Additionally: If you can't or won't lift weights or do cardio for 45 minutes on a particular day, you MUST cut 3/10 BMR (795 calories) off the daily allotment. One way to do this is that you could take 1/10 BMR (265 calories) off of breakfast, lunch and dinner. This maintenance plan is for a person who does very little activity while doing their job, such as someone who works on a computer, but who DOES do 45 minutes of fairly vigorous exercise each day. If your job requires more physical labor than this, plus you do the specified 45 minutes of exercise each day, you can add another 1/10 BMR (265 calories) if you do moderate physical activity; 1/5 BMR (530 calories) for significant physical activity; and 3/10 BMR (795 calories) for vigorous physical activity. If you exercise for just 22.5 minutes per day instead of 45 minutes per day (in other words for 45 minutes every other day instead of every day), deduct only 1/10 BMR (265 calories) off the plan. On the other hand, you can add 1/10 BMR (265 calories) for each 22.5 minutes you do that are in addition to the specified 45 minutes per day. So if you exercise for 67.5 minutes per day, add 1/10 BMR (265 calories); if you exercise for 90 minutes per day, add 1/5 BMR (530 calories); and so on. If you continue to use the drinking very cold water trick mentioned in Law #9, you can add another 1/10 BMR (100 calories) to the plan. You should also incorporate the information contained in Law #7 (get enough sleep; eat whole foods, "good" fats & lean protein; avoid high fructose corn syrup); Law #10 (severely curtail carbohydrate after 7 PM); Law #11 [only consume refined carbs (high on glycemic index) after a workout and at breakfast time]; and Law #13 (eat enough fiber). In spirit of Law #17, you may need to tinker with the amounts until your body is neutral: neither gaining nor losing weight. By now, you should have a fairly good idea of how much food 1/10 BMR (100 calories) is, when related to the foods you typically eat. Accordingly, you shouldn't have to count calories anymore, as per Law #5. However, if you choose not to count calories, watch the scale closely to monitor your weight, and adjust your daily food intake if needed.

Monica's top 10 secrets on how she's always been and always will be impeccably lean:

1: The biggest meal of my day is usually breakfast.
2: I hardly eat anything after 7 PM.
3: I rarely overeat; but if I do, I make sure and take a walk afterwards to mitigate the damage.
4: I eat small portions many times per day. I only eat large portions at restaurants.
5: I do at least 45 minutes of cardio per day.
6: I follow this Maintenance Plan and eat 2160 calories/day as I have a FFBM of 101.25 pounds.
7: I choose spinach instead of potatoes/hash browns when eating breakfast at a restaurant. Additionally, I ask them to simply steam it instead of cooking it in oil and/or butter. Most restaurants will accommodate this request without charging extra. Similarly, I'll choose steamed vegetables (without added butter and/or oil) instead of potatoes or rice for a dinner side dish if the restaurant offers a choice of side dishes.
8: I chew my food many times, chew my food slowly, and eat my food slowly.
9: I only drink diet soda. Although there are studies showing that people who drink diet drinks are fatter than those who drink regular soda, I do not lose self-control and indulge in eating desserts just because I didn't drink soda loaded with calories, like the people in these studies did.
10: I like to have a glass of wine after dinner for its antioxidant properties and to thin my blood so it travels easier through my body. However, I rarely have more than two drinks per day; otherwise the benefits are outweighed by the poison properties.