The flip side of that is that one reason my weight tends to be very stable is that I don't drink enough water. I really need to drink more, but it tends to go through my system so quickly that it is hard to sit through a meeting or discussion without having to excuse myself, sometimes more than once.

On a different subject, even though it is only my second day of eating closer to maintenance, I am giving some thought to throwing 5:2 IF back into the mix some, but not all, weeks. The reason I quit doing 5:2 was that on the 5 normal days, I was not eating nearly enough and the 2 very low calorie days was just making it that much worse. Now I am eating relatively close to maintenance and above the healthy minimum. My primary motivation for eating this much is to learn to eat the right amount for maintenance, which I would still be doing. My other thought is to go back to 1500 every other week. Either way, I would only do it until I got to 164, where my BMI will drop below 25. I guess I am questioning my quick decision to adjust calories up at this point. Still pondering...