Need to maintain my weight after 95lb loss

Hi everyone. I have over the last 10 months lost 95lbs. For the last 4 weeks I have been adding calories to my diet. I am up from 1000 cal to 1350 cal and still losing. Please note that when losing weight I wasn't using this site and didn't know that my intake was so low I was simply eating to the food guide and making the healthiest low cal, low fat choices possible per the food guide instructions. I added up my cals when I started trying to maintain. I have since been to the doc and had bloodwork done. I am perfectly healthy I just need to stop losing. I have added every week and in the last month lost 7lbs. I do not eat white flour or refined sugar or processed foods. Any hints has anyone been through this before? I exercise about one hour per day... 6 days a week it is 20 min cardio, 20 min strength training, and 10 min yoga and one day per week it is 60 min yoga. The calculator on this site says that I should be eating 2000 cal per day but the just seems so high. I am 5 feet 5 inches and 120 lbs. Any help that you guys can offer would be great. Also what are the fat and fiber amounts that anyone who commsumes around the calories as me are eating (I eat about 22g fat and 40g fiber is this ok?). Thanks in advance. I am feeling really frustrated with the process of entering maintenance. I never expected to lose so much (in fact my first goal was 165lbs) I just thought that I would stop losing and my body would stabalize so I am really feeling a bit like a fish out of water here.

Hi! Sorry to be so blunt, but I just have to say that you are starving yourself and should gradually increase to 2000 at the very least (depending on your age and stats maybe even 2500ish). You are also probably only getting 25-33% of the fat your body needs. I would seriously be more afraid of liver damage than I would be of taking in more fat. Please make a serious change in your diet right now before it is too late. The calculator gave you that number for a reason.

I appreciate the bluntness. But I was not given a number on this site or anywhere for fats and that is why I was asking. I changed my eating and lifestyle to be healthy and that is what I am trying to do. That is why I asked the question. I do not want to gain the weight that I have lost back and I am simply trying to be careful while going into maintenance. Please see above edited question I have been to the doctor and my bloodwork (incl. liver function tests) was all normal. Thanks for the info. The first thing that I do will be to increase my fats.

2000 cals is about right for your size and activity level.  If you increase from your current intake going from 1350 - 1700 - 2000 it'll only take a couple of weeks.  You may see some initial weight-gain due to your crash-dieting but it should level off.  If you find you're still losing on 2000 then keep increasing until you stop losing.

Use the CC food log to enter your menu for a week or two.   The benchmarks for a healthy diet are 50-65% carbohydrates, 15-25% protein and 25-30% fats.   On a 2000 cal diet that would be 250 - 300g carbohydrate,  75 -  125g protein,  63 - 75g fat.   Aim for minimum 25g fibre, less than 2400mg sodium and less than 50g sugar.

An easy/visual  way to achieve this is to think of a typical dinner plate....  Fill 1/3 of the dinner plate with vegetables or salads, 1/3 with protein (meat, fish, beans, tofu) and 1/3 with carbohydrate (pasta, rice, potatoes).... finally add a small amount of fat either in the form of cooking oil, dressing, sauce or mayonnaise.  

Plan your day out in advance on the food log and run the 'analysis'...... if the calories are too low or if the percentages need tweaking do it before the day starts rather than get to the end of the day and find you're way out.  If your fat intake is too low, for example, just an extra teaspoon of olive oil might be all it takes to get it into the right ballpark.

Do this for several weeks until your weight stabilises and you're confident that your diet is well-balanced.

I also agree that the calorie intake is way too low (trust me, I know this from experience) I am 5'5 and 120 pounds as well, and I have come off of a 175 pound weight loss. My initial goal was 140 pounds, but my weight kept falling off during maintenance too. You need to eat at minimum 1600 just to maintain your weight laying in bed. With the work out you are providing yourself with, the tools giving you 2000 calories is pretty accurate. You may find your weight continue to fall off, and then jump, and then steady back out to where you are at a healthy weight. Gradually increase your intake from 1350 to 1500, and continue up from there if you can't "fathom" eating 2000 all at once. You'll find your level of comfort in that.

An easy way to get in more calories is by using nuts, and fatty fruits. Your body needs them for digestion, skin, hair, etc. Don't fear avacados and olive oils, or even mayo. Enjoy yourself, this is for life. Don't get stuck eating a peddaly 1300 calories. How can one ever enjoy life? If you're anything like I was, you get anxiety thinking about eating more. That shouldn't be the way we live life.