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Calories a day I need

niamh211
niamh211 Posts: 150 Member
edited November 2024 in Goal: Maintaining Weight
Hi I was wondering how many calories I should be eating a day I am female, age 27, 5ft 7inchs and weight 108lbs! Any advice would be really appreciated

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  • Lrdoflamancha
    Lrdoflamancha Posts: 1,280 Member
    How much weight do you want to lose?
  • rosebette
    rosebette Posts: 1,660 Member
    Lrdoflamancha wrote: »
    How much weight do you want to lose?

    She's 5'8" and 107 lbs. She doesn't need to lose any weight!
  • niamh211
    niamh211 Posts: 150 Member
    What would ye recommend to maintain or even gain
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Doing the TDEE method or the MFP eat back exercise calories method?

    How fast have you lost weight in the last month? (Rate of 1lb a week would suggest you need to add approx 500 cals a day to maintain.)

    You will probably have to experiment to find the magic number that allows you to keep within an acceptable weight range. Remember it needs to be a range not a single number to allow for normal weekly/monthly fluctuations.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    brianpperkins wrote: »
    Considering you are in the underweight range right now ... above maintenance until you gain some. Netting around 1800-2000 calories combined with an exercise plan that includes resistance training would be a start point.
  • deniztuzu2
    deniztuzu2 Posts: 77 Member
    http://iifym.com/tdee-calculator/
  • niamh211
    niamh211 Posts: 150 Member
    rosebette wrote: »
    Lrdoflamancha wrote: »
    How much weight do you want to lose?

    She's 5'8" and 107 lbs. She doesn't need to lose any weight!

    Oh yes I need to gain
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