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Well done! Do you measure and take photos? This would help to remind you of how much great progress you are making. Don’t let others sabotage your success.

Today - as the OP mentioned 3 meals and 2 snacks, honest tracking of foods, plenty of water and 30 mins of exercise.

Great work!

Well done... I have a mountain to climb but I find success stories inspiring.

Hi I would like to join. Starting weight 261lbs. Current weight 261 lbs. Ultimate goal weight 182 lbs. Challenge goal: lose 14lbs. 09/04: 261lbs. 09/11 09/18 09/25 10/02 10/09 10/16 Thanks.

Yes please - count me in!

i am 5ft 8.5 ins I would like to get down to 170 lbs and then review.

Well done - amazing job!

Well done - you have done an amazing job!

Just 17 weeks argh! Count me in, I would love to loose 2 stones as a target weight.

I wish.....

I know where you are coming from - I know that I need a constant challenge to keep me focussed on maintenance. I am just back from a long holiday so have to shift some weight to get back to my maintenance range. Normally I stay focused but I have lapses and try to keep them to a minimum. The little voice inside my head…

I am in the boat as Kruggeri - some weight creep over the summer and now staying at 1700 cals per day until the new year - again no sweat if I go over the odd dat., Xmas/New year are really dangerous times of year for me. I just don't want to blow all my hard work. Back to the question MFP set my maintenance around 2,100…

I try to see maintenance as a range not a specific number. Like most have said - every day is a challenge and you need to keep learning all the time. I originally thought I would never eat junk/fast food again. I like pizza and the odd piece of junk food, so I include it occasionally. I find it easier to stay on track if I…

Great work.

Totally agree. My weight can start to drift up easily and I have to really watch the cals in/out carefully. Logging and weighing foods helps. I don't need much of a deficit to loose - maybe 100 cals a day plus some deficit from working out seems to tip things back in the right direction. I also have a fitbit but never eat…

Agree. I used to bring back my fav foods from holiday to have back at home for a while. Crazy I know - now once the hols has finished so has the foods stuffs - no more bring homes! Really helps me to get back into my routine PDQ.

This is my second time around of reaching GW - I am still trying to work it out. I see myself in the mirror and not sure it's me. I struggle to work out what size clothes I even take at the moment. So I think it takes a while for it to sink in - that all the hard work of many months and in some cases years has finally paid…

I like this approach.

Thanks Guys- I am off tomorrow to get some cotton buds and alcohol to clean the bit, charger and wristband. Hope this works as I am lost without my Fitbit - how did I get so dependent on this little thing?

Hi All Hope the walking is going well. This week I achieved 31.43 miles = 100.53. My goal is 175 miles for the month of October, so I really need to get moving for the last 7 days! Now my Fitbit has decided to not hold it’s charge arrrgh! Keep striving for goal.

Log into MFP and read the success stories - when ever I felt fed up, the journey was too long I would read a success story and think WOW! if they can do it so can I. It just seemed to motivate me to keep going.

You did it your way and that's all that matters. Well done!

Hi I lost 74lbs annd have been on maintenance since June. I think you have to find a way to live and enjoy maintenance. Personally I think if life feels like one long endless diet then you are more likely to return to your old ways. For me, logging and working out keeps me on track. I can get bored easily so I like to try…

great work!

Count me in. Height 5'8 Start 184 GW 170 Currently on hols but will weigh in when I am back at home on 27/10.

My Aha moment was watching a TV programme about a woman that was obese - walls had to broken in her home to get her out etc., I was horrified and then reflected on the fact that I weighed just 4 stones less than she did. Time to take action. I think there is something about being in the right frame of mind - so many times…

Great work!

I bought a small number of new clothes during the weight loss stage from ebay or charity shops. Then when I reached GW I bought a few more new things. Funny - how many clothes I had bought along the way that had never fitted and suddenly at GW they were fine.

Logging is a small price to pay for staying at maintenance.