How many calories women on

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  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    nicsflyingcircus wrote: »
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    nicsflyingcircus wrote: »
    I'm 5'9", eat 1400 calories. I increase that if I am hungry or have a super active day. I don't do formal exercise at this point in time. I am 39yo, 275lbs and my TDEE is ~ 2400.

    Calculators have me maintaining at about 1800 (sedentary, no exercise), for my goal weight of 160, so I figure I can ride 1400 pretty much all the way to the finish line. 👍

    If your TDEE is 2400, that's your maintenance. I'm confused.

    That was my bad. I edited to add that the 1800 was for my goal weight.

    Got it. I probably just need more coffee. :laugh:
  • zeejane03
    zeejane03 Posts: 993 Member
    40yrs old, 5ft, 6in, already at a lower BMI working on a few vanity pounds right now, with a .5lb a week goal, and I'm at around 1,400 calories.
  • nicsflyingcircus
    nicsflyingcircus Posts: 2,855 Member
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    nicsflyingcircus wrote: »
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    nicsflyingcircus wrote: »
    I'm 5'9", eat 1400 calories. I increase that if I am hungry or have a super active day. I don't do formal exercise at this point in time. I am 39yo, 275lbs and my TDEE is ~ 2400.

    Calculators have me maintaining at about 1800 (sedentary, no exercise), for my goal weight of 160, so I figure I can ride 1400 pretty much all the way to the finish line. 👍

    If your TDEE is 2400, that's your maintenance. I'm confused.

    That was my bad. I edited to add that the 1800 was for my goal weight.

    Got it. I probably just need more coffee. :laugh:

    Me too. I totally missed that until I re-read after posting.

    Right now I am super sedentary. I am healing very well and quickly after a surgery last week, but no lifting over 15 lbs, and I wasn't cleared to drive until yesterday (I had to beg, the standard is 2 weeks, oof) and it rained heavily 5 of the 7 days I couldn't drive, so I have been more or less trapped in the house except for grocery shopping Sunday morning (my son drove me). I could climb the walls!
  • Duck_Puddle
    Duck_Puddle Posts: 3,237 Member
    I’m 44, 5’4”. I have been at a net of 1200 since day 1. I eat about 1600 a day (including exercise calories). I maintain at a net of 1600 (eat about 2k including exercise).
  • 39flavours
    39flavours Posts: 1,494 Member
    I'm 5'4, gymming five times a week and not exceeding 1200 for the mo. I know this is probably unsustainable long term but I've only just started back and want to get a bit of a running start for a few weeks before I reassess.
  • Running_and_Coffee
    Running_and_Coffee Posts: 811 Member
    I'm 5'4, 44 years old, exercise vigorously 5-6 days a week, and maintain around 1600-1800 and have to get under 1400 to lose. I'm at my goal weight and just occasionally need to spend a few weeks in the 1300s if I've come back from a vacation or other blip, and I will say I was able to eat a lot more when my weight was higher. I think my age and size mean I don't get to eat as much. :-(
  • confidenceinrain
    confidenceinrain Posts: 104 Member
    I'm 5'6 and lose 1lb/week on 1390, plus eating back exercise calories. I'm close to being a 'healthy' weight and when I hit that I am going to drop to .5lb/week until I get to where I want to maintain though.
  • BuffyBourbon
    BuffyBourbon Posts: 126 Member
    I'm 5'8, 270 and i'm set at 1730, at that rate i've lost 6# over the last 20 days which i'm quite happy with. My first goal is 180, and calculators say at that weight i should be fine at 1850 calories a day.

    I used "lightly active" as my setting, and i think in reality i'm somewhere between that and "sedentary" during the winter, sedentary sets me around 1500 calories. So for now i consider 1500 my minimum and 1730 my maximum, and if i occasionally hit 1850 i still consider that a winning day.

    In the summer i am a lot more active, and will also record activity & eat back 50% of the calories that MFP gives me. 3 years ago i lost 70# using this plan, and while life intervened & i lost motivation and gained some of it back, it was really relatively easy to do and i think it'll be a good way to go!
  • workinonit1956
    workinonit1956 Posts: 1,043 Member
    5’ 2.5”, currently maintaining 130 pounds on 1600 calories a day. A couple/2-3 times a month I go over that by a bit. Been maintaining for 4 months.
  • brittlb07
    brittlb07 Posts: 313 Member
    I am 5’4 and currently at 139. I am trying to get to 120. I have been losing 1.5 per week since January 1 at 1200-1380 calories. I’m sure a lot of this was water wait initially. I expect closer to 1 pound per week moving forward.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    evanschantelle524 wrote: »
    Im on 1.200 a day very hard managed yesterday though

    1200 calories was hard because it is too few calories for most women.

    https://www.aworkoutroutine.com/1200-calorie-diet/
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    Panini911 wrote: »
    Few women ACTUALLY need to be on 1200 to lose. I am 5'1 and loosing at 1350. and i don't actively exercise other than walking.

    Consider if you have selected to quick a rate of loss (2lbs is only recommended if you are obese - i fyou are loosing "vanity pounds" than no more than 0.5-1lb a week).

    Remember to eat back your exercise calories. that is how the program on MFP works. and the sedentary setting is for nearly bedridden people most people who are not ill would select a higher level.

    To expand on this, people who use MFP to set their calorie goal, exercise, but don't eat back any exercise calories, are not using MFP the way it was designed.

    Unlike other sites which use TDEE calculators, MFP uses the NEAT method (Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis), and as such this system is designed for exercise calories to be eaten back. However, many consider the burns given by MFP to be inflated and only eat a percentage, such as 50%, back. Others, however, are able to lose weight while eating 100% of their exercise calories.

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/818082/exercise-calories-again-wtf/p1
  • rcervetto
    rcervetto Posts: 60 Member
    I'm 30, 5'7", lightly active, and currently losing 1 pound a week on 1700 calories. I get 200-300 additional on days I exercise, which I eat if I'm feeling hungry. I usually eat ~1400 during the week so that I have extra banked for the weekend so I can indulge in some more caloric meals and have some wine, which I try not to drink during the week. ;) I'm 175 right now, once I'm down to 150-160 (high end of healthy BMI range) I'll reduce my loss to 0.5 per week.
  • frankiesgirlie
    frankiesgirlie Posts: 669 Member
    SFJULES66 wrote: »
    It's day 24 and I just re-adjusted my calorie goal because it may have been too low. I was doing 1200/day. I'm 5'8" and have 10 lbs to lose, lightly active and workout 2x/week. It's been brought up to 1430. I hope I will still lose.

    Honestly, this makes me cringe.
    I’m 5’9, female and 57 years old. I exercise about 2-3 hours per week usually, but for the last couple of months have gotten very little exercise.
    I lost the 1st 12 lbs by eating 1800 calories a day, or about a net of 1400 calories. The last 10 lbs I fumbled with miserably for a long time, but I ended up losing it by eating about 1600 calories, or a net of 1300 calories.
    If I ate 1200 calories gross total, I honestly think I would pass out.😂
    I ate 1400 per day total for a couple of weeks, and was a grouch the whole time.
    I always been afraid of losing skin elasticity and muscle tone by going too low, like several of my female relatives have. Once you lose skin elasticity, it doesn’t ever come back completely.
    In my opinion, slower is better with vanity pounds.
  • Fflpnari
    Fflpnari Posts: 975 Member
    2400 calories!!! losing a pound a week.

    5'10, 205lb
  • SFJULES66
    SFJULES66 Posts: 168 Member
    edited January 2019
    frankiesgirlie wrote: »
    SFJULES66 wrote: »
    It's day 24 and I just re-adjusted my calorie goal because it may have been too low. I was doing 1200/day. I'm 5'8" and have 10 lbs to lose, lightly active and workout 2x/week. It's been brought up to 1430. I hope I will still lose.

    Honestly, this makes me cringe.
    I’m 5’9, female and 57 years old. I exercise about 2-3 hours per week usually, but for the last couple of months have gotten very little exercise.
    I lost the 1st 12 lbs by eating 1800 calories a day, or about a net of 1400 calories. The last 10 lbs I fumbled with miserably for a long time, but I ended up losing it by eating about 1600 calories, or a net of 1300 calories.
    If I ate 1200 calories gross total, I honestly think I would pass out.😂
    I ate 1400 per day total for a couple of weeks, and was a grouch the whole time.
    I always been afraid of losing skin elasticity and muscle tone by going too low, like several of my female relatives have. Once you lose skin elasticity, it doesn’t ever come back completely.
    In my opinion, slower is better with vanity pounds.

    I honestly appreciate your comment.
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    SFJULES66 wrote: »
    It's day 24 and I just re-adjusted my calorie goal because it may have been too low. I was doing 1200/day. I'm 5'8" and have 10 lbs to lose, lightly active and workout 2x/week. It's been brought up to 1430. I hope I will still lose.

    Glad you’ve increased the calorie goal but it still may be low for your height. With only 10 lbs to lose, a goal of 0.5 lb/week or recomp might be a better goal.

    FWIW I’m 5’2 and my maintenance cals right now are just under 2000 since I’m less active than usual. I lost most of my weight eating between 1600-1900 cals.
  • SFJULES66
    SFJULES66 Posts: 168 Member
    I’d like to learn about recomp. Can you recommend a good learning source? Thanks for your feedback!
  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,486 Member
    SFJULES66 wrote: »
    I’d like to learn about recomp. Can you recommend a good learning source? Thanks for your feedback!

    This should help you get started.

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10177803/recomposition-maintaining-weight-while-losing-fat/p1

    Cheers, h.
  • tinamae_vols
    tinamae_vols Posts: 42 Member
    @evedaniels93 read through this thread. Lots of good info here.
  • SFJULES66
    SFJULES66 Posts: 168 Member
    edited January 2019

    Agreed.

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