New to Maintaining

bethdris
bethdris Posts: 1,090 Member
edited October 2 in Food and Nutrition
Okay as easy as it sounds, it has me a bit scared. Ive just lost 90 pounds at and this point am VERY limited on exericse due to a back injury. So right now exercise is NILL. So here I sit with over 1800 cals a day that Im "aloud" to eat. For almost 6 months, Ive been eating 1500 and less (mostly less). What do you guys eat? My diary is open if you want to see what i've eaten so far today. I'm sure in time i'll fill those cals up.

I don't want to fill it up with "junk", thats what got me here in the first place.

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  • porffor
    porffor Posts: 1,210 Member
    I can't give any advice but wanted so say...
    HUGE Congratulations (again) and eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!! how exciting but yes I can understand your caution. I'm sure the others will have great advice.
  • Gennawest
    Gennawest Posts: 171
    so sorry for posting off topic, but I am going to continue on (that was my disclaimer). Seeing you in maintence gets me excited. I love your food choices. It is real food, but good food in healthy portions. I am inspired. Maintenance, I will see you in two weeks!
  • melsinct
    melsinct Posts: 3,512 Member
    Congrats! I am 3 pounds from my goal but upped my calories a while ago by setting my loss at losing 0.5 pound/week in MFP. Once I had all of these new calories to eat, I relied on nuts, avocado, and other calorie dense but healthy food to bridge the gap. After a while I got used to eating more at every meal and now usually don't need to eat the high calorie stuff to make my goal. I assume the same will happen in a few weeks (months?) when I finally reach my goal.
  • SoCalSwimmerDude
    SoCalSwimmerDude Posts: 507 Member
    First off.... congrats!!!

    You're diary looks great. Typically, I'd say to get off of 'diet foods' and switch to whole foods, but it looks like you've done that. So to up the cals w/out eating tons more, then you just have to find nutrient rich, high(er) calorie food. Beans, avacados, nuts, brown rice, rolled oats, granola, yogurt, milk, etc.

    For instance, for lunch today, I'm having a cup of brown rice, 4 ounces of chicken, and 1/4 cup of black beans. It comes out to about 400 cals and is the size of a 2 cup container. (oh, and a dash of hot sauce)

    Good luck!!
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