So, Who's in Maintenance?

Been in maintenance since Christmas Eve 2012, same weight as I was and bf down so yeah going ok

Me!

I'm still logging my exercise and most of my foods, just to keep myself in check. My goal now is to push myself harder and to work on becoming stronger.

I am not at my final goal but I switched to maintenance at the end of May because my life has been in a complete whirlwind and with all the added stress lately I didn't want the stress of struggling to lose more weight on top of everything else. I have done pretty well, even lost a couple of pounds without trying, have maintained my exercise despite no longer having access to a gym or my bike, started a C25K program in order to get some cardio in addition to an at home workout program I do for strength training. I think when I a ready to switched back to weight loss mode I will be well-prepared! Maintenance is a healthy lifestyle and I feel good doing it.

I've been in maintenance for about 5 months. I'm still logging but switched my focus to strength training.

Awesome, gonna love this new section!

I've been in maintenance almost three months -- started eating at maintenance before a surgery and have stayed there since. Am at goal weight (+/- 1-2 pounds depending on time of day), but logging food and working out as before and trying my hand at slow recomping. In the past month, according to Trendweight and Aria, I've gained 2.2 pounds LBM and lost 1.8 pounds of fat. I'm ok with how my clothes fit now, but I want to keep gaining in strength and endurance.

I've lost weight before, but let it creep back on over time. This time it's a lifestyle change; I haven't been this active since my early college days and I want to keep it up because it feels so much better. I'm still figuring maintenance out and trying to strike a balance that is neither backsliding nor obsessing over daily fluctuations. Mentally, it's tough!

I didn't get into the social aspects of this site while I was losing. I have few friends, most of whom are trying to net below their 1,200 calorie diets. I like them and cheer them on, but will enjoy hanging out here with other maintainers.

At goal weight since March (this year). Lost 45 pounds. 2-4 of it I keep re-finding and re-losing (water weight and whatnot).

I basically decided to try and eat TDEE as my maintenance calorie goal. I don't exercise much (at all) so I have myself as sedentary for calculating TDEE, so I do actually eat back exercise calories sometimes when I do real exercise (I don't count house cleaning or gardening or anything like that, just legitimate 'put on special clothes and shoes for it' exercise). Generally when using TDEE method you don't eat your exercise calories. If I start exercising consistently (which would be best for me), I will recalculate TDEE based on a change in activity level, and eat at that rate and not eat back exercise calories.

Sorry if none of this made sense. It's just what I'm doing for maintenance.

ETA: I weigh in once a week generally, and I don't sweat it as long as I'm within 5 pounds of my goal weight.

I am...or need to gain a lb or two. I'm having trouble finding the sweet spot. Please feel free to friend me if you are in maintenance....esp if you are a shortie like me and have a low BMR. I'm just under 5'1" and my BMR is about 1150.

I am. Been maintaining since Nov 2012.

I have been finding it a bit of a struggle recently. Not that I find my weight is creeping up too much, and it comes back into check ok, but man I find it stressful. Why cant finding and maintaining that balance be easy! I found losing the weight to be way easier.

Glad there is this forum, it is hard to find good helpful info regarding maintenance. A bajillion things on weight loss.

Cheers

Sandeerah.

been maintaining since June 2012...loving the new forums!

Bump.

I hit goal in May, crashed & burned immediately. Gained 5 back which I can't seem to lose again, plus now want to lose 5 more. Back to the drawing board. One thing I found out I did wrong was to increase calories to maintenance right away. Once I hit goal again, I'll increase 100 calories a week til I get to maintenance level.

I'm very close to changing to maintenance...I'm within 3 pounds of my goal weight. I'm mostly wanting to lose more belly fat, and then I'd like to build muscle. It's good to see more people who are working towards some of the same goals!

Me! I feel great but can't quit smoking. I wonder if I stopped feeling great if I would quit. I love to smoke so much that I wonder if hypnosis might help. I don't want to stop smoking though I know I should.

On maintenance for a year now. Learned a lot on the way of what to do and what not, what to allow myself and what not to.

Just log in and happy to see this new section on the board.

I have been in maintenance for almost a year now. It is still an trial and error for me to find my right TDEE to eat. I am still weight, count and log my food daily though and even until now I am still afraid of overeating things. >.<