How many calories should I be eating?

callmedixie
callmedixie Posts: 2 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi all, so I'm looking for some advice on how many calories I should be eating in a day in order to lose weight. I am 5'4" and 152lbs. Last time I did my measurements I was 33-31-40. I work 5 days a week at a horse barn, as well as riding my horse 3-4 nights a week and feed in the evenings on the weekend. I wore my polar HRM today at work to get an idea of how many calories I burn in a day and in 10.5 hours of work I burned 3,495 calories. This was a fairly typical day. I have MFP set to very active and 1.5lbs a week, and it has set me at 1,890 calories a day. Should I eat this or should I be eating more with how much I am working? I am wanting to get down to 125-135lbs. I do feel hungry eating this amount.
Thanks!

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  • ginosko
    ginosko Posts: 3
    The easiest way to do it is to track your weight and what you eat for a week. If you eat 3k calories and maintain your weight that is your starting point. Your maintenance changes day to day depending on activity, so you are just looking for a ballpark estimate.
  • KettyLoyd
    KettyLoyd Posts: 51
    You should eat calorie according to your weight and height, age. You just put your height, weight and age in calorie calculator then you easily get how much calorie you needed to eat in a day. As I calculate according to the information given by you.
    Maintain Fat Loss Extreme Fat Loss
    Calories/day Calories/day Calories/day
    Monday 2122 1698 1274
    Tuesday 1698 1359 1216
    Wednesday 2547 2038 1528
    Thursday 2122 1698 1274
    Friday 1910 1528 1216
    Saturday 2335 1868 1401
    Sunday 2122 1698 1274

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