Maintaining

chesewdro
chesewdro Posts: 9 Member
edited October 4 in Health and Weight Loss
I am a little concerned about the increase in calories now that I have meet my goal.Can you really maintain with such and increase ?

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  • HannahMarieMcDougald
    HannahMarieMcDougald Posts: 544
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  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    If you eat roughly your TDEE, you will maintain.
    If you eat less, you will lose.
    If you eat more, you will gain.

    Ideally, you should have been ramping up slowly as you got closer to your goal. But you can just ramp up now. Try a couple hundred calories a week.
  • kcgslp
    kcgslp Posts: 203 Member
    YES! I am maintaining but I also workout 5-6 days a week. As long as I keep exercising I don't have to pay too much attention to food. I eat the same breakfast and lunch ( about 300 calories) as when I was dieting but I have more room for error with dinner.

    Congratulations!!!!
  • shovav91
    shovav91 Posts: 2,335 Member
    There is a reason your calories are upped when you go from losing to maintaining. You don't need as big of a deficit anymore, so you're able to eat more! Enjoy it, don't worry :D
  • hiemerapril
    hiemerapril Posts: 69 Member
    I have been on maintain mode for about a month now, I have actually still been loosing weight. Don't stress about it, and take it up slowly if you need to. I was really worried at first too, but it really hasn't been a problem. Takes a while to loose that "gotta eat low cal" mentality! Good luck to you!
  • UrbanRunner81
    UrbanRunner81 Posts: 1,207 Member
    I have been maintaining for a month. I haven't gained any weight. I actually lost a pound and lost 2 inches of my waist.

    I actually eat quite a bit. I exercise a lot, so I can eat a lot. I eat over 2000 calories a day.
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