“TinierTim” Bauer works in marketing as a professional storyteller who also teaches others to tell their stories. He is a father of two beautiful girls, aged 8 and 5. He lost his first 200 pounds in just 374 days and his greatest accomplishments include running his first triathlon 18 months to the day from starting his journey, having his weight loss described by his then 6 year old daughter as a “metamorphosis” (he’s a butterfly now) and the fact that his daughters are now able to sit in his lap without his belly getting in the way and wrap their arms completely around him. He blogs at TinierTim.com and can be found anywhere people are being Social @TinierTim including 
You’re officially an after picture. You’ve bled, sweat and cried. You have consumed more broccoli than you care to admit and you’ve hit the goal– whether that’s a weight, a waist size, you got the girl/boy or some other goal.
This is the moment you’ve been dreaming of. Now what? What do you believe about weight maintenance?
Let’s get the diagnosis out here right away: the odds are stacked against us. According to Gary Foster, Ph.D., clinical director of the Weight and Eating Disorders Program at the University of Pennsylvania, almost 65% of dieters return to their pre-diet weight within 3 years. Statistics for “crash diets” are even more abysmal. But you aren’t a statistic. Just like you took control when you decided to lose weight, maintenance is entirely in your control. Today we’re going to explore what you need to do maintain all that work you put in.
