Should I take a maintenance break? How would I know if I need to?

Been losing weight for about 3 months now, I'm a numbers person and I'm taking a strict CICO approach: counting all calories, tracking all workouts, and weighing myself daily. I have been very consistant, losing a steady 2 lbs per week (about 1000 cal daily deficit) with basically no variation... no cheat days, no maintenance days, haven't been sick or injured, etc.

I realize my weight loss of 2 lb/week is on the agressive side (SW: 217 lb, CW: 194 lb) but the routine has worked well for me and I'm happy... I don't feel run-down or sick of it, I've gotten a meal routine that leaves me with little/no hunger, I have good energy for my workouts (mix of cardio and weight lifting ~6 days a week, plus lots of dog walks). A big part of my deficit comes from increased activity. I am eating 2000-2500 calories per day, so not even close to a starvation diet.

Basically everything is going well, but I'm wondering whether I should/need to take a break? I see some guides advoate a maintenance period after 3-4 months of dieting, especially aggressive dieting. I don't want to burn myself out and would rather take a maintenance break *before* I'm feeling worn down. But on the other hand I'm really thriving on the routine and steady progress and don't want to interrupt that for no good reason. At my current rate I will reach my goal weight in about 2.5 months which seems completely doable to me (at least right now).

Anyone have any thoughts or experience?

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Any weight loss/accountability discord servers?

I'm 26f, I've lost 105 lbs and I still got about 65 lbs more to go. I am having a hard time getting back on track and would love having a community where we can talk daily and with people who get it. I do low carb and IF if that helps.

Also I am going through a rough patch in general rn with recently facing unemployment and health issues.. So I feel like me being off track this month was just me falling into my old habits of eating to cope with my sad emotions which sucks. I really wish this was all easy for me like weight maintenence and not eating my emotions. I can tell I'm just going through a little bump in the road in terms of weight loss and mental health so I really wanna change my gears and get back on track. I've come too far to go, back now.

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How do I restart my weight loss?

I lost 100lbs back in 2018, but gained it back and more in 2019/2020. I've lost all my self steamand motivation to try to lose it again. Because it was hard work. But I miss how it felt. To be lighter, and to be happier with myself and my accomplishments. Now I just feel like a failure...

My question is, how do I start up again without failing immediately into it? How can I lose 100lbs again just as I did before with little to no hope or motivation....

Thanks

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21M I want to lose weight to live life and be free again

I have a horrible eating disorder. I heard that losing weight fast is bad but I am trying to lose weight fast and safely to live my life. I can't live my life I am very insecure with no support around me. Is eating one big meal a day good and healthy? I dont go to the gym because I am insecure and very shy person, I workout at home.

I can lose weight fast and I am highly commited but what I fear is that I would lose weight in an unhealthy way (one of my biggest fears is to be anorexic) I would to communicate with people about this who knows about weight loss and have wisdom. I have tons of questions about losing weight and so on. I am looking for anyone to communicate with me. I had advice where people tell me to eat 3 meals a day. But that leads me to eating disorder because I keep overthinking how should I eat in smaller portions? I do not know or understand how to eat less. Do they mean smaller portions? or reduce my meal eatings? I would also over excercise (1 hour everyday) and I would eat in 200 calorie defecit which is wrong (very wrong to do) I don't really like to excercise but I like to lose weight. There are studies where it says that excercise alone is ineffective for weight loss. There is a saying that says"Lose weight to feel good, not to burn fat" and I totally agree. Excercise isnt most important. It's dieting. I try to eat one big meal and excercise 40 mins a day everyday. Do you think that is effective approach? Please DM me. I need help

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What’s been working for me as a 25 year old female who lost 18 lbs in 3 months!

Hi! I thought I’d share how I finally have got this weight loss thing down! Ofc as I lose weight, I have to shift methods... but here’s what’s really been working.

1) cut out lattes for tea 2) intermittent fasting - 17:7 3) a ONE hour brisk walk daily (I work from home so this is important) 4) lollipops - I’m a weed smoker and I get the munchies at night 5) eating my first meal at 1, and my next meal at 6 and a snack at 8. - for dinner? I eat as MUCH as I want. As long as it’s relatively healthy, I’ll usually have about 800 calories to spend here. This is helpful because I am always so hungry by dinner (When I work I don’t notice my appetite so by the end of the day it’s really there)

I also track deficit (600 a day).

I’m still learning but this is what’s made me go from 138 to 120 lbs :)

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How do I get rid of that last bit of belly pooch?

Im F/26/124lbs and 5’4”. I’ve been doing strength training exercises regularly for a couple months now but no matter how much weight I lose I always have a bit of that belly pouch. Even at my lowest of 110lbs I still had it! Im at 124 lbs now but still can’t shake off this bit of fat in my lower belly. I’m not sure if it is just extra skin from weight loss or just fat. I am trying to eat more proteins and just get as strong as possible. But It’s practically the only thing about my body that I don’t like. I know we can’t target weight loss but if I were to reach a certain BF% will it be gone or is it a lost cause? I added some crappy pictures for reference. I know it doesn’t look that bad but it’s worse in real life 😂 Any help would be appreciated!

https://imgur.com/a/NFZq6vR

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Do cheat days/meals help with keeping your metabolism up?

I have always heard that your body will adjust/slow its metabolism as it gets used to eating a lower calorie diet, thus slowing weight loss. Is there any truth to that, and if so, would having an occasional (reasonable, not thousands and thousands of calories over) cheat day or meal help to keep your metabolism up?

(I’m not trying to justify poor eating habits or cycles of binging and restricting—I am genuinely wondering if there is any scientific truth to this as I have heard it my whole life!!)

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