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Eating more than 1200 calories?

healthyandthin
healthyandthin Posts: 104 Member
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Technically, we will still lose weight if we eat around 1500-1700 calories right? That's not factoring exercise calories or lifestyle differences. I'm asking this for general cases.

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  • NoAdditives
    NoAdditives Posts: 4,251 Member
    I eat 1500-1600 net calories every day. Until just recently (because of stress and other issues) I was steadily losing weight, about 1-1.5 pounds per week. But for some that can be too much. It all depends on what your body and your metabolism need.
  • pkgirrl
    pkgirrl Posts: 587
    Well, if you're a thirty year old 200lb male, then yes, definitely, if you're a 25 year old 120lb female, at 1500 yes, but at 1700 maybe not. It's really hard to say without at least knowing someone's BMR.
  • pkgirrl
    pkgirrl Posts: 587
    PS. I'm pretty sure NoAdditives works out like a machine. Just sayin' .
  • ReadyMom
    ReadyMom Posts: 59
    I very rarely eat 1200...try to keep it between 1400-1600 and obviously I'm losing weight with nothing more then a couple 1 hour power walks a week.
  • NoAdditives
    NoAdditives Posts: 4,251 Member
    PS. I'm pretty sure NoAdditives works out like a machine. Just sayin' .

    Not for the last two weeks, but generally I burn 500-600 cals in an hour at the gym. ;)
  • iamhealingmyself
    iamhealingmyself Posts: 579 Member
    I'm 6'1" 43 yo female current weight of 182.4 and am losing weight at 1520 calories a day. Right now I think my maintenance is like 2050. Granted it's only about 1lb a week but for me that's ok.

    I have no workouts set in my goals as I do not work out regularly and when I do it's usually something like walking or maybe an adventurous day will be the elliptical but my burns are anywhere from 2-700 calories so they're small, few and far between and I try to eat back most of what I burn.

    My life is really pretty sedentary, I have major back problems, work in an office and really only get up more than once a shift if I'm drinking my water like I should be so there's not much break time activity in my day. I'm slowing trying to regain my flexibility and hopefully redevelop my core strength so that I can get back to strength training to tone my arms and legs. Mostly I focus on my food so that I don't have to worry if I don't work out.

    I've lost 17lbs since January 1st and I'm happy with my progress. I'm far from a machine but I'm no potato either :bigsmile:
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