Calorie Help

KLELifts

I’m 25, 5”2, and currently weigh 132.2 lbs.
I’m wanting to get down to 115.

For a couple months, I was easily eating close to 2500-3000 a day due to breastfeeding and just starting to workout again after a 4 year hiatus lol.
But now that I’m done breastfeeding and my body is adapting to doing more work throughout the week, I don’t need that much. Especially if I’m wanting to lose weight.

I did a TDEE calculator and it put me at 1820 to lose a lb a week. Does that sound reasonable? Even if I’ve been eating like 7-900 above that for a long time?

tomcustombuilder

That sounds too high. The only way to find out is to consume those calories for 4-6 weeks and adjust after reviewing the results.

X amount of calories for someone your size may not be right for someone else the same size mostly due to day to day movement.

IzzieDizzie93

I'm 5ft and I weigh now 119lbs.
I too at one point was 150lbs.
My calorie intake is about 1,200 a day... but since I've started hitting the gym more regularly and worked out more I probably eat 1,300. Haven't lost weight in ages been sat on 119lbs for a while.. think I'm just changing my body composition!

But also I have intermittent fasted for a while as well. I say 1,500 is a good start see how it goes. If you can go a bit lower then try. But do listen to your body... I know if i even attempt to go below 119 my hormones just goes a bit crazy... so my body likes being this weight now

cmriverside

No way to know unless you try it.

Seriously. You say, "I was easily eating close to 2500-3000 a day due to breastfeeding and just starting to workout again after a 4 year hiatus..."

"close to"? How accurate is your food logging?

"Working out?" What do you mean? A 30 minute walk, or a 90 minute Crossfit workout? Lifting 10 pound weights or going for maximum weights? Riding five miles on a bike or 100? A dog walk with a stroller or running on hills? Lots of room there...

What else do you do? Do you work at home? Are you going out every day and doing some kind of job? Do you take care of one child or six? An apartment or a five bedroom house on three acres?

I'm not looking for you to answer, I'm just saying WE can't possibly know YOUR life.


Just start with whatever number you think is close enough and do it for 4-6 weeks, then adjust when you have good trending data. It's the experiment we all have to run for ourselves.