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Great story and way to maintain. You are so right that maintaining is really quite hard and means mindset lifestyle changes There is no going back to the life you had before loosing the weight. I have been in maintenance for 5 years and a bit and still I have to catch myself when the weight starts creeping up (or I think…

I managed to run a 10k again for the first time in 18 months. I has been difficult to get back to that due to injury (sprained ankle), illness (Shingles and Covid) and resulting fatigue, combined with work changes that were good but stressful. Though that 10k is a NSV, it is linked to a SV. As during that time I still…

Today marks 5 years of walking 10k steps or more daily. That is 1826 days in a row. and therefore making it over 18,260,000 steps. Given that my daily average is over 15K. It varies based on season between 15 and 17K. That means we are talking nearly 27,5 million steps over 5 years. Kinda big if you think about it

I have been in maintenance for 4.5 years I lost somewhere around 20kg. It has not always been easy to maintain. Certainly it was a weight pendulum at times, but never more than 3Kg. For me the trick has been to continue to do some level of logging (in total over different platforms and account 8 years now) and learn what…

My mini goal at the moment is holiday related. I want to be back to where I was before my holiday wrt to my exercise. My holiday exercise was walking only, plus the walks generally speaking were not as far as normal. Enough to not loose momentum. I have given myself 4 weeks for that but think I may beat that.

I was just talking to my friend and realised that I have been in maintenance for 6 years at least. I still log, though not as precise as when loosing. I walk a lot and have built muscle to help (lifting weights) I see it as that the weight loss journey helped me to learn how to balance the energy balance. I approach it…

For me the one thing that helped most is; Stop drinking sugar water of any kind. (tea, coffee, any soda or other 'energy' type drink)

Occasionally I have those weird cravings as well. Pancakes smothered in maple syrup or like you brownies or lots and lots of peanut butter. I have taught myself that if that happens to postpone it to a weekend - usually it then either subsides or I give in all the way, to that one food only and only once. 95% of the time…

So true. After 4 years in maintenance you'd think I'd be used to the new me. Nope I too still flip as @wunderkindking calls it. Last week while on a holiday I felt really really fat. I came home looked in the mirror and noted Nah you are still the same, then tried on my skinny skirt - it still fits

I agree that it makes life a lot easier having a lot of execise - it is not a requirement but it helps a lot. Personally I find not only because of the additional calorie but but simply also having less time to eat and being busy. For me personally I found that my biggest fall was sitting down in front of the TV or…

In March I sprained my ankle (missed the last step of our stairs) and could not run for weeks. Recently I have been building up to 5K again. Today I ran at my first 5K at my standard training speed. So happy to be back where I was 3.5 months ago!

I have had this for a long time too - Then I got arthritis (not bad) and my knuckle in my finger is big enough to keep it there :D So totally true! With downsizing me, the sexual innuendo at work has been upsizing and with it being uncomfortable. Thankfully these days I am working for a company where that type of behaviour…

we are on a short holiday and I noticed I had forgotten a spare pair of jeans. We walked to a nearby store I asked for their smallest size high waisted straight cut (27/30) and walked out again It is a little loose but they do not carry 26/30. Best part: My husband said Whe we met you hated shopping because nothing fitted,…

Today marks 3 years in a row 10K steps Managed to keep momentum through intercontinental travel boat trips and minor ankle injury (missed last step on the stairs)

I do it all at home. Had a gym membership twice but twice found that I actually do not like it. What I do (highly active and in maintenance): Running (outside)4x a week 5. Taking a 5k walk every morning My own weights training (got the weights a long long time ago) twice a week For toning and other I use the really free…

Well done! You look fantastic, You mention that your mental health suffered over the last year, but what I also read is that you give yourself the credit for what you did achieve and less on the fact that it is not quite what your aim was. That positive acknowledgement of your latest achievement is a great step forward as…

My position is: I log what I eat, therefore I do not cheat.

Them feeling bad is a feeling that is theirs, not the result of your achievement. Don't worry too much about it. You did well and that is what matters. Maybe your weightloss will inspire them

Both my husband and I love cooking. But it is excessively rare that we spend more than 30 minutes in the kitchen on any normal day lso In most cases of that 30min at least 15min is spent waiting. Most meals do not require that much time and as said before getting the right tools helps a lot

What a great achievement

I was turning into my mother and about 20 years earlier too .Something I swore I'd never be - Huge and unable to get up the stairs without being out of breath. I was using her excuses the ones I knew were bogus. I was about to get toward menopause and knew that it was now or never. It became now. Menopause has been doable…

Today on Boxing day I achieved my big steps goal. 1,000 days of a mininum of 10,000 steps per day My daily average over the last 12 months is 18,250 steps but I have a few rest days in there that are really really just over 10k Including needing to pace my bedroom to get to the the minimum

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I had my Breast cancer population screening scan today. The last one was 2 years ago and the compare images immediately. I got called in about the fact that they noticed a significant decrease in fatty tissue. An unexpected way to find out that my muscle building/fat reduction is working (I have been in maintenance for 3…

You are not even halfway in age where these oldies are https://www.oldest.org/sports/marathon-runners/ People that say you shouldn't tend to be too lazy to even try. My parents were harassing me for ages about it was well when I tool up running 4 years ago at 48. It has silenced now a bit

Raw measurements here. Yes I do realise the drained fat if it is whole chicken etc, but I just clock that up I'd rather overestimate than underestimate Oh and you'd be surprised how much water can get pumped into a chicken at the slaughterhouse - Depends on the Country of Origin of whether it is allowed and/or happens.

Dry as they liquid uptake and way of cooking is not the same for all Plus I weight it. I do not use volume to measure something solid

Personally I am finding this fascination with smoothness ridiculous. I am human (a naked ape) and I have hear and as an adult it is a more than when I was a child. So why would I shave and un effect go back to not being an adult?

I exercise outside year round and dress according to the weather (there is no bad weather just bad clatter a Swedish friend told me once) The only thing that will keep me inside is black ice! I walk, hike and run. I also have my own weights and exercise area in the house (rowing machine and bench) Joined a gym twice for…

Why does it have to be an or thing? As with all project management the end goal is divided in time and deliverable into minigoals/deliverables. For example my first minigoal on this journey was to fit back into my favourite pants, Then I went on to log for 100 days. Next up was an old skirt I had not fitted for years. The…