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how many calories do you intake daily?

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  • kimber607
    kimber607 Posts: 7,128 Member
    about 1500...
  • ImperfektAngel
    ImperfektAngel Posts: 811 Member
    no more than 1584
  • suzycreamcheese
    suzycreamcheese Posts: 1,766 Member
    im taking in roughly 1700 a day give or take a bit, and thats with exercise. if i dont exercise its less.

    Im not really losing weight on it though :(
  • angp7711
    angp7711 Posts: 324 Member
    I average about 1500 cals. I have had a couple of off plan days lately but when I am on I try to eat the majority of my exercise calories and that puts me at around 1500-1700 cals.

    I have my numbers set at 1200 but that even feels like not enough food to keep me going through the day.
  • legacysh
    legacysh Posts: 464
    I'm not going to judge. I hope that your diet is managed by your physician since i know that there are medically supervised weight loss programs that target 500 calories a day. I did that once and lost 100 pounds. However, I do want to say that in the end, keeping it off was very difficult because transitioning from 500 calories per day back to a normal diet, even 1200 per day was a huge battle with the scale. Be safe and make sure that someone is watching your nutrition and monitoring all the right stuff. Don't feel guilty when you eat something 1 time. Don't make it a habit, just a once in a while exception and it might keep you from going on a total binge in the long run.

    Good luck!

    I try to stay at 1200 calories but I do allow myself days where I go over.
  • Gary1977
    Gary1977 Posts: 804 Member
    im taking in roughly 1700 a day give or take a bit, and thats with exercise. if i dont exercise its less.

    Im not really losing weight on it though :(

    Seems like you are @ or near a healthy weight. I would go down to 1200-1400 per day pre exercise is you really wish to lose more.
  • elliecolorado
    elliecolorado Posts: 1,040
    Between 1200 and 1500 depending on whether or not I work out. 500 is low if you aren't working out, it is ridiculously low if you are. You can't be getting nearly enough nutrition eating only 500 calories a day. Unless you are working with a doctor and are on a very strict diet to ensure you are getting enough nutrition you need to eat at least 1200 calories a day. If you aren't hungry eating that few calories a day your metabolism has probably slowed down drastically.
  • gailygail99
    gailygail99 Posts: 582 Member
    i had 1418 eaten but net 1075..i should have probably eaten a little of my exercise cals, but i wasnt hungry. plus i think i ate enough. but 500 cals, that is RIDICULOUS!
  • suzycreamcheese
    suzycreamcheese Posts: 1,766 Member
    im taking in roughly 1700 a day give or take a bit, and thats with exercise. if i dont exercise its less.

    Im not really losing weight on it though :(

    Seems like you are @ or near a healthy weight. I would go down to 1200-1400 per day pre exercise is you really wish to lose more.

    my goal is 1330 pre-exercise, but i keep gaining at the moment. Im hoping its muscle
  • whiskey9890
    whiskey9890 Posts: 653 Member
    too many, thats why i'm here!
  • loopylis
    loopylis Posts: 116 Member
    MFP says 1210 before exercise, Ive been ranging between 1150 - 1250. 500 isnt enough, your body will go into starvation mode
  • FifiLaPout
    FifiLaPout Posts: 1
    I know it seems really drastic to take in only 500calories, I know its your own choice,
    you arent doing yourself any favours, be careful,
    you are starving yourself and you know it don't try fool yourself.
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