Deciding on a "maintenance weight"

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  • oocdc2
    oocdc2 Posts: 1,361 Member
    rainbow198 wrote: »
    I never had a goal weight. I just kept going until I liked what I saw in clothes.

    Then it took a couple years of maintenance to tighten up my body composition and to really reach my happy place.

    ^This. My body weight fluctuates depending on how hard I'm training at any given time, but as long as I'm loyal to TDEE and eating back 75% exercise calories, I'm a size 8 no matter what I'm doing, and I'm fine with it.
  • elisa123gal
    elisa123gal Posts: 4,324 Member
    This is one of the most reasonable threads I've ever read. I like how many of you put the hard work in, then just maintain for a while or stop before you burn out on dieting. I've been telling my husband the same thing. He has a lot of weight to lose. I tell him to just chip away at it.. just get smaller.. maintain for a while, then lose another few pounds..then maintain again.
    It works..he's slowly but surely shrinking...it is so hard to diet perfectly for over a year..it can be depressing for someone who ..frankly.. loves their food.
  • lizzy_satellite
    lizzy_satellite Posts: 112 Member
    I'm almost 5'3" and a couple of years ago I was bouncing between 129 and 132 down from a high of 200-ish. That put me in a UK8 , which looked and felt right to me (I never really had a goal in mind). I'm currently at 145 and on my way slowly back down, but it's anyone's guess whether what felt right a couple of years ago will feel right this time. Concentrating on the next 10lbs then playing it by ear.

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