how many calories do you eat a day?
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I'm 5'6, 145-150. My averages for the past few weeks have been between 2,000-2,200 and I have been maintaining. I am trying to cut down to 1,850 with the goal weight of 130. The weight is coming of 0.2 by 0.2 at a time but if I went any lower I would be so hungry. I am hoping I can make 1,850 my new normal.2
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I'm 5'1" and currently fluctuate between 110-112 pounds. I do 30-60 minutes of cardio kickboxing probably 4 days a week. I aim for 1700 calories a day, though I think I'm usually closer to 1800-2000, but I guess I'm not actively trying to lose weight or anything. I have an office job so I sit most of the day. Whenever I've calculated my daily calorie needs, it always says I should eat no more than 1400ish to maintain my weight. Umm sorry....WHAT??!! That is so low and whenever I have tried to eat 1400 or less, I feel super restricted which makes me want to eat all the foods. I love to bake and sorry, can't give sweets up1
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I'm 5'4" and try to shoot for 1200 during the week and 1700 on the weekend.6
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I’m 5”6’ and I eat probably 1300 a day.0
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I'm eating 1200, during the week it's easy, on weekends that is hard hahaha5
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1300-1400. Physical activity is 5-6 days out of the week.
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Depends on the day, and what I'm doing.
My target is 1,200. Yesterday, I ate 410 calories. I was around 2,000 a few times in the past month, had two days where I only ate 300 calories worth of Ramen, and a treat/binge day that topped out at 4,300 Calories.
When I'm involved in something, I lose track of time. Yesterday, I had breakfast and started working on building a bed frame. I finished up around 6PM, was tired, so I went to bed. All I had was a breakfast sandwich, and that was fine - I had no real hunger to speak of. This morning, I'm starving, so I'm going to go get breakfast at subway.
On my exercise days, I can end up eating a lot of calories just trying to keep my deficit reasonable. At 6'8", it's pretty easy to burn calories, and 25 mile bike rides (or an hour or two of Dance Dance Revolution) burn a lot of calories.0 -
5'8, 126lbs, 33yo, active woman (workouts 4-6xper week). I eat around 1800 on weekdays, around 3500 on weekends, my weekly average is between 2300-2600. I get angry and energy depleted when I eat less.0
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@mfpmishka Wow - and my 6’3” husband struggles to get 3000 in a day! Would you mind sharing some of the things you eat to get in that many calories?2
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@brianneangell08 I eat 3000 only on weekends, not everyday.0
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mfp gives me 1450 for 1/2cal/day but i end up with 15501
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I’m 5’4, 144 pounds and 36. I had been at 1200 a day doing kickboxing 4 or 5 times a week and couldn’t seem to loose anything past 6 pounds so I just recently went up to 1400 after reading up on my BMR. I would like to loose 10-15 more pounds, and tone up. So hopefully this works! Getting a bit frustrated1
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Haha @mfpmishka thank you, but I am no superwoman!
@brianneangell08 if your husband is struggling, he might be eating too many vegetables or high fibre foods. Don't get me wrong, nutrition is important, but when you are eating that many calories, it isn't going to be more beneficial at that point. Also too much protein can be filling, so as long as he is getting 0.8-1g per lb lean body mass/bodyweight, that is good.
Calorie dense food helps.. oils, butters, avocado, nuts, nut butters, granola. Carbs - bagels, pasta, dried fruit, candy .. and higher fat cuts of meat and fish. And of course the fun foods.. ice cream, cookies, kid's cereals.2 -
5' 5" with 6 more lbs to get to my goal weight
I try to stay in between 1200 - 1400 calories.
MFP has me at 1360 calories, losing .5 lbs a week
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@sardelsa He really doesn’t eat too many vegetables, just has never been a big eater. For lunch he usually has just a ham sandwich and pretzels, even though I tell him he should take something with more calories like chicken & rice or pasta. But I guess, you can lead a horse to water but can’t make him eat haha!0
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I always love seeing threads with other stats to compare. Helps me fine-tune my intake to myself.
I'm 5'3" and weigh 143 currently. I started at 170 lbs and have eaten around 1500 a day to get to where I am this time around. Trying to get down to 135, but mostly aiming for 20% bf, where ever that is. I'm active 5-6 days a week, so I don't plan on adjusting my calories, but just to let the weight come off slower.2 -
I'm 5ft 2. I shoot for 1200 a day but I'm on a ketogenic diet (for MS) so it's hard to get in all those calories and keep my macros in sync.1