Weight SET POINT

[Twist]

If you ease on the exercise and ease on the diet but still maintain, no problem. If you go intense on the exercise so you can relax on the diet then it could pose a problem. Even in a worse case scenario its really not that bad. You just try a little harder and lift a little heavier. No biggie. But just realize that if you were doing 1 hour cardio 3 days per week to maintain you will have to do 1 hour 5 days or more per week to cut. I guess the most important thing to decide is if you wanna break your stride for some sort of current pleasure or if you wanna sacrifice a little now for a better tomorrow. If the former then just take a break.

I would just never be like "you know I've been making great progress right lately, how can I stop that?"

[SlimmerMe]

If you ease on the exercise and ease on the diet but still maintain, no problem. If you go intense on the exercise so you can relax on the diet then it could pose a problem. Even in a worse case scenario its really not that bad. You just try a little harder and lift a little heavier. No biggie. But just realize that if you were doing 1 hour cardio 3 days per week to maintain you will have to do 1 hour 5 days or more per week to cut. I guess the most important thing to decide is if you wanna break your stride for some sort of current pleasure or if you wanna sacrifice a little now for a better tomorrow. If the former then just take a break.

I would just never be like "you know I've been making great progress right lately, how can I stop that?"

You can read me pretty well Twist! I have eased a bit on both food and exercise for several reasons.
Wanted to change things up for awhile
Summer is when I am inundated with social activities.
Plus I wanted to see how disciplined I was "on my own" without reporting in with the goal of simply maintaining which I am doing plus lost 2 more pounds since my personal challenge.
Also, I do want to make sure my skin stays tight so it does not lag behind the body with the weight loss
Plus, my exercises in the summer are different. I am not heading out the door first thing since it is so darn hot. Plus I swim a lot more yet now have an earache which is bugging me. Called the doc at home on Friday and begged him to call in some medicine.

So..since I have justified 'holding" what I have done, I figured the best justification was: Re-set my SET POINT~