You know who I mean. The Weight Creep. That bad character who sneaks up behind you and sticks five pounds on your body while you're looking the other way. In fact, The Weight Creep can do this every couple of months, until suddenly, you're right back where you started on your LC weight management journey.

Here are some signs that The Weight Creep is right behind you.

1--Maintenance is going so well. No need to keep a food diary anymore, because I've got that LC thing down pat.
2--Scales? What scales? Monitoring every little twitch in the numbers has always been a drag. It's great to be free of constant monitoring.
3--That online LC support group was really helpful when I had problems or questions, but I don't have time for that now.
4--And speaking of busy, gotta skip the workout today… and tomorrow, too. Maybe next week I'll get started again.
5--In fact, I never seem to make it to the gym/pool anymore. Might as well give up that expensive membership.
6--It can't hurt to zip by the drive-thru window once in a while. Or once a week. Or just in the morning. I never have time to fix breakfast.
7--It's a special occasion! I deserve a treat. I'll cut back on carbs and drink lots of water for the next few days.
8--Wow, these jeans have really shrunk in the wash.

Check for signs of The Weight Creep lurking, especially during the holiday season, and let those five pounds land on someone else's butt.

Best wishes! Barbara

Yup, this sounds about right. 1, 2, 7, and 8 could apply to me.

This was great! Thanks for the reminder and heads up for the holidays......

Ok 1,2,4, then 8!!! How I lie to myself.....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gosh, I need to keep this list somewhere I can see it frequently!

great list - thanks!

I just sent this to my best friend. Ive not heard it put so well.
Thank you

Yep the sad thing is about maintaining is you can never let your guard down.
It took hard work to get here and it will always be hard work to stay here.

Cheers Kathy

How true -- I just returned from a week and a half trip to Seattle, WA, simply did not low-carb during this time (no sugar, that stuff's deadly .. but lots of chowders/bisques, sour dough breads, beer/ale, McD's for breakfast, apples.....).

Anyway, about 5 pounds over ideal when I got home -- one day of careful low carbing and I dropped 3 pounds (water-retention?). Now I have to get the rest of it off.

The beauty of this regime (low-carb plus hoodia) is that it works, I can address a problem FAST, and I can live with it with occasional splurges (well 10 days of straight splurging wasn't exactly occasional, but I really don't do this that often!).

And my jeans somehow "unshrunk"!

Hi, Bonnie. Like you, I can be fairly resolute about sugar. But on the road, a bagel or a lovely gourmet bread will occasionally call my name. And having a tool that gives me, not only continual control, but also a corrective strategy, works so much better for long-term maintenance.

Kathy, that's actually the happy thing about maintenance on LC. It doesn't feel nearly as much like deprivation (or hard work) as other plans I've tried. But then, I suppose we DO work hard, relative to carefree (or careless) eating. There's that Fitday thing....

Now relax, everyone, and have a Happy Thanksgiving. I'm sure a bite of something carby won't kill you--but maybe not a bite of everything.