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I lost additional weight since I didn't have a eating disorder before based on your assertion what I'm experiencing is not possible and I should be slipping back into my bad habits and getting fatter. Instead I happily eating the extra calories to keep from slipping into the 120s... I'll take that any day of the week.

Before I lost the weight I was in the fit and fat category. I rode week long bike rides in the 400-500 mile range for the last 30 year, hiked etc, the energy level mantra never range true for me ever. If anything managed weight programs gave me fits and drained all my energy because most work under the premise that…

Did that done that. The verdict was not only were thing good the were stellar across the board.

I think you missed a key point when dismissing what was in this thread. At least 2 in this thread, 3 if you count me said that the were well into maintenance then started losing weight again with no change in calories or exercise and had to up their calories to stop losing. I don't care if you don't believe it or not I'm…

I'm 5'6", 50, range from 132-137, exercise 60 min +, 5 days a week. I maintain at 1600-2000+ per day, more when I'm on vacation because I have time to be more active. Doing this the most I've been able to eat is one day without exceeding baseline calories + exercise calories is 4000. I vary my calories to align with the…

I'm +/- 5lbs. I agree with comment about watching the lower range and have a plan to deal with it. I never had a problem with losing too much until I did...

It is personal preference what you do. I just went to maintenance calories, my only mistake was not eating my exercise so I lost a bit more. Some people ease into maintenance because of fear of undoing their hard work. Only you know you to know which you'll deal with better. I end result should be the same.

I find that many people pick whatever diet aligns with their favorite food group rather than sound nutritional science. I agree with the previous person's post 15% is really low for fat. Have you even tried following the default macros before going on a modified plan? I lost all my weight trying to align with the default…

Look at my macros and see if I short on something then pick a snack that fills that gap...

How about ice cream made from beer. Had that stout ice cream once and it was great.

Ditto if you make you own smoothies from whole food. Many commercial products use juices. I prefer to eat my calories than drink them so I just make them part of the plan.

I'm 5'6" and been maintaining for 11 months. I'm 50 keep close to 135 sometimes more sometimes less. I use sedentary setting and eat back my exercise calories because I vary my exercise so my daily burn varies. Not a big fan of WW because I don't think it deals well with rigorous exercisers. I have days where I burn a…

Approaching my 1year in maintenance mark (next month). Exercise helps so glad you have been focusing more on that.

Once I got a Fitbit Surge, I trusted the exercise calories and eat them back unless I not hungry for them. Once I got a food scale I trusted the calories in more. Now that I'm in maintenance I'm better at appropriate portion sizes so I no longer weigh every thing. I still use the Fitbit but no longer wear all the time…

Listen to your trainer. You might be surprised, when I went on maintenance, I stabilized then dropped a bit a few months later and did settled at weigh lower than I expected to. I also think you may have loose skin issues some people opt to have the excess surgically removed.

I still weigh daily and I'll be at my year anniversary on maintenance next month. Boring changes are nice. You're probably missing the compliments about progress. No one goes out of their way to congratulate you for not getting fat again

* Drink more water, 8 cups a day flat out doesn't begin to cut it. Drink even more when you exercise. Yes, you can drink too much but the average person rarely approaches it and there are non sugar infused electrolyte solutions out there to address it. * At least 80% of the time eat nutritious food. You don't need to be…

I have a desk job so I set my settings to sedentary, use my Fitbit to track calorie burn over my sedentary settings and eat them back. I don't exercise the same daily and prefer eating to align with my daily activity rather than average it over time. With mfp and Fitbit this is really easy. I have a Fitbit with HR tracking…

You can't learn about you if you only log when it is easy or when you are good. You can get a lot of insight on the days you consider bad days.

I have a android phone at it appeared during one of the normal updates. The only person I know with a iPhone and a Fitbit doesn't have this yet. Not sure it it varies by Fitbit model or mobile app. Number of steps doesn't require HR so I doubt that is it unless then only offer on pricier models to induce you to upgrade.

Factor the change into your baseline activity in your calorie target or exercise more to make up the difference if you don't want to eat less. I find now I pay more attention to me that I really don't want to eat the same amount on day I'm less active so it ends up not being a huge deal. Be aware but don't stress over it.

30 lbs in 4 months then 3 months into maintenance dropped 10 more without trying and appears to have to be pretty stable now.

My first inclination when I read your post, lucky you, you didn't get it coming and going. Evidently I have no perfect weight, I poof go from embarrassingly overweight (size 10) through to jeopardizing your health skinny (size 4) without ever passing through "just right." Really?? in what universe is this possible? Some…

10,000 steps are widely recommended for the average person to strive for health benefits. If that is asking the average person to do that implies the middle not the high end of the activity scale. All I am pointing out is there is WORLD of difference between 10,000 steps at 2 mph vs. 4+ mph and the average healthy person…

Lol, my normal walking speed is the low end of the running scale. I only walk slower than 4 mph when I'm walking with others and it considered rude to walk my natural pace.

Disagree many people who are not consistently active choose to set a baseline based on their normal daily routine and eat back their exercise calories. I don't like to eat an average amount daily because I don't want it when I'm not active and want a lot more when I do a century ride or a fifteen mile hike. Yes I'm active…

+1, all the differences you see daily aren't just height and weight.

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Age matters on how much you can eat. If I ate what I was able to eat what I did in my 20s I would be enormous. I was active then and active now. I was able to at least what you are eating in my 20s much more in the summer when I was adding cycling. Enjoy being young your body is much more forgiving than it will be in 30…

However there is something about eating throughout the day to keep blood glucose steady. That helps many people keep hunger at bay. I tend to eat breakfast snack, lunch, snack, dinner, sometimes evening snack on hard workout days. I personally am hungrier on days I do large breakfast, large dinner even when the calorie and…