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cjohnson728 · 10-29-2011, 05:52 PM

Thanks for posting this. Truer words were never spoken. I've been maintaining for a year and a half, and it's harder than losing. It's also not as rewarding...yes, glad to see the scale stay the same, but that's nowhere near as thrilling as a drop. Sometimes I wonder if I unconsciously sabotage myself so I can go back to losing mode, and sometimes it honest to goodness feels like my body is craving more and more calories trying to get itself back "up."

I also believe that knowing your enemy is valuable, so the more I can read about this and the more things I can put into practice to win this fight, the better.

10-29-2011, 05:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
cjohnson728 Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 4,032	Thanks for posting this. Truer words were never spoken. I've been maintaining for a year and a half, and it's harder than losing. It's also not as rewarding...yes, glad to see the scale stay the same, but that's nowhere near as thrilling as a drop. Sometimes I wonder if I unconsciously sabotage myself so I can go back to losing mode, and sometimes it honest to goodness feels like my body is craving more and more calories trying to get itself back "up." I also believe that knowing your enemy is valuable, so the more I can read about this and the more things I can put into practice to win this fight, the better. __________________ Cassie "If you drop an egg, you don't say, 'Oh, shoot' and drop the other 11, do you?" -Source unknown, but obviously brilliant Reached goal 4/16/2010...but kind of afraid to look these days Last edited by cjohnson728; 10-29-2011 at 05:55 PM.