Eating at maintenance on weekend

dark_sparkles37019

Anyone losing and eating at 0.5lb loss-maintenance on the weekends?

MegaMooseEsq

I’m losing about a pound a week and eat at or above maintenance 1-2 days a week. It’s been working so far - I’ve been at this a little over a year and have lost 41 pounds.

Seffell

0.5lbs = 1750cals deficit. When you are going to make it is your personal choice. You are going to lose 0.5lbs everytime you accumulate a deficit of 1750cals.

rainbow198

I lost most of my weight (80+ pounds) eating this way and it worked great for me.

Sunday - Thursday I would eat at a deficit. And on Friday and Saturday I would eat near maintenance. This allowed me to have regular pizza on Friday nights and go out for a higher calorie dessert or make one at home on Saturday and still keep the weight loss going since I was still at a calorie deficit for the week.

I'm maintaining now and I pretty much still eat this way.

LivingtheLeanDream

Even in maintenance I eat at small deficit during the week so I can eat more on the weekends, it worked the same when I was losing.

dark_sparkles37019

I'm down 1.4 pounds this morning so eating near maintenance this weekend didn't harm anything. I'm going to set my goal as 1580, scratch that...1830 calories a day throughout the work week and higher on the weekend.

fitoverfortymom

I keep a little extra deficit during the week and eat at maintenance + on weekends. It's working well, also at .5lbs per week rate.

h1udd

yup, its the way I have always done it, there is no way I could survive the weekend on a deficit, whilst my wife and child delight in cake, desserts, pastries and wine (not the kid)

so now I eat under my goal during the week to make up for the eating at maintanence or above at the weekend

murp4069

I've always done this during both maintenance and weight loss. I find it pretty easy most of the time to maintain a deficit during the week and much harder on the weekend, when I frequently eat out and have less control and knowledge as to the number of calories any given food item has.