Anyone have to consume MORE than 1,200 calories a day?

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  • Garlicmash
    Garlicmash Posts: 208
    I like food and feeling well so I try to keep the max at 2000 or just under and no lower than 1450 with or with out exercise and eat massive salads so I fill myself easily,not tiny amounts of food.
  • JasonT1973
    JasonT1973 Posts: 229 Member
    at 6'3" and a large frame I would pretty much be starving at 1200 calories. I eat between 2000-2600 depending on how well i've planned my day and what exercise I'm doing. I've been losing steadily for almost 3 months now.
  • sunshineblue1
    sunshineblue1 Posts: 60 Member
    How do u work how much to eat to loose weight???

    Mine says 1200...I try to eat around 1100 with 300 exercise

    Surly 1200 is not putting me in danger as such...I'm a pretty large lady :(
  • youareorange
    youareorange Posts: 74 Member
    Without doing anything, I consume around 1550 calories. With exercise, it can range from 1700-2200.
  • hsnider29
    hsnider29 Posts: 394 Member
    I'm just wondering...seems like I see nothing but 1,200 my daily goal is 1,600 and thats if I DONT exercise...?

    I think eating is good but I also think that using MFP the way it was designed is fine too. If I use TDEE-15% it works out to about the same as if I set my base at 1300 and eat my exercise calories.

    I'm all for eating as much as you can to lose around a pound a week but I'm tired of these posts. They come up almost daily. I know I can choose not to read or comment but you have to understand that people have to learn proper nutrition in their own way. We are told to exercise more and eat less to lose weight and people sometimes take that to mean if less is good, than lesser is better. I'm not defending low calorie diets but sometimes it takes losing a bunch of weight and still being "fat" to realize you did something wrong. I also don't consider myself ignorant but I was fairly ignorant on the subject of weight loss until I ended up skinny fat.

    My point is to just cut people some slack. Some are still learning and some don't care and you shouldn't either.
  • Lbf321
    Lbf321 Posts: 81 Member
    I eat 1900-2300 cals a day. If I eat less than 1600 I can't sleep and start doing weird things like when I'm driving I won't remember how I got to my destination or other forgetfull things happen. If I eat 1900 I feel awesome and have tons of energy.
  • Cp731
    Cp731 Posts: 3,195 Member
    I consume 1200 cals in 1 meal.
  • PepperWorm
    PepperWorm Posts: 1,206
    I consume 21k calories a day, as per my TDEE -20%. So far, so good.

    Please look up In Place Of A Roadmap!

    I just read that as your eating 21000 cals a day hahaha

    Omfg, you're right. 2k1 is more like it. XD
  • victoriannsays
    victoriannsays Posts: 568 Member
    I eat about 2100 daily
  • hmg90
    hmg90 Posts: 314 Member
    I HAVE to be at 1300 a day to lose. By that I mean if I don't exercise I eat 1300, if I burn 200 cals I eat 1500.

    1200 makes it more efficient for me. But if I get less than a 500 cal deficit a day, I don't lose at all.
  • KarenADilcher
    KarenADilcher Posts: 1
    I'm trying to be more realistic for the long haul!
  • candicane32081
    candicane32081 Posts: 132 Member
    I eat between 1400 and 1600 a day.
  • Oishii
    Oishii Posts: 2,675 Member
    Pre-pregnancy I was losing on 2400kcal.

    MFP figures just don't fit me at all, as their activity levels don't get even close to my reality (as judged by fitbit and logging for maintenance). I wish I had never tried 1200kcal + exercise because I lost way too quickly and it may have contributed to my becoming anaemic.
  • Sharon7986
    Sharon7986 Posts: 39 Member
    Mine says no more that 1200 net calories per day if I want to lose 1 pound a week. I realise I have a sedentary lifestyle, but 1200 isn't a lot :-(
  • bacitracin
    bacitracin Posts: 921 Member
    I eat pretty much 2-3000 a day. Ohfk being hungry. I can lose weight and be sated.
  • kganc001
    kganc001 Posts: 317
    I eat net 1200 / day. I'm never hungry because I make filling food choices including whole grains, lean protein, etc.
  • InsolentMint
    InsolentMint Posts: 48
    I can't. I'm ALWAYS hungry. If I do, I f up my metabolism, and I can't even function well. My muscles weaken and my concentration becomes *kitten*.
    I don't even count calories at all, because it will just consume my mind like it has earlier in life. But it's surely 2K+ each day. I just make sure I mostly eat quite healthily and keep treats to a minimum, and I eat when I'm hungry, and stop when I'm full.
    But I'm 6ft and blessed with a decent metabolism, I DIE on that little food.

    I sometimes wish I only needed much smaller amounts, because it's too expensive to feed me, haha.
  • grnfrog1230
    grnfrog1230 Posts: 4
    I am allowed 1330 calories a day. I usually go over, but workout enough.
  • OrionG
    OrionG Posts: 32 Member
    I HAVE to be at 1300 a day to lose. By that I mean if I don't exercise I eat 1300, if I burn 200 cals I eat 1500.

    1200 makes it more efficient for me. But if I get less than a 500 cal deficit a day, I don't lose at all.

    Sounds like the body's "starvation prevention" mechanism trying to kick in, when you hit that specific 500 deficit. Good you recognize that; many people dont and get frustrated with low/no weight loss.
  • grnfrog1230
    grnfrog1230 Posts: 4
    I am allowed 1330 calories a day. I usually go over, but workout enough.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    I followed MFP for 4.5 months then switched to TDEE-25%, which puts me around 1850 calories a day, counting exercise (5 hours a week or so). I haven't been eating that much consistently though. MFP goal is now 1360 plus exercise calories or something, which I guess is closer to what I've been eating most days.

    I'm honestly not sure where people are getting 1200 in the first place.
  • TheStephil
    TheStephil Posts: 858 Member
    5'7 154lbs 22 years old female
    Walk 10k steps a day (~5 miles) M-F 7k (~3.5miles) Weekends

    I eat 1800-1900 on average a day to lose 1-2lbs per week

    I started weight training this week so that will go up very soon.
  • Nerdybreisawesome
    Nerdybreisawesome Posts: 359 Member
    I eat 1700 to 2300 a day. Depending on hunger.
  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,248 Member
    I think I ate 1200 cal for lunch today (poutine is not a stellar choice) but with my running etc I'm usually eating 2000 to 2400 cal per day.
  • kazzsjourney
    kazzsjourney Posts: 674 Member
    I eat a straight 1600 calories every day whether I exercise or not
  • OrionG
    OrionG Posts: 32 Member
    I eat a straight 1600 calories every day whether I exercise or not

    Ditto here, Kazz. I don't even add in extra calories for an exercise adjustments, which I get from my FitBit One.
  • Yooperm35
    Yooperm35 Posts: 787 Member
    you're looking at sedentary women dialling in a 2 lb/week weight loss aspiration. The recommended default 1 lb/week would be a better idea.

    I have mine set to #1/week working out 6 days a week for 30 minutes a day and Active - and it gives me 1260. I eat back my exercise calories (Usually 300-400), but I try to get 1700. My calories if I was to maintain is about 2252 - so even taking 500 for #1 a week is 1752, much higher than what MFP gives me
  • Miguel_29
    Miguel_29 Posts: 19 Member
    Im currently eating 2150, Once I get done with cut ill slowly walk back to 2650. But I figured out my caloric/macros needs on my own. The calculations that myfitnesspals gives can be off most times.
  • RobynMWilson
    RobynMWilson Posts: 1,540 Member
    I eat 2000ish cals on workout days and 1700-1800 on rest days. And I'm 40. I love muscle! lol
  • swat1948
    swat1948 Posts: 302 Member
    MFP has me set at 1200 and this is losing one pound a week with plenty of exercise. I seldom lose more than one pound a week and I exercise every single day. I don't know if it is due to my age but I have thyroid disease and I have tried eating more and I gained. Just recently I ate normally with no logging for Mother's Day and it took me three weeks to lose another ounce. Hmmmm

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