I've been musing.. "Going back on Plan" once on maintenance?

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How very relevant at the moment for me. However I have decided to do my version of ON PLAN because I think we need to assess each weight gain on its own merits. I would completely agree with not going back on plan for a kg or two after some heavy indulgences. I would also agree not to use Cohens as the next crutch on which we lean when we have been "naughty" (I think even naming it as naughty makes the desire stronger to indulge).

The reason I have turned to Cohens plan amounts one year down the track is:
Post surgery (realistically, the surgeon has removed...tummy tuck - 2 kgs and boobie reduction - 300grams each side..which makes a difference of...let's say 2.5 kg to make things easier.
Which logically means I should weight 2.5 less than what I finished on (which was 70.2) - which makes it 67.7 that I should be sitting at. Of course, I need to consider that swelling and post op can have extra fluids etc roaming around my body for up to 9 months later..so that is something to bear in mind.

Up until my latest surgery I was hopping on the scales daily and monitoring everything - I have let that lapse as I didnt want to beat myself up when recovering. Weight as of Monday sitting at 73.7 - but most of all, I can feel it. I am supposed to feel better than this. I remember feeling slim - I dont feel slim now..I feel very average..and one of my dresses doesnt fit. That is what I am chasing - that feeling of lightness and slip any old thing on and wham - it looks good.
I think having that control that Cohens offers is a way of treating my body - I am enjoying knowing that it is up to me to make myself regain that feeling.

I am modifying it also to some extent, so not fully on plan. I am boarding a plane mid september - so I will do some loss and then fit in a modified refeed as I still belive that is what sets things for us.
So that is the reason I have decided to jump back in - so to speak - but I think mine has more to do with timelines and wanting to feel good in the head.
........Oh and the fact that I just bought 3 bikinis and I want to look HOT when I hit the Greek Islands!!!!!!