Maintenance calories

Bp2021go

I want to think I am half way to my main weight goal. At what point did you start moving your calories intake to you maintenance level! Right now i am eating 40 % lower than maintenance.

MsCzar

I am at 70% of reaching my goal. While I am nowhere near switching to maintenance level yet, I do occasionally drift up to near maintenance calories to take a small break from deficit eating while not losing any hard-fought ground. I go to maintenance levels during stressful weeks when I am not home to prepare every meal myself and rely more on restaurant meals. Doing that really helps me 1) Learn how to plan for and eat at maintenance, and 2) stop calorie deficit fatigue from triggering a binge or drifting back into bad habits.

springlering62

Don’t forget, as you get smaller you need fewer calories. MFP doesn’t automatically recalibrate for that.

In my case, though, the smaller I got, the more active I got and I actually increased calories. A LOT.

You’ve got to take a good hard look at what you’re doing and find the balance.