March/April weight loss thread

[Triskeliongirl]

Susan, you have done so well and look fantastic now!

I am also a WW lifetime member from way back (even though I don't eat that way anymore due to my impaired glucose tolerance that I've discussed before). Maybe at this point you could raise your WW goal so you can stop paying, but keep going to meetings for the accountablity and support which I think you have found helpful thus far.

If your plan is to just keep eating and exercising the way you are, then if your weight drops that's great, but then you don't have to waste money paying for the meetings. I think you are at a point where your problem areas will firm up over time, possibly even without your weight changing a lot as you work out more and shift more weight from fat stores to muscle (or even to glycogen stores in prep for your long rides, which can put on water weight but not fat).

I too am at a point where I would like to lose a little more weight, but there are also limits that I won't go below to do it. So, what I am now doing is eating ~1250 cal on days I don't bike to work, ~1450 on days that I do, and ~1650 on days I do long rides. I track everything, but rather than eating to fill an allowance, I try to choose foods that will let me feel satiated within my target range, and only eat when hungry. On days I don't bike I feel I don't need an afternoon snack, but if I have to ride home then I allow it because I get really hungry and feel I need it to get home. At dinner, I will allow treats, but not all in the same meal. That means I will have *either* beer/wine, or desert, or a large serving, but not all 3 in the same meal. By rotating these things I don't feel deprived. I use days I take long rides to feel a little more relaxed in my eating. My plan is to keep doing this, and weigh whatever my weight stabilizes at.