Woman who can maintain on 2000+ calories...how?!
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I have a desk job but aim for about 10k steps a day (some days are better than others).
Dedicated and focused physical activity is my secret. At 5'11 - much taller than you - I maintain at 2300-2500, but I do intense indoor cycling 7x week and 1.5 hours of strength training 3x week.
I didn't know you were 5'11"! That makes more sense now.
Height is a huge advantage!! My BMR is something like 1400. When I have REALLY inactive days, I "should" stick to 1800 calories (TDEE), but I struggle to eat below 2000-2100.
As an aside, I am pretty sure I am shrinking. 43 years old and I may now be more like 5'10'1/4"0 -
Being tall definitely has its perks! I’m 5’10”I have a desk job but aim for about 10k steps a day (some days are better than others).
Dedicated and focused physical activity is my secret. At 5'11 - much taller than you - I maintain at 2300-2500, but I do intense indoor cycling 7x week and 1.5 hours of strength training 3x week.
I didn't know you were 5'11"! That makes more sense now.
Height is a huge advantage!! My BMR is something like 1400. When I have REALLY inactive days, I "should" stick to 1800 calories (TDEE), but I struggle to eat below 2000-2100.
As an aside, I am pretty sure I am shrinking. 43 years old and I may now be more like 5'10'1/4"
at my old job one of my coworkers was 4’11” and she was trying to lose weight. I felt so bad for her when she told me how many calories a day she was aiming for.
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I'm losing very slowly (.2-.5lb/week) with 1900-2200 cal/day. 5'7", 39, currently about 153. I want to get to 140 then reassess my shape and decide if I want to lose more or not. My old goal was 128 as that's what I was in my mid 20's, BUT, I'm pretty certain I'm carrying more muscle mass now and realize that may not be a reasonable number.
My M-F on a "normal" week is pretty boring - I get up super early, head to the gym for 2 hours of working out (my primary workout at this point is 1 hour of warm up and martial arts training, followed by an hour of lifting and then stretching).
My job is a desk job as well, but I try to stay as active as I can by fidgeting more, not being too efficient about my trips to the copy machine, using my sit/stand and doing calf raises or balancing on one leg while working, etc. Oh, and drinking lots of water makes for regular trips across the office every couple hours or so to use the restroom LOL.
I don't workout on my weekends, but I am at my part time job (which is on my feet all day), out riding my motorcycle, or at the track riding and/or racing, so I'm definitely not sitting around on the weekends!0 -
I'm old and short (55, 5'1", 120 pounds or so) and according to Fitbit, my current TDEE rolling average is just shy of 2400 calories.
I am an incredibly antsy person who really likes audio books and word games on her phone with a home treadmill and time to spend and a neighborhood to explore. I also like lifting weights every other day and I walk around between sets.
That's how I have that high a TDEE. Otherwise, my sedentary maintenance is around 1400 calories.5 -
Be young and active (shame you can only do anything about one of those things). I am 5'1", 135 lbs, 24F, work a desk job, walk about 5k steps a day and I maintain around 1700 calories a day. If I hopped on a treadmill or elliptical for 30-45 min a day I could easily maintain at 2000 calories a day. And if I were taller I'd imagine I could maintain on 2k cal/day with less exercise than that.1
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I have a desk job but aim for about 10k steps a day (some days are better than others).
Dedicated and focused physical activity is my secret. At 5'11 - much taller than you - I maintain at 2300-2500, but I do intense indoor cycling 7x week and 1.5 hours of strength training 3x week.
I didn't know you were 5'11"! That makes more sense now.
Height is a huge advantage!! My BMR is something like 1400. When I have REALLY inactive days, I "should" stick to 1800 calories (TDEE), but I struggle to eat below 2000-2100.
As an aside, I am pretty sure I am shrinking. 43 years old and I may now be more like 5'10'1/4"
You look 30 though.
But if you have an inactive day do you actually eat 1800 or do you just stick to your 2300-2500. Do you find weight creeps back on if you don't account for an inactive day here or there?0 -
I have a desk job but aim for about 10k steps a day (some days are better than others).
Dedicated and focused physical activity is my secret. At 5'11 - much taller than you - I maintain at 2300-2500, but I do intense indoor cycling 7x week and 1.5 hours of strength training 3x week.
I didn't know you were 5'11"! That makes more sense now.
Height is a huge advantage!! My BMR is something like 1400. When I have REALLY inactive days, I "should" stick to 1800 calories (TDEE), but I struggle to eat below 2000-2100.
As an aside, I am pretty sure I am shrinking. 43 years old and I may now be more like 5'10'1/4"
You look 30 though.
But if you have an inactive day do you actually eat 1800 or do you just stick to your 2300-2500. Do you find weight creeps back on if you don't account for an inactive day here or there?
I wish!! On BOTH counts, actually... I *try* to reduce, but the lowest I manage is 2000 calories on an inactive day (they are very rare - I don’t often take a rest day).
I am currently trying to cut but I can’t seem to net lower than 1600 a day. No discipline!1 -
I have a desk job but aim for about 10k steps a day (some days are better than others).
Dedicated and focused physical activity is my secret. At 5'11 - much taller than you - I maintain at 2300-2500, but I do intense indoor cycling 7x week and 1.5 hours of strength training 3x week.
I didn't know you were 5'11"! That makes more sense now.
Height is a huge advantage!! My BMR is something like 1400. When I have REALLY inactive days, I "should" stick to 1800 calories (TDEE), but I struggle to eat below 2000-2100.
As an aside, I am pretty sure I am shrinking. 43 years old and I may now be more like 5'10'1/4"
You look 30 though.
But if you have an inactive day do you actually eat 1800 or do you just stick to your 2300-2500. Do you find weight creeps back on if you don't account for an inactive day here or there?
I wish!! On BOTH counts, actually... I *try* to reduce, but the lowest I manage is 2000 calories on an inactive day (they are very rare - I don’t often take a rest day).
I am currently trying to cut but I can’t seem to net lower than 1600 a day. No discipline!
But you should be losing at a decent rate on 1600, no?0 -
I'm 5'1.5", and my TDEE at my perfect weight of 125# (not there yet) will be 1632 calories without exercise. If I spend an hour walking on the treadmill (3.7 mph, 5K, 15% incline), I burn an additional 584 calories. If I walk 5 days a week, that's easily 2050 calories a day, 7 days a week. Sure, it takes a chunk of time, but I listen to audiobooks and pretend it's "me" time. Until the kids interrupt 20 times.
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5'7, 125.6 lbs. I workout (on average) 4 times a week. Apart from my workouts, it really varies how active I am during a week, however my large appetite remains the same. MFP calculates my daily need at 2160, but I eat around 2300-2400, because I feel like it really is best for me. I used to have an eating disorder, and during the last weeks I've gained 2.2 lbs, which makes me feel a bit sad but those are just the old thoughts. I am doing more strength training lately, so I should be happy with it I guess and it explains my appetite maybe0
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5'7, 125.6 lbs. I workout (on average) 4 times a week. Apart from my workouts, it really varies how active I am during a week, however my large appetite remains the same. MFP calculates my daily need at 2160, but I eat around 2300-2400, because I feel like it really is best for me. I used to have an eating disorder, and during the last weeks I've gained 2.2 lbs, which makes me feel a bit sad but those are just the old thoughts. I am doing more strength training lately, so I should be happy with it I guess and it explains my appetite maybe
Yes you should be happy at your weight, it must be at the low end of BMI at your height. I'm shorter and maintain the same weight, I'm lean so you must be very lean.
And strength training definately increases the appetite, that's the body just asking for more fuel because it needs it.
It's highly likely that 2.2lb gain is just a fluctuation.1 -
I'm 5'1.5", and my TDEE at my perfect weight of 125# (not there yet) will be 1632 calories without exercise. If I spend an hour walking on the treadmill (3.7 mph, 5K, 15% incline), I burn an additional 584 calories. If I walk 5 days a week, that's easily 2050 calories a day, 7 days a week. Sure, it takes a chunk of time, but I listen to audiobooks and pretend it's "me" time. Until the kids interrupt 20 times.
Something must be very wrong with me because I can't even do 3mph at 3% for 1 hour every day without getting a constant ache in my legs.0 -
I'm 5'1.5", and my TDEE at my perfect weight of 125# (not there yet) will be 1632 calories without exercise. If I spend an hour walking on the treadmill (3.7 mph, 5K, 15% incline), I burn an additional 584 calories. If I walk 5 days a week, that's easily 2050 calories a day, 7 days a week. Sure, it takes a chunk of time, but I listen to audiobooks and pretend it's "me" time. Until the kids interrupt 20 times.
Something must be very wrong with me because I can't even do 3mph at 3% for 1 hour every day without getting a constant ache in my legs.
have you never got that checked out @Francl27, you mention it during different posts, I thought it might have eased or things might have changed by now
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But you should be losing at a decent rate on 1600, no?
If I could muster the discipline of 1600 gross cals for even a week, I'd feel lighter and drop a scale weight. The cut I want to do is: net 1300 calories for 2 weeks with ON POINT logging (not my current 75%-of-the-time 100% accurate logging and "meh, who cares?" dinner / evening snack approach).
My problem is that I'm impatient and too active. I choose a super aggressive 1.5/week fat loss goal, which requires a major calorie reduction. My activity level is too high and intense though (and I don't want to cut back right now - we're in a challenge month). That requires extra discipline I don't seem to have right now. Really, I haven't committed. The problem isn't the cardio. It's just me dragging my feet.0 -
But you should be losing at a decent rate on 1600, no?
If I could muster the discipline of 1600 gross cals for even a week, I'd feel lighter and drop a scale weight. The cut I want to do is: net 1300 calories for 2 weeks with ON POINT logging (not my current 75%-of-the-time 100% accurate logging and "meh, who cares?" dinner / evening snack approach).
My problem is that I'm impatient and too active. I choose a super aggressive 1.5/week fat loss goal, which requires a major calorie reduction. My activity level is too high and intense though (and I don't want to cut back right now - we're in a challenge month). That requires extra discipline I don't seem to have right now. Really, I haven't committed. The problem isn't the cardio. It's just me dragging my feet.
But if that's you in that profile pic, 1.5lb is far too aggressive a loss and you'll end up losing muscle...0 -
You gotta lift weight and build muscle mass. That's pretty much all there is to it. Muscle mass burns calories even at rest, so the more muscle you have, the higher your BMR.1
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OP - Google Paul Nobles. Here is a link to his Eat to Perform website:
http://www.eattoperform.com/2015/01/19/the-calorie-wave-method-by-paul-nobles/
I think you might find what he has to say quite interesting. His method and research leans towards the encouragment of eating at maximum calories level in order to sustain progressive training such as weighttraining and crossfit type stuff.
The idea that you at maintenance for so long while you increase your ability in your chosen area (for me its powerlifting) and then for fat loss you would do a an 8 week cycle where you cut by so many.. I have a copy of his PDF book that i can email you if you are interested.
At the moment I am eating at 1800 calories, I am losing fat at this point but i am aiming to increase to maintenance as my fitness levels picks up. I swim 2x a week and Weight train 3x per week, plus I am trying to increase my walking to 5 miles a day (3 miles at the moment)
Do you ETP? Cause I do 0 -
Im much heavier than you but I can lose by eating 2500+ on my very active days. Im not sure what my maintenance would be. I think if I'm not active at all its usually 1500+/-. This is why I hate rest days because I like food lol0
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But you should be losing at a decent rate on 1600, no?
If I could muster the discipline of 1600 gross cals for even a week, I'd feel lighter and drop a scale weight. The cut I want to do is: net 1300 calories for 2 weeks with ON POINT logging (not my current 75%-of-the-time 100% accurate logging and "meh, who cares?" dinner / evening snack approach).
My problem is that I'm impatient and too active. I choose a super aggressive 1.5/week fat loss goal, which requires a major calorie reduction. My activity level is too high and intense though (and I don't want to cut back right now - we're in a challenge month). That requires extra discipline I don't seem to have right now. Really, I haven't committed. The problem isn't the cardio. It's just me dragging my feet.
try and work on the impatience, that's too aggressive a cut...2 -
LivingtheLeanDream wrote: »I'm 5'1.5", and my TDEE at my perfect weight of 125# (not there yet) will be 1632 calories without exercise. If I spend an hour walking on the treadmill (3.7 mph, 5K, 15% incline), I burn an additional 584 calories. If I walk 5 days a week, that's easily 2050 calories a day, 7 days a week. Sure, it takes a chunk of time, but I listen to audiobooks and pretend it's "me" time. Until the kids interrupt 20 times.
Something must be very wrong with me because I can't even do 3mph at 3% for 1 hour every day without getting a constant ache in my legs.
have you never got that checked out @Francl27, you mention it during different posts, I thought it might have eased or things might have changed by now
I should, but not really in the budget to spend hundreds of dollars in tests now.3
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