Muttley1900
Member
I don't know why I'm feel so surprised about this - I weigh every Sunday morning, I see the scales moving down each week, I plot the results in myfitnesspal and have a spread sheet that anticipates my mini weight goals as well as trying some non scale victories at certain points. But, here I am today, in shock, surprised and a little bemused that I now am into my final stone of loss and that I have somehow edged into a 'normal'/'healthy' BMI range.
So, in the next 7 to 10 weeks (if I keep up this momentum of circa 1 to 2lbs loss a week) I will have hit target, which is a BMI of 23, 160lbs or just under 11 and a half stone.
So then what do I do? Well the answer is 'maintain' - but how...?
I've been thinking that I should carry on the weighing in each Sunday, to keep a close eye on any weight change and then adjust my behaviour for the following week.
I don't want to slow down (stop the exercise I'm doing, using the car instead of walking etc) because the whole point of this was for my health and yes getting the weight off is a big part of that, but keeping my heart fit is still as just as important.
So, for all of you maintainers or soon to be maintainers, how do you do it/plan to do it? Do you keep a tight reign on your intake and exercise or do you 'let yourself go' to draw back in once a month or so? I'm sure we are all different and have different routes on the maintain part of this journey, so I'm looking to find out as much as I can before my weight loss target is hit.
So, in the next 7 to 10 weeks (if I keep up this momentum of circa 1 to 2lbs loss a week) I will have hit target, which is a BMI of 23, 160lbs or just under 11 and a half stone.
So then what do I do? Well the answer is 'maintain' - but how...?
I've been thinking that I should carry on the weighing in each Sunday, to keep a close eye on any weight change and then adjust my behaviour for the following week.
I don't want to slow down (stop the exercise I'm doing, using the car instead of walking etc) because the whole point of this was for my health and yes getting the weight off is a big part of that, but keeping my heart fit is still as just as important.
So, for all of you maintainers or soon to be maintainers, how do you do it/plan to do it? Do you keep a tight reign on your intake and exercise or do you 'let yourself go' to draw back in once a month or so? I'm sure we are all different and have different routes on the maintain part of this journey, so I'm looking to find out as much as I can before my weight loss target is hit.