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Maintenance Approach: Oversimplified or brilliant?
In light of some recent posts about maintenance obsession and continued tracking and weigh-ins and whatnot, I keep thinking about a notion that has stuck with me after reading it several months ago in a similar thread, but I haven't had the guts to put it into practice. I'd love to hear opinions from fellow maintainers.…
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Maintenance Survey
Hello maintainers! I hit my goal weight a couple weeks ago and am in the process of adjusting my calories each week to transition to maintenance. I thought it might be helpful to put out a general questionnaire to get a feel for how everybody handles this phase of the journey in their own way. Feel free to answer only what…
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Moonface
Hi all - Just needing to vent and commiserate a little today. I started on Prednisone in January at 40mg per day, briefly went down to 35 mg and am now at 60 mg for complications of dermatomyositis. I'm hoping my rheumy is going to get me on some other meds very soon and start to decrease the Pred dose. Over the past…
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That wonderful 1...and other victories
I'm not usually the type to brag, but I'm feeling a breakthrough today. And like others, if I can help motivate anyone else, I'm all for it. Today is my weekly weigh-in and I hit the proverbial ONEderland. I started logging on MFP on January 14th (thanks to my amazing husband, who started us on this path and has lost 64…
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A vow to my fellow (former) fatties
If I was a vindictive person, I would count among my fitness goals to eventually be that person who, although not overweight, always tries to commiserate with those who are, thereby making them want to punch something. You know what I mean...those horrible people who are obviously much thinner, but complain about being fat…
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Little things to boost activity
I sit at a desk literally all day and sometimes it makes me crazy. I'm looking for excuses to get up and move around, so I go to the ice machine and bathrooms on a different floor. I might also just get up once in a while to walk a lap around the building. What are those small extra steps you take to increase your activity…
