I have been LC'ing for 8 months today and maintaining my 30lb weight loss for about three of them. I feel like I have settled into a pretty good pattern. Generally, I eat like I did when I was trying to lose weight. But occasionally, I will eat something carby like a cracker or a piece of bread or some potatoes. I have also had the odd treat...like a piece of cake or a cookie. It seems like eating as if I was still trying to lose most days allows me the freedom to indulge now and again.

I weigh myself every day. I keep myself within three pounds of goal and I am very happy...

Keptewe

Hey everyone! It was a busy week but I held things together with my eating so I feel good this evening.

I weighed in at 140lbs on Friday morning and this morning. It seems like I was able to indulge in a couple of "off plan" foods without any real effect. One night was an "Oreo" night. I think that I ate 6...all in one sitting. Got THAT out of my system. I'm not sure what came over me...I don't really even like Oreo's. I also ate a couple of servings of BBQ potato chips last night which could have been a sodium AND carb fiasco. It doesn't...

Keptewe

And not JUST because I weighed in this morning at 139lbs!!!! Things have been going so well lately with the LC maintenance thingy. On Friday, Tom and I quit work early and went to Bizy's for burgers and beer. I even ate my bun and some sweet potato fries without it knocking me off plan or gaining anything other than a couple of pounds of water the next day. I just went right on back to my "normal" eating and I was back down to 140 the next day and even lower this morning! I am very happy.

On top of that, it is a beautiful, warm (but not hot or humid) day here...

Keptewe

are my reward for working hard today and weighing 140 lbs this morning! That's all, she wrote!

Have an amazing weekend, everyone!

Keptewe

It is so much more difficult to blog when you aren't losing weight any more. Boo hoo...I'm sure some of you are thinking. I'm sorry but maintaining weight loss is just not that interesting. I wonder if this might be one of the factors contributing to people regaining weight? When you are losing...it takes a lot of creativity and focus to learn to eat correctly and there is a definate goal in sight. Once you get there...it is just a case of keeping an eye on the scale (or for some, the feeling of your clothes) and trying NOT to fall back into old habits. You are trying to see what...

Keptewe