What's your allowed weight fluctuation while maintaining?
I've been maintaining my weight for a while now but lately it's been rising so I've adjusted calories accordingly, but I'm curious what you see as an acceptable "fluctuation" when you're maintaining?
A gallon of water weighs about 8lb, and that's the biggest swing I've seen in a day so that is my tolerance in the upward direction. Downward I don't worry about now because I weigh more than I want to but when I was skinny my downward tolerance was a line not a difference from what I weighed , so- I'm 5'9" and now maintaining 150 when I'd rather be 140lb, 158 is startling but if it goes away the next day or two I know it was water retention for muscle repair, and I don't worry about weight loss; when I was stressed and 122lb I was very careful about weight loss because 120 is my hard line, and did not worry about weight gain.
So 8 lb in the up, I will watch that but not freak out immediately.
My perspective is a bit skewed. I don't want to maintain. I want to lose weight. Actually, I should rephrase that. I AM losing weight. 330 at my heaviest. 243 as of this morning. I don't have a final goal. I'm going to keep losing weight until I don't feel like a fat piece of shit.
I set little goals. I WILL hit 240. And when I hit 240, I'll aim for 230. And when I hit 230, I'll aim for 220. You see where this is headed. Eventually I'll be 0 pounds, and start becoming negative weight, where my presence becomes anti-matter, and I become a fascination to scientists around the world!!!
Actually I never thought about it. I never thought what weight I should stop at. It's not 243 though. I still have a belly.
Haha, keep up the fight! Sounds like you're on good way to becoming anti-matter
This is a good approach which I have used in the past. But it is a good idea to pick a target because motivation is lost when the loss slows down.
+/-1%.
To be noted that I check my weight daily and use 1% as a warning sign that things might not be at maintenance. When it crosses 1.5-2%, I definitely know and take action.
About 6 lbs.
If your food is clean, and without sugar and carbohydrates, then let the body self regulate.
If your goal is to maintain muscle mass then you need exercise.
If your goal is to avoid excess fat, then don't eat carbs and you won't have to track your weight at all