Adding 100 calories to daily maintenance has done the trick. I'm clocking in at 2200 calories a day since Saturday and my weight has settled at 221 lbs. Now the work is to maintain that for 10 days to 2 weeks (still haven't decided when I'll start playing with deficits). I feel good. My sleep is good. My workouts are good. It's alllll good! :)
My goal over the next week is to learn what 2200 calories looks like and feels like. The biggest thing I've learned so far is that whatever I think a normal serving of food is, cut it in half because that's really what a normal serving is. Especially restaurant food and that's nice for taking a meal home for lunch but really blows when your partner or group are eating everything they're served. After this week, my challenge will be to take what I'm learning and see how well I do when I'm away from home for a couple of days. We're going to our friend's house in WI over Labor Day and I'm not going to track my food while I'm there. I'll write it down and log it once I get back to see if I'm able to accurately eyeball how much food is maintenance level. And weigh as well to see if I'm holding steady. My ultimate goal, and this is a long way off, is to be able to do maintenance long-term without logging my food every day. Obviously, because I'd like to have a normal life at some point. LOL
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