Help with how to maintain

jjean905

I was wondering if anyone could give some pointers or tips on maintaining weight. I've lost 64lbs and i'm trying my hand at "maintenance mode". I just finished my first round of Insanity and am wondering how many workouts a week should I do and how strict of a diet should I keep to keep from piling back on the pounds. This past week I did Insanity 4 days and stuck with my diet all but one meal. As long as I don't eat over my BMR should I be good? I do want to keep working out so I don't lose my muscle tone but would like to cut back on the workouts and not have to do it 6 days a week if at all possible. Any help would be appreciated.

TavistockToad

You need to eat to maintenance or tdee not your bmr.... And make sure you eat your exercise cals or you will always be at a deficit.

geekyjock76

Your maintenance calorie range is around your adjusted TDEE, not BMR. Also, you do not need to exercise six days a week - exercising 3 days a week while eating enough to maintain body composition is adequate enough.

Ideally, you want to reduce the deficit the closer to goal body composition/weight you get. For example, by the time you were 5 lbs within your goal, you should have been eating about 250 calories under TDEE. However, if you maintained a large deficit throughout, and are eating at BMR, then you will need to gradually increase calories every week or so by 100 until you hit your adjusted TDEE calorie range.