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@bbell1985 haha, thanks, and I'm totally wearing all of the crop tops. I brought like one t shirt, 3 dresses, and a bunch of half tops with me.

Name: Nichell Age: 29 Height: 5'6 Total Weight lost: ~50lbs Time it took to lose: 5.5 months How long in maintenance:almost 6 weeks Maintenance weight range: 150-155lbs Average weight recorded from January: not recorded Average weight recorded from February: 182.4 Average weight recorded from March: 173.5 Average weight…

Name: Nichell Age: 29 Height: 5'6 Total Weight lost: ~50lbs Time it took to lose: 5.5 months How long in maintenance:almost 5 weeks Maintenance weight range: 150-155lbs Average weight recorded from January: not recorded Average weight recorded from February: 182.4 Average weight recorded from March: 173.5 Average weight…

@livingleanlivingclean this is all logic that I understand. I know that I'm doing well and I'm in control. I guess I was just looking for validation of my feelings around this, that it can't be too atypical to feel that way. Not so much needing acknowledgment that my thought is less than logical

@jhnbwh1014 I wasn't planning on it...? I would also argue I didn't really slip

@snickerscharlie I have a maintenance range. I actually haven't heard of too many people who have an exact number. I don't think I've heard of any. I don't think that's a thing, haha. Logically, I'm not really worried about gaining weight directly

@CJ_Holmes thank you. I knew deep down I wasn't crazy but it's really nice to hear someone else confirm that haha

@RedSquadronLeader thank you! That makes sense

@BZAH10 thank you so much! That is super helpful honestly. I can tell you understand exactly what I'm trying to say and get my feelings. It's definitely going to take time and work, maintenance is still so new to me

Again, I know all of that logically. Im certainly not punishing myself over it by any means. I'm just struggling with the mental aspect of seeing all of that and wanted to see if anyone else has gone through that or gets it. Doesn't seem to be the case for you but was hoping someone understood what I was saying

I haven't changed any of my eating or working out habits due to the heat, I stick to the same routine regardless of weather. That's where I'm confused about the weight loss. But it was back up a bit today which I was happy to see, so I'm hoping it's just regular fluctuation

@livingleanlivingclean it's that it's such a process to find my maintenance calories and I was hoping I had found them and was all set. I'm definitely not eating more or less, I plan out my daily menus in advance and eat what's on there. It's just been a couple of days, but I've gone down like 3-4 pounds since the weekend

Name: Nichell Age: 29 Height: 5'6 Total Weight lost: ~50lbs Time it took to lose: 5.5 months How long in maintenance:almost 4 weeks Maintenance weight range: 150-155lbs Average weight recorded from January: not recorded Average weight recorded from February: 182.4 Average weight recorded from March: 173.5 Average weight…

@Tuffaknee haha, seriously. OP, for the record, you look great in both pictures, you have an envious figure. With respect to your concern, in my experience, my body looks much tighter in the morning when I'm still fasting. By then end of the day, it's much less defined. Also, if you eat a lot of sodium one day versus…

OP, is your goal to gain a pound a week? Sorry, I just wanted clarification as you said your goal is 1lb per week but you didn't say gain or lose. Plus this is the maintenance forum, so I just wanted to make sure

Wow, that terrific. Congratulations

I just transitioned to maintenance 3 weeks ago, and my transition involved a fairly significant increase in my carb intake. So due to that, I gained 1 pound in the next week that I attributed to water weight. So I would say that if you are going to increase your carbs, expect to gain some water weight. For me, I've lost…

@trigden1991 right, which is why I use words like "about" and "around", which would indicate estimation. I know it's an estimate, but those are the numbers I use.

Hey, if you're going to be addicted to something, blueberries are pretty darn good

My bmr is about 1500, a bit under. Half of 600 is 300, which brings me to just under 1800. My tdee is around 2100. Take 300 from that and it's 1800. No, I didn't do the calculation with every possible number in the range. It's close enough to make sense.

I understand about tdee, but what I'm saying is if I only eat back half my calories that I "burn" via exercise using mfp and add that to my bmr, it ends up being what I eat every day. Same thing, if I take my tdee and subtract about half of what I "burn" on mfp, I end up at that same number.

Name: Nichell Age: 29 Height: 5'6 Total Weight lost: ~50lbs Time it took to lose: 5.5 months How long in maintenance: about 3 weeks Maintenance weight range: 150-155lbs Average weight recorded from January: not recorded Average weight recorded from February: 182.4 Average weight recorded from March: 173.5 Average weight…

That's super helpful, thank you. That does add up if I add half my exercise calories to my bmr, like. That's about the amount of calories I consume. Glad to know it's not just me, haha

@sijomial @StaciMarie1974 I honestly don't estimate anything except for the vegetables, which are like 30 calories anyway. I know the whole thing is an estimation, but the food calories are as close as they can be. So I don't think the food is "most likely the biggest issue", there's no reason it would be. But I agree with…

@heybales I'm not sure what you're saying, I'm having trouble understanding. I'm weighing and tracking everything, but I'm not weighing my veggies with dinner, just estimating and tracking. My food intake should be pretty close to accurate. I'm guessing the exercise is off in mfp since it's telling me I'm maintaining at…

50+ pounds from 12/2016-05/2017. I'm 5'6 and about 154lbs now

@heybales I actually eat lots of vegetables. I eat a salad for lunch probably 3 times a week, fruit with breakfast, and 1-2 servings of veggies with dinner daily, plus I sometimes snack on veggies. I'm not going to answer all of your questions because there were too many, haha. Plus I wasn't really looking for an analysis…

@sijomial no, my range is 5 pounds. I just happen to have maintained within a pound for the past two weeks

I have a 5lb range for maintenance, it's just that I have been maintaining within a pound. It's still new, so who knows, but I use a food scale to measure all of my food except for non starchy vegetables, so I'm more confident in the food calories than I am in the exercise calories. I do cardio three days a week in the…

@Sara2652 @lolakraven thanks for the support, ladies. The losing of the weight came from HIIT training 3x a week and strength training 3x a week. Honestly though, the toning didn't come through until I started drinking bcaas during my workouts and adding whey protein to my diet. I do some ab work too, but not a whole bunch…