I'm very new here but CONGRATS!!! on the success.

Thanks for your encouraging words, everyone. They mean alot to me.

I know I've been unclear about my plans, cus I've been unclear myself. I can be a scaredy-cat about my weight. I've lost & then gained it all back in the past, and I DON'T want to do that again! So yeah, I do have some fear about saying I'm in maintenance.

Now that I've made my goal weight (and am maintaining) I've been assessing things. My body is much more toned from my exercise. So I can see, realistically, that I still have some extra fat I need to lose. It's realistic, though, it's not like in the past, when I thought I couldn't be too thin & I started starving myself.
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I'm exercising regularly now, which is the most important thing. I'm going to see about losing maybe 5 or 10 pounds more. But I'm taking my time. I'm not in a big rush, like I used to be.

So I don't really consider myself in Phase 3 yet. I'm probably going to alter my goal weight.

Woo hoo, Go Nancy you can do it girl. Take your time it will come off though!!

It's good to be so in tune with your body. Congratulations again on all you have achieved! :Clap:

NANCY YOU HAVE SUCH A DRIVE FOR THIS.....AND WE ARE ALOT ALIKE....I'M THE HUMAN YO-YO.... I HAVE TO FIND PEACE WITHIN BEFORE I CAN KEEP MY WEIGHT OFF....I GUESS I JUST HAVENT FOUND IT YET.....I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU AND MAKING YOUR GOAL...I KNOW THE BATTLE ALL TO WELL MY FRIEND...ITS SO HARD TO ACCOMPLISH THAT GOAL....AND THEN ONCE IT HAPPENS ITS ALMOST LIKE YOU FORGET AND YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES AND BLAM THE WEIGHT IS BACK ON AND YOUR STRUGGLING AGAIN...DONT EVER GO BACK THERE NANCY....DONT EVER FORGET THE HARD WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS TO GET YOU WERE YOU ARE TODAY OKAY......YOUR A INSPRING FOR ALL OF US ON THIS BOARD...MORE SO TO ME CAUSE YOU DID THE FASTING AND THE YO-YO THING AS WELL...AND GIRL IF YOU CAN DO IT THEN HELL THERE IS HOPE FOR ME AFTER ALL.....LOTS OF LUV GOING OUT YOUR WAY.....YOU BIG SUPER STAR YOU......FRENCH

Nancy,
You are an inspiration to us beginners. I know you will keep it up. :joy:

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Thanks, Tamara. And I know you can do it too!

Hey Nancy,

I have been slowly falling back into my old patterns of eating, I did so well for 4 weeks then it seemed as if sense I lost weight I started allowing myself to eat not legal Phase II foods, not everyday but at least a couple days a week. I know I have to stop that or else my weight I have lost will start to slowly come back on. I haven't even weighed myself but I know I have lost im guessing im probably at about 120-122, im scared to get on the scale though cause what if I see a number I don't want to see. I know I shouldn't care bout that though cause my clothes are fitting looser and I can tell when I look at myself I have lost, and my husband is like man Brandi you are tight:Clap:

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I have been craving cereal like every night for the past two weeks and I have been eating it, last night I had a choc chip cookie and I didn't feel guilty about it, I love eating and not feeling guilty, however I know I can't loose weight eating like this.

I just need some encouraging words I guess and I knew you would have some for me.

Thanks for your time.

Wow! What an inspiration you are to all of us!
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Thanks, OnlyWay!

This message board has helped me alot too.

I know that if I did it you can do it too! Slow and steady wins the race.