Maintainence calories

desiresdestiny

how long should you eat at your maintenance calorie level before increasing or decreasing the calories based on the scale reading? I'm still in the process of finding my calorie level.

macgurlnet

4 weeks at least. How often do you weigh yourself?

~Lyssa

desiresdestiny

macgurlnet wrote: »

4 weeks at least. How often do you weigh yourself?

~Lyssa

Once a week, since hiting maintenance about twice.. Been seeing .5 lb fluctuations

macgurlnet

desiresdestiny wrote: »

macgurlnet wrote: »

4 weeks at least. How often do you weigh yourself?

~Lyssa

Once a week, since hiting maintenance about twice.. Been seeing .5 lb fluctuations

You won't always be at the exact same number on the scale. Give yourself a range to account for water weight fluctuations.

0.5 lb either way can easily just be a water weight thing. I recently went up 2.5 lbs and stayed that way for 2 weeks because I was eating out much more than usual.

It sounds like you're eating maintenance calories right now, or very close to them. I would stick with whatever number you're at for a bit and give it a few more weeks.

~Lyssa

desiresdestiny

macgurlnet wrote: »

desiresdestiny wrote: »

macgurlnet wrote: »

4 weeks at least. How often do you weigh yourself?

~Lyssa

Once a week, since hiting maintenance about twice.. Been seeing .5 lb fluctuations

You won't always be at the exact same number on the scale. Give yourself a range to account for water weight fluctuations.

0.5 lb either way can easily just be a water weight thing. I recently went up 2.5 lbs and stayed that way for 2 weeks because I was eating out much more than usual.

It sounds like you're eating maintenance calories right now, or very close to them. I would stick with whatever number you're at for a bit and give it a few more weeks.

~Lyssa

Awesome thanks!