Need help with maintenance cals

98glowworm

Hello everyone. Little background on me, I’m 22, 5’4, and 133.8 lbs. I gained weight last year due to medication (17lbs) and got it off with both cardio and strength training. My goal now is to maintain this weight. I don’t currently go to a gym but I workout at home with weights and a treadmill. Including some body weight exercises and resistance bands.

I walk 4mph for 30 minutes 3 days a week and strength train 3 days a week. I started out pretty weak a couple years ago and I’ve just started lifting 20lbs. I’ve noticed my weight is still dropping even though I weigh and measure my food out and eat my maintenance, which my tdee said was 1,860. Mfp is now saying it’s 1,890. Are 30 calories less really that much of a difference?

Do I need to increase my cals? And how much should I increase them by? I don’t wanna gain any fat. My clothes are falling off, my waist has gone down another inch, and my weight is usually 134lbs but has started reading 133.8lbs. Not much of a difference but I’m just feeling thinner when I don’t want to lose more.

My goal is to maintain and get some muscle. Thank you.

98glowworm

Also forgot to add I’m a female

AnnPT77

You might get some usefulness out of this thread:

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

Fundamentally, the feedback from your actual weight loss rate averaged over many weeks tells you how many calories you need to add to stop losing weight. You don't give all the relevant numbers in your post, so I can't estimate. The thread I linked has a section about using your loss rate to estimate your calorie needs, in detail.