I’m in my third year of maintenance after losing 82 lbs on a GLP-1. The dramatic part ended a while ago.
What’s left is pretty plain: I prep two lunches on Sunday, keep a mug of water by the kettle, and walk the same 1.6-mile loop after work. Last month I traveled for five days and my weight stayed inside a 3-lb band without me white-knuckling every meal.
In year one I would’ve called that luck. Now I think it’s just repetition.
Some weeks my appetite is louder, and I don’t read it as failure; I just make my meals a little more filling and go to bed earlier. I’m curious what small anchor has lsted for others here.
Not the impressive stuff — the boring thing you still do when no one’s watching?