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Alairissa

Hey guys. I need a little bit of help. When I eat, I naturally eat around 1500 calories when writing stuff down, and probably more than that when I don't. If I consciously eat I only eat around 800 calories. MFP tells me to eat around 1200 calories a day, but when I did that previously I used to over eat almost every day. Other websites tell me to eat between 1300-1500 calories a day to lose weight, I feel because I naturally eat 1500 calories a day a goal of 1300 calories sounds good to me for a slow and steady weight loss. Therefore is my question is: is my logic okay for how many calories I should eat? Also if i get the average of all my net calories from the past 7 days, my avg. net is 1240 ( or something like that- it's under 1300) So is that okay? Thanks.

My stats are:

Height: 5'1"
Current Weight: 136 lb
Goal weight: 100 lb
My diary is open so if you need to check it out.

Thanks for your help.

I_Will_End_You

I would say that if you were not losing weight while eating 1500 calories a day, you probably were eating more than you think. Were you eyeballing and guessing portion sizes and amounts, or weighing and measuring?

Alairissa

i eyeball them, cause I don't have any weighing/measuring instruments.

I_Will_End_You

i eyeball them, cause I don't have any weighing/measuring instruments.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/872212-you-re-probably-eating-more-than-you-think?hl=you're+probably+eating+more+than+you+think

Alairissa

Thanks.