How many calories do YOU eat to maintain around 130 lbs?

d08t

You need to know how many calories you burn each day and eat that amount, give or take.

arditarose

d08t wrote: »

You need to know how many calories you burn each day and eat that amount, give or take.

Obviously

lindaloo1213

Francl27 wrote: »

tigerblue wrote: »

Comforting to know I am right in the middle of most everyone! It seems age counts a great deal, too! Blehh!!!

With that said, it seems that the calculators might be a bit off for us middle aged gals?? I thought my "allowance" was low at 1600-1700 a day (according to the calculators I should be maintaining at 1800-2100--47 yo, 132 lbs, exercise 30-60 minutes 5-6 days a week), but with what most of you are reporting ACTUALLY HAPPENS with your bodies, I think 1600-1700 puts me right in the middle, or maybe just a tad below the middle.

Hmmm. Interesting.

Always tough to say. I read somewhere that people who tend to move a lot even when sitting (moving their legs etc) end up burning 100 more calories a day than people who don't. And there's sleep too... I wonder how long sleep affects your TDEE, like, would you burn more being awake an extra hour or sleeping that time?

This is interesting for me since I am a 3rd shifter. I only sleep about 2-3 hours during weekdays and get about 7-9 hours on weekends. Ive been stuck for about 1 1/2 months within this 3lb range and I think Its because Ive had a lot of vacation days meaning more sleep. I swear being awake those xtra hours helps me burn more especially since I am either working or chasing after 3 kids instead of resting. Ive lost 104# since September and havent had any stalls especially this long. Or maybe since its summer Ive had more bad days than average. Lots of variables I suppose. Cant wait to get this last 20# off so I can experiment with maintaining!