So, what's my maintenance?

Leyalin

I got to the top of my goal weight range (126) in March of last year. Then all sorts of life happened, I was careless with my eating >_< and ended up back in the 160s.
Fast forward to now, my husband and I are both back on track. Instead of just "going hard" to goal again, we're doing 6 weeks of deficit then 1 week of maintenance. My problem is that I've never maintained my weight before and with having dyscalculia, it's heckin' hard to figure out what it would be. Maintenance week starts tomorrow and I was hoping a more numberly capable folk could help me figure it out, pretty please?

My stats are-
age-31
height 5'3"
weight- Started the six weeks at 162.2, weighed in today at 158.
My daily cal goal is 1,300.
Calorie goal is set at losing .5lb/week
My net average for the weeks has been- 1,244 / 1,237 / 1,202 / 1,275 / 1,165 / 1,289
We go for walks about 6 times a week. According to Map my Fitness out "short walks" walks come in around 200cals, We do those about 4 times a week. Our "long walks" come in around 400 cals. I've been eating back half of those cals usually.
Other than walks I don't get much movement in. A day without a walk usually doesn't see me get above 3,000 steps.

AnnPT77

4.2 pounds in 6 weeks is 0.7 pounds a week, or an average daily deficit of about 350 calories.
If you continue this same basic exercise routine, then a simplified answer would be to eat around 1585 calories, plus the same fraction of your exercise calories. (1585, if I did the math right, is 350 + the average of your weekly average nets.)

*However*:

You're 31, so probably premenopausal. 6 weeks is unlikely to be comparing weights at the same relative point in your menstrual cycles. Water fluctuations could make quite a difference in the result, when we're talking about a relatively small total loss over 6 weeks. (I'm postmenopausal, and I've had 6-pound changes in weight literally overnight - all about water weight and digestive contents, not fat.)

If you'd like a little more on various ways to estimate maintenance, and transition to it, there's a whole thread about it over in the maintenance part of the forum, in the "Most Helpful Posts" area. Direct link to it:

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10638211/how-to-find-your-maintenance-calorie-level/p1