@Fatmumslim01 Bloody hell, you've done so well, 21lb so far is amazing. As @TheSpoonyNavyReader says, we're all different, and will all be cheering each other on a year from now.
@mumofmanydaughterofone How fab! I love hill walking, but my calves don't so much, oddly I find coming down the mountain as hard as going up. Go figure!
@lilymty Well done, bbqs are danger zones for me as well.
Still feeding up the teenagers here (food bill has gone through the roof!), but weight is holding steady in spite of calorie dense food. I've been very mindful about plate composition, not having second helpings etc. The hot weather helps, although the need for ice cream not so much! It's giving me a lot of hope though that maintenance isn't going to be as hard as losing was, although we'll see what happens once I start titrating down next week. I'll skip my second split dose tomorrow and only take 5mg on Thursday. I've usually been good at maintaining even at heavier weights though, my issue has been rapid weight gain over short periods of time, usually when life events spin out of control.
Life is chaotic at the moment trying to juggle work, my own DD and elderly mum, plus two extra teenagers and all the stuff that comes with their mum being unwell, lots of authorities involved and processes to deal with because of what's happened (which also involves the very drawn out and horrible death of her husband, so a funeral to plan on top of everything). Usually that kind of chaos and stress been a huge trigger for me piling weight on through comfort eating/not having time to cook so having loads of takeaways/not finding time to exercise/deprioritising self care - essentially doing all the wrong things because life is overwhelming and stress is high. Although I've got a job to do getting these teenagers back to a decent weight (they're getting there fast now, which is great to see), I've been really mindful about not letting the chaos overwhelm me this time, so am really proud of the fact that I've not only managed to get to goal whilst all of this has been going on, but am holding steady within my +2/-2 range. I'm actually still around the -2 mark. Will probably end the week exactly at goal. That's a bloody miracle given everything that's going on right now. I look a bit haggard though!