Lessons Learned & Learning 16: 480 Days of Maintenance

Ejourneys

Prior maintenance updates: 30 days, 60 days, 90 days, 120 days, 150 days, 180 days, 210 days, 240 days, 270 days, 300 days, 330 days, 360 days, 390 days, 420 days, 450 days.

My sixteenth 30 days looked like this:


Here's how the sixteen 30-day periods compare:


Weight: I had reached my goal weight of 150 lbs. on Dec. 17, 2013. According to MFP, that would place my net calories at 1600 for maintenance.

Between days 451 and 480 inclusive my weight averaged 149 and ranged from 148 (March 18 and 21, April 3 and 5-6) to 150 (March 25 and 27-31, April 10). This marks the smallest variation among all the 30-day periods.

Exercise Calories Burned:
I took 1 rest day (0 calories burned) during maintenance days 451-480, compared with 3 rest days during maintenance days 421-450, during maintenance days 391-420, 1 rest day during maintenance days 361-390, 0 rest days during maintenance days 331-360, 1 rest day during maintenance days 301-330, 1 rest day during maintenance days 271-300, 2 rest days during maintenance days 241-270, 1 rest day during maintenance days 211-240, 2 rest days during maintenance days 181-210, 1 rest day over days 151-180, 3 rest days over days 121-150, 5 rest days over days 91-120, 3 rest days over days 61-90, 4 rest days over days 31-60, and 2 rest days over days 1-30.

My average exercise calories burned for this period equaled 402/day, with the highest burn being 556 on Mar. 28 (representing both stationary cycling and yard work).

Total and Net Calories Consumed:
Total calories for maintenance days 451-480 averaged 1874/day and ranged from 1601 (April 1) to 2223 (March 23). Net calories (total calories minus exercise calories burned) averaged 1472/day (92% of maintenance) and ranged from 1174 (March 21) to 1808 (March 23).

blankiefinder

Great job tracking, and maintaining!!