oh how the turntables have turned...struggling to eat enough

female 26 5'1 105 lbs

so ive finally reached my goal weight last week and have been slowly upping my calories to get to my maintenance calories in a few weeks

but ive got the stupidest issue. how do i transition to eating and cooking for weight loss vs eating and cooking for maintenance? suddenly 500 calories seems like such a huge amount

the thing is throughout this journey i have gotten into the habit of cooking for weight loss so that i can eat a more satiating amount. ive been eating all home cooked food, chocolates only occasionally, using cooking spray instead of oil, no butter, no cheese (not my thing anyways)

but ive kinda always eaten like this but since most of my previous weight gain had been because of mindlessly overdoing it on sweets, chocolates, and mcdonalds and im not eating those anymore, i cant seem to reach my target calories anymore. and because i dont eat them that often anymore, i barely crave them except every few weeks/once a month

plus alot of it was snacking on those foods and i have been sticking to just 3 meals a day with the occassional snack every few day cause i noticed the more i snack, the more i want to snack (and i only snack on junk), so just sticking to set meals is perfect for me

so should i add snacks? im just worried itll lead me down to the previous road. plus im not hungry.

or should i ignore my hunger ques and do it anyways? but i dont want to stretch out my stomach to its previous size when nothing would fill me up

or should i just slightly undershoot my calories because i do eat a lot of junk on weekends when im out with people (which does more than makeup for the weeks deficit)

or should i start cooking with more oil to make me used to eating regular portions of food with people since they do tend to use more oil in their cooking and itll help me eat more intuitively?

how should i approach this?

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