@starbright maintenance after losing THIRTEEN pounds is absolutely nothing to sneeze at. Stop for a bit to congratulate yourself on an amazing job :) I plan to call it quits before my ideal weight. It will be nice to drop to 125 lbs - but we will see. When I hit 130 last year, I liked the way I looked overall (yes, plenty of lumps and my belly was still big but overall I looked reasonably slim) and felt good. It was also a relatively easy weight to maintain.
Friday weigh-in:
Jan 1: 139.6 lbs...Jan 6: 137.8 lbs....Jan 13: 139.2 lbs...Jan 20: 138 lbs.....Jan 27: 139.2 lbs
Feb 3: 138.6 lbs...Feb 10: 142 lbs.....Feb 17: 141.2 lbs...Feb 23: 140.4 lbs
Mar 3: 140.2 lbs...Mar 13: 144.6 lbs..Mar 16: 143.8 lbs...Mar 23: 140.8 lbs..Mar 30: 141.2 lbs
Apr 7: 139.2 lbs...Apr 14: 139.2 lbs..Apr 21: 138.4 lbs...Apr 28: 139.6 lbs
May 5: 136.6 lbs..May 12: 135 lbs....May 19: 135.7 lbs...May 26: 135.8 lbs
Jun 2: 135.4 lbs...June 9: 134 lbs.....Jun 16: 131.8 lbs
Start weight: 139.6 lbs
Weight lost: 7.8 lbs
Goal weight: 130 lbs
YOU GUYS! I just about bounced off the ceiling when I stepped on the scale this morning! I know it's just a low and my real weight is about 1+ lbs higher but still - I was blown away. I had been hoping for it to say 133 lbs and was shocked to see 131.8 lbs!
And then of course, today is a big eating day. My 8 hr adventure race is tomorrow so I am in carb-loading mode. Still, I'll burn it all off tomorrow - I'll be surviving off nuts, granola bars, and energy bites. As a side note, just made a batch of high calorie energy bites yesterday and they were YUMMY! Filled with all kinds of good stuff like shredded coconut, oats, protein powder, peanut butter, wheat germ, flaxseed, pecans, dried cranberries and then some cocoa powder, honey and chocolate chips for good measure :) Hope my kids don't eat them all before my race!