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The thing is, I haven't increased what I eat since going from 72kg to 75.5kg - the only lifestyle change has been that I haven't been able to train properly.
I'm an active person, and my typical level of activity and food intake has me hovering around 72kg. Holidays see me putting weight on, of course they do. And it drops off again within days.
I've set myself a target of end-March.
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Losing weight by just by training more isn't the best strategy and not sustainable in my opinion.
If you are at a specific food intake and you get down to a weight that can only be sustained by more training and exercise, as soon as something gets in the way, like holidays, injuries, work, lack of motivation, then you'll rebound back to a higher weight.
On the other hand, if you cut something out (beer, bread, snacks) while increasing training levels, then you'll see quick progress.
At the end of the day, if you want to be maintaining a lower weight, then you need to be eating less than you did when you were at a higher weight. And while you're losing weight, losing it at a faster rate than you gained it, because no-one is motivated by losing 100g a week.