In the past, I maintained at about 145 pounds for five years on weight watchers. Maintaining was good....it was the 1000-1200 calories a day limit that was not so good.

LC has been a huge improvement for me and I've been eating about 1700-1900 calories a day since about 200 pounds and have continued to lose quite nicely.

I feel no need to drop calories and hopefully lose quicker since I'm in no huge rush to get to goal now. This is how I'm going to eat for the rest of my life anyway. The good news is that I can eat as much as I do and still lose weight, so I'm happy with food selection and quantities, and satiated with the diet.

My concern with dropping calorie intakes during the weight loss portion of LCing is that less calories taken in then will mean that even fewer calories will be needed to maintain weight. My personal goal is to be able to maintain my new healthy weight at the highest quantity of calories possible so that I can continue to enjoy food and reach satiation.

JMHO
Marlaine