Friday weigh in

Well everyone its that time of the week.  How are we doing.. maintaining, loosing, gaining.  this is the time to shout it out.. remember you are a success no matter where you are on this journey cause you took the step to become a healthier you.  Congrats on all your success. Here it goes... last week- 121 This week-121 Maintaining now for almost 4 months.. yeah... Ok.. why do I do this to myself.  Lately I have been bantering with the idea of loosing more weight.  Why.  I know I dont need to but all of a sudden I want more cushion to stay at 121.  that would mean in my head I want to go to 115 and I am 5'5'.  Do any of you do this to yourself.  I know I shouldnt loose anymore.. I know that.. and I do stop myself from trying but.. sometimes i just think and think about it.. tell me I am not alone.  Maintaining is so weird to do.  Sometimes it helps just to admit this so I can move on and know I am not alone here. HAve a great week all... Carla

Carla, I won't weigh and post til tomorrow morning....this morning it looked good so hopefully tomorrow I'll see a good result.  I'm also trying to pretty much maintain, a 2-3 lb loss I don't mind but I have been at 119 lbs and looked old and sick, I don't want to go there again.  I was obsessed with the #, not considering how I looked....when I see those pictures I can now see what my family was saying, I couldn't understand their concern back then. But.....saying this I too consider sometimes losing more to have more "cushion", I think the maintenance part of this journey has been the toughest, not necessarily food-wise (although I did get off track slightly but quickly pulled in the reins) but knowing/finding the happy medium and not becoming obsessive with the weight loss again....those days of seeing the scale move down were so exciting and then it stops (which it must) but that daily "Hooray" is missing and it's almost like.....what next? Enjoy your 5 days off....I'll report tomorrow morning and the scale, lol.

I think we all need the drama of gaining and losing.  Maybe that's how we all got here!  You're right, maintaining freaks me out a little (maybe that's why right now I'm trying to take off the 7 pounds I've put on over the past 4 months).  There is no excitement to seeing the same number on the scale everyday.  But be careful, I have been anorexic and bulemic, and those thoughts of "If I could just lose a little more and give myself a buffer" sound awfully familiar.  Don't go crazy on us.  You are already at the low end of thin for your height aren't you?  I'm only 5'3 and at 130,  I'm still within the range of healthy weight.  I wear a size 2/4, so you really don't need to lose anymore.  If you have to maybe another couple of pounds just to be a complete overachiever, but don't get obsessive!  The walking bag of bones look is not attractive especially for those of us who are, shall we say, seasoned.  LOL.

 Thanks for everything you do.  You look great.  You are accomplishing the humongous feat of maintaining an amazing weight loss.  Relax already!

 

 

Last week:  127.6 This week:  127.4 Maintaining and lovin the control I feel.

 Great job Dana... dont loose anymore.. you are doing great. Carla

Carla, I don't want to lose any more, I am just afraid to add calories and such and see a regain....I'm such an all or nothing person unfortunately.  Finding that balance is so mind boggling.

Thats exactly were I am right now too so I know how u feel.. dont want to add for fear of gaining.. dont want to lower for fear of loosing.. maintance... what a concept. Carla

I'm starting to win the battle very SLOWLY........... I'm really cutting back on the GRAZING and snacking at work  If I stop the 100-300 calories snacks at work per day I'll get there.  Last week 137.5 This week 136 Good Luck everyone,  Robin

Exactly.. that snacking is evil.. you can do it... you are in control of that ship.  Congrats on the loss. Carla

Oh MAN! We weigh the same this week!  Hallaleuh! 121 even.  Now I'm going to be dealing with the demons all weekend. Is this "bounce"? Am I headed up? Should I still eat that cracker? I mean, I HAVE "put on weight." Maybe I should skip that just now. Yup, I'm thinking about it and I'm still 4 pounds under my doctor's goal weight. What the heck is wrong with my brain?