How many more calories will I get?

jessikundrick
jessikundrick Posts: 7 Member
edited November 25 in Health and Weight Loss
I'm currently trying to lose weight, and I'm set at 1200 calories a day. When I eventually change to maintaining my weight, about how many more calories per day should I get?

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  • ariana_eatsandlifts
    ariana_eatsandlifts Posts: 197 Member
    You can use a TDEE calculator to find out what your maintenance calories are.
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  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    edited October 2015
    Enter your goal weight into the settings here to find out. Then change it back to your current numbers.

    ETA: Don't forget to select maintaining
  • rankinsect
    rankinsect Posts: 2,238 Member
    Depends completely on you. For me, maintenance even at my goal weight is going to be somewhere around 2500 calories/day based on my gender, height, and overall level of physical activity. I'm guessing you have a lower TDEE (total daily energy expenditure) because there's no other reason to go as low as 1200 calories per day.

  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    Go here, this is the TDEE method, which includes any exercise you do

    http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/
  • seska422
    seska422 Posts: 3,217 Member
    edited October 2015
    That depends upon a wide variety of factors such as gender, height, age, weight, and activity level.

    The easiest way to get an estimate is to change your weight loss goal to maintenance and see what MFP gives you based on the info you've already entered.

    Any way that you calculate maintenance calories will only give an estimate, anyway. Once you get to your goal weight, you'll need to experiment to see what your actual amount is.
  • MarcyKirkton
    MarcyKirkton Posts: 507 Member
    I plan to add 200 calories in and see what happens. If I continue losing, then add in 200 more....until I find what works best.
  • jessikundrick
    jessikundrick Posts: 7 Member
    catscats222 wrote: »
    opinion: 1200 is too low for anyone
    almost impossible to maintain for more than 5 days
    consider "tweaking" the numbers if you want to be successful at this
    give yourself more time to lose those 10 pounds

    I've actually been doing this well for 2 and a half weeks. I use a "cheat day" method and it works really well for me, and I have been losing weight.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    1200 is your base. You will be earning more through exercise.
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