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Maintaining is so weird. At 6 months I am exactly where I want to be pound wise. However, each week if I do not lose, I am disappointed. I feel as if I am not being successful. I've maintained perfectly for one month varying less than a pound either way. It's just that inside, my brain tells me "LOSE GOOD, GAIN BAD, MAINTAIN BAD"....I am so grateful for my new life that I am really uneasy about tinkering with the diet. Any ideas on how to adjust my mindset?

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@@BobbyD - hmm, you could try a car battery, jumper cables, apply to forehead...NO bad idea, don't do that.

Get rid of your scale and stick to a tape measure and how your clothes are fitting? Just take a couple of months off and monitor by different means.

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@@LipstickLady - oh, no fair, if I hadn't of made the car battery joke I would have beaten you to the punch ;-)

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Maintaining is so weird. At 6 months I am exactly where I want to be pound wise. However, each week if I do not lose, I am disappointed. I feel as if I am not being successful. I've maintained perfectly for one month varying less than a pound either way. It's just that inside, my brain tells me "LOSE GOOD, GAIN BAD, MAINTAIN BAD"....I am so grateful for my new life that I am really uneasy about tinkering with the diet. Any ideas on how to adjust my mindset?

LOL! I remember that phase. I felt exactly the same way.

Trust me. You'll get over it in a few months.

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well, let me just say this, as I've aged, my ears have "buffed up" some so I could easily attach the jumper cables to them. :) That being said, I think I'll take the advice of going by how my clothes feel first. If I'm not satisfied, then the cables may be in my future. :)

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