Hi! With the exception of a few holidays, I’ve spent the past eleven months in a very consistent deficit—and I’m happy with the results! I’ve gone from 175 (realistically, 180?) to 120 lbs as a short woman, which is nothing to sneeze at. I have around 10 lbs I’d like to shed eventually, but I’m at a point where I’m happy enough with my body and feeling pretty intense diet fatigue, and I think it’s about time I take an extended maintenance break and hopefully build some muscle.
I’d love to hear any tips people have about the transition! I know it’s just… do what I’ve been doing but eat more, basically, which sounds easy enough in theory but obviously trips people up in practice. The last thing I want to do is gain everything back, but I also can’t sustain eating in a deficit forever, obviously, lol. Were there any foods/exercise practices/habits that worked for those of you maintaining? Did you jump up to maintenance calories or reverse diet? How much of a weight fluctuation should I be expecting—when would I have to take a step back and recognize that I’m gaining, not maintaining?
What I’m struggling with most is the mental: I can’t really accept that I should be eating more than my deficit caloric budget, so I feel guilty for eating over that number even if weight loss is no longer the goal. I’d really like to deal with these feelings now rather than once I’m at my final goal so I don’t feel encouraged to drop too low, especially since I know it’s coming at the direct expense of strength development. Any tips on dealing with that would be much appreciated. Thanks!
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