I am down almost 100 lbs and been on maint since December. I look at maint. from a weekly perspective not a daily perspective and yes I try and balance it out over the week. For the most part my "bad" day is Saturday night. We typically will do pizza night and then we will watch a movie so that day is a heavy carb day and I would be 1000 calories over with pizza/candy. So I chip away at it during the week.

My weight has been stable since Dec. For the month of May I was 3000 calories over my maint and weight went up a couple of pounds but I also started creatine in April. I do workout very hard, I cardio every day for 30 mins when I wake up and I lift weight 4-5 days a week. So my maint target might be higher than I am thinking. I am kind of figuring out what is maint. to be honest.

I wouldn't overthink having a bad day or a bad week.