Calorie intake!!

claudiahellyeah

Eating 1200-1450 calories, is that good for a sedentary person?

juggernaut1974

Maybe.

What's your current height/weight, and what are your goals?

When you say "sedentary" - do you mean you sit around all day and don't move at all? Or do you exercise on top of an otherwise "sedentary" lifestyle?

SteampunkSongbird

If it's a helpful comparison, I'm sedentary (unemployed, broke and stuck at home most of the time, and don't exercise much due to health) and I'm currently aiming for 1260 cals a day. I started at 1320 I think it was, and have gradually lowered the more I lose (on mfp's recommendation.) It's working well for me, in that I am successfully managing my goal of 1lb loss a week. I'm 5'5'', I started at about 186lbs, now at 143lbs after a steady 296 days so far.

malibu927

It's dependent on a number of other factors as well (age, height, weight)

claudiahellyeah

I'm 18, 158cm and around 46.5kg and when I say sedentary I walk here and there but most of the time i'm at home

malibu927

You're on the tail end of a healthy BMI. If you're looking to lose weight, I would say stop and look into a body recomposition program. Eat at maintenance (which should be higher than 1450 as young as you are) and start lifting if you aren't.

juggernaut1974

claudiahellyeah wrote: »

I'm 18, 158cm and around 46.5kg and when I say sedentary I walk here and there but most of the time i'm at home

Translating that for us Americans - you're 18, 5'2, and weigh 102.

Based on that, and no measurable exercise, your TDEE (calories to eat just to maintain) is estimated to be about 1450-1550.

You're already at a low-healthy weight, so I'd shoot for around 1500 per day.