What was raising your calories like?

mommarnurse

I'm sort of in maint now.my calories are set to maintain...but I'm still at a deficit though a smaller one and have lost a couple pounds since hitting "goal". I think In part cause I want to lose more. And in part because I'm so afraid of going back to the old me. I can't bear the thought of that happening. I just have to keep it in my mind to keep running, if I run 3 days a week the 4-5 miles each I've worked up to and work on progressing in that then I won't gain. Still absolutely terrified.

JanetMMcC

I'd been at 1200 since May, looking to lose a pound a week. Since 1200 is the least MFP will recommend for me, going to a half-pound a week only got me up to 1300. By November I was near the bottom of my 5-pound goal range, and I was heading out to see my brothers, so I put myself on maintenance. I'd listed my goal weight as 145 (the top of my goal range), and discovered after I got back from vacation that the 1750 MFP was suggesting was for a half-pound/week gain. My brother doesn't have a scale, at least not in the guest bathroom, or a cooking scale, and I had to guesstimate a lot of my eating (as in, guess which of the lamb stew calorie counts in MFP was probably the closest to my brother's, and how many cups I ate). But, when I got home, my scale showed me right in my goal range.

And I found the override to set my goal at maintenance.

My daily budget without exercise is now 1520 calories. Not a huge increase from 1300, but enough that I can have some Godiva or Lindt chocolate, as long as I keep it to a few truffles or a square or two.

When I found myself a half-pound below the bottom of my goal range at the end of December, I went back over my December diaries, discovered that I was 2500 calories below total budget for the month, and gave myself a 1000-calorie New Year's splurge. That let me make a cheesecake (I used Splenda instead of sugar, but the sucker used a pound of cream cheese).

Set my goal for a one-pound gain on New Year's Day and planned for two days at a half-pound gain, let myself eat 250 over my re-set goal on Jan. 2 (did I mention cheesecake?), so went back to maintenance after two days instead of three.

This morning's weight was 142, with my goal range 140 to 150.

Panda_brat

sijomial wrote: »

andyphillips899 wrote: »

I have NO idea how I'm going to handle maintenance. I burn between 2,900-3,500 calories a day right now, and I'm eating at 1,900-2,000. The idea of even attempting to eat another 1,000 calories a day is just like....mind-blowing. Especially if I'm going to be eating healthy like I am now.

Am I supposed to eat 6 egg beaters for breakfast instead of 3?
A half pound of chicken for lunch instead of a quarter-pound?
A half pound of salmon for dinner instead of 5 ounces?

It's just crazy. I don't know how I'm going to do it. I'm actually scared to do it I have to admit.

@andyphillips899

You don't just eat protein do you?
Eat whole eggs instead of egg beaters - sling some cheese in an omelette.
Have some potato with your chicken.
Have some rice with your salmon.

I was eating all that stuff while looseing, for me it is just eating more of the same.