Daily maintenance weigh-in Sunday Aug 26

Good morning.

126.6 today...lowest I've been in awhile.  I'll take it.

 144 this morning...
  going to yoga this morning and then to climbing gym this afternoon with my sons.
That always makes my arms HURT but I'm hoping I can go easy and build up my muscles.
 All is well...still need to lose the extra five pounds...working on it...SIGH...I am always asking myself when I look in the mirror...is that fat or loose skin or what? My husband confirmed for me that it was five pounds ....I have been in denial or sorts...I gotta get it off...it's around my back and when I gain it comes back right there...it's like always there waiting to be filled up again....If I can just get rid of that storage place it would be pretty cool....I'm aiming for this....slowly but surely...have a great day.
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Down to 164.

I agree with another ' discussion' on this board about maintenance.   That this way of eating is a life style change and it is really for the rest of my life.

Some time ago someone wrote on another forum words to the effect of "  She hoped that she was mature enough to realize that this surgery and the tool that it is, would help her  not to slide down the slippery slope of thinking  as she had always done before, that when the weight came off,  she could go back to her former way of eating."   

The word mature gripped me like no other and when the rough gets tough I think of that . Mature enough to make this gift of surgery continue to work.  Because heaven knows I can become a three year old in nano seconds. 

. The Hike and the job interview coming up.  All the best.

104.4 all is good.  I went to a party last night, a huge Bar Mitzvah, and I did not really watch my food intake closely.  Ate more or less whatever I wanted to, which meant appetizers and dessert, skipped the healthy steak in the middle.  Also, had a Cosmo and a vodka-cranberry.   I am learning that I can do these things, for now, without regain, as long as I get back to a reasonable eating plan right after and as long as I continue to exercise and weigh myself every single day.  I have to admit, I am happy to report that maintenance is turning out to be easier than I anticipated as long as I follow some simple rules.  I am surprised and delighted at the freedom I seem to have in my eating. 

If you are reading this and you are early out in maintenance, I just want to caution you that it took me a very long time to find this balance and that I was very careful with my food for a number of years into maintenance.  I really don't want to lead anyone into temptation, but on the other hand, I am committed to telling the truth of my process, and for now, this seems to be my new truth.

110.0 lbs


Within my range. Lots of exercise last week. Feels great to be able to move. Went to Spin and TRX this AM. Great way to start the week.


Gail

133.0
(maintenance range: 135-139)

Today started out with an early morning breakfast buffet. I met up with a couple of non-op ladies from Arkansas that were in town for the Cowboys preseason game last night. I talk with them on the phone daily at work. It was really nice to meet them in person. They are so sweet!!

I really have to say $25 for a breakfast buffet (for me) is CRAZY!! But I just pay the price, take what I want and go on. I guess I helped pay for someone else's over indulgence.

Today will hopefully be some house cleaning. Other than that just another lazy weekend day!!

121 this am. yesterday was 122.5 but i didn't get it posted because I was off to support group.

Turns out hubby and I had Dr. C all to ourselves for an hour so it was such a great talk. So today I am down 1.5 lbs  - the man is a wizard - talked 1.5 pounds off of me!! LOL

But gotta seriously face the music on exercise. I had started doing some things but he told me it wasn't hard enough and I needed to do tougher stuff. Point taken. we have the beginner version of p90x (forget what its called) so gonna get that out today.

life is good.

diane