What's your maintenance calorie number?

need2belean

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

2300 calories for me. I'm old and don't need as many. I am set at lightly active.

Gisel2015

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

2,400. Got there through reverse dieting guided by a coach so it would be more accurate than using a formula.

brittneyalley

Not yet maintaining, but calculators have my maintaining weight’s calories at 1300-1400/day.

slwyant300

How do I calculate my maintainance number?

JadeQuetzal

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

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

My experimentally determined TDEE is 1949. MFP said 1970. That's pretty close, really.

maybe1pe

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.

svetskisampion

2800

Brithicks

2200. I am starting a lean bulk in a week or 2 and will be eating around 2400. I'm hoping to not need to do much of a cut after...

ladyhusker39

I'm not at my goal weight yes, still have about 15 - 20 lbs to go, but right now FitBit has me at about 2650. It's always been accurate for me.

maggibailey

Between 1750 and 2000 depending on if Ii do anything outside of my normal routine. Some of your numbers are insainly high to me! I certainly have days where I eat 3000 calories but no way I could do so regularly so much food!

bharani1008

MFP says 1470 but I can''t eat more than 1250 or I begin to creep up. I ride a stationary bike 5 days a week hard for 30 mins, and lift weights for upper body 3 days a week. I tried to very gradually increase to 1300 but started gaining. I guess I have to resign myself to 1250. Sigh

Lean59man

2260 + activity cals.
6'2" 205 lbs. 59 years old.

Nikion901

About 1900

stephenearllucas

2,150 + exercise calories; average over last 6 weeks is 2,815 total per day.
57 year old male; 6'2", 180 pounds.

Ashtoretet

F 30 5'5" 119 It seems to be 2100, but I've been a lot less active because of an injury and I'm healing a surgery.

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Ssg25

5'5 1590

T1DCarnivoreRunner

It depends on activity level. I had lab testing for RMR in April 2017, but I am sure it is a bit lower now. At that time, my RMR was 1,500... so at a sedentary activity level, TDEE would probably be somewhere around 1,800.

ETA: Male, 5'7", 151.8 lbs. at time of lab test, 148.6 lbs. today.

alias1001

5' 1", 111-113 lbs currently, I was around 105 at my lowest two years ago.

MFP gives me 1420. I've still been trying to figure out maintenance since I've gained muscle. I work out 5 days (PiYO, YAYOG) a week and generally consume 1300 ish.

flo_houdini

Mine is around 2500 but even if I go near 3000 for me it's totally fine. I'm 6'0", 149 lbs 20 yrs

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nowine4me

2000 on average. My exercise is pretty consistent

darlibby

Gosh you guys are extremely lucky. I can have only 1500ish.

RaeBeeBaby

At 5'4" and 57 years old mine is lower than it used to be due to age and metabolism. With moderate exercise I maintain at around 1700-1800 on average. I'm still trying to lose that last 5-7 pounds so trying to stick with around 1400 for a slow loss.

jkm49

Mines 2180 plus cardio calories which for me are essential each day. Been in maintenance mode for 14/15 months. Has been working very well. I hope this Christmas is as easy as last.

AnnPT77

MFP and other calculators tend to be way off for me.

I'm 5'5", weight 120s, age 62, sedentary outside of intentional exercise (which I eat back). Calculators usually estimate something like 1500-1600 before exercise; I actually maintain in the low 2000s before exercise, and on average mid 2000s with the exercise.

There's info in this article about statistical variation in study populations:

https://examine.com/nutrition/does-metabolism-vary-between-two-people/

Most people are close to average (i.e., there's a fairly small standard deviation), but a few will fall further from average in either direction.