How To Maintain Without Dieting Or Exercising.

 Thank you!

I hope so too.

I dread the summer.  I don't want to!

Good for you!

I've said for a LONG time that having a reasonable goal weight is half the battle. Yeah, you (and I) could probably lose to 140....but it's the "staying there" that simply takes more effort than I'm willing to give. I like eating what I like, when I like...and I do, 98% of the time. The other 2%? I'm usually "recovering" from a period of over indulgence, like vacation or the holidays...which means (for me) staying away from those occasional treats (like a  beer or two or three on Saturday with dinner, or a trip to the frozen custard stand with the kids) for a week or two to get back to where I like to "live".

I don't like dieting; have never been very good at it and certainly didn't have WLS so I could continue to do it!

At my lowest, I was probably eating less than 1000 calories a day.

I'd rather die.

I'll take overweight than undereating.

But, yes, I do have upswings, mostly Christmas time -- hello cookies.  And things fall back into place...

 Well  I think MM  is very HOT  at the weight she's  at ..especially  with the considerable poundage she's carrying between her EARS lol   

I love Ur posts  Chickie !  Mainly because Ure not afraid to call it as U  see it and experience life  ..and Ur posts are always very fresh and interesting and honest.

Now this size deal :  Im finding its amazingly easy to maintain  size just by eating when I'm hungry post RNY too ..  

U know why ..  because we're VERY  RARELY HUNGRY LOL  !!   I mean ..we have to be truly Famished  to actually FEEL hunger  I suspect ...

so its mainly head hunger and if U let Urself  eat a reasonable amount of HEalthy non fattening food when Ur  body tells U its TIME ...  U gradually  gain definition ... maybe even lose  size a bit ...  you certainly maintain.

At least thats my experience  2 years post .   Im a HAPPY  size 4- 0 .  OK Im not SKELETAL  ..but Im strong .. and most of my flabby bits are disapperaing in favor of  sexy definition.   YAY !  thats the bod y I always wanted honestly  ...   

((HUGS)) Thanks babe... you are great.
I was 140's... and dying inside... and out... so tired... crashing all the time.. and looking like crap... 
Now I am 170.. (ouch)... and I really do not care.  Ia m on a "diet" but only because I want to stop gaining.   I wanted to gain 10-15 lbs.. gained 25. So now I know I need to work a bit harder to stop gaining and lose the 10.... maybe... 

With my higher weight - my RH is manageable... (though part of dieting is not to eat carbs, since carbs = RH, almost always)
Beside that - I really want to have normal (as much as possible) life. 

Once I get to 155-165... I know I will be able to maintain, even though I would be still overweight.    Any smaller than 155 is not healthy for me. Not right for me.

Glad to see you being comfortable with you. Thanks for all your help. 
And darn you for telling me about the Natural Click (). 
Have fun...

 

See?  It wins!

MM I love your blogs, You are so refreshing and tell it just like it is. I love that, I need to read people blogs who gives it to you straight, I don't need cute I need rough lol I don't diet, I eat when I am hungry which most of the time I am not I have RH so I try to eat something, and I have not had any RH symptoms for a while now.. Once I figure out what works for me. which may not be traditional to other people. But it works for me. I am 5ft 10 and weigh 215 use to weigh 365 and wear a size 6x now I wear a size 18 and I am happy with that.I feel good in my body. I know people have told me that is still big, I said maybe to you but not to me, I was never into numbers, I just wanted to be healthy and I am. So thank you for being who you are. take care  :)

 Thank you.  

I haven't dropped in a long time.

You look fantastic. So glad to hear some maintain successfully wo going into OCD calorie mode. There's hope for me yet.

Congrats on accepting yourself, you are the only one you need to please, in the end no one really cares what anyone elses weighs except us.  I don't really bother with OH much anymore because I don't feel there is anything here for me.  I used to think focusing on my surgery and what I had become would keep me compliant, but I have found the opposite true, focusing on everything else means I don't obsess over every bite I take and in turn means I can go all day and not eat and not notice it really.  I will never be pleased with my weight until I get back to my size 4's being loose but realistically that might never happen but I am trying.  I focus all my energy on my photography now, its really something I enjoy that gets me out instead of sitting on my butt.