I've hit my goal !!

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  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Well done :flowerforyou:

    I think adding 100 a day week by week is best - remember you will be aiming to stay in a weight range and not a set weight to allow for fluctuations.
    MFP may say 1730 is maintenance but if you want a more accurate idea then look back over your own data for the last 6 weeks or so and work out your rate of weight loss. If you have been losing 1lb/week then your eventual maintenance cals should be around 500/day more than you have been eating.
  • laurie04427
    laurie04427 Posts: 421 Member
    Congratulations!! Good job. :)
  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    Am I best, just upping my daily calories by 100 a day for a week or two and see if I stay the same, or up my daily calories by more or less?

    My fitness pal says I should be eating 1730 calories, but I don't know if I should just up it to this, or up it slowly?

    You lost a lot of weight figuring things out...I think your plan of 100 calories increase for a week or two is a good plan. Watch your activity levels tho. Backing off on activities is the same as eating more calories...sort of.

    You will LOOOVE maintenance. Congrats!

    Yes, this is what I'm doing, easing my way up. I don't want that 5 pound bounce-back from glycogen so I'm easing my way up to maintenance. Congrats to you OP on achieving your goal!

    Considering you can only store about 2000 calories worth in total through whole body, with attached water weighs 4 lbs, and you were not living with NONE stored, you'd gain perhaps 1-2 lbs for that reason.

    Besides, what's wrong with having increased metabolism from more LBM, and having more of what your body wants?
    That's as bad as the wrestlers shedding water weight to make a weight class.
    While you could indeed try to stay massively dehydrated, is that what your body wants for being healthy?
  • kwantlen2051
    kwantlen2051 Posts: 455 Member
    Congratulations and welcome to Maintenance. I am 5'2" and 56 yrs old, lost 26 lbs in 8 months, and now at 116 lbs. Have been maintaining for 2 weeks. I have been "zig-zaging" my calories to find the right level. But since I lost weight slowly, I think it'll be a work in progress to get to the right calorie maintenance level as well. Trial and error I guess :)
  • danicaone_101
    danicaone_101 Posts: 40 Member
    Congratulations!!!!! Great job!!! :smile:
  • flow2512
    flow2512 Posts: 74 Member
    Well done :flowerforyou:

    I think adding 100 a day week by week is best - remember you will be aiming to stay in a weight range and not a set weight to allow for fluctuations.
    MFP may say 1730 is maintenance but if you want a more accurate idea then look back over your own data for the last 6 weeks or so and work out your rate of weight loss. If you have been losing 1lb/week then your eventual maintenance cals should be around 500/day more than you have been eating.

    Thank you all, for the lovely comments and yes I am proud of myself and wish I had set to years ago, but I think you have to be in right frame of mind to change.

    I will carry on walking my 5 mile a day on treadmill, as that improves my arthritis in hips, so I will up my calories by 100 a day for a week or two and see what happens, then up again.

    Thanks again for all your lovely comments

    If anyone knows how to turn my picture round, that would help, thanks
  • LumberJacck
    LumberJacck Posts: 559 Member
    Congratulations! You've not eaten the equivalent of about 2,000 apples, or about 430 Big Macs, or about 160 large pizzas.
  • ianthy
    ianthy Posts: 404 Member
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    You lost a lot of weight figuring things out...I think your plan of 100 calories increase for a week or two is a good plan. Watch your activity levels tho. Backing off on activities is the same as eating more calories...sort of.

    You will LOOOVE maintenance. Congrats!
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    Second this quote> I just hit maintenance and increasing at 100 cals per week but also increasing my activity. It's still cals in V cals out , however you do the sums. Well done!
  • itsbasschick
    itsbasschick Posts: 1,584 Member
    congratulations - you did great!!!
  • ChristineRoze
    ChristineRoze Posts: 212 Member
    Congrats!! Great work! I hope to reach my UG soon :)
  • 64mustangsue
    64mustangsue Posts: 27 Member
    Congratulations!!!! Welcome to maintaining. I found it best to ease into increasing your intake.
  • AutreyAZ
    AutreyAZ Posts: 2 Member
    Great job! Your hard work and dedication has paid off. It must feel great to have arrived at your goal. Keep at it now that you have arrived at the next phase.
  • bpp23
    bpp23 Posts: 170 Member
    Congrats! What a great accomplishment!!
  • dawnmitchell6766
    dawnmitchell6766 Posts: 370 Member
    Congratulations!!!! Great achievement.
  • MichelleV1990
    MichelleV1990 Posts: 806 Member
    Congratulations! That's fantastic!
  • LizMarx2014
    LizMarx2014 Posts: 9
    Congratulations! I have no idea what you should do, but I'm inspired.
  • angie007az
    angie007az Posts: 406 Member
    Congratulations!! Thanks for sharing your story. If I were you, and this is my plan, just add a few calories each day. Keep an eye on the weight and if you start to gain, cut back. I also walk 5 miles per day. I'm not at my goal yet but I have noticed that my weight loss is starting to slow down. Slow and steady.
  • luvmedo65
    luvmedo65 Posts: 1
    Congratulations! That's wonderful. I just started. I've been on 1 week and have lost only one pound, and I have 149 more to go! Wish me luck. I am 65 and just found out I am diabetic, so I thought this would be the best way to help me keep track of sugar and calories. I have been eating low carb for several years, but once a week I allowed myself to eat out and eat bread at that meal. I just kept creeping up with the weight because my pancreas had given out. I am trying to eat better!

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