Hey Tiger,
To find your maintenance sweet spot, slowly increase your calories and watch the scale.
I started at 1400 calories a day. For a couple of weeks, I raised calories to 1600 calories a day, then 1800 calories a day. I added in a treat meal on the weekends (nice dinner, glass of wine, split dessert). I paid close attention to the scale and I found that 1800 calories a day + weekly treat meal was about right for me.
As far as a chocolate bar - that might make me feel guilty. I generally buy really nice bars of dark chocolate from World Market and eat a 100 portion when I'm craving chocolate. To me, a whole bar represents my past, how I used to eat. I just don't eat like that anymore.
It's a very personal and unique journey, so you have to figure out what's right for you. A food journal might be helpful, write about what you ate, how you felt about it, why you felt that way, how you wish you had felt.
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