Don't get too comfortable. It's possible to lose weight and then get too comfortable and gain it back. What I mean is, you start to think you can slack off too much and before long, you are wearing those sweat pants again. Don't let yourself reach that point.
Don't be so strict either. It's time to stop being as strict as you once were. If you continue being strict, you will continue to lose weight. People may start to wonder about your health.
Find a nice medium. At this point, you've lost all the weight you want to lose. Quit eating less calories and start eating maintenance calories. Maintenance calories means you are eating exactly what you need each day. No more, no less. This can be hard, because even a slight error in measurement or counting could have you gaining weight again. You should eat about 150 calories less than maintenance to make up for any inconsistencies.
Exercise. Continue to exercise. You can't stop. If you do, you will lose the muscle you have gained which will cause your basal metabolic rate to drop. When that happens, you won't have the lean figure you had before and you may gain weight back. Maintain your fitness by changing up the exercises.
You may choose to do something less intense now that you are maintaining. You might switch from 30 minutes of intense cardio to 45 minutes of yoga. Do different things and do what you like. After all, you aren't trying to lose weight anymore so you should enjoy your exercise now.
Weigh yourself. Weighing yourself is very important. If you begin gaining weight back, your clothes might not show it until you're already 10 lbs heavier. You don't want that to happen. The best thing to do is to weigh yourself weekly and record the weight. Water weight is normal and it causes weight to shift.
Once you move out of your normal range, start doing something to correct it. For example, my normal range may be 138-141 lbs because of water weight. If I reach 142 lbs, I know I need to do something about it.
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