Transitioning
cnjg420
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How much did you gain when you went from losing to naintsining
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Nothing - the point of transitioning is to adjust to your new weight range.2
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3-5 Lbs of water weight probably...but hard to tell...body weight isn't a static number...maintenance is a range, not an exact number.0
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Nothing.1
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Since hitting maintainance Sept. 25th, I've lost 7.5lbs.
I had a hard time eating at maintainance, then I realized that the MFP number wasn't high enough. Adjusting from eating 1200 calories to 2000 calories has been interesting. Been maintaining within 3lbs since late November.0 -
I didn't gain anything when I transitioned to maintenance. I have actually had a hard time reaching my maintenance calories. Apparently my maintenance number is higher than what mfp tells me to eat.0
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3-4 pounds of glycogen and water weight is considered normal.0
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I hit what seemed to be an acceptable goal weight about a month ago. I was actually still trying to lose but the weight wouldn't budge - just a combination of bad logging, Christmas, and gaining muscle. Eventually I realized I was being silly and didn't need to lose any more weight so last week I started a new 2500 cal diet that should keep me at maintenance while doing Crossfit 5x/week.
My new diet is also a lot stricter than what I was eating while losing - while losing I kinda had a "whatever fits in my calories" attitude about things, but now I'm hitting strict macro goals and trying to keep 80% of my diet with the "whole grains, lean proteins, veggies, olive oil, and fruits" spectrum.
After doing this a week I've seen two things happen:
1. I actually lost 2 pounds on the scale after not seeing any loss for weeks eating at 1900 cals/day but not paying attention to food quality. Note: I am NOT trying to argue against CICO, just noting what my experience has been.
2. I feel full for the first time in my life. In fact, eating 2500 cals/day of nutrient-dense food is actually difficult. I was probably eating more than that before I started losing but it was all empty calories that didn't fill me up.
Anyway, the point is that strange things happen when you switch from losing to maintaining.5 -
2. I feel full for the first time in my life. In fact, eating 2500 cals/day of nutrient-dense food is actually difficult. I was probably eating more than that before I started losing but it was all empty calories that didn't fill me up.
AGREED - 2500 calories of good food makes it really hard to eat that much.2 -
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I ask because my maintance and lose .5 pounds a week are the same 1200 I upped my calories to 1400 a day and gained 1.5 pounds in a week so I’m not sure where to go from here thanks for the help
Be patient - don't make rapid or frequent changes to your calorie goal of you will be totally confused by normal daily/weekly/monthly fluctuations.
Give each change time to settle down. There's no rush - maintenance has no time limit.
Look for the trend, ignore the dips and spikes.5 -
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I ask because my maintance and lose .5 pounds a week are the same 1200 I upped my calories to 1400 a day and gained 1.5 pounds in a week so I’m not sure where to go from here thanks for the help
Be patient - don't make rapid or frequent changes to your calorie goal of you will be totally confused by normal daily/weekly/monthly fluctuations.
Give each change time to settle down. There's no rush - maintenance has no time limit.
Look for the trend, ignore the dips and spikes.
So when do I take notice?
As a woman and with the caveat that you aren't seeing a quick and steady loss or gain then probably monthly.
But there's a big element of "it depends".
My calorie intake and exercise output is very varied for example which prompts bigger, but expected, fluctuations. If someone else eats the same level every day, exercises moderately then their personal fluctuation range might be smaller.2 -
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Gained none but slowly lost some weight.1
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None. I just basically stopped losing because I was losing less than 0.5 per week at the end.1
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I upped my intake slowly so didn't see any so called gain.1
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When you are in a caloric deficit for a while, your metabolism slows down a bit. Keep your calories at 1400, your metabolism will begin to speed up...give yourself a solid 10-12 days and you will see it balance out. After you are back at the desired weight, add more calories in, continue to do this until you find your new caloric maintenance.
I struggled with this, and after 2 months I am still adding more calories in and maintaining why weight. 1250 calories was my low and I am at 2000 calories on non lifting days and 2200 calories on lifting days. I am 5 foot 4 and 116 lbs.
Good Luck!!
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It wasn't me cos I hate that darn woo button, its a much misunderstood button!...although in your case the woo was obviously meant as woohoo
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I lost another 7 pounds until i figured out the right maintenance number for me0
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