My Maintenenace Diet

Now comes the tricky part: getting out of weight-loss world and into regular eating---without gaining weight. I'm sure there are a million words of advice on this, but I'm going to make it up, based on my experience on my diet and my personal preferences.

Here's what I want from my maintenance diet:

1. Pleasure: Good tasting food, no indigestion.
2. Practicality: Food that's easy to find and prepare. Not expensive.
   
3. Socialbility: Dining with friends, including going to restaurants.
   
4. Nutritious: Keeps me healthy.
   
5. Huge exercise not required. Moderate exercise okay.
   
6. Ethnic is included, especially Mexican, Japanese, Indian, Italian, Chinese.
7. Includes wine, sweets, and coffee.

Am I asking too much of my food?
Are some of these mutually exclusive?

I'm willing to compromise, but these are what I want. If I can't figure it out for myself, I'll happily consult others. I won't give up any of this easily, not unless I start gaining weight back.

Vacation coming up. Time to take my maintenance diet out for a spin.