How much to you allow your weight to go up?

Five pounds for me.

I think it largely depends on your past history with weight-gain. Personally, I've come to the understanding that even a 2lb weight gain is a red flag for me. I typically drop back down to 1200 calories per day for a couple of days to get back in line. It helps keep me vigilant honest.

Caveat: the 2lb gain does not include PMS weight-gain/bloating!

I'm in maintenance right now and so I have a range of 145-149. If I went above 149, I would go back into deficit eating until back into the range for a while.

114-119 ...same here, 5lb range.

Depends on the individual really.

Some naturally hold on to more water weight than others which would need a larger variance.

Of course the ladies have to deal with any additional flux the female cycle may or may not bring.

For me, it has been 2-3 lbs flux range but it has been over a yr & I usually flux about 1 -2 lbs. I also have a definitive 'warning' weight that if I reach I'd look at what I may or may not be doing different to cause the out of norm variance. It is also important to recognize normal flux from actual weight gain.

I have a 5 pound range. 125-130. I really don't want to go 125-126, and I'd rather not be 129+ but I also refuse to micro-manage it. As long as I'm consistently in the 125-130, I keep with what I'm doing. (Which means still logging, though I estimate more and use the food scale less than when I was losing.) Aiming for ~1900 calories in, 2000 out according to my Fitbit (which I assume to have a 5-10% error rate) and training for a 1/2 marathon.

2ish lbs

Within 3 pounds

When I started maintenance in June, I thought 5 pounds would be a good range. However, I've noticed that I only fluctuate about 3 pounds.

Phill2488 wrote: »

mamadon wrote: »

Five pounds for me.

So if the scale goes above 5 pounds to you go back to eating in a calorie deficit?

Well, it hasn't happened so far, but yes.

The fluctuations for me have to do with salt. I know when I have had too much salt. Drinking alcohol for me will show up as weight gain and water weight gain. My body seams want to store it or at least hold on to it until I get my calories, water intake and sodium back down to normal.

For example I drank alcohol over thanksgiving, and the calorie count was weight gain. Also alcohol cause dehydration, your body wants to hold on to every once of water!

Drink a lot of water, get back to your daily goal and it will be ok at the end of the week or next time you weigh in if that is weekly or bi weekly or ???

Well, it depends if you include the PMS weight gain. But for me my comparison point is about a week after my period ends, and I'm not planning on letting it creep up more than 2 pounds from there, honestly (which makes 5-6 total if you include the monthly water weight). Heck... even one. If I see the scale go up at all, I'll just eat a little less that month if I can.

I try to hover below my goal weight a little bit, as I'm most comfortable with that approach. I hit 130 in August, and have been hovering in the 127-128 range since, with a few forays into 129. Once I hit 131, but it dropped right back down with my regular maintenance eating. Didn't need to cut calories.

5# fluctuation. I would like to be 125#, but my body likes 130 and it is really a struggle to stay under 130#. I have gone up as high as 135#, but I monitor myself diligently. I do record everything I eat and drink daily as I tend to gain very easily. It is just the way it is for me.

Three pounds flex range. I'm 5'0 so my range is from 95-98. My weight doesn't fluctuate so it's pretty easy for me to stay right in the middle of that.