Anyone else ready to maintain?

happydayzz

Hey guys!
Hope everyone is having a nice day/evening xD Since I've decided I want to maintain my weight, I'm going to start adding on the calories. But I don't know how quickly I should do it!
I'm overly paranoid about just adding 50 calories a week even! Should I do something like 100 per week? I don't want all my lost weight to come sprinting back o_o;; I've read posts on here about people who like add on 200-300 calories immediatly and then gain all the weight bak.......*shivers*
Thanks for any advice/helpful comments! xD

Acg67

i'm almost there, but i was planning on reverse dieting to maintenance then move to a bulk.

for you it depends on your current deficit and length of diet, i'd slowly add back cals week by week till you get up to your maintenance level

cocolo89

bump... i curious as well.. i'm close to maintaining...

zaiikaa

same here.

auntiebabs

I pushed my goal down another five pound, because I was so freaked out about adding back calories.

When I first started I was doing 1290 cal. a day... as I lost weight MFP kept taking calories away.
When I got to 1200 I went to lose 1/2 lb a week and I got 1410 calories... Now when I lose I override MFP and don't let it any more calories away.

I want to end up somewhere between 141-145 (141 was the lowest I could maintain and live a life I liked before the gain)
I'm gradually adding until I get to maintenance calories for 141 lbs -- 1600 cal
When I get to 145 I'll up it to 1500 and inch up from there.

I think the key is what ever change you make continue to track and monitor so that you can make adjustments that work for you before things get out of control.

I'm going to play around to see what works best for me, then when I find it I expect I'll keep tracking here for at least a year. So that my body can internalize what the correct type of food/amount to eat is.

I do want to keep an eye open to figure out how to gauge food so that I can some day solo... I'm not there yet, til then I'm thankful I have this tool and I'll take advantage of it as long as I need it.

JennLifts

When I switched, I added them all within a week. Safe.

BeckyReba

having this same problem! i keep losing weight when i don't want to, but because i'm scared to gain!!

aj_rock

You're likely to regain a BIT of weight going back to maintenance between metabolic speed up and increased water balance. The important thing is to not freak out!

Just remember that maintenance =/= going back to the way you were! KEEP working out, KEEP choosing better options, and most definitly, still keep track of your weight to make sure you aren't taking steps backward!

dawnmichelea

I don't know what I'm doing! I'm 5'8, started at 152,and my goal was 140. Hit 140, and decided I had more weight to lose. Now I'm at 132.5, and still see some fat. I guess I'll lose a few more pounds, and then I'm ready to maintain! Quite worried about it though!

rockstarginaa

I'm 2lbs away from goal and am scared to move to maintenance mode.

it_be_asin

I'm on maintenance and bumped my calories up by about 300ish in about two steps over a fortnight. So far, it's working but early days yet.