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How many calories did you used to eat?

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  • Superhero_Leah
    Superhero_Leah Posts: 105
    I would say an average day was 2500 to 3000...now I usually eat between 1200-1500 (still dropping weight)
  • darkon
    darkon Posts: 5,342 MFP Moderator
    I couldnt answer. I can just say "too many" prolly 2500+
    And majority junk food
  • marvybells
    marvybells Posts: 1,984 Member
    probably between 2500-5000 a day

    now i try to eat at or just below maintenance ( 1700 ), plus i eat back some of my exercise cals
  • mommabenefield
    mommabenefield Posts: 1,329 Member
    ALL THE CALORIES MUAHAHAHAHAH

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    Sorry .... um maybe 2-3000 now i eat 1500 or so and try not to go over 1800 on a bad day
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    I ate about the same as I do now (about 1300-1700 on weekdays, 2000-2500 on weekends). But I had become much too sedentary.
  • KD0BIK
    KD0BIK Posts: 44 Member
    Like others have said, I really have no idea. But if I had to guess I would say somewhere between 3000 - 4000. I could easily tackle a large pizza all by myself. I feel pretty confident that I'll never return to that lifestyle. I'm focused on reaching my goal (about half way there) and then maintaining.

    Jerry

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  • cmacphee3
    cmacphee3 Posts: 278 Member
    It varied widely.

    Biggest days were probably 3000-5000 cal, most days were probably 2000-3000 cal
  • lacroyx
    lacroyx Posts: 5,754 Member
    5000-6000
    broken down:

    breakfast
    3-4 mcdonald sausage mcmuffins
    2 hashbrowns
    1 liter soda pop

    lunch
    2-3 Big Macs
    1 large fry
    20 piece chicken nuggets
    1 liter soda pop

    dinner
    1 medium pizza
    1 liter soda pop
  • TheCalorieSMASHER
    TheCalorieSMASHER Posts: 162 Member
    I eat the roughly same amount now that I used to. The difference: I no longer drink 1-2 two liter bottles of soda and I move more. I have cut back on a few things that I realized I was underestimating the calories on (like pasta. I didn't realize I was eating two servings of pasta at a time) but it's mostly the same.
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