HellieCopter
Gold Member
I took ages to think of a title for this thread. I could have called it ‘Worried About Maintenance” or “When to Stop Losing?” or something else along those lines!
I will explain the ramblings in my head:
Over the last week or so, I have been told a few times that I’m “thin enough” and don’t need to lose any more weight. I have 6lbs to go, but friends have said things over the last week like “I can’t see where you’d lose that from,” (hello? I am by no means stick thin!) and “you’re in danger of getting too skinny”.
Now, being an advocate (and having advised others here the same) of ignoring what others say and knowing yourself where you want to get to, I am not really paying too much attention to those commenting on my weight.
However, it’s got me thinking (always a danger). When I get to my target of 9 stone 7lbs…will I actually want stop losing weight? Will I start thinking about lowering my target again? And if I do, what would be my motivation for this? Is it because I really need to or because of something else? Could it be that I’m addicted to losing weight/getting slimmer/seeing the numbers go down/getting smaller size clothes? Or scared of maintenance?! In my head, I’m still a bigger girl and I think I’ve still got weight to lose. I've worked flipping hard to get where I am and there have been a lot of ups and downs. I have 'failed' at dieting (by that, I mean, not got to my target although losing some weight in the process of trying to get there) so many times before, that I don't think I ever really believed I would get to target this time! Now it's actually in sight and I am in danger of actually achieving what I set out to achieve...I think I'm panicking! LOL!
I love, love, love getting lighter and slimmer. I don’t know how easily I’ll be able to slip into maintenance mode.
I am a sensible girl – I have no fear about getting too thin, stopping eating or doing anything daft. I am definitely a bit worried about how I will handle staying the same – going up one week or two weeks…and down again, hopefully!
Sorry – this is a lot of waffle, isn’t it! It’s just what’s rattling round in my head this morning. I should probably get therapy
I will explain the ramblings in my head:
Over the last week or so, I have been told a few times that I’m “thin enough” and don’t need to lose any more weight. I have 6lbs to go, but friends have said things over the last week like “I can’t see where you’d lose that from,” (hello? I am by no means stick thin!) and “you’re in danger of getting too skinny”.
Now, being an advocate (and having advised others here the same) of ignoring what others say and knowing yourself where you want to get to, I am not really paying too much attention to those commenting on my weight.
However, it’s got me thinking (always a danger). When I get to my target of 9 stone 7lbs…will I actually want stop losing weight? Will I start thinking about lowering my target again? And if I do, what would be my motivation for this? Is it because I really need to or because of something else? Could it be that I’m addicted to losing weight/getting slimmer/seeing the numbers go down/getting smaller size clothes? Or scared of maintenance?! In my head, I’m still a bigger girl and I think I’ve still got weight to lose. I've worked flipping hard to get where I am and there have been a lot of ups and downs. I have 'failed' at dieting (by that, I mean, not got to my target although losing some weight in the process of trying to get there) so many times before, that I don't think I ever really believed I would get to target this time! Now it's actually in sight and I am in danger of actually achieving what I set out to achieve...I think I'm panicking! LOL!
I love, love, love getting lighter and slimmer. I don’t know how easily I’ll be able to slip into maintenance mode.
I am a sensible girl – I have no fear about getting too thin, stopping eating or doing anything daft. I am definitely a bit worried about how I will handle staying the same – going up one week or two weeks…and down again, hopefully!
Sorry – this is a lot of waffle, isn’t it! It’s just what’s rattling round in my head this morning. I should probably get therapy