weight issue

razia173
razia173 Posts: 9
edited November 13 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi guys, Basically I have decided to start this new weight loss journey. I am trying to lose belly fat and bingo wings. I am wanting to get my flat stomach back again. Am on a very strict diet and mainting cardio. Once I reach my target goal on the weight loss should i go back to eating as normal or will that make me put on the weight I lost again? Also any motivation tips?

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  • razia173
    razia173 Posts: 9
    herrspoons wrote: »
    You will need to eat at maintenance for your new weight.

    That's it.
    Thanks
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Eating at maintenance will not make you gain weight.
  • razia173
    razia173 Posts: 9
    What does eating at maintenance mean if you don't mind me asking @Liftng4Lis‌ Do u mean calorie counting
  • Nony_Mouse
    Nony_Mouse Posts: 5,646 Member
    If by 'normal' you mean eating how you were before starting your weight loss journey, then yeah, you will likely gain weight, cos that's what you did to gain weight in the first place. Once you've lost the weight you need to work out your maintenance level (most sensibly achieved by increasing your calorie intake a little each week until you stop losing).

    When you say you're on a "very strict diet" what exactly do you mean?
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    edited February 2015
    Calorie deficit=weight loss (eating less than you burn)
    Calorie surplus=weight gain (eating more than you burn)
    Maintenance=eating the same number of calories you burn

    If you go back to what you were eating before, you will gain weight.
  • Nony_Mouse
    Nony_Mouse Posts: 5,646 Member
    edited February 2015
    razia173 wrote: »
    What does eating at maintenance mean if you don't mind me asking @Liftng4Lis‌ Do u mean calorie counting

    Put simply maintenance just means the amount of calories you need to maintain your weight, not losing and not gaining (obviously everyone fluctuates a little, your weight will never be completely static). How people achieve that is a very individual thing I would say. Some people choose to continue counting calories and tracking, some will back off a bit, having gotten a pretty good idea of how much they can eat. Generally when I'm in maintenance mode my weekday eating will look very similar to what I'm doing to lose weight, but I ease up on the weekends (which is NOT the same as going crazy and eating everything in sight). It's about finding what works for you :)
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    razia173 wrote: »
    What does eating at maintenance mean if you don't mind me asking @Liftng4Lis‌ Do u mean calorie counting

    Maintenance is when you are eating just enough calories to maintain weight. (Not lose, not gain). When you're losing weight, you are eating in a deficit- when gaining at a surplus.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    And I just realized that Mouse typed the same thing :smiley:
  • Nony_Mouse
    Nony_Mouse Posts: 5,646 Member
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    And I just realized that Mouse typed the same thing :smiley:

    Clearly we are both very smart ;)
  • razia173
    razia173 Posts: 9
    Ahh okay. Thanks both very much for the information
  • razia173
    razia173 Posts: 9
    I totally get it now
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