I am 4 lbs. away from my goal and I have no idea how to maintain when I get there and not continue losing. It is impossible for me to overeat, so eating more isn't an option.

Any advice from anyone who has already reached their goal?

You'll have to eat at your maintenance calories, no other way really.

If you can't eat enough to maintain, you'll probably have to get a little unfill until you can. In some ways, figuring out maintenance will probably be like figuring everything out post-surgery-- lots of trial and error until you get it right.

Congratulations on being so close!

Ahhh....I love this question. There are some great bloggers out there who are working on maintenance. Their blogs are really great. I know that many of them had slight unfills when they dropped below their goal weight.

Ahhh....I love this question. There are some great bloggers out there who are working on maintenance. Their blogs are really great. I know that many of them had slight unfills when they dropped below their goal weight.

Thanks - I will search the blogs.

I feel truly blessed that the LapBand worked wonderfully for me. It's taken 14 months to lose 70 lbs. I went through plateaus but I remained patient and the weight kept coming off. PLUS my Type 2 diabetes is GONE.

Today I went to Lane Bryant to buy bras. I can't fit in their clothes anymore, but love the bras. The sales lady actually called me "tiny". She used to help me when I was a size 16 (now I am an 8).

I can't wait to have this problem congratulations!

It has indeed been trial and error. I'm scared of getting an unfill so I pretty much have just added a coffee here and there, a dessert, a little more sauce, a glass of wine etc. I do have to stay vigilant though, because I see how easily it could get away from me. I'd be lost without the scale--I'll never be one of those skinnies who eats a little too much one day and naturally compensates the next. For me it's a way more self-conscious process than that. Congratulations on reaching your goal! We both know that having to work through maintenance is a good problem to have!

LapNYC - I think I'll be the same as you, when I get to my goal. I am about (OMG - It just hit me) 43 lbs away from my goal. Congratulations to you!