I've been at goal for about 9 months and did aerobics several times a week until I was hit with Lyme earlier this summer. I was barely able to function and had no appetite at all which helped me stay at goal and even lose about 7 more pounds. After hospitalization and antibiotics, I've slowly started back with only walking. Lyme is complicated and exercising can raise your body temp causing a reaction so I'm afraid to go back to heavy aerobics. Has anyone had long term success with walking as their only form of exercise? Thanks in advance for your feedback!

There is no reason you won't be able to maintain long term with limited exercise. Keep a tight reign on your calories. (At first, just see how many you are currently consuming, and keep it there). Be sure to weigh weekly, and if you start seeing unreasonable scale creep, decrease your calories by 200/day. It may take a bit of fine tuning, but since you've already been maintaining for 9 months, your body is comfortable there, and won't want to shift (it'll probably want to regain the 7, and if it were me, I'd probably let it, otherwise you'll be constantly starving).

Lymes is such a terrible disease. So sorry to hear you got it