what you should be asking yourself is: What level of carbs consumption do I feel best on?. That's a more rational goal than trying to find the highest number of carbs you can get away with. This may mean you actually stay slightly below your cclm. Many people find they feel better on a low level of carbs, perhaps only 30 - 35 grams a day, than they do on the most liberal version of the plan. Other people feel best on twice that amount of carbs and have the metabolism to support it, that is why cclms can vary so greatly from one person to another. Remember your best carb level is the one on which you can be happiest and healthiest without experiencing cravings and regaining weight.

Dealing with weight gain.

Even with flexibility and great food, you can come upon a patch of trouble. What if you're happily eating away and feeling great and then suddenly you notice those awful pounds and inches are staging a revival.

Since you are in lifetime maintenance, i know you've reached your goal weight. Therefore you're probably no longer in lipolysis which by definition involves an element of fat loss.Newly slim people are no longer trying to shed pounds, and so they don't burn fat for fuel most of the time because they're above their ccll but here's the catch that many people don't see:

There is very little leeway before you break through your cclm to the level at which you begin to gain.

A typical male of average age metabolic resistance may find he has a cclm of 50 grams. As long as he regularly eats no more than 50 grams of carbs a day he will not lose more weight and become too thin.

On the other hand, if he starts consuming 60 grams a day, he'll be above his cclm and will start to regain weight.

At your goal weight you are in fact pretty balanced in your carb intake. Nothing is exact, of course. Life has a way of changing and your weight will in fact constantly shift up and down by small increments.

The most convenient way to maintain your best weight now is not to ever let that get too far out of hand.

If it does you may find yourself sliding down an uphill path. To coin a phrase.

I recommend that you know your weight, after all, it's one aspect of your general health that you can easily keep track of. Getting on the scales at least once a week is a must for successful weight maintenance. When you find that you.Ve gone 5 pounds or more over your maintenance weight or that your clothes are getting tight, you must put things back on their proper course.

And you must do it without delay!

Don't get depressed and give up. Even if you do temporarily get off track, continue to exercise. It's crucial that you don't surrender all control. Start with induction and stay on Ongoing Weight Loss until you've reached your goal weight again, at which time you should ease back into lifetime maintenance.