What are your maintenance calories?

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  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,268 Member
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    I maintain on about 2100-2200 a day...I lift 3x a week, cardio (bike/walking) and if I am feeling ambitious..HIIT.
  • sfbaumgarten
    sfbaumgarten Posts: 912 Member
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    Everybody's different, so it will take trial & error to find the number of calories at which your weight will stabilize. So eat 1,580 for several weeks, then reevaluate.

    Your weight will fluctuate, so pick a goal window. (For example, +/- 2.5 lbs.) Whenever you go outside your window, cut or add 100 lbs. per week until your weight stabilizes.

    QFT! I've had to do some adjusting, but I've found that 1800 net calories (I typically eat all of my exercise calories back) works pretty well for me at 5'5" and 130ish pounds. I try to wait at least 4-6 weeks between making these adjustments. You might find that you'll initially gain when you increase, but that's normal and will likely drop back down after a couple weeks. If you keep gaining for 4-6 weeks with nothing but a calorie increase, I'd suggest cutting back down a little at a time until you find that sweet spot.

    That's just what works for me though...
  • DeterminedFee201426
    DeterminedFee201426 Posts: 859 Member
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    iam close to maintience and i've decided to make it 1650 cals
  • jess17587
    jess17587 Posts: 153
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    i think you should start of 2000 calories and see what your weight does in the first two weeks and reduce or incresse by 200 calories it is a slow and paticent way.
    if you are scared of gaining a few pounds dont be because no one will notice, it will shed of when you decrease you calories and also it is highly unlikely you will gain because your a average height woman with a very good amount of exercise in the fist week your weight might go up by 0.6 kg because you will have a sudden increase to the 2000 calories but the second week your body will go down...
  • ttcbelieve
    ttcbelieve Posts: 181 Member
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    Hi

    There are lots of online calculator that can give you what you need. Google them. Here are a few

    I like this the best as it give calorie zig zag options: http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm

    Others are

    http://www.fitwatch.com/qkcalc/weight-loss-calculator.php
    http://caloriecount.about.com/tools/calories-goal
    http://www.calculator.net/calorie-calculator.html
    http://www.shapefit.com/calorie-intake-calculator.html

    Goodluck
  • LolBroScience
    LolBroScience Posts: 4,537 Member
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    About 3100 cals or so
  • rsclause
    rsclause Posts: 3,103 Member
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    2200 Cal a day but with exercise I usually eat about 2800. I did set my maintenance for 1/2 pound loss a week to cover the occasional overage. Seems to be working for me.
  • cece5300
    cece5300 Posts: 48
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    I'm 28 years old, 5'4 and 123lbs. I set my MFP to Sedentary and it gives me 1600 maintenance calories which I have no problem eating, then if I work out I will eat a little more. Now that I'm in maintnance I just want to eat and eat and eat so it's more important now than ever for me to track.

    Then again, I'm not sure if I'm doing it right because so many other people eat 2200. If I exercise I will eat around 2000 or 2200 but I'm still so used to the weight loss mode that I get nervous to eat more. I'm getting there!
  • linsdog
    linsdog Posts: 94 Member
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    Approx 2200 per day with no exercise.

    With exercise I am typically around 3000 for maintenance.
  • QuietBloom
    QuietBloom Posts: 5,413 Member
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    I am 5'6" and 124. Maintenance is anywhere from 1450 to 2000 per day depending on activity. I use a FitBit my activity.
  • Joyousfreee
    Joyousfreee Posts: 1
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    I've been around 1640 for over a year, maintaining at 113, 5'3", age forty something.

    I just got a Fitbit and changed my activity level here to "lightly active." That caused my maintenance calories to go down to 1560, but Fitbit adds around 200 calories a day to that, depending on my activity level. I like this setup much better; I hover between 1400-1500 calories intake when I'm in an inactive streak, and my weight has been stable for years. And since my activity level varies so widely from day to day (office job, gym or no gym, all day hiking on some weekends), I feel like I'm getting more accurate and real time input into my calorie consumption.

    Sorry if that sounds like a Fitbit commercial. I'm in love with my new gadget :)
  • _Resolve_
    _Resolve_ Posts: 735 Member
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    1820 RMR
    2120 BMR
    2800ish with exercise

    Numbers from a MedGem RMR test a few weeks ago.
  • Ginerrva
    Ginerrva Posts: 226
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    like 1800-1900, sometimes 2000 if im hungry enough after dinner

    that's with a 30 min strength work out

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