Approaches to transitioning to maintenance calories after a diet

Transitioning to maintenance calories after a diet involves several strategies. One approach is to infer maintenance calories based on weight loss over the dieting period, where you calculate maintenance by looking at the calories consumed in the last four weeks and the weight lost. This method provides a rough estimation but can be effective. Another approach considers metabolic adaptation by taking the current caloric intake at the end of the diet and averaging it with the pre-diet maintenance calories to establish a new maintenance level. This blended strategy aims for a smoother transition to prevent rapid weight regain.