Is anyone maintaining their weight now?

melodyjosie
melodyjosie Posts: 68 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
How are you finding it?

I usually try to eat at least 90% healthy during the week and leave the weekends to be my days off

How is everyone else maintaining? different way? similar way?

Let me know :)

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  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    2 years and counting. I still eat within budget, portion control and weighing once a week. It's going to be a lifetime commitment and I intend to stick with it. It's easier to make good choices with time but it's also easy to start slipping and have it snowball.

    I don't eat "clean" or necessarily make healthy food choices but still stick to calories in/calories out for maintenance.
  • ttiiggzz
    ttiiggzz Posts: 154 Member
    I've been doing maintenance for a few months. Pretty much eat the same boring stuff, but come special events I have no problem eating anything I want... just don't over do.
  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    I'm still losing, but here's a great thread:
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/816542-let-s-hear-it-for-maintainenance
  • Lyssa62
    Lyssa62 Posts: 930 Member
    yep maintaining here. so far so good.
  • lunglady
    lunglady Posts: 526 Member
    Maintaining. Not doing anything special. I just continue to log and be mindful of what I eat. My runnign addiction takes care of the rest.
  • mfpchris
    mfpchris Posts: 279 Member
    "Men Who Maintain" is a group I made.
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/356-men-who-maintain

    It is for men who have lost 50 lbs and kept it off for more than 6 months.


    (However, though I'm listed as a member I refound the eighty pounds I had lost)

    This post, is my first, after the whole bad yo-yo.
  • offthedeependay
    offthedeependay Posts: 435 Member
    I have been at my goal weight for about 6 months,and it took 16 months to lose my weight,in that time I have changed the way I eat,portion size,quality of food ,so now it just comes naturally to eat properly ,I average 2000 calories a day ,on weight lifting days eat more,working on gaining muscle and losing body fat,this is a life time commitment for me and I am enjoying it,this is the best I have felt in my whole life I will be here till the end...I am grateful for this site as without it I would still be a fat a*s and out of breath to try and tie my shoes..
  • SJVZEE
    SJVZEE Posts: 451 Member
    I'm in maintenance. I don't count/track anything but do 8:16IF and that keeps me in my maintenance range. I'm currently transitioning to a whole foods, plant based diet for the health benefits and right now I'm reading everything I can get my hands on about this way of eating :) Currently reading The Starch Solution, by John McDougall and it's pretty good.
  • acogg
    acogg Posts: 1,870 Member
    I was on maintenance for a couple of months and didn't track my food. I found myself under eating out of fear of over eating. I am back to tracking in order to make sure I am getting in plenty of protein and adequate calories.
  • WAHMto5
    WAHMto5 Posts: 375 Member
    Been maintaining for about 4 months now and been doing good. I am also doing about the same thing you are, staying within calories for most days during the week and having a couple of days of eating what I want;)
  • BobbieInCA
    BobbieInCA Posts: 68 Member
    I have been on maintenance for a couple of months now, and found the link interesting. I don't know how so many can maintain on 2500 calories or so. MFP upped me to 1410 from 1200 while I lost the weight. I am 5'2" and currently 117 pounds. I eat some of my exercise calories, and pretty much never go over, but my diet was usually healthy...minimal sugars, no red meat, (poultry and fish/seafood OK) whole grains, etc. I know everyone's metabolism is different, but if I ate 2000 calories, I would gain like crazy!
  • ShannonMpls
    ShannonMpls Posts: 1,936 Member
    How are you finding it?

    I usually try to eat at least 90% healthy during the week and leave the weekends to be my days off

    How is everyone else maintaining? different way? similar way?

    Let me know :)

    About the same. I've been tracking during the week at a deficit, then eating at a surplus on weekends. It's evening out and I've been in the same 5-pound "goal weight" range since September. My TDEE is around 2500-2600 a day on average.
  • djwife03
    djwife03 Posts: 333 Member
    Maintaining is all I seem to be able to do! i have been trying to lose for several months, but NOTHING! and nothing I do works!
  • Pumpitusa
    Pumpitusa Posts: 169 Member
    Thanks for your honest comment it helps to no there is someone that didn't fall into the yoyo statistic. I know people that have lost weight and boasted and bragged how great they feel, then less than a year later put it all back n and then some. I want to get there and not look back. Thats my goal
  • teagirlmedium
    teagirlmedium Posts: 679 Member
    I have been maintain recently. However, while trying to maintain I have been loosing weight slowly. I do not log every exercise I do and some times I eat a few hundred under the amount I should eat to maintain.
  • splashblob
    splashblob Posts: 249 Member
    I have been maintaining for about half a year now. I eat a bit more but still eat lower than my average calorie goal per week. Now I am increase my workout activity and not sure should I eat more calories based from what I have burned nowaday or not. =P
  • summertime_girl
    summertime_girl Posts: 3,945 Member
    Maintaining a bit, but I'd really like to drop the last 15. I've been eating (ok, drinking) a bit more, and exercising a bit less, with all the social activities of the summer.
  • Inshape13
    Inshape13 Posts: 680 Member
    I have been maintaining for about 4 months now and I pretty much am doing the same things that you are. The only thing different from when I was losing is that I have bumped up my calories a little due to adding in a lot of weight training....but mostly the same as before.
  • 2Bgoddess
    2Bgoddess Posts: 1,096 Member
    Unfortunately i have been maintaining for about 6 months. Lost a bunch, put back 20 and stayed there. Haven't been focused and was yo-yoing for a while. Hoping to get 25 or so more off, and then PROPERLY maintaining, by paying attention this time!
  • WanderingPomme
    WanderingPomme Posts: 601 Member
    Maintaining for about 55 days now! I've lost 2lbs, planning to lose 2 more though. Trying out IF 14:10 sometimes 16:8 just to keep me grounded since I've had a few cheat days though with sweets and carbs. Slowly increasing my calories!
  • silverburk
    silverburk Posts: 61
    I've been maintaining by following portion control. I haven't been able to log, but I thought I was eating fewer calories but I don't seem to be losing. :(
  • Absonthebrain
    Absonthebrain Posts: 587 Member
    I ve been maintinang for over a year now and I pretty much do the same as you do. I stay very active also so that takes care of my weekend eating.
  • Graelwyn75
    Graelwyn75 Posts: 4,404 Member
    Been the same weight now for about 7 months.
    I eat anything from 2000-3000 calories a day.
    Usually in the mid range of that.
    But I am very active, and push myself very hard in that. Also, being 5'10 probably helps.
  • Lonestar5775
    Lonestar5775 Posts: 740 Member
    I only had about 20 pounds I wanted to lose and have been maintaining now for about a month. I never see myself not logging every day going forward.

    I like eating cleaner than I was so I have not "added back in" any particularly junky foods. I still avoid fried food, most fast food, and foods that are ultra high calories (think donuts, chips, etc.) and pay attention to my macros.

    I also still want to focus on increasing cardio exercise due to my age.

    Best of luck to you maintaining, MFP makes it so much easier to avoid backsliding.
  • The_Enginerd
    The_Enginerd Posts: 3,982 Member
    I've been "maintaining" for about 18 months. I say that in quotes because I am going through bulk/cut cycles looking to end up at my goal weight but with more muscle, less fat, and more strength! My first 12 months were strictly just maintenance.

    As far as eating, I do not eat clean, but I pay attention to my macros (especially protein). I do enjoy a small treat pretty much daily. I am pretty active and average maintenance for me is 2600-2700 calories/day. I am currently in a bulk cycle so I eat 100-200 over/day. I also use the weekly average and my calories vary day to day. My diary is wide open to others.

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