My weight chart over the last 4 years

It's quite easy man. Eat at said maintenance for 1 month. If nothing changes you are good. If something changes, eg 1-2 kg less/more you just increase/decrease by 100-200 cals and repeat.

The fun part comes that it's more flexible. Eg you can eat less one day and more another day etc. As long as you don't gain steadily it works

For me myfitnesspal has helped me organise my dietary intake. I think to succeed with it you have to check literally everything. My goal was never to lose weight but to lose fat and gain muscle and this I have been able to maintain. I believe what helps is weighing myself in the morning and evening so I know that even if my weight spikes by a couple of kilograms I know how to get it down and I don't concern myself if I have the odd sweet or dessert. But what helps me too is being into multi fitness disciplines so that I am constantly aware of using calories for energy. At the gym six days a week and every day I begin with a cold shower followed by some simple stretching and then half a dozen sprints about 100 meters each. Other daily exercise is either bouldering and gymnastics and on Wednesday's Brazilian Jiujitsu and when I want to do something more relaxing Yoga dancing. But being diagnosed with OCD either helps or hinders me and I think everyone of us needs to look at our fitness regime and see what is best for us since we are all different. On the other hand finding a balance can be quite challenging.

Feeling you... I have had a 60 lb swing down and back up 70lbs in the last 2 years. Stickly using this program weight goes down... Quit tracking everything because life happens and weight goes up. On another down swing now... I know the key is tracking and exercise! Just have to stick to it. Good luck.

I was the same a few months ago. Maintenance messed with my head more than losing ever did. Losing is straight-forward: do this to achieve that. I can measure it. Scale down=good. Now, I have to see... no gains? No losses? WTH?

Remember: the reason you work so hard at losing is to get to maintenance! When you get there, celebrate! You can mix things up and enjoy more! For example, I don't use lite cheese or lite creamers or much of lite anything anymore (except lite beer). I added calories back in by using full-flavored (and full fat) options. That way I wasn;t having to stuff my gullet with more food, just more calorie dense options that helped me up my intake. I added another 200-300 calories easily with no issues.

I also eat more "fun foods" now. We had pizza the other night. I had about 3 pieces and a beer. No problem! Tracked, stayed in my calories for the day, no sweat! Went out for dinner Saturday, had the chicken with some beans and rice. Maybe 550 calories, tracked it, stayed in my goal (even with the beer!).

I still weigh myself every day, and I still exercise (which lets me eat more now, not just burn calories to lose more weight!). I run and do body-weight routines. I eat healthy but normal foods, not hummus patties and suck on yucca plants for nutrients or anything.

Its just entering the next phase, and you have to learn how to do it just as you learned how to lose. Most of it is mental, just relax, keep logging, by try to get close to your goal calories, not stay under as much. You'll enjoy life a LOT more!

Good luck!

I also lost, stopped tracking, and regained it all plus some. When I came back here, finally, I came to the maintenance boards my first day back to see what the heck it was all about. I read it every day until I hit maintenance 3 months ago, and still read it.

I log everything and weigh daily. If I overeat on the weekends I record it and go back to my normal eating and seem to just lose it within 3 days. I like that part a lot! It takes practice and patience to learn what works for you, but becomes much easier over time. And it's a whole bunch better than "dieting".

I didn't read the other comments but want to say that I think when it comes to fitness, scales aren't really always our friends.