The long game

After you reach your goal

A goal weight isn't a finish line so much as a new setpoint to hold. The work changes shape: the win is no longer a falling line, it's a steady one.

What changes

During the losing phase, down is good. In maintenance, flat is good — on purpose. The scale will still bounce day to day on water, exactly as it always did, so the trend line matters just as much here as it did on the way down.

The maintenance band

Rather than a single target, it helps to think in a band — a small range around your goal where ordinary daily noise lives. Being inside the band is success. Light Years draws that band once you arrive, so "holding steady" becomes something you can actually see instead of guess at.

Keep logging, lightly

You don't need to weigh with the same intensity forever. A lighter cadence still lets the trend tell you, over weeks, whether you're drifting up or down — early enough to respond gently rather than react.

Whether and how long to continue any medication in maintenance is a decision for you and your prescriber. This guide doesn't give medical advice.

Light Years draws this for you, quietly. Open the app or browse the other guides.