need help with maintenance....

zfitgal

Hi,
I'm ready to start working my way to maintnance, I'd like to eliminate some of the cardio I have been doing..ive been doing 3 hrs and 45 mins of cardio and 4 hrs of weight training a week. I'd like to eliminate 1 he of cardio....and I'd like to reverse diet to maintnance so the added calories doesn't co me as a shock...id like to stay as lean as I am...any suggestions and feedback would be great...im nervous to eat more, I'm afraid I'll gain weight...

I'm currently at 1550 calories and mfp says my maintnance is 2000

lorrpb

Congrats! If you eat more, you will lose slower or stop losing. If you eat TOO MUCH MORE you will gain. But you wont gsin all the weight back overnight or in a week. I assume you know you need to be watchful if you plan to decrease exercise burn and increase calories in at the same time. Increase calories eaten by 100/day each week while also decreasing exercise. I suggest that you set a 5 lb range for your maintenance goal. If you gain to the top of your range, decrease calories by 100-200 per day til you're back in range.

zfitgal

lorrpb wrote: »

Congrats! If you eat more, you will lose slower or stop losing. If you eat TOO MUCH MORE you will gain. But you wont gsin all the weight back overnight or in a week. I assume you know you need to be watchful if you plan to decrease exercise burn and increase calories in at the same time. Increase calories eaten by 100/day each week while also decreasing exercise. I suggest that you set a 5 lb range for your maintenance goal. If you gain to the top of your range, decrease calories by 100-200 per day til you're back in range.

I don't have to do it the same time necessarily...i just started doing more cardio (45 mins extra a week) about 3 weeks ago to drop more weight and it worked...ive really pushed myself...id like to take it a bit easier for maintnance.

MiniMexxxxx

I would drop the cardio without increasing calories and monitor that for a week and then slowly increase the calories.

Gamliela

I agree with Mini.

CiaIgle

I am starting maintenance as well, it is a funny sensation to count more calories now

I started leaving cardio before my maintenance goal, so the last weight lost was basically diet and weight training.

Now I decided to basically keep weight training and use the maintenance level from MFP. I started last Thursday. I will check my weight and look weekly and then adjust.

My best advise from experience is to start leaving cardio and go more to weight training BEFORE achieving your goal. So the transition will be "smoother", and I quote "smoother" since already eating extra 200-300 cals a day is a HUGE (and very pleasant) transition for me

Good luck.

zfitgal

I'm already doing weight training 4 hours a week...im hitting every body part already. How much cardio did you take out and how did your body adjust? @cialgle

TimothyFish

Personally, I would increase cardio rather than reduce it, but then I like to eat.

zfitgal

@timothyfish I'm doing to much...i just want to out an hour