Maintain a healthy weight

I did some sit ups tonight… I felt good about myself.

soo..i have been recovering from anorexia nervousa for the past three months. I had an eating disorder that lasted for ten months. Now that im recovering and getting healthier, i have to learn how to maintain my weight of were i am. I am 5’7” and weigh 128-130lbs. I need to try my hardest to maintain my weight while mamaging exercising and living a busy lifestyle. I know its going to be difficult here in the begining but hopefully i can catch on quickly and find out what i need to eat and do to maintain my weight.

It’s been some time since I’ve written about this. In that time my weight went down from my last post by 12 pounds. Then it went up 19 pounds. I’m back down 8 and looking to lose a few more. Ok – 10 more. Again. BUT… I didn’t gain as much this winter as I did last winter, so I think that I’m doing remarkably better if we look at the grand scheme of things. If I can avoid a 20 pound weight fluctuation this year I’ll be pretty happy. Perhaps I’ll aim for only gaining 10 pounds next winter. If it’s less I’ll be happy, but I don’t want to push my luck. :)

I’ve lost 23 pounds in the last 3 months, and I’m finally in the “normal” BMI range for my height. Barely, but I’m there. It’s been 6 years since I’ve hit that mark. I’d still like to shed a few pounds and get more toned, but mainly, I just hope to maintain the weight loss I’ve achieved. I have a feeling this goal will be on here for the rest of my life. Good luck to all of your with the same goal!

At the beginning of the summer I was not a healty weight. I’ll just leave it at that. I decided that I wanted to loose a few dress sizes by my Graduate Speech Recital in February. I could be down to a healty size 3 by then. I set small goals of dropping 10 pounds every 2 months. At July 4th I have lost 5 pounds. I am on track. I only need to drop 5 more pounds by Aug. to meet my small goal. Yay for smaller portions and exercise!

I’ve lost 15.2 pounds since January 11th. I am 5.6 pounds from the top end of the healthy weight range for my height. Still, I’m carrying a lot more fat in my hips and abdomen than seems healthy. My body fat scale is reporting 36%. I think that I still want to lose another ten pounds afer I get to the top end. I’ll see how I feel when I get there.

I’ve been going to Weight Watcher’s since January 11th, and about 2 months ago I started using South Beach as well. It’s very close to the Core Plan on WW. This all seems to be working very well. The most important element to losing weight,though, I have to report, is resolve. Until you have made up your mind that this is more important than instant gratification it is a terrible struggle. Past the point of resolve it has just felt like a function. It’s a process that I’m going through. A real change in my life. I feel good.

Three weeks ago I decided to buckle down and focus on getting back to my goal weight because my pants were starting to get tight and I was feeling uncomfortable. And so far, I’ve lost 6 pounds. The bonus part is, it’s been unbelievable easy – I can’t even believe that I doubted that I could do it. (Not that I’m saying that weight loss is easy, it’s one of the hardest things I’ve ever accomplished.)

I was there two years ago. Then I let it come back in bits and bites. Quickly ounces turned to pounds. I’ve been going to WeightWatcher’s since January 11th and using their points system, and then South Beach which is kind of like the WW Core plan, I’ve lost 12.8 pounds. I have about 15 to go and then I want to see how I feel. I think 135 sounds like a good healthy goal for a 5’4” woman. Some people seem to think I’m going to be too skinny. I think they just haven’t ever seen me naked.

I’m not sure when I added this goal to my 43 things (of which I have five so far), but I have lost some weight in the last two months. I was nearly 140 when I bought my wedding dress in December but have been averaging 137 for awhile now. As of this morning, I weighed 131! I’d like to weigh around 125 for my wedding (in 7 months) which I think is a totally achievable goal.

Firstly, I was a “healthy weight” to begin with, so this was a bit of a cop-out anyway. Over christmas I stayed a healthy weight despite over-indulgence and all that, then over new year I didn’t crash out despite barely sleeping or standing still for five days. Now I’m back in a normal pattern and still healthy. Think those three variations show I’m doing the “maintain” part ok.

It’s just about self-control and dedication really, things which you should do your best to get as much of in life anyway…