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Caloric intake in maintenance dosing

daphne_murray1

Guidance please. During weight loss I was allowed 1250 calories per day, however I always had a calorie deficit because I was full. Transitioning to maintenance dosing I am unsure how many calories per day based upon above info. Many thanks in advance

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AnnPT77

We'd need more information about you in order to make an educated guess, and it would still mostly be a guess.

Fortunately, there's a thread over in the Goal: Maintaining Weight section's Most Helpful Posts subsection that discusses several methods of estimating maintenance calories:

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10638211/how-to-find-your-maintenance-calorie-level

I think if you read that you can figure out a good starting point for maintenance.

nancygreen29326

I have been adding calories back to arrive at my maintenance calories. At first I started relaxing some on the weekends, but that got a little out of hand. I have a water retention issue and I can gain 4-6 pounds in a couple of days. This makes it hard for me to set a specific calories range, but I have gone back and set a calorie level of 1500 calories and I will see how that works and then go up 100 calories at a time. This approach seems easiest for me. I am 74, 5' 3" and 134 lbs.

ceruleanblue1

I just decided to keep tracking food intake on the app., as I did when I was losing. After experimenting a bit with calories taken in & weighing myself, it's fairly easy to see approximately what calorie intake to stay within.

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AnnPT77

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/49138065#Comment_49138065

Your profile says male. OP's says female. If she's not in menopause, 2-3 weeks isn't an appropriate averaging time period. Minimum would be one whole menstrual cycle.

The "X calories times bodyweight" formulas are not a better starting hypothesis than a good research-based calorie estimator. They don't take into account multiple relevant variables.

If you read the thread I linked, that "test then adjust" thinking is in there, but without boosting an outside site.