Spring

The weather has finally been beautiful and it has been wonderful getting out and enjoying it. I met my friend to walk 5 miles yesterday and will be meeting the family after work to do another 5 miles. I can honestly say that I love to walk! Wish I could say I love the gym, but I've come to the conclusion that will never happen. Since my mother reached her own weight loss goal she has started eating more. She has been shocked to find that she continued to lose weight, although I wasn't. I kept telling her she needed to be eating more than she was, but she simply wouldn't listen. So even though she was eating MORE, she actually has been weighing around 143 or so, some days even 141.5. I noticed the same thing when I was trying to lose the last few pounds. I finally figured I was going to go ahead and increase my calories to stop losing and shock, I lost another 3 pounds which put me at 124/125. Since I have been maintaining, as I posted before I found this weight was harder to maintain and I still had to watch my calories quite closely. Not something I really wanted to do for the rest of my life. Don't get me wrong, I always weigh daily and watch my calories accordingly, but I want to be able to eat the pastas and things, just in moderation. By setting my maintenance a little higher, I found that I could eat the things I wanted (in moderation) and easily maintain. Mom is finding this same thing. She was a bit frustrated this morning because she was at 146 even though she ate less yesterday than she did the days before. I told her not to worry about it and since she is up a bit, watch the calories a little closer this week. Getting used to maintaining as opposed to losing is different, but something she'll grow accustomed to just as I did,,,just as you all will when you reach your own goals.