Maintainence calories

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desiresdestiny
desiresdestiny Posts: 175 Member
in Goal: Maintaining Weight
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.

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  • macgurlnet
    macgurlnet Posts: 1,946 Member
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    4 weeks at least. How often do you weigh yourself?

    ~Lyssa
  • desiresdestiny
    desiresdestiny Posts: 175 Member
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    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
    macgurlnet Posts: 1,946 Member
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    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
    desiresdestiny Posts: 175 Member
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    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!

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