I have no intention of becoming a gorge monster once i hit target. I shall keep up the healthy eating factor. I actually have no choice really as i have been told i have COPD so healthy eating is a must. But on the flip side i won't live the rest of my life being as careful as what i have been for the last 6 months.
One thing to remember with me personally is that most of my weight gain happened due to inactivity after the stroke. A little over 20 months ago i couldn't walk 4 steps, had to be pushed in a wheelchair. The other day i walked 4 miles. (still massive issues with the vertigo problems mind). I honestly think that has had an effect that veiled the reality, my weight loss wasn't so much "good because i stuck to plan hard and fast" (although i did), it has mainly been my body getting back to what it was.
The hardest part will be once i hit 12 stone and then try to get to 11. That will be a "real" factor as i was at that weight before the stroke. I had a belly which i hated and that appeared when i gave up smoking 4 years previously. I lived with it, possibly for about a year, knowing i was self conscious about it, but for 3 years it just crept up on me steadily. That is the real goal for me, that final 1 stone to get to 11 stone. The facts and figures say that I should be 10 - 10.5 for ideal weight, but that would be too much I think, was actually told by someone who hadn't seen me for years that I looked a lot better for having some meat on me. lol.
