Thanks, Judy and Freckles--I've joined the weigh-in thread.

This is the first time I've ever kept weight off for more than a day after the end of a diet. I'm the same weight I was when I was 17, for the first time since then. I'm middle of the BMI normal range. Not a week goes by without someone failing to recognise me. It's new territory, and I feel somewhat a fraud, as if this isn't really me and I will put it all on again at any moment. It's not all good: I feel the cold much more, and my ribs or hip can get uncomfortable leaning on the bed mattress without their old padding.

I have moments where I feel like that too...but they have gotten fewer and further between. And yeah....I never knew I even had a tail bone! It's weird. I've lost to goal three times now and this is the first time my tailbone is uncomfortable.

It's also the first time I've consciously tried to maintain! I appreciate the accountability of the weekly weigh-in ~ and just hanging out here in general. Keeps me focused. I think it will help you do the same, so I am glad you're here and that you joined the weigh-in.

My wittering will drive you mad before long, I'm sure.

So glad that you joined us there!

On your ribs and hip bones hurting....I hear ya! I have a firm foam mattress and a memory foam topper for it. Perhpas you should consider a new mattress for your new (slim) body.
YOU are not a fraud!!

Plinge, congrats on making goal, and glad you have joined the weekly weigh-in, it really helps to have accountability when you're maintaining!

Thanks for the congratulations, but I feel flat about the loss itself because in the past I always regained. What I'm ecstatic about is keeping the weight off for several months, though I know it's early days. How long have you kept it off?

Oh, it's no big deal--it's the oddity of it that bemuses me, not any real discomfort (just a matter of shifting position). I like a hard mattress and a thin pillow--that's what comes of going to boarding school, I suppose, which is very similar to prison.