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when did you begin transitioning to maintenance?

higgins8283801
higgins8283801 Posts: 844 Member
edited November 2024 in Goal: Maintaining Weight
I am 4.3lbs away from my goal and eat about 10% below my TDEE for about 0.2-0.4lbs a week loss. Should I just leave it at 10% below TDEE until I reach goal or should I reduce it to 5%?

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  • Flowers4Julia
    Flowers4Julia Posts: 521 Member
    I did what you are doing and I left it at the 10%. Best of Luck :)
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    If you are losing about 0.2-0.4lbs a week that sounds a nice steady way to get to goal.

    Should make for an easy transition to maintenance as you wont have much adjusting to do once you get to a goal weight range. Well done you!
  • nxd10
    nxd10 Posts: 4,572 Member
    Get to the bottom and then slowly increase. Then you can balance out.

    At least for me, I was losing quite slowly at the end.
  • RaspberryTickleChicken
    RaspberryTickleChicken Posts: 629 Member
    higgins8283801 wrote: »
    I am 4.3lbs away from my goal and eat about 10% below my TDEE for about 0.2-0.4lbs a week loss. Should I just leave it at 10% below TDEE until I reach goal or should I reduce it to 5%?

    Yup Yup
  • myfitnesspale3
    myfitnesspale3 Posts: 276 Member
    Don't let up, it will just take longer to get to target.

    As soon as you add calories, you take on more water to process them. So it might help you to overshoot the target. So again, don't let up now.

    Nice job.
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