How do you stop losing?

[Ready2 4]

I am 4 lbs. away from my goal and I have no idea how to maintain when I get there and not continue losing. It is impossible for me to overeat, so eating more isn't an option.

Any advice from anyone who has already reached their goal?

[reverie 49]

You'll have to eat at your maintenance calories, no other way really.

[stateofzen 46]

If you can't eat enough to maintain, you'll probably have to get a little unfill until you can. In some ways, figuring out maintenance will probably be like figuring everything out post-surgery-- lots of trial and error until you get it right.

Congratulations on being so close!

[MollyRN 28]

Ahhh....I love this question. There are some great bloggers out there who are working on maintenance. Their blogs are really great. I know that many of them had slight unfills when they dropped below their goal weight.

[Ready2 4]

Ahhh....I love this question. There are some great bloggers out there who are working on maintenance. Their blogs are really great. I know that many of them had slight unfills when they dropped below their goal weight.

Thanks - I will search the blogs.

I feel truly blessed that the LapBand worked wonderfully for me. It's taken 14 months to lose 70 lbs. I went through plateaus but I remained patient and the weight kept coming off. PLUS my Type 2 diabetes is GONE.

Today I went to Lane Bryant to buy bras. I can't fit in their clothes anymore, but love the bras. The sales lady actually called me "tiny". She used to help me when I was a size 16 (now I am an 8).

[Purpleshell 4]

I can't wait to have this problem congratulations!

[LapNYC 3]

It has indeed been trial and error. I'm scared of getting an unfill so I pretty much have just added a coffee here and there, a dessert, a little more sauce, a glass of wine etc. I do have to stay vigilant though, because I see how easily it could get away from me. I'd be lost without the scale--I'll never be one of those skinnies who eats a little too much one day and naturally compensates the next. For me it's a way more self-conscious process than that. Congratulations on reaching your goal! We both know that having to work through maintenance is a good problem to have!

[nomorejellybelly 77]

LapNYC - I think I'll be the same as you, when I get to my goal. I am about (OMG - It just hit me) 43 lbs away from my goal. Congratulations to you!