Ok, so I've come to the realization that 145-150 is a good maintenance range for me. I'm at a humble size, I look fantastic in clothes, I have an fit/athletic build so I look like I weigh a little less than I do, and not to be an ego manic but I look AWESOME* (*with clothes on). So the * is the problem. Without clothes my tummy is saggy and gross, but I don't think another 5 or 10lbs will make a difference, and for the sake of my boobies I don't think it's worth finding out. I think the only thing that would make my tummy where I want it to be would be surgery and that is not happening anytime soon, so I need to accept it and move on.
I feel like 145-150 is a VERY managable weight for me and that with continued strength training and running, my tummy may improve some. So the problem is I'm TERRIFIED to stop losing. Why? Well for one thing I've been doing it for 4 1/2 years! But the bigger issue is that I'm one of the lucky ones that loses at a high calorie level and I'm really scared what my maintenance level is going to be. I'm afraid it will be too much food and that it could send me into relapse. So what do I do? Do I just start adding a little bit at a time and know that I'll probably lose a couple more lbs in the process? Would eating the same cals I'm eating now but only adding on the weekends be a better approach (we commonly go out to restaurants on the weekends). I don't know what I'm completely panicing about this, I've been planning and thinking about maintenace for months now, but now that it's here and it's time I'm totally freaked out. I'm sure you've noticed from my other posts and are sick of hearing about it, but I could really use some guidence here. Did anyone else have trouble entering maintenace?