Thread: Weight maintenance question?

I am currently 177 pounds this is down from 241 in a little over 3 months. This was done eating 900-1000 cals. I have since recently started eating 1,100 calories a day I want to get to 163 by the end of april I currently shed 2-3 pounds a week this much slower than before but this ok. I want to figure out now what is my maintenance level since the weight loss. Just trying to figure if im on the right track. Reason being once I get done to 163 I want figure out how to just stay at that weight and not gain.

My height is 5’8 im pretty active ride an exercise bike for a hour a day and 3 days out the week I run 5-10 miles well I only do the 10 miler once a week anyway thanks in advance.

That's insanely fast how quickly you're losing. Pretty sure no one here is going to recommend you continue that. Plus, at your current weight, even if you have very little trained muscle development, you wouldn't want to aim to lose much more or you will simply look emaciated while lean.

I haven't experienced this personally, but have heard plenty of stories of people in similar scenarios who simply gain everything back just as quickly as they lost it. I'd drop the cardio for major resistance exercises and hit your macro minima at about 2,500 calories if I were you.

Originally Posted by Hellacutup

So would cutting at 1,200 cals be better?

Better than 900-1000! It would be best to start raising calories so that you lose slower and when you get to your target weight you aren't losing anymore. That calorie amount would be your maintenance amount at that point. Say you're losing 3 lbs a week that would be a daily deficit of about 1,500 calories a day which would put maintenance around 2,200 -2,500 a day. I'd substitute some of that cardio with a good weight training program though. That alone will lower your current deficit a bit and be much more beneficial that all that running.

Originally Posted by Hellacutup

My aim is really just to be fully thinned out then tone up a bit after that honestly.

"Tone" isn't happening. Not with all that muscle loss.