Maintenance enquiries

Personally I do not weigh my bread, I didn't even do that when I was losing, but for some people it's the only way. I figure the calorie estimate per slice is still an estimate anyway - it'll always be slightly wrong. You know that 2 slices is your portion, obviously if you at some point buy an enormous loaf you KNOW it's going to be more.

From what I understand its more important that you weigh yourself under the same conditions each time. Wearing the same & having eaten or drank the same amounts & at the same time of day & same scale & on the same flooring. I do every few days but that's because I would never starve myself for changing by a couple of pounds like some people are inclined to.

I don't focus on a calorie goal for exercise, I eat extra if I'm hungry. Generally I think that works even within the calorie goal, eat back as much as you are hungry for?

I was in maintenance for a few months (successfully, only now decided to lose a bit more)

1. no I have never weighed my bread, loads of companies just round up their calorie contents so it's always going to be a bit of an estimation in the first place.

2. Once a week under the same conditions

3. YEP ( set at sedentary and eat them back)

1- I don't weigh bread, and many other things. Serve things like peanut butter, cream cheese, cereal, etcI will continue to weigh, because I haven't figured out estimating with those very good yet. I would like to use the scale less as I'm in maintenance, but sometimes I need to check and make sure I'm estimating correctly.

2- I weigh myself every couple of days or so, and just have a number I don't want to be above. If I'm above that, I'll cut calories and bring it back down. Haven't encountered that yet. Thank goodness!

3- I eat back all my exercise calories on average. Long run days it's tough to eat an extra 800 calories, so I'll eat over my goal a could of other days to balance it out. I have it set at lightly active.

I don't weigh my bread either. I figure what the package says to be close enough for me.
I weigh myself once a week, right after I get out of bed. I have been maintaining for over a year, and this has worked for me. My weight fluctuates by 3 lbs. When it is up, I reduce my calories a little until it is back down.
I don't plan to eat back my exercise calories--I just log my exercise and food and try to stay under 1650 calories a day.

1. I don't weigh anything.

2. I suggest weekly. I don't really weigh myself. I kind of gauge by how my jeans fit.

3. I eat back everything. I exercise, so I can eat more.

1) I always weigh my bread. When I eat bread it tends to be the kind that is unsliced (or it's homemade, so unsliced too). So, I wouldn't really have a clue how much I'm eating otherwise. I would honestly recommend to do what works for you. If you have a good idea of how much a slice weighs, then maybe you don't need to weigh each one. Weighing and measuring is very important for accuracy, but for some people, it's not the best thing to do for your mindset. It can easily become obsessive. If you go for a while without weighing your bread, and find that you are still maintaining weight, then there's really no problem, is there? If you find that you're gradually gaining, then you would know that's one area to look at. Personally I would like to get to the point where I am weighing/measuring and logging food much less, but I'm not yet in the frame of mind where that can happen.

2) How often you weigh yourself is up to you. Don't obsess over what's the most accurate - your weight will fluctuate through the day, and the week. It's the trend over time that matters. If you weigh every day, don't panic if it goes up and down a bit.

3) I eat back all my exercise calories because I use the MFP method to work out a calorie goal that does not include planned workouts. I just prefer that method. If I used the TDEE method to calculate a goal based on all exercise - then I would not eat back additional exercise calories because they would already be accounted for. When you're maintaining, you will soon find out if you're overeating because you will see your weight increase (increase over time - not talking about those daily fluctuations). You're unlikely to get a completely accurate calorie goal whichever method you use, so it takes a bit of trial and error to work out exactly how much you should be eating. Most people seem to have a maintenance range, so you may find that even though you're not losing now, you can eat a little bit more and still maintain.

All of this stuff is about trial and error and finding what works for you. Don't panic! Unless you're massively overeating, you're not going to suddenly put on 10 lbs of fat. If the weight gradually creeps up, you can make the necessary adjustments to stop that.