I weigh 173 now. After a trip to the bathroom, I weighed myself again. I looked at yesterday’s sodium intake, and compared to some days, it is only moderately over the target by 1,245 mg compared to what is specified by MFP. This is frequently the case for me. Several days in recent history, it was in excess by about 3,000 mg. So my sodium intake yesterday was not out of the norm for me.

I think I panicked when I increased my maintenance calories to 2,500. For several weeks I have been going between 172 and 170. This is during the time I was using 2300 calories as a base. I have been going between 173 and 172 and very slowly losing weight for a couple weeks before then at a base of 2200 calories. Still, I will keep it at 2,500 calories to see what happens. I need to gain a few pounds anyways. I think I will be back to 2,300 for my maintenance calories soon enough.