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Need to quit acting like I am on maintenance

I really have such a maintenance mindset right now. I am not focused on losing, and I need to be. I have been thinking more about the fitness aspect instead. Not that there’s anything wrong with that 🙂

I keep thinking that if I push the workouts, the weight loss will follow. I know that gaining muscle is going to keep the scale put for a bit, but I also feel like I really should be losing as well. I am not ready to maintain yet, as I am just in the overweight category according to BMI (yes, I know it is a poor tool, but that’s all I have).

Okay, I guess I have been losing a bit, so that’s not totally fair to say. On July 1st I weighed 149.8, and today was 144.6 – so a little bit of progress in scale terms. At least it wasn’t upward, like happens to a lot of people during the summer months!
I have had a few cupcakes here, a few cookies there and a wee bit more eating out going on. I guess just the slowness of the loss feels like maintenance.

I just want to be at goal already. I mean, come on! 4 years and I am starting to lose patience LOL! I just need to refocus – I can see how my mind is all over the place in this post. Probably because I am a little bit tired, too.

Almost the weekend!

Got one of my big projects done, so that is a relief!! Now I can get back to normal craziness 🙂

One of those times I am really looking forward to the weekend. Ended up eating about 200 extra calories today. Have the munchies big time.

I completed my goal for the month of thirteen 3.25 mile jogs during the month of July (3 per week). That was my goal, and I did it! I will keep with the jogging.

Yesterday I tried some intervals. During the last mile, I picked up the pace for the straight parts of the track, and went back to normal pace on the curves. That was hard LOL! I don’t know if doing that at the end of the run is better than at the beginning when I am fresh or not. Hopefully I can get my pace down to a 10 minute mile by the time I do the September run. That’s my new goal. I did 3 miles in 39 minutes – a 13 minute mile.

I’ve been thinking about maintenance again, and wonder how I will change what I am eating. I really don’t know how to maintain, just how to gain or lose! I almost fear maintenance for that reason.

Thinking about maintenance

It’s hard to believe that I am so close to goal. 14 pounds to go. At one pound a week, that is about 3-4 months! I am trying not to get excited, because I realize that all of this planning, exercising and thinking has all been practice for maintenance.

These habits I have developed over the last few years are what I will be doing for the rest of my life. I will have to monitor my food intake daily, I can’t just eat intuitively, that is not the type of eater I am. I recognize that, and so I need to work with it, rather than trying to force myself to be something I am not. And it is liberating to think that way!

The trick is going to be setting new goals, other than weight loss. I will have to find new activities. Maybe trying new fitness activities (roller blading maybe??)