Just started maintenance and gained straight away
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Hey, I'm 2lbs up over the w/end which I'm fairly sure is water weight as I've eaten a lot more than normal (without 'going') and I've been to the gym both days so I'm a bit sore. On maintenance at what point do you act in gains, normally my water weight goes after a few days but if it doesn't do I need to look at fewer calories? How long has it taken you all to get the balance right?
glycogen replenishment as well as increased waste in your system. I stopped cutting at 178...my average weight after going to maintenance is 182...it's no biggie because I don't care about the actual number and I know that the weight isn't fat. Don't scale obsess.3 -
So first week of maintenance now over, I've managed ave 1925 a day and I'm 0.4 down on my lowest weight from the end of last week. Weight has been quite up and down over this week so I will wait and see what happens next week and maybe the one after before I change my calories1
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How often are you weighing, and do you use a trend app/site such as Trendweight?
What I've been doing while maintaining is continuing to hop on the scale just about every day (lately it's been every other or so) and log the weight in Fitbit to forward on to Trendweight. I then check Trendweight on Fridays to see what it has to say. If it says I'm gaining weight, I'll look back at my food diary and see if I ate out more often and/or had high sodium days. If I've consistently been over sodium, I don't worry about it.
I would give yourself a good 4 weeks of consistent calorie intake. Then, compare your weight to 4 weeks ago and see where you are.
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Thanks I haven't tried trend weight but will give it a look0
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Can't seem to find trend weight (am in uk) anyone know of another I can sync to mfp or fitbit (don't really to manually put in history)?0
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Thanks I haven't tried trend weight but will give it a look
Trend weight requires a Fitbit account (you can create one for free even if you don't have a Fitbit), or you can use a phone app like Libra or Happy Scale to show you the same info.
This is what my graph looks like for the last 6 months. The shaded green area is a range around the goal weight I gave trendweight. The big number to the right of the graph is my weight according to the trend. Red line is trend line and the gray is individual weights.
~Lyssa
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Can't seem to find trend weight (am in uk) anyone know of another I can sync to mfp or fitbit (don't really to manually put in history)?
It's a website - https://trendweight.com/dashboard/
There isn't an app for it that I'm aware of, but the site should work fine.
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Ok thanks0
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Hey, I'm 2lbs up over the w/end which I'm fairly sure is water weight as I've eaten a lot more than normal (without 'going') and I've been to the gym both days so I'm a bit sore. On maintenance at what point do you act in gains, normally my water weight goes after a few days but if it doesn't do I need to look at fewer calories? How long has it taken you all to get the balance right?
First of all congratulations on reaching the maintenance stage.
Maintenance is actually more tricky than loosing. At least it has been for me. It will take you a while to find that balance. I have gone up and down as much as 10 pounds either way trying to find that balance. You will never be completely balanced. Just weigh yourself once a week and adjust accordingly. Great work!4 -
Thank you, I've lost another pound this week - I can't believe I need another 500 cals a day so will try and add 100 or 200 a week and cope with the extra loss. I'm still 14lbs from being underweight so that shouldn't be an unhealthy loss. Just not sure I can manage nearly 2,500 cals a day!2
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Thank you, I've lost another pound this week - I can't believe I need another 500 cals a day so will try and add 100 or 200 a week and cope with the extra loss. I'm still 14lbs from being underweight so that shouldn't be an unhealthy loss. Just not sure I can manage nearly 2,500 cals a day!
Add some (more) fat into your diet - that ups the cals easily. Cook with oil, and oil to salad, eat more nuts/nut butters, full fat dairy, etc.
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Thanks I've been trying to add fat to veg but hadn't really considered full fat dairy, I drink a lot of milk so might give that a go0
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I struggled with re-gaining 3-5 lbs when I went to maintenance. I was trying to gradually increase calories to find my sweet spot for maintenance. Not sure if I've found it yet. I think I might need to be one of those people who overshoots their goal to allow for the small normal regain when you shift to maintenance. My goal range was 129-133 (I'm 5'7") but since shifting to maintenance I've mostly been in the 133-136 range with a couple bounces up to 137-138. I don't care as much about the number on the scale but that small amount does affect how my clothes fit so I want to keep it lower.0
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And yes, I agree trying to get the right balance can be trickier than losing weight! I've been working on it since March.0
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macchiatto wrote: »I struggled with re-gaining 3-5 lbs when I went to maintenance. I was trying to gradually increase calories to find my sweet spot for maintenance. Not sure if I've found it yet. I think I might need to be one of those people who overshoots their goal to allow for the small normal regain when you shift to maintenance. My goal range was 129-133 (I'm 5'7") but since shifting to maintenance I've mostly been in the 133-136 range with a couple bounces up to 137-138. I don't care as much about the number on the scale but that small amount does affect how my clothes fit so I want to keep it lower.
Eta I'm not worried about that either really, I'm becoming quite happy with how I am now0 -
At first I still los t weight on maintenance and then my body seemed to find a weight that it likes. I go up and down 2-3 lb which I think is a normal fluctuation. You will find your balance. Keep tracking your food and activity for at least 6 months to make sure you don't go back to old habits0
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I will thank you0
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