Am I eating right to maintain my weight?

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I'm 5'1 & 102 pound, but before recently I was around 120 pounds. I wasn't exactly heavy, but I wasn't thin or anything. I'd like to maintain my weight, so could you please read what I've been eating lately & let me know how you think I'm doing?

Day 1:
Breakfast- Yogurt with strawberries & bananas
Lunch- Oatmeal without added sugar or anything
Dinner- Stirfry veggies with 4 small chicken strips in it
Exercise- 1 mile walk plus toning workout

Day 2:
Breakfast- Nothing (didn't wake up early enough)
Lunch- Oatmeal without added sugar
Dinner- Footlong philly cheesteak Subway sandwich with flat bread & mayo
Exercise- 1 mile walk

Day 3:
Breakfast- Ham & cheese sandwich
Lunch- The same thing I had for breakfast
Dinner- A slice of bread with gravy
Snack- Butterfinger candy bar
Exercise- 1 mile walk plus toning workout

Day 4:
Breakfast- Ham & cheese sandwich
Lunch- 6 small chicken strips
Dinner- A couple bites of baked chicken (I didn't like it very much), peas with butter, & a potato without butter or salt
Snack- Red velvet cupcake with caramel icing
Exercise- 1 mile walk

Day 5:
Breakfast- Oatmeal cereal without added sugar or milk
Lunch- 3 small chicken strips with peas
Dinner- Tyson chicken strip wrapped in a small tortilla with half a serving of shredded cheese
Exercise- 1 mile walk plus toning workout

Day 6:
Breakfast- Ham & cheese sandwich
Lunch- Watermelon
Dinner- Pizza lean pocket
Snack- Half a slice of chocolate cake with caramel icing
Exercise- 1 mile walk

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  • BigGuy47
    BigGuy47 Posts: 1,768 Member
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    How many calories are you getting per day?

    A TDEE calc using your stats shows a maintenance level of roughly 1500 cals/day.
  • terbusha
    terbusha Posts: 1,483 Member
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    Maintaining weight depends more on how many total calories you are eating everyday. Keep tracking all of your food. How many calories are you eating/day now? If you are still losing weight, go up 100 cal/day and maintain that level for a week or 2. If you lose weight after 1 or 2 weeks, add in another 100 cal/day and do that for another week or 2. Eventually, you're weight will level out and begin to remain constant. After that, you should work on increasing your metabolism so you can maintain weight on eating more calories. It makes it a lot easier to fit in treat foods without having your weight go up.

    Allan