Hi Heather - on maintenance I do fluctuate my carb intake day by day.

Where before I would eat potatoes/rice/pasta every day, I now eat them MAYBE once a week at about 1/2 the portion I used to eat (if that). I have fruit every 2nd or 3rd day, instead of daily. I still avoid sugar wherever possible, and don't eat anything with bleached flour in it.

For example tonight's dinner was:

12 escargots, with about 4 tablespoons butter and 1 ounce old cheddar melted on them
4 bacon wrapped scallops
1 cup stirfried veggies (carrots, lettuce, bok choy, onion, celery)
1 sugar-free shortbread cookie (made with rice flour)
1 glass white wine

Tonight was higher fat than I normally eat. But that's because I didn't eat much fat for breakfast and lunch.

So on maintenance I still watch which carbs I eat.