There was an interesting comment today that I want to address, so I will end with that:

From: Gigi
Comments: Back to my initial concern voiced weeks earlier. What are you going to do to maintain? You seem so up/down in last month can you find a comfortable middle ground to LIVE in? Are you afraid of 240?

I don’t know if I am afraid of 240, maybe I am. But as for maintaining, I think it is clear that I will generally have to stick with what I am doing now, except with some relaxed rules. For example, while maintaining my weight, I would have no problems eating the pizza at our meeting today, but I would go right back to healthy eating the next day, gym and all.

This really can’t stop at 240. It’s not like I can hit 240 and say “okay, good job, let’s get things back to normal now.” Nope, it’s a life thing now, and I want to stay in good health forever.

Of course I’ll have slip-ups, and of course there will be times when bad days turn into bad weeks. I know that and am prepared for that. But there always has to be a goal in order to keep me in line. So maybe, for instance, I set a goal to weigh 230 a year after I hit 240. Or if I aim to make sure I keep the weight off for five years. Then when five years are up, I can aim for another five years.

But it can’t be like walking off a cliff, where I get closer and closer to 240 and then just regress from there. Instead, I’ve got to embrace this new me, and figure out how to make it better.

Really, the only ending that 240 will bring me is a close to this particular chapter. There will still be more work to do (firming up this body, for one), and more goals to achieve.

Maybe right now I don’t have it all worked out, but as I always say, it’s all about the mindset. And I think I understand that mindset right now, and I have a good idea of how to use it to my advantage.