Ladies Who Lose on 1650?

fitsarahxoxoxo

Hey. So this is totally silly, but here goes. I've got 20 lbs I'd like to lose in the next 4 months. Doable, right? Both MFP and another TDEE calculator I found put me eating around 1700 calories a day to lose a pound a week, but that sounds like so much. I'm pretty active so I guess that's why, but it seems like fitness magazines are always tossing out like 1200 or 1500 as numbers for women to shoot for. So, just to reassure my paranoid self, are there any of you out there who are women who have lost weight on 1650 a day? I'd love to hear from you!

--Sarah

steph2strong

I lose weight on 2200-2400 calories a day, 2800 to maintain. There was a point in life i tried to stick with a 1600 calorie per diet and it nearly destroyed me. My activity level is on the rather high side. I had to figure out my calories by trial and error, the only way you are going to know what is exactly right for you is by giving it a try. If you stick with 1700 for a month and haven't lost anything than lower the number. Start high and lower as needed.

fitsarahxoxoxo

P.S. just a bit more info. I'm 5'6" and weigh 145 with 125 as my goal by March 1. My TDEE comes out as 2160 (so eat 1660 to lose weight) and MFP has me netting 1470 and I should burn 200ish in daily workouts, so essentially I've got 2 pretty good sources telling me 1650ish is where I should be...

fitsarahxoxoxo

That's awesome fernt21! Thanks!

corinasue1143

I previously lost 10 lbs/mo on 1600/day

Duck_Puddle

I lose with an average gross intake of 1600-1700/day. My TDEE is 2000-2200 ish.

scarlett_k

I'm eating around 1700-2000 a day and losing just fine

coueswhitetail

I lose on 1790

AnnPT77

I'm in maintenance, trying to slowly creep back a few pounds into goal range. I lose - admittedly slowly - on 1850 net most days, and a day or two ever week or so at maybe 3000+ . . . at 5'5", 128 pounds today, 62 y/o in a couple of weeks.

Everyone is different. No one else's individual experience determines yours.

Believing the so-called calculators - which estimate, not calculate - is your best starting bet. Try it for a month (6 weeks for premenopausal women), then adjust based on your results.

BTW: If 20 pounds is all you have to lose, 5 pounds a month could be riskily fast. Something between half a pound and a pound a week now, shrinking to half a pound later, would be safer.

GottaBurnEmAll

I lose on that. My TDEE is around 2100-2200.

fitsarahxoxoxo

This is all so good and validating. Thank you, everyone! I'm going to eat 1650 for the month of November and evaluate from there!

MelissaPhippsFeagins

utahlates wrote: »

Hey. So this is totally silly, but here goes. I've got 20 lbs I'd like to lose in the next 4 months. Doable, right? Both MFP and another TDEE calculator I found put me eating around 1700 calories a day to lose a pound a week, but that sounds like so much. I'm pretty active so I guess that's why, but it seems like fitness magazines are always tossing out like 1200 or 1500 as numbers for women to shoot for. So, just to reassure my paranoid self, are there any of you out there who are women who have lost weight on 1650 a day? I'd love to hear from you!

--Sarah

From 225 to 155, before settling around 160 because I felt better there. 1650 was definitely a good calorie intake for me to lose. Took around 8 months

chispaza

I'm same height and weight as you and I'm losing on 1650 calories