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I totally resonated with this! I rebounded many times, and entering maintenance was terrifying. There’s a reason people say that maintenance is harder than losing weight.

CICO helped me learn how many calories are in food and what a reasonable portion size looks like, but I didn’t find it to be a good long-term lifestyle for me. So I taught myself how to eat and maintain my weight without it. Also, uh, I love eating. And food. Here are my tips:

• Half your plate should be veg, a quarter protein, a quarter carbs. If veg isn’t available or a good choice, like when you’re at a restaurant and veg = fries, skip the veg portion and double down on protein instead.
• Eat until you’re 80% full.
• Use small plates. Yes, this trick totally works.
• I split restaurant meals with my husband.
• No liquid calories (Exception: I take my morning tea with milk and honey)
• I eat the same thing for breakfast every day so that at least 1/3 of my day has the right number of calories.
• Speaking of eating, I exercise every single day. Not a lot. Most of it is just walking. But to eat the amount I want, I have to burn more calories, because maintenance alone isn’t enough food for me, personally.
• I allow myself to splurge at regular intervals. I find that planning this in advance means I’m much less likely to go overboard (i.e. eat over maintenance 5 days in a row). I eat a little chocolate every other day, but I get to eat a good-sized dessert on Wednesdays and Saturdays. By that, I mean a big slice of cake. Or an ice cream sundae. All to myself.
• I weigh myself every day and have a 3-pound weight range I try to stay inside.
• The vacuum of not having a weight loss goal anymore was weird. I recommend having another goal lined up immediately. Like a fitness goal. Or another, totally unrelated goal. I chose my career. It gave me something to put all that other energy and momentum toward.

I really liked the book French Women Don’t Get Fat, which talks about how to stop feeling guilty about eating delicious food and how to maintain a good balance and keep a good weight. This book, combined with what I learned about food doing CICO, shaped how I eat now.

Hope this helps! If you ever want to talk or need advice, feel free to PM me!