For when I reach maintenance

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  • Pastaprincess1978
    Pastaprincess1978 Posts: 371 Member
    yeah the fractions of a banana and spoonfuls of oats are literally 2 or so teaspoons of my son's breakfast I finish off! Try to get it as accurate as I can. Will check out the refeeds thread. Thanks.
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    Pastaprincess1978 wrote: »
    No do you really think I am undereating?
    Yes, and for someone who is looking ahead to maintenance and hoping to have a decent calorie allotment, that’s one of the worst things you can do - rapid weight loss, extremely low calories, underfueling your activity, etc.

    Losing weight slowly with a modest deficit and periodic diet breaks or refeeds helps contribute to a higher calorie burn overall when someone reaches maintenance. I’m 5’2 and 115 with a desk job and my TDEE is 2200 - I’m active outside of the desk job but I lost my weight eating between 1600-1900, higher than what you think your long term maintenance will be.

    Also - with the amount of weight you have to lose 0.25kg/week is probably a more reasonable rate of loss. There’s no reason you need to be aiming for 1200 and certainly not below it when you factor in your exercise.
  • Pastaprincess1978
    Pastaprincess1978 Posts: 371 Member
    ok thanks guys - weighed every scrap of my dinner last night and was surprised how accurate my assumptions had been - my intention today is to do the same at lunch - like a weirdo - in the lunchroom at work lol!
  • Pastaprincess1978
    Pastaprincess1978 Posts: 371 Member
    Ok so I read a bit more about what you have been saying and yeah, ok, I definitely don't want to mess with my hormones and make my metabolism so low it's crazy, I already have my suspicions it's low so don't want to push the envelope any further.

    I did weigh dinner last night and I've been accurate with my assumptions so far wrt weights eaten. I'll do the same for lunch today (like a weirdo in the lunch room with my electronic scale!). (Food comes from the cafeteria).

    So I added a smallish bowl of strawberries and blueberries with 100g low fat yoghurt to my breakfast this morning and I feel so much better! Much more optimistic and energetic and generally well. Probably will add another piece of fruit in the afternoons too. And more meat to meals.

    I do appreciate the feedback, any other advice is much appreciated. Thanks for taking the time to look at my food diary!
  • nowine4me
    nowine4me Posts: 3,985 Member
    I’m 5-7”and 125. I maintain at 2000. I'm 52 and active. When I need to drop a few # I cut back to 1500 and that gets me -1# per week.
  • Pastaprincess1978
    Pastaprincess1978 Posts: 371 Member
    nowine4me wrote: »
    I’m 5-7”and 125. I maintain at 2000. I'm 52 and active. When I need to drop a few # I cut back to 1500 and that gets me -1# per week.

    Ok thanks so what do you think your maintenance is without exercise - or just very little exercise?
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