Need advice for maintaining weight

**Karritto** · Posted On: 4/04/2009 8:28pm

I have to put my weight loss temporarily on hold for a month in order to fight as a middleweight boxer. Other than monitoring my weight every day, if there anything I can do to maintain my weight where it is until May the 9th? I want to still be able to eat a healthy diet and pick back up with my weight loss after my fight.

Ultimately, I want to get down to 135 to be at my healthy weight for the first time since I was younger.

**Skillful** · Posted On: 4/04/2009 8:52pm

Make the calories you use each day = the calories you consume each day. There are calculators online to help you estimate figures for both.

**socratic** · Posted On: 4/05/2009 8:06am

Don't lift more/run farther/faster. I'd imagine a big part of maintaining weight is maintaining your exercise levels, neither increasing nor decreasing.

**LI GUY 1** · Posted On: 4/05/2009 11:54pm

First of all, 135??? How tall are you and m/f???

Next, you can have a healthy diet while gaining, mainaining, or losing weight. It's just a matter of eating more, the same, or less of your healthy diet's food.

**GIJoe6186** · Posted On: 4/06/2009 1:08am

Originally Posted by socratic

Don't lift more/run farther/faster. I'd imagine a big part of maintaining weight is maintaining your exercise levels, neither increasing nor decreasing.

Lifting weight will burn calories just like running will. Its not about whether you should lift or run, but how much you're eating. In fact, if you want to lose weight to fight at a lighter weight, you should make sure you still lift so that you don't lose any strength.

It's impossible to gain weight while lifting if your burning more calories than you eat. Just simple math.

**GIJoe6186** · Posted On: 4/06/2009 1:09am

If you want to maintain your weight, just hop on the scale every morning and see where your at. Adjust meals and workouts to that.

**Karritto** · Posted On: 4/06/2009 1:30am

Originally Posted by LI GUY 1

First of all, 135??? How tall are you and m/f???

Next, you can have a healthy diet while gaining, mainaining, or losing weight. It's just a matter of eating more, the same, or less of your healthy diet's food.

I am 5'3 and female. I go by my height chart + body type. I'm big-boned. 135 - 140 is ideal.