Women, what are "maintenance calories" for you?

The same question has popped into my head recently as I near my desired weight of 57kg (which is the weight I've been for most of my adult life, until menopause and two broken ankles contributed to a 20 kg weight gain). I'm 165cm tall (5'6") and almost 58.

I've been sticking at 1200 cals for weight loss, and hardly ever eating back my exercise calories. Once I hit my goal weight, the first thing I will do is eat back my exercise calories and raise the limit to 1500 cals. After a month, I'll review my weight change and adjust if necessary. It will certainly be nice to have a few glasses of wine!

I've maintained for six months prob eating up to around 2800 or even more a day - i binge eat outwith my logging - yes something Im getting help with. Im 146lb age 30 5 ft 5 but I do seven workouts every week including hiit training, weights etc. Im very active.
I reckon trial and error and don't be afraid to eat more!

I have recently his maitenance weight, so working my way up to maitenance calories.

It should be around 2100 a day...

I am 41, 5 ft 7, lift 3x a week (heavy), HIIT/Cardio 2-3x a week, desk job but a mom and lead a very active life.

I am still losing eating 1900-1950 a day...about 1/4lb-1/2lb a week...

I am hoping that my maitenance goes up as I see lots of women my size eating more...not sure what I would eat as the food I consume seems to satisfy me quite well.

I'm 42, 5'5" and around 155lbs - work from home and walk 30-60 minutes daily with strength training 2x a week -- 1800 calories seems to do it for me and I do not eat back exercise calories as my day is way more sedentary than MFP assumes

but like most people note - we are all going to be different

I'm 5'2" and always stay at 110lbs no matter how much I eat. I could eat 1500cal or 2100 cal and all it does to me is my body will trigger itself to go to the loo more... And my weight stays the same. I know it's weird... But then it's impossible for me to go above or under that weight. Actually if anyone has any tip to help me with this I would love you forever. Lol. Thanks.

Why do u want to be under 110? You are certainly not overweight. maybe you want to gain? My advice: if you are seeking body changes relative to size and definition, strength, firmness aka tone - don't seek to lose weight. Focus on body recomposition. Eat as high as you can and add progressive strength training to your life. You may go up on the scale but your body will transform to leaner, stronger and firmer.

I am 5'3.5", 64 years old, wanting to lose another 9-14 #, and average about 1700 (gross, not net). I am losing very slowly, so maintenance for me will probably be about 1800 (1850 according to Scooby!). My main exercise is walking & try to get at least 10,000 steps on Fitbit, but a lot of days life gets in the way & it is way less. (retirement is rough, lol!) Think I will have to start some strength training (or at least body weight exercise at first), because I like to eat!!

I am 38 years old, 5'4" and 144 lbs. I maintain at about 2100-2200 calories. Right now, I am eating about 1900 a day and losing about a 1/2 a pound a week. I lift heavy 3x a week, HIIT 3x a week and walk 3+ miles almost every day. I work from home and it's pretty much a desk job, but I do a lot of running around. I try not to sit for longer than 45 min at a time. I also have 4 kids ranging in ages 5-21 who all still live at home, so they keep me busy, too.

I think it's 2225? that includes lots of walking due to the fact I don't own a car and 1-2 x5 hour waitressing shifts at my work. It's hard to say, cause it's holidays now and if I'm not working extra my maintenance calorie well be less

I'm in the process of trying to figure this out. I switched to maintaining about a month ago, going by MFP's estimate for me (I'm 27 years old, 5'1", and trying to maintain around 105 lbs). Since switching to maintenance, I've lost another 3 pounds, which is not cool. . . I'm starting to notice hormonal issues connected to low body fat. I'm going to be attempting to gain those 3 pounds back. The maintenance number MFP gave me is 1600, so I suspect my true maintenance number for staying between 104-106 is around 1800-2000 (net).

This maintaining thing is hard, a lot harder to figure out than losing. I think it is going to take a couple months to figure it out, at least!

Oh boy. I was still slowly losing weight at 2700 so my coach has me up to 3010 now with very specific macros. I train powerlifting 3 days a week, LISS for 20 min 3x/wk.