is there a way to see what my maintenance will be?

emiliebecause
emiliebecause Posts: 63 Member
edited November 23 in Health and Weight Loss
Can anyone let me know if there is a way to check out what maintenance might be in the future? At 1200/week, I'd like something to look forward to. Haha.
I am eating over 1200 most days anyway because of exercise but I'd like to see what the future may hold.

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  • ejdp254
    ejdp254 Posts: 342 Member
    Change your weight loss goal to 0lb's and it will tell you.
  • emiliebecause
    emiliebecause Posts: 63 Member
    But that would show my maintenance right now, right? I am thinking of the future when I have reached my goal..
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Add up how many calories you've eaten over the last 8 weeks

    Add up how much weight you've lost in the last 8 weeks in lbs and multiply by 3500

    Add the two together

    Divide by 56 to get average TDEE
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    NB gross calories not net
  • emiliebecause
    emiliebecause Posts: 63 Member
    I haven't been on here for 8 weeks. I am just wondering if there is a way for me to estimate when I reach 140lbs, with my current level of activity, what my maintenance calorie intake might be.
  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    http://iifym.com/tdee-calculator/

  • emiliebecause
    emiliebecause Posts: 63 Member
    awesome, thank you!
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Then you'll have to get a guesstimate like the calculator Tex gave you
  • emiliebecause
    emiliebecause Posts: 63 Member
    Yes, I used that one and now have it bookmarked :)
  • skadoosh33
    skadoosh33 Posts: 353 Member
    You can find online calculators and get an estimate. You can do a hydrostatic tank to be more accurate. However, you really just need to start at a reasonable calorie intake and count everything. After a week, you will lose, gain or stay the same. If you stay the same after two straight weeks at the same daily intake, this is your maintenance. After that you can drop the calories down 200-500 and see what happens.
  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    skadoosh33 wrote: »
    You can find online calculators and get an estimate. You can do a hydrostatic tank to be more accurate. However, you really just need to start at a reasonable calorie intake and count everything. After a week, you will lose, gain or stay the same. If you stay the same after two straight weeks at the same daily intake, this is your maintenance. After that you can drop the calories down 200-500 and see what happens.
    Two weeks is too short to judge whether you're at maintenance.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    skadoosh33 wrote: »
    You can find online calculators and get an estimate. You can do a hydrostatic tank to be more accurate. However, you really just need to start at a reasonable calorie intake and count everything. After a week, you will lose, gain or stay the same. If you stay the same after two straight weeks at the same daily intake, this is your maintenance. After that you can drop the calories down 200-500 and see what happens.

    Nope 6-8 weeks

    It is common when increasing calories after a cut that your weight might swing up and then stabilise after a few weeks down again

    You don't expect to work out your maintenance quickly ...that's how you can end up at a ridiculous maintenance
  • skadoosh33
    skadoosh33 Posts: 353 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    skadoosh33 wrote: »
    You can find online calculators and get an estimate. You can do a hydrostatic tank to be more accurate. However, you really just need to start at a reasonable calorie intake and count everything. After a week, you will lose, gain or stay the same. If you stay the same after two straight weeks at the same daily intake, this is your maintenance. After that you can drop the calories down 200-500 and see what happens.

    Nope 6-8 weeks

    It is common when increasing calories after a cut that your weight might swing up and then stabilise after a few weeks down again

    You don't expect to work out your maintenance quickly ...that's how you can end up at a ridiculous maintenance

    Sorry, you can find your maintenance two weeks or more if you are not experienced. I can find my maintenance faster after a bulk or cut because I know my body and have been doing it for a while.
  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    edited August 2015
    skadoosh33 wrote: »
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    skadoosh33 wrote: »
    You can find online calculators and get an estimate. You can do a hydrostatic tank to be more accurate. However, you really just need to start at a reasonable calorie intake and count everything. After a week, you will lose, gain or stay the same. If you stay the same after two straight weeks at the same daily intake, this is your maintenance. After that you can drop the calories down 200-500 and see what happens.

    Nope 6-8 weeks

    It is common when increasing calories after a cut that your weight might swing up and then stabilise after a few weeks down again

    You don't expect to work out your maintenance quickly ...that's how you can end up at a ridiculous maintenance

    Sorry, you can find your maintenance two weeks or more if you are not experienced. I can find my maintenance faster after a bulk or cut because I know my body and have been doing it for a while.
    Let's presume what you say is true. What percentage of the people asking this question have your experience such that they could get a definitive maintenance level in two weeks?

    (And let's leave aside the fact that I've gained 1.02 and 1.52 in consecutive weeks and then dropped 2.75, .79, 1.99, etc. in the following weeks on the same intake.)
  • emiliebecause
    emiliebecause Posts: 63 Member
    Not me, haha! I just learned what maintenance means a couple weeks ago when I joined this site!
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    skadoosh33 wrote: »
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    skadoosh33 wrote: »
    You can find online calculators and get an estimate. You can do a hydrostatic tank to be more accurate. However, you really just need to start at a reasonable calorie intake and count everything. After a week, you will lose, gain or stay the same. If you stay the same after two straight weeks at the same daily intake, this is your maintenance. After that you can drop the calories down 200-500 and see what happens.

    Nope 6-8 weeks

    It is common when increasing calories after a cut that your weight might swing up and then stabilise after a few weeks down again

    You don't expect to work out your maintenance quickly ...that's how you can end up at a ridiculous maintenance

    Sorry, you can find your maintenance two weeks or more if you are not experienced. I can find my maintenance faster after a bulk or cut because I know my body and have been doing it for a while.

    Then you're not relevant to someone who has not got experience of bulk and cut cycles ...because you already know your rough area of maintenance don't you?

    Whereas someone new may see their weight increase and immediately think that's their maintenance

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