What are your real maintenance calories?

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  • Shouliveshappy
    Shouliveshappy Posts: 161 Member
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    Danilynn1975 wrote: »
    1450 per day is my maintenance.

    Which is about 500 lower than MFP says for me.

    What's your height and weight? I think 1450 is low... Do you feel hungry?
  • bunnypy
    bunnypy Posts: 109 Member
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    Around 1400 calories @5'1, 110-105lbs
  • Danilynn1975
    Danilynn1975 Posts: 294 Member
    edited March 2015
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    Shouliveshappy wrote: »
    Danilynn1975 wrote: »
    1450 per day is my maintenance.

    Which is about 500 lower than MFP says for me.

    What's your height and weight? I think 1450 is low... Do you feel hungry?

    5'7", 40 years old. 154pounds.

    Everything weighed on a scale. typical day clocks in about 5 miles minimum.

    I have medical issues, confirmed. my metabolism is slower.

    Very rarely hungry. if I am I go over calories and eat.
  • takeeverythingandrun
    takeeverythingandrun Posts: 2 Member
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    For the past while I've maintained on about 2400-2700 calories a day- MFPs recommendations are FAR too low for me, off by about 700! Though to be fair I run about 35 miles a week, and go to the gym a couple of times as well. Otherwise I'd be a complete potato :#
  • DeeTee68
    DeeTee68 Posts: 198 Member
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    firebloom wrote: »
    A lot of people find this TDEE calculator more accurate for estimating maintenance calories.

    http://iifym.com/tdee-calculator/

    Thanks for that gave it a go and some good info.

  • ryry2169
    ryry2169 Posts: 90 Member
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    I've learned that I may be hungry at times, but not ALL the time.
  • bwogilvie
    bwogilvie Posts: 2,130 Member
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    Based on what I'm eating to maintain right now, my real maintenance calories are 1800 plus whatever I burn exercising, usually 400-500 calories a day on average. I'm 47 years old, 5' 10" (178 cm), and weigh 150 lb. (68 kg).

    MFP thinks I need more like 1950 or so to maintain. Perhaps I'm missing some calories when logging, but I'm also fairly laid back and not at all fidgety, so it's likely that I just don't burn as many calories as some people. The 12-18 miles of running and 30-100 miles of cycling I do every week make up for that, though.
  • tomatoey
    tomatoey Posts: 5,459 Member
    edited March 2015
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    I have no idea. I maintained 124 lbs +/- 2 lbs (F, late 30s, 5'7, moderately active) on 2200-2400 for four years. I gained 18 pounds due to inactivity, maintained that weight on same. I am working out again (4-5 days/week, bodyweight and minimal strength + interval cardio with resistance) and somehow losing with intake varying from 1900 to as high as 2700 (I think today was close to 3000!), averaging 2200- 2400. I am confused. I don't know if the 3-lb loss I registered today was water, however. Probably it was.

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