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Post by susan092907 on Nov 19, 2020 1:00:43 GMT
Wed 11/18 - Goal weight and weigh-ins.
My personal goal weight is 12 lbs below my WW official Lifetime goal weight. I rarely get to that low weight and usually maintain at 8-10 lbs below my WW goal. I weigh myself every morning, and record my weight once a week in several places- my WW tracker, my MFP tracker, my iTrackBites tracker, my Happy Scale app, my hard copy notebook where I record my weekly weigh-ins and my exercise, and on here in my signature. I know that's a lot of weight tracking. It helps keep me aware of what's going on weight-wise. And I like looking at all the different graphs. I used to (Pre Covid) weigh in once a month at a WW center to maintain my Lifetime membership and to get my free etools voucher. I hope to do that again some day, minus getting the voucher because they don't give them anymore.
For the first 5 years that I maintained, my weight was always within a 4 lb range. I was always surprised about how consistent it was. After that I started to gain weight until last winter. Now that I'm back down again, I guess I'm back to being more consistent. I do see a spike every so often of 1.5 -2 lbs, and I'm never really sure what causes that.
Judy - good idea to wear your shoes now to be consistent with weigh-ins when you go back to a WW center. I figure I'll just take the hit, and be aware that it's not my own scale and it's only once a month.
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Post by susan092907 on Nov 19, 2020 1:13:26 GMT
11/19 - Thanksgiving. We don't usually have a big family Thanksgiving dinner, though it varies from year to year. This year will be smaller than usual because of Covid. My son and I will cook a traditional turkey dinner because we have fun doing it. We'll have lots of leftovers. I'll have some to eat during the week and some will go in the freezer, and I hope he'll take some back home with him when he leaves. I was just thinking about whether or not we'll go out for a run in the morning. That would be fun too, but it'll tire me out and leave me with less energy for all the cooking, so I don't know.
Judy - it makes planning the holiday meal much easier when you cook the same things every year. I've been doing that more and more.
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Post by bbbearsmom on Nov 20, 2020 0:18:50 GMT
Friday, 11/20 What are your tips for being successful in maintenance?
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Post by bbbearsmom on Nov 20, 2020 0:19:18 GMT
First, know your whys for doing this and remind yourself of them everyday and whenever you want to stray from plan. I'm doing this for health reasons and I keep this in mind. I also track my food, the good and the bad. This helps me avoid portion creep. Although, sometimes I track my portion creep and let it go and then I'm surprised when I gain weight. I also work on the mental side of things. I somewhat follow the book: The Beck Diet Solution by Judith Beck and she says you have a thought before you decide to eat. If you catch your thoughts giving you permission to overeat you can learn to talk back to them and stay on plan.
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Post by susan092907 on Nov 20, 2020 16:14:30 GMT
I'd say for me it pretty much boils down to my whys. When I remind myself of those, it helps me with all the other things that help - tracking, staying within my allowances, exercise, what I eat/don't eat.
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Post by bbbearsmom on Nov 21, 2020 0:08:39 GMT
Saturday, 11/21 Today is the day we share what we did for exercise this week. You can also post about anything else you want.
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Post by bbbearsmom on Nov 21, 2020 0:09:12 GMT
I did one exercise video this week.
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Post by susan092907 on Nov 21, 2020 15:28:11 GMT
I did 1 day of strength training and 1 day of outdoor running.
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Post by bbbearsmom on Nov 21, 2020 17:25:38 GMT
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