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Dietitian 07/08/13
Hi Girlygirl, I also maintain by continued tracking and weight monitoring. I gain back when I don't track!
Kathy

Meg2Blonde 08/14/13
Hi everyone! I joined to keep track of my intake on calories, carbs, salt, etc...
I wouldn't say I need to lose weight but for sure need to tone up a bit. Looking for others who are excited and want to motivate each other. share tips, work outs, meal plans and etc.
Currently 115lbs at 5'5" here for endurance and tone body.
Meg

Dietitian 08/16/13
Hi Meg2Blonde - welcome to the maintenance group!
kathy

Bloggins 12/05/13
New to this group, after nearly a year using the program. I have almost reached my original long-term goal, set on New Year's Day, of 150 pounds by Christmas Eve; this morning, I checked in at 152, and I have been hovering between 150.5 and 152 for several days. I just renewed my membership for another year to get ready for the greatest challenge: maintaining a healthy normal weight. Over the last 30 years, I have failed at maintenance three times after having lost large amounts of weight, and I hope to make this campaign that I am now completing the last one I have to do in this life.


My trainer at the gym (world's best exceedingly expensive luxury) told me about the National Weight-Control Registry, for people who have taken off at least 30 pounds and kept it off for at least a year. It's a long-term longitudinal study conducted by a pair of university researchers, and it involves a periodic survey of registered members to identify the habits and behaviour patterns that contribute to long-term successful weight control.


So I have decided to qualify for this study. A year from now, I intend to be eligible to sign up.


Next year, I will turn 60. Before then, I intend to start running to increase the intensity of my routine activity. I have never been a runner, even when I was a serving member of the armed forces and required to complete annual fitness testing, so this will be a fine challenge.

Dietitian 12/07/13 replied to Bloggins
Wow, Bloggins, you have achieved so much this past year. Awesome!! And yes, please please register for the NWCR - they need lots of folks to tell their stories to add to the data of what appears to work.

Best,
Kathy

Clochette2 02/10/14
Back to logging after an intense work period when I didn't take time to mind my own well-being, or closely track my diet. Finished the holidays 10 lbs away from my goal weight after having maintained successfully for about 2 years. Looking forward to getting back to this community and reminding myself of what works. Got the Fitbit too. Shooting for the basic goal of at least 10k steps, 30 very active minutes and 5 miles per day and making it most days. Any thoughts about the Fitbit? The calories burned that it reports seem a little high to me. Is the basic goal enough for fitness?

Dietitian 02/11/14 replied to Clochette2
OMG, welcome back!!! I have the FitBit Force and I am enjoying the freedom of having the wrist band vs. little device.

I am still not sure how I feel about the integration with MND - there is a lag with updating that I have to share with MND when I have time. But I might de-integrate it and just use the wristband as a motivational tool like I did with the FitBit One.

Weclome back!

Best,
kathy

Bloggins 04/09/14 replied to Dietitian
Still plugging away. Today, at 137.5 pounds, I weigh less than at any time since high school -- and not the senior grades, either. It's been 15 months of gym and cooking, and the funny thing is that I really don't eat less than I did at 201 pounds; I just eat much better. At 135 the downward trend should stop, as that will be BMI 20.5 for me and my brand-new size 8 jeans are already loose in the waist. I'm still surprised by all this.

Dietitian 04/10/14 replied to Bloggins
Awesome, Bloggins!!!!

Dietitian 05/02/14
Hi Everyone! I hope you are all doing well - I just wanted to alert you that I will be offline until Monday 5/12. Be sure to ask my substitute, Donna Feldman, MS, RD ("Dietician") for help on "Ask a Dietitian Current" forum thread.

FYI - I'm "Dietitian" and that is how you can tell us apart!

Best,
Kathy

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