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You eat a little bit more that you did to lose weight. Start by adding a small snack to your usual diet, about 100- 150 calories, starting like that for a week. If you continue to lose weight, then add another 100-150 calories, stay there for a week, see if you lose or stay the same. Adjust as needed, keep in mind that fluctuations ar normal, so give it time.

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TavistockToad wrote: »

cnjg420 wrote: »

I did change over to maintance on mfp but it didn't change my calories

that cant be right? you're either eating in a deficit our you're at maintenance?

Second that. Op go on goals, change to maintenance. That will reset the daily allowance of calories.

cnjg420 wrote: »

I tried again it still left it at 1200 calories what else should I do

Are you on a mobile device? If so, you may have to make changes from your phone's browser (so, the web version,) not the app.

icemom011 wrote: »

You eat a little bit more that you did to lose weight. Start by adding a small snack to your usual diet, about 100- 150 calories, starting like that for a week. If you continue to lose weight, then add another 100-150 calories, stay there for a week, see if you lose or stay the same. Adjust as needed, keep in mind that fluctuations ar normal, so give it time.

Absolutely +1 to this recommendation.

Yes, MFP will calculate a number for you. And for most people, that number will be close to correct. But that number is based on research studies that average a large group of people. Most people are close to average. But a few people aren't.

If you use the "add back gradually & monitor" method, you will find your exact, personal, customized maintenance calories. The closer you get to the right number of calories, the less frequently you will end up adding calories (because it will take longer to see whether you're still losing, since your weight will fluctuate day to day). And if you accidentally overshoot your maintenance calories, it will be by such a tiny amount that you gain verrrrry slowwwwwly, and you can correct before it becomes a real problem.

Set a range around your goal weight that encompasses what you usually see as daily fluctuations, and keep your weight in that range. (My range is goal plus & minus 3 pounds, for example.)

There is a chance that you may see a small jump in the scale when you hit your actual maintenance calories (couple of pounds). If this happens, don't panic. Adding gradually seems to minimize the chance of this happening, but if it does happen, it's not fat - it's a little jump in water weight from glycogen replenishment. Since you say you've overshot your goal weight by a bit, this shouldn't be a big deal.

Remember, you'd have to eat roughly 3500 calories over maintenance to gain a single pound. If you've added calories 100 at a time, and overshoot, it would take over a month of 100 calories above maintenance before you saw a 1-pound fat gain.

You can do this!

TavistockToad wrote: »

cnjg420 wrote: »

I did change over to maintance on mfp but it didn't change my calories

that cant be right? you're either eating in a deficit our you're at maintenance?

Are you by any chance quite petite?
If so, 1200 could well be your maintenance.

My maintenance, MFP at sedentary, was quite honestly, 1200.
My loss was always 1200 cals too so I basically lost down to my goal and continued into maintenance with no calorie change.
I am 5'1 and maintain between 100-105lbs, I'm pretty old too

I eventually slowly reverse dieted up to 1350-1400 by adding 50 cals every couple of weeks. My measly exercise cals are always eaten.

Cheers, h.

Yes, your maintenance could be that. I'm almost a foot taller but older, and mine is only 1300 (net). It's why I exercise every day, because I like those extra 500 calories.