Am I eating right to maintain my weight?

kayrhea98
kayrhea98 Posts: 1
in Goal: Maintaining Weight
I'm 18, 5'1, & I weigh 104 lbs. I'd like to know if what I'm eating is right to maintain that weight, so I'll list what I ate the past two days.

Yesterday:
Breakfast- 1.5 or 2 servings of Special K Vanilla Almond cereal without milk (230 calories) & yogurt (120 calories)
Lunch- Pizza Lean Pocket (290 calories)
Dinner- Fish & pasta lean cuisine dinner... but I hardly ate any of the rice at all (300 calories but subtract some because I didn't eat all the rice)
Snacks- Banana (110 calories) & Quaker chocolate chip granola bar (200 calories)

Today:
Breakfast- 1.5-2 servings of Vanilla Almond Special K cereal (230 calories) & a banana (110 calories)
Lunch- Lean Cuisine pizza (380 calories)
Dinner- homemade roast (150 calories) with tiny round potatoes (70 calories), corn on the cob (70 calories), vegatable broth (30 calories), and french bread (200 calories)

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  • crevices
    crevices Posts: 226 Member
    you're averaging at like 1200 calories which is still making you lose weight. the lowest you should even be eating would be 1300 which is your BMR, how much calories your body would burn if you laid in bed all day.. change your settings to maintenance on mfp, put in your activity level and see how much it tells you.
  • __freckles__
    __freckles__ Posts: 1,238 Member
    You can only figure out maintenance (TDEE) calories by trial and error. This is a good place to start, but you'll need to tweak your cals depending on if you gain/lose after a few weeks, or it might end up being just right for you.

    http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/
  • chilloutquilting2
    chilloutquilting2 Posts: 1
    you need 30-35 calories per kilogram of body weight to maintain, not including needs for exercise. 104 divided by 2.2 = 47.2 kilograms, x 30-35 = 1418-1654 calories per day.

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