What's your maintenance plan?

blacktie347

When I reach my goal weight, I'm planning on some minor modifications to my current WOE. Today, I just finished planning what I'll eat, specifically, aside from holidays and whatnot when I'll binge just to enjoy life and fit in with others, occasionally.

So I'm planning on eating around 16 eggs per day (hard boiled), broth, tea, greek yogurt (with chocolate on top), a Cafe Americano with milk and Splenda (which has 1 g of carbs per packet), a bottle of diet root beer, and walking about a mile and a half. If I gain from this, or after a planned binge, I'll just cut back on the "dessert" - the greek yogurt with chocolate on top - until I'm again at my goal weight.

So my question to you is - have you made a plan for maintenence? If so, what is it? Is it as detailed as mine or mostly just upping carbs/day? I'm just curious to see what everyone else is up to

sammyliftsandeats

No detailed plan for maintenance yet. Just hopefully lose the fat, increase muscle/strength and find the 'sweet spot' in which I can fuel to support the muscle growth.

Work in progress at the moment.

FIT_Goat

Reached my maintenance (although about it right now thanks to falling off the wagon for a while), and continued to eat like I did. I didn't up any carbs. If anything, I went down in carbs, so I could eat without worry of weight gain.

dulcitonia

I maintained for three years with same way of eating. Just monitor your stats!! It can be easy to let the calories creep up without paying attention to them.

lowjax75

I plan on just eating the same way with maybe more fruits and berries added in. Not a lot, just some for some sweetness. Meat and Veggies with cheese and cream is probably the staple for me unless something happens medically.

blacktie347

Thanks all, and lowjax that's a great idea - I'll consider using less greek yogurt and more fruits, like blackberries. Thanks!!!

erinseattle

I am newly in maintenance and have just added 200 calories which will come from fat and the occasional vodka & soda or glass of red wine. I will stay with that level of calories until I see any changes on the scale (up or down) and reevaluate at that time.

blacktie347

erinseattle wrote: »

I am newly in maintenance and have just added 200 calories which will come from fat and the occasional vodka & soda or glass of red wine. I will stay with that level of calories until I see any changes on the scale (up or down) and reevaluate at that time.

nice!

ClaireBearOz

It's a way off for me, but I'm looking forward to getting more vegies and occasionally some fruit back into my diet - and yes a red wine every now and then.

SamandaIndia

I will add more green leafy veg, some berries n a little yoghurt. Clearly can not be trusted with cashews so leaving them off my list!

baconslave

SamandaIndia wrote: »

I will add more green leafy veg, some berries n a little yoghurt. Clearly can not be trusted with cashews so leaving them off my list!

You are not alone there. LOL!

I'm staying keto forever. Between 20 and 50g carbs. I usually just hang around 30 total, because I like it but sometimes go up as high as 50 if I want to fit in a treat. Just eating more calories.
I hit goal weight, then calorie cycled to recomp. I'm up about 5lb but I look thinner. I'm not sure whether or not I'm going to cut back down right now or not. I'm strength training 4 times a week on YAYOG (You Are Your Own Gym). Mostly I'm working on a mindfulness challenge, too right now so that I pay more attention to my food instead of inhaling it, so that my body can catch up and feel like it's been satisfied. Unlike the vacuum cleaner I've been recently due to being busy.

Sabine_Stroehm

I'm in long term maintenance now. Vegetables, berries, protein, nuts and seeds, dairy, some legumes and a bit of whole grains from time to time make up my life. Oh, and wine, of course.

I maintained with relative ease for about 10 years doing that. Now in menopause it's harder, and I've had to be much more mindful.

Today's lunch will be a huge kale salad with a handful of chickpeas, and a small handful of almonds on it. Top with a can of sardines. The sardine olive oil pack will be the dressing. Add some salt and yum.

blacktie347

Sounds great, everyone! I'm happy for your plans and thank you all for providing me with this great info! I've modified my diet accordingly, in part thanks to all of you who replied in this thread