Your maintenance around 125?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:5'3", 63 years old, and lost weight years ago and need to watch every calorie or it comes back. What I eat on a regular day: breakfast varies from a small cottage cheese, to a diced apple with 1/2 cup oatmeal. Lunch is veggies and protein, so could be grilled chicken on a salad, or soup with beans/chickenn/vegetables, or some pot of something I cooked up. Snack is baby carrots or bell pepper or celery and fruit (mango, pomegranate, whatever looks good), dinner is more protein, vegetables and carb - sweet potato, quinoa etc, no pasta or rice

Yes I eat desserts on occasion- if someone made something homemade and delicious, I'm out celebrating someone's birthday, etc. Dessert is not every day, maybe twice a month, and it's a few bites, never the entire thing. Cheese is similarly rare for me.

ok not applicable to most

Are you new? I’m pretty sure it’s applicable to most people on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Op here, I just came back and saw page 2!

I am 5’0”

[Anonymous]

Breakfast: Cottage cheese with everything but the bagel seasoning or greek yogurt with 1-2 TBSP of granola. Maybe a small portion of fruit.

Lunch: Chick pea, feta, and spinach salad, half a turkey wrap, a small portion of yesterday's leftovers

Snack: Protein shake

Dinner: Lots of veggies and a protein, usually a small salad, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:5’7 125. I have an English muffin first thing waking up. With butter and jelly. Then a small bowl of cereal later. Then a cookie.
Lunch- whatever. Chips and salsa, a smoothie w five servings of fruits/veggies because I hate them and want to get it over with.
Supper - a chicken breast w buffalo sauce.
I eat very minimally after 11 am.

I teach yoga or barre daily. I lift heavy.

How old are you?

[Anonymous]

5'6.5" and 130 right now which is too much for me. I like to be at 125 or less. I have a bit of a muffin top right now. Usually, I eat whatever I want, and I do not eat healthily. Bagel and eggs for breakfast, pizza or turkey sandwich and chips for lunch, normal meat and potatoes and vegetable for dinner. A cookie or two. I'm 50 and seem to have gained 5 lbs. To get back, I could eat cottage cheese and fruit plus salads with no cheese and very little dressing for lunch and cut the cookies. I've been drinking too much lately too because you know, life.

[Anonymous]

As somone said, age really matters here, as does height, and where you carry weight. My weight goes to my chest first, and then my stomach and have very thin arms and legs, so it's more about how do I maintain my waistline and keep my bra size as down as I can because it also impacts posture. In my mid 40's the most important thing I do is prioritize exercise- tons of cardio and heavy lifting. I try to snack lightly during the day and before exercise, and make my main meal dinner. I don't really drink alcohol and don't have dessert- or have a slice of chocolate after dinner. Make espresso at home with a teaspoon of maple syrup and a little milk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:5’7 125. I have an English muffin first thing waking up. With butter and jelly. Then a small bowl of cereal later. Then a cookie.
Lunch- whatever. Chips and salsa, a smoothie w five servings of fruits/veggies because I hate them and want to get it over with.
Supper - a chicken breast w buffalo sauce.
I eat very minimally after 11 am.

I teach yoga or barre daily. I lift heavy.

How old are you?

59

[Anonymous]

5’5” 125

Breakfast is usually English muffin with peanut butter and a big bowl of berries

Lunch varies. Usually a veggie and cheese omlette or a hummus wrap, or another type of sandwich (love bagel sandwiches). Always have an apple at some point after lunch.

Dinner: a protein and vegetable. Or sometimes I skip dinner and just have yogurt and some dried fruit if I have a large lunch.

I don’t snack, but if I feel hungry I eat a spoonful of peanut butter.

I always have something sweet daily. A few squares of dark chocolate, good caramel, whatever candy we have on hand.

I’m moderately active, but not at the gym daily.

[Anonymous]

I’m early 50s 5’4 and about 125… i don’t really think a lot about what I eat in the day except there’s very little junk food in the house - do gluten free crackers count? - so I’m not eating crap I know that much. I drink coffee in the morning and do dirty intermittent fasting until noon then it’s a salad with protein or half a gf bagel or left overs maybe from the night before. Snacks are smoothies or cheese fruit crackers hummus and then a full dinner. For a treat I do eat dark chocolate, trail mix, or occasionally some ice cream in the evening but the pint i currently have has been there since Halloween so i don’t have it a lot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you weigh around 125, what do you eat for maintaining it?
Whats your typical day, and are there treats occasionally? Soda, brownies, chips?

I’m not interested in activity, but I guess include details if you want to. I personally have no issues with a very active lifestyle. But i struggle with a love of treats. It’s like a personality trait for me.

I am between 122 and 128 (depending on the day and time of the month). I don't eat any of those (soda, brownies, chips). Just real foods. I don't eat bread, no gluten for me for health reasons, very few grains (quinoa, buckwheat, and oatmeal very occasionally), mostly vegetables, meat, fish. As a treat, I baked pears with goat cheese, honey and pecans today, for example. I don't snack in between meals.

[Anonymous]

^ I forgot to add, I am 51, and 5'2.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m 5’6 and 130 lb—so in your ballpark. I have chia overnight oats most mornings topped with walnuts and berries (I use 2% milk, some plain Greek yogurt, dates for the sweetener, and flavorings such as vanilla, cocoa powder, cardamom, etc.). Lunch is usually a big salad made with leftover roasted veggies, arugula, quinoa or other whole grains, and some leftover protein or goat cheese). Dinner is balanced (I’m into cooking) but I limit refined carbs, highly processed foods, and saturated fats. I have an afternoon snack—usually fruit and nuts but rarely eat dessert.

Forgot to add that I’m 50.

[Anonymous]

43 years old, 5'5 and currently hovering at 129/130. I WAS at my desired 125 a month ago but the holiday season is in force and I've had sick kids at home so haven't been able to do my regular workouts. Honestly though, it's an effort for me to be at 125. I need to limit calories on certain days and not eat after 4pm about 3x a week. It's easier for me to be at 130.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What a weird way to frame it, divorced from height and muscle tone. You must be really attached to that number.

+1 It's quite different to be 5'11 and 125 pounds and 4'11 and 125 pounds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What a weird way to frame it, divorced from height and muscle tone. You must be really attached to that number.

+1 It's quite different to be 5'11 and 125 pounds and 4'11 and 125 pounds.

DP 5'1" and 125 is my max before I look and feel overweight.