What's your maintenance calorie number?

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  • mjglantz
    mjglantz Posts: 487 Member
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    Mine is higher than what MFP gives me. I aim for about 2100 - 2200 cals/day because I exercise pretty aggressively every day. I'm 5'8" and goal is between 142 +/- 2 lbs. and have stayed there for over 4 years.
  • misnomer1
    misnomer1 Posts: 646 Member
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    What mfp gives me is pretty much accurate. 2700 for 5'11 male 30yrs. Activity level closer to 'active'
  • Graelwyn75
    Graelwyn75 Posts: 4,404 Member
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    Mfp underestimates for me and always has done, whether losing or maintaining.
    It would have me at a 1860 base, set to lightly active, I have it set to 2090 base. I am still working out what my true TDEE is and I think the only way I will achieve that is by sticking to a set amount of exercise per week and a set number of calories per day and seeing what happens after a few weeks.
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,345 Member
    edited October 2017
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    RunRutheeRun wrote: »
    My maintenance calories are a bit higher than what MFP predicts but its not far off (80-100 cals).

    I didn't answer the question fully doh! :p my maintenance calories are between 1950-2000 calories. I'm 5ft 2/ 48 yrs/ pretty active.
  • drawaimfire
    drawaimfire Posts: 83 Member
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    I want to celebrate the 'Maintenance' portion! Its a lovely state to be in isn't it? No matter how you got there, up or down.

    5'6"
    138 (+/- 3 pounds, dependent on life/stress/travel etc.)
    1700 ish a day

    Mostly lazy AF until snowboard season ;) but Archery days I eat like a I may never again, two forks, one chicken and my face!

    Everything seems to balance out, no complaints to report. Has anyone found any large discrepancies between sites/tools?
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,874 Member
    edited October 2017
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    JadeQuetzal wrote: »
    MFP will calculate your caloric needs, but it's not going to be 100% accurate for everyone.
    So question out of curiosity;
    For those who have found their maintenance calorie number, what is it, and how different is it from MFP's calculation?

    Maintenance isn't really a bang on TDEE number...it's a range. Mine is anywhere between 2800-3000 depending. Your maintenance weight is also a range...body weight isn't static.

    I didn't use any calculator for my maintenance...I used my own data and then just made adjustments either way as per trends on the scale. I only logged maintenance for about a month...I've maintained for about 4.5 years.
  • J72FIT
    J72FIT Posts: 5,948 Member
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    TDEE IMO is on a sliding scale. At the moment, 2700 calories per day keep me at around 178lbs, at 5'10". I am moderately active at the moment. I do yoga every morning for about 20-25 minutes and strength train 3 times per week. I am recovering from knee surgery so at some point I expect my activity level to increase when I add back more conditioning work.
  • Spliner1969
    Spliner1969 Posts: 3,233 Member
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    2600-2700/day for me based on my height, weight, age, gender, and weekly exercise.
  • nexangelus
    nexangelus Posts: 2,081 Member
    edited October 2017
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    I do not work with mfp's calcs, I use my TDEE calcs for my weight and activity level. Not found my maintenance number yet, but will be doing that balancing act in about 2 weeks. Looking forward to it. I estimate it at my weight and height, activity levels, etc (167lbs by then and 5 foot 5, pretty active)...it will be in the region of 2500. I recall at a similar weight with heavy training (triathlon) a few years back, I was consuming 3000 calories some days (fitbit calculated) and maintaining....

    I am eating 1900 - 2200 and losing 1lb per week at the moment...(using TDEE and variable activity per day as a guide)
  • need2belean
    need2belean Posts: 353 Member
    edited October 2017
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    MFP has me at 1980 being sedentary with my height and weight. I'm working my way up to that but I'm hoping to push 2200-2300.
  • riffraff2112
    riffraff2112 Posts: 1,757 Member
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    2300 calories for me. I'm old and don't need as many. I am set at lightly active.
  • Gisel2015
    Gisel2015 Posts: 4,141 Member
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    I set my own maintenance calories at 1450. Sometimes I eat them all, sometimes I don't. I am maintaining fine (7 years and counting), so that number is good for me.
  • xxangie88xx
    xxangie88xx Posts: 7 Member
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    2,400. Got there through reverse dieting guided by a coach so it would be more accurate than using a formula.
  • brittneyalley
    brittneyalley Posts: 274 Member
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    Not yet maintaining, but calculators have my maintaining weight’s calories at 1300-1400/day. :neutral:
  • slwyant300
    slwyant300 Posts: 1 Member
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    How do I calculate my maintainance number?
  • JadeQuetzal
    JadeQuetzal Posts: 95 Member
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    slwyant300 wrote: »
    How do I calculate my maintainance number?

    go to MY HOME, then settings, then update diet/fitness profile to set it for maintenance.

    I just reset mine. I'm 5'7" and just under 118 lbs. It calculated me at 1610. I've been upping my calories a little at a time to find my maintenance number, and I'm currently at 1600 (sedentary).
  • need2belean
    need2belean Posts: 353 Member
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    xxangie88xx wrote: »
    2,400. Got there through reverse dieting guided by a coach so it would be more accurate than using a formula.

    This is what I'm doing now as well.
  • HealthyBodySickMind
    HealthyBodySickMind Posts: 1,207 Member
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    My experimentally determined TDEE is 1949. MFP said 1970. That's pretty close, really.
  • maybe1pe
    maybe1pe Posts: 529 Member
    edited November 2017
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    MFP figures mine to be a little under 2200. But I used a spread sheet to track my weight and found it to actually be upwards of 2500. So 300-400 calories off.

    Edit to add: I do have a FitBit as well and that ends up being roughly 2500 sometimes a little more or less which is surprisingly accurate.

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