Arlene, welcome to the land of maintenance. I happen to be one of those who can lose now at a caloric level higher than when I was trying to lose weight. If you look at my journal, you can see that I'm as surprised as anyone by this, especially by the association between eating around 3000 cal/day and losing my most recent 3 lbs.

Based on my exercise, I can understand tolerating a few more carbs, but what I'm experiencing flummoxes me.