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I would like to be a 12, but I can't maintain that lifestyle. I will be happy to maintain at a 14 at 48 years old and 2 kids and 1 c-section.

Glad to read that someone else has experienced the head game of acknowledging getting fat again. When I am gaining weight I use my past failure to think I can always lose it again. When I get to that wall of wanting to lose again, my past failure keeps makes me think it can't be done.

I lost last year with a biggest loser challenge at work. Once that ended I said I was going to continue to eat smart. Well, that expanded and expanded and now I am 7 lbs short of my top weight last year. I don't want to go back to the bigger size. I just can't seem to make it a lifestyle change. I can't log food forever.…

I love this advice! It puts my failure in a better perspective.

Starting over. Last year I lost 30 lbs using the popular pay program and I felt great and proud about doing it. I lost in preparation for a cruise and then slowly gained most of it back and here I am. I know you are not supposed to look back at failure, but it is hard to think I will ever maintain a healthy eating…

I am having trouble with 1200 as well. I selected lightly active since I work with children. I have a bowl of special K for breakfast, a lean cuisine for lunch and what seems like a reasonable dinner. Keeping dinner under the daily calories is what is difficult. I know I can't keep that up for forever. I have to leave…