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Hello everyone!! I am just over 6 months post op, down 83 lbs and about 10lbs from goal! I couldn't more excited but as the numbers on the scale decrease my anxiety is rising... I'm nervous about maintaining my weight. All of my adult life I have fought to keep the scale from going up and now as I approach my goal weight everything will be opposite as I try to keep to keep the scale from going down too much more (I'm giving myself a 10lb window below my "ideal" weight but I really don't want to be much smaller than that.) Anyone at goal have advice for maintaining?? Is anyone else experiencing anxiety about reaching goal??

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I too am close to goal. Only 3 pounds to go and I might be in denial but Im not concerned that Ill just keep losing. I guess mentally I think that my body knows I only wanted to lose 100 and it will magically just stop losing when I get there lol. So when my imaginary scenerio doesnt work for me, Ill make sure to follow this post about what advice others give you to maintain lol.

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I reached my goal about 2 or 3 months ago and was surprised at how easy it was to just maintain. I have since decided to lose a little more weight, because I can haha but if you do what your dr and nut advise you, you should be fine. I did find it was a bit disappointing to step on the scale for a while because I was maintaining and not losing, I decided I wanted to see the 120's so I lost a couple more pounds, About to start maintenance again. Congrats! I know you are so happy!

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