OK, I'm not complaining -- or, if I am, I have only myself to blame -- but I fell off the diet wagon yesterday. I've lost a lot of weight since March, I hit my target weight (finally!) about 10 days ago ... but there is a transitioning period back to maintenance level calorie intake, during which I continue to lose weight, but gain it back. End-of-diet weight gain is frustrating, but unavoidable. I want to *stay* at or below my target.
So, yesterday, I had a few drinks, ate popcorn (which I love) and some candy and raisins -- not much -- that were lying around. All-in-all, I think I consumed about 500 calories more than my maintenance level -- enough to gain maybe one-sixth of a pound -- which was, nonetheless, about 1600 more than I was supposed to, on the program. My weight shot up past my target (water retention). I know it will come back down again; but it's still a bummer to look at the scales and see the number I saw when I got up today.