I'm struggling to maintain my weight! Tips ?

Kim55555

Hi I've been struggling to maintain my weight since I started maintaining in Feb. I have put on 5 kg now. A bit of background. I had lost 33 kg in 2 & 3/4 years.

Anyone have any good tips to help?

If you put on 2kg in 1 month eating approx 2400 gross calories what is the Maths behind this. How many extra calories did I eat to cause this? I need to be averaging approx 2100 gross calories to maintain.

When I started maintenance I ate at a surplus so as to bump up my metabolism. My resting metabolic rate was really low at just 800 calories so I did a metabolic reset and in just 5 weeks it increased to 1500 ! Problem was/is that an appetite switch was flipped on and ever since then I have been wanting to eat more.

I just had a thought. Im going to see If I can eat 2 lower calorie days per week this might do the trick and keep my weekly calorie average down. I think maintenance is a challenge in itself. Good thing is is that I still do keep myself accountable by tracking all my food. So I'm not in denial.

I think I also need to cut down on my nuts. So many calories in the nuts! What is a good oil or tablet which will supply me with the good fats if I decide to cut the nuts out of my diet for a while?

Btw I'm still eating pretty much the same food as always but just too much of it. So good news is I don feel out of control in the past for instance by going off the tracks eating junk.So this is a positive here in a way.

I'm positive I can get myself back on track but it needs to happen sooner rather than later. I've put 5 kg on of the 33 kg I lost and I wouldn't want it to get out of hand!

Hope to hear some positive and encouraging replies:)