that's the goal you want to have for your life. My goal is to maintain a healthy weight the rest of my life. Sounds like you're tired of your current…

How much you burn doing activities like yoga or tai chi depend entirely on how you do them. My husband teaches tai chi and works up a huge sweat in slow motion with shaking muscles from exertion. Or you can kind of stand still and slop your hands around. I can never figure out what to do with music - I play a lot. I don't…

I couldn't drink two glasses of wine a night without gaining. But I do have a glass every couple days. It's a lot of calories. I'd rather have ice cream with nuts.

I've had a similar problem after maintaining 4 years. I went back and recalculated my numbers and found that I'd been dropped 30+ calories just because I'm older. So that may be part of it. I also know that if my carbs creep over 40-50% I can't lose no matter what my calories. So if I work to up my protein and fat I do…

I agree there's no such thing as 'junk food'. Some food is calorie dense with limited nutritional value. But it can taste great! I have some most days. I often have a 1/4 cup of ice cream around 9. I really like coconut covered cashews and have 1/3 of an ounce when I get home from work. I'll drink a glass of wine or have…

* Just keep doing what you've been doing to lose, but with more calories. * When you first add, don't just add carbs - it's easy to add in cake and bread and sugar. Stick to your macros and mind your protein and fats too. * Enjoy your food. The goal isn't to LOSE weight, it's to maintain a healthy weight the rest of your…

I've done that successfully for four years.