VSG Maintenance Group
Maintenance-Terminology
On August 30, 2012 at 4:35 PM Pacific Time, diane S. wrote:
maintenance means never having to buy new jeans until they fall apart and then go get the same size without even trying them on! dianeI was thinking the same thing.....
I have a pair of Levis that are 2 years old.... What!!!! ....that never happened before....
I would blow the crotches right out of them in a couple of months......
Chub Rub !!!
Major Friction !!!!
And now I just order the same size from Amazon !!!
frisco
SW 338lbs. GW 175lbs. Goal in 11 months. CW 148lbs. WL 190lbs.
" To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art "
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yeah Frisco, maintenance is also when you have purchsed skinny clothes and wear them long enough to wear them out rather than outgrowing them like i used to. i actually have some lingeree thats looking a little worn that i need to replace. jeans last a long time but some of the stuff i got nearly two years ago is a little tired looking. Oh darn, time to go buy size 6 clothes!!!!!!!!
and its so great not to have the discomfort of the "chub rub" diane
and its so great not to have the discomfort of the "chub rub" diane
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Congrats Frisco and Gail (and many others here on this board and those who chimed in on this email) for being Successful Maintainers. I'm still trying to find my balance. I don't think I'll be able to say I'm successful at maintaining until it's proven for at least one year (and I need new lingerie like Diane...). Thanks to you guys helping me stay focused; hopefully I'll be able to count myself among you someday. Nice insight Frisco, thanks for putting it out there.
Deb
Deb
Goal Reached in 12.5 Months
HW: 274 Pre-OpW: 266 SW: 254 CW: 125 GW: 145
You must permanently change your lifestyle if you want your weight loss to be permanent. You can do it!
The concept of maintenance became real for me when I realized VSG isn't my Magic Bullet For Life and faced the fact that if I don't take responsibility for what I put in my mouth, I pay the consequences. I was sooooo pissed when my hunger came back and had a tantrum in the form of an 18-pound weight gain that I'm now working off. I'm doing a lot of the Shrink Yourself exercises, too. Even after losing almost 150 pounds, I was in denial about what an addict I am. Now that I'm a normal sized person (still above my goal, though, thanks to the tantrum and I lowered my goal a bit since I started working out), I can see my mental and emotional patterns in technicolor and understand that this is a condition I'm going to have to manage for life.
