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My motivation in maintenance is to stay within my moving average range and below my redline weight, I find it’s an ongoing achievement/goal I strive to keep-that alone gives me plenty of purpose,I’ve never lost my drive or motivation.I also spend my calories evenly thru the week-I see people going on about eating…

You look fantastic- keep up the great work :smile:

Once at the beginning of when I started losing(now in maintenance) I stood in the kitchen one night and ate 12 fudgee o’ cookies -an extra 720 calories for the week-I lowered calories(50-75) on other days that week and did some walks-I just kept on going and it didn’t make a real impact.After that incident :blush: I did…

muffins are ugly cupcakes :grin:

I’m not a vegan but I eat soaked(overnight) oats for fiber,I do 1/2cup large flake rolled oats and 1/3 cup cows milk and either 2 tsp.sugar or a TB of maple syrup as a snack, my husband is lactose intolerant so we always keep almond milk in the fridge and I’ve used it sometimes instead of the cows milk and it works really…

One of my favourite snacks is white cheddar rice cakes topped with pepper jack cheese :smile: so good!

If you’ve plateaued for a year, you’re maintaining your weight-which is a great accomplishment! Just create a 250 calorie daily deficit and eat the food you enjoy.

Yes she can keep it off-Just have her enter her current stats in a tdee calculator,eat the suggested maintenance calories,wait a few weeks and then adjust calories up or down based on results if there’s any (loss /gain) :smile:

My husband says I’m weird for doing this -I finely crumble up ritz crackers or cookies and sprinkle them over flavoured yougurt to make a faux pie crust.

how about cheese & crackers? mozzarella & havarti are mild &have smooth textures.

We’re all visual when it comes to attraction it’s natural ,especially for men because they have to perform,just a fact,not shallow or judgy in a negative way, try to be more realistic and fair with men,most of them are nice,enjoy the extra attention-it’s expanding your horizons :smile: ready or not!

I with u too,OP I really wish h.s. would update and give users an option for a maintenance range.

You could also add some chocolate chips and/ or granola to your yogurt snacks :wink:

I eat milk chocolate :smile: kit kat is my favourite-I’ve lost 14 lbs in the last 6 months.

I use full fat sour cream, enjoy some chocolate most days. :smile: 2 Tbsp nut butters daily, cook my eggs in some butter, I also really like coconut- so I’ll fit in macaroons or cookies.

I haven’t tried it yet, but sounds amazing-thanks for the idea-I do a bagged salad topped with a can of albacore tuna,sprinkled with craisins& topped with Kens Sweet Onion dressing-it’s really good! :smile:

Cases of Planters lightly salted Cashews! :blush:

I eat supper@ 6_then just chew gum :smile: - I schedule 225 calories for a bedtime snack every night, that’s worked really well for me.

I used AnnPT77’s formula to find my maintenance calories based on my own data/rate of loss(see sticky above) and it’s been very accurate and helpful!_ty Ann :smile: This calculators# was too high for me by 85 calories.

Sour cream :smile:

My trick is I only eat at set times-11 am,3,6,&10 pm.My body is so used to this schedule now that I only really get hungry when it’s about time to eat - I do chew gum to ease stress or if I’m bored and I enjoy it( log the calories) and I’ll also have a diet pop or coffee in between meals-if I need a pick me up when I’m…

Bump! great post_for new maintainers.

1/2 cup dry oats soaked in 1/3 cup milk & 2 tsp.sugar,I eat this every other night for bed-time snack.

I weighed a chocolate toasted-coconut donut from Timmy’s( calorie dense),I was eating at home out of curiosity and it weighed over the nutrition facts weight- I did the math& added the extra calories on_I weigh mostly everything at home( not iceberg lettuce)-especially if calorie dense or I’m eating a packaged food on the…

I use the steps app.on my iPhone-it's free_i think it's pretty accurate_i read a lot of the reviews for it_maybe you could download it and compare.

I once ate an entire tray of kings hawaiian rolls by myself in one sitting,with nothing on them_they're so delicious! I couldn't control myself with them at all_i switched to Sprouted grain bread for everyday use _and now only buy the Kings for special occasions :blush:

I've mostly added back the extras I've missed like_honey,jam,or banana on my toast, mayo on sandwiches_an extra yogurt cup or granola bar_cookies with my coffee etc.It's been really nice :)

I always weigh boneless,skinless chicken breast cooked and log it as 35 calories an ounce.I hope that's right.

if you're still tired after sleeping,maybe you've become anemic.

yes,me too! a pound or two of water retention,a little more emotional and a bit hungrier_it's like a lighter version of pms for 3 or 4 days.