A Maintainer's World Wednesday

Encouragement--I have been around  the blogosphere this week and came upon a group of weight loss bloggers in their mid to late 20s--who give each other encouragement and inspiration.  There are a few new Maintainers that I have found and they are blended in below.  I like this group because again mid to late 20s=after college, on your own for the first time, bills, seeking/finding a mate, getting married, getting pregnant, having a baby... Some in this grouping are still struggling, some are pregnant (amazing how we know these things) and then 3 of them got it.  The math of it is statistically correct--of those who lose weight, only ~5 percent maintain the weight loss.  There were 13 that I counted and only 3 are Maintaining=2.3%.  I am so glad they are there for each other and many of them seem very consistent in their postings--the good, the bad, the up, the down.  Happy Wednesday and Merry Maintaining!!


Healthy Cooking Maintainers -- Caution possible cravings ahead!!
Can You Stay for Dinner? -- Cranberry Quinoa Salad
Green Lite Bites -- Simple Chicken and Oat Stew with Northern Beans
Hungry Girl -- Chew the Right Thing
Kath Eats Real Food -- Gallery of Snacks
Kaylyn's Kitchen -- Slow Cooker Thai-Inspired Butternut Squash and Peanut Soup...
Leap of Taste -- Whole Wheat Kumquat Scones with Spiced Vanilla Glaze
Mother Rimmy's Cooking Light Done Right -- Herby Chicken Breast and Summer Squash Saute'
Nosh My Way-- Blood Orange Muffins
Paleo Mom -- Spinich Brownies Revisited...
Undressed Skeleton -- Zucchini Pizzas, Anyone? (Only 40-50 Calories)
Your Lighter Side -- Portabella Mushroom Pizzas


Fitness Maintainers
MetamorFit -- Color Me...
MizFit -- 4 tips for Teaching Little (& Big) People Body Confidence
Tracy Reifkind's Training Food and Thought -- It Don't Mean a Thing...
Weight Off My Shoulders -- Really Self A Triathlon?

Maintainers

110 Pounds and Counting – Dairy-Free Conclusions
300 Pounds Down -- Remembering the Pain
344 Pounds -- Heart's on Fire
Ask Florine -- Nixing the Proverbial Tomorrow

At Goal Weight Watcher -- Body Awareness
Beth's Journey -- March Menu Plan #1
CurvyFitGirl -- New Week, New Experiment.
Finding Radiance -- AIM: What's Different Now?
Debby Weighs In -- AIM: What's the Difference this Time?
Fit to the Finish – Is There Value to Placing Restraints on Certain Foods?

Garden Girl – 13 month weight maintenance check-in
Half Size Me -- Tune in for the Latest Podcast
It Sux To Be Fat -- March 2013 Goals
Jack-Sprat.net – Taking it (too) Easy?
Keeping the Pounds OFF -- Eating Right with What to Eat 
Lap Band Gal! -- Airport Temptations!
Losing 147 -- NC
Lynn's Weigh -- AIM: What's the Difference this Time?
mama runrunrun -- "Real" food.
Man Meets Scale -- "I was just trying to buy some lipstick!" No, not me...
My Journey to Fit -- AIM: What's the Difference This Time?
Poonapalooza -- My masochistic tendencies
Refuse to Regain -- Treat Obesity as Physiology, not Physics:...
Roni’s Weigh -- Note to Self...
Runs for Cookies -- Lots of activity
The Tippy Toe Diet -- AIM: What's the Difference the Time?
welcome to my world -- You Say it's Gross...