On 15th May 2014, my trend weight reached my target weight of 65kg, 12 months on, my trend weight is 64.2kg. Despite a year of varying quite a lot my weight has remained between 62.5 and 65 kg. 
It has, on the whole, been pretty easy to maintain, especially at first when my weight continued to fall, with the lowest I saw on the scales being 62.5 kg in September. Since then it has risen and fallen and risen and fallen but remains below my target. I am not intending to change my way of eating to try to alter things as yet but am waiting to see if the summer brings another drop...perhaps the drop to 62.5kg last year was an effect of the summer. If my weight continues to rise so that it averages higher than 65kg I may have to take action, but for now I am monitoring and waiting to see what happens. I am confident, though, that even if I do experience a further increase, because my way of eating is now so radically different from before I started fasting, I cannot possibly regain 40kg. I don't feel any inclination to start eating breakfast or snacking after dinner or to return to large bowls of pasta or having crunchy nut cornflakes when feeling peckish!! I do, though, still eat cake, desserts and chocolate (though not all on the same day!). Some days I put in a 19-20 hour fast, others will be as short as 16 hours, very very rarely any less than that. Most days are around 17-18 hours of fasting. I no longer panic about when and where the next meal will be coming from, which is a tremendous relief.
Despite all the variations on the scale, my waist size has remained much more stable, going down from 71cm when I declared maintenance to 70, very briefly hitting 69 in September but since then has been 70cm week in, week out, for months.
If I can maintain around my target for another year, the chances of regain are considerably reduced according to the research. After 5 years it is likely that my body will have created a new 'set weight'. So, 1 year down, 4 more to go.
It has, on the whole, been pretty easy to maintain, especially at first when my weight continued to fall, with the lowest I saw on the scales being 62.5 kg in September. Since then it has risen and fallen and risen and fallen but remains below my target. I am not intending to change my way of eating to try to alter things as yet but am waiting to see if the summer brings another drop...perhaps the drop to 62.5kg last year was an effect of the summer. If my weight continues to rise so that it averages higher than 65kg I may have to take action, but for now I am monitoring and waiting to see what happens. I am confident, though, that even if I do experience a further increase, because my way of eating is now so radically different from before I started fasting, I cannot possibly regain 40kg. I don't feel any inclination to start eating breakfast or snacking after dinner or to return to large bowls of pasta or having crunchy nut cornflakes when feeling peckish!! I do, though, still eat cake, desserts and chocolate (though not all on the same day!). Some days I put in a 19-20 hour fast, others will be as short as 16 hours, very very rarely any less than that. Most days are around 17-18 hours of fasting. I no longer panic about when and where the next meal will be coming from, which is a tremendous relief.
Despite all the variations on the scale, my waist size has remained much more stable, going down from 71cm when I declared maintenance to 70, very briefly hitting 69 in September but since then has been 70cm week in, week out, for months.
If I can maintain around my target for another year, the chances of regain are considerably reduced according to the research. After 5 years it is likely that my body will have created a new 'set weight'. So, 1 year down, 4 more to go.
