Eric Roberts explains that a 5-10 lb weight gain when eating more is normal and mostly water weight from carbs, not fat. For someone targeting 150 lb, a maintenance range of 150-160 lb is typical. Track your weight within this range to confirm you're eating maintenance calories.
When people start to increase their calories, a normal range for your weight to go up is somewhere around 5 to 10 pounds. If your goal weight was 150, your maintenance range might be somewhere between 150 to 160. You might be thinking, well, Eric, if I weigh 157, that's not maintaining my weight. No, it actually is because your body fat level stays the same. You're just adding in the extra weight from the carbs in the food. So when you're increasing your calories, as long as you're staying around your maintenance range, that's how you'll know you are in maintenance calories.
