Maintaining is turning out to be harder then losing

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  • Garthamatic
    Garthamatic Posts: 84 Member
    No matter how full you get...

    There is always room for beer. :drinker:
    In a more serious vein... You should be consuming more protein. Do some research on "good" protein consumption as a function of bodyweight. I'm not going to give advice since there's so much "Broscience" floating out there, but personally I shoot for around 0.8g per lbm of bodyweight. I frequently fall short, but it puts me in the right range to support my running habit.

    Your diary shows you consuming 49-76g a day, which seems very low for someone lifting and exercising regularly.
  • janlingo
    janlingo Posts: 3 Member
    This is great to know. I have been dropping steadily and was worried. Now, I don't feel as anxious about it.
  • Majda1234
    Majda1234 Posts: 64
    It seemed to me like that too. I actually kept loosing and lost about 5 kg while just trying to maintin. Although i stopped looking at MFP, tried not to be opsessed about me since my trainer, nutritionist and therapist said i should stop immedietly so i could've been easily eating lower than my maintainence even though i did have breakfast-snack-lunch-snack-dinnner and tried to eat as much as protein as i could since i was trying to get muscle. BUT then after few months of continuous loosing( and getting to a breaty dangerous underweight), even though i tried really hard to keep my cals up i started bingeing like crazy an still am bingeing although it has gotten a bit more rare-used to be every or every other day-so my nutritionist gave me 2200 cals diet and i am having no trouble going by it- for now. She said bingeing could come from unbalanced and strict, say too much protein or such, which was probably my case since i was being 100 % healthy, not eating fats and sweets and tried as much as protein i can stuff in my tummy.

    So, my advice to you if you don't want to gain it all back(i gained 5 kg in two weeks of constant bingeing) up your cals immedietly because it is very likely fr bingeing to occure. I then developed an ED of binge/ restrict cycle where i would not eat one day than binge the other. Of course i am not saying this will happe to you but i suggest to be careful and even though it may seem now ok- i felt amazing during that period-bingeing is likely to occure. Good luck.
  • highervibes
    highervibes Posts: 2,219 Member
    What about adding some calorie dense food like peanut butter? Make tuna salads with full fat mayo. Things that don't take up too much room in your stomach but that are more calorie dense. Good luck!
  • aepdx
    aepdx Posts: 218 Member
    eat peanut butter. it is really easy to eat 300 more calories dude. seriously.
  • QuietBloom
    QuietBloom Posts: 5,413 Member
    After two years of maintenance, and watching others go through maintenance, it's not uncommon to lose more weight and sink below your goal weight. It's as if your body is still revved up and still dropping weight.

    Don't be too quick to rev up your eating right away. Time will take care of that for you. Vacations, celebrations, holidays and all sorts of occasions will come along when you'll loosen up a bit. And then there will be the inevitable illnesses, injuries, work overloads, trips and such that will cut into your workout schedule as well. You'll start to gain the extra weight you lost back fairly naturally. The trick will be stopping that weight gain. That's when real maintenance starts.

    Jeanne

    Yes! This! I have twice in my life lost too much weight, and stressed about it. Only to have it suddenly PACK on in a matter of weeks. - more than I wanted, because I over compensated and ate too much.

    Eat healthy and until you are satisfied. Let the rest take care of itself.
  • Lili0817
    Lili0817 Posts: 109 Member
    WOW, I can't wait until I have that problem!!
    For sure, try and eat more since you're building muscle and doing lots of weights. good luck, lots of great advice here.
  • Xandra101
    Xandra101 Posts: 15 Member
    I'm 5'0, skinny fat. I went from 118 lb to 107 lb (30% to 25% bodyfat) in 7-8 months which is longer that it should have. I think this is because I love eating cookies, ice-cream, bakery, pasta, and pizza.

    I've been maintaining for 2 months now by enjoying more cookies, ice-cream, bakery, pasta, and pizza which I'm sure it's not the right way to maintain. During summer vacations, I ate around 2500-3000 kcal or more almost everyday for 2 weeks, and gained only 2 lb which is gone in a week after I come back to eat at 1500-1700 kcal.

    Now, I want to loose body fat from 25% to 20%. I have decrease carb and sugar intake, and eat more protein. This is very hard for me to change eating habit. However, I really want to get rid of my tummy and saddlebags, so I have to try to find a balance way to do it.
  • stephanj
    stephanj Posts: 898 Member
    Gah! Trial and error. I am having the same problem. I never had a whole lot to lose in the first place, but I've found that I am 'maintaining' a weight that is 3-4 pounds more than I want it to be. (and by that I mean, I have stayed here and not fluctuated down to my ideal weight)

    Sometimes I want to say that what I have right now is my ideal weight. I look good, I'm happy and healthy. So, it just comes down to the number on the scale. I haven't found a solution yet, but I have been successful in not going over the weight I never want to see again.

    This is me. My body stops happily at a weight that is about 5lbs more than I would like. I am starting to think - "am I in maintenance?" not sure yet....

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