Post Your Maintenance Calories!

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marchegt
marchegt Posts: 156 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Hey all! I am interested in seeing where everyone stands for maintenance calories! Right now the maintenance calories that MFP gives me are quite a bit lower than what other sites have given me.... so I thought I would check on here and see what everyone else is given! If you're interested, post your height, age, gender, weight, fitness level (more from exercise than daily activity... so how much you actually work out) and maintenance calories! I'd just love to see where I stand among everyone else!

5'6
23 years old
female
128lbs
fairly active- workout 30-60 minutes a day at least 6 days a week
1690 calories
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  • kerrbear79
    kerrbear79 Posts: 229 Member
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    I noticed that too about this site having the maintenance calories lower. Other sites tell me close to 1600 and on here it is more like mid 1400's!! I've been slowly trying to increase mine and am up to 1350 now. Guess I'll see when I hit 1500 if I start gaining. =0
  • mapexdrummer69
    mapexdrummer69 Posts: 445
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    5'7
    Male
    173 lbs.
    Desk job, lift weights 4 days a week.
    2850 on rest days, 3300 on workout days
  • Angela4Health
    Angela4Health Posts: 1,319 Member
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    I'm 26
    5'2
    110lbs
    maintenance calories are 1490
  • aprilshowers13
    aprilshowers13 Posts: 105
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    female, age 30, 5'8, 167lbs, I stand on my feet during the day
    mfp gave around 2000, I didn't believe it especially if my bmr is 1527

    Last month I gave myself a "diet break", but continued lifting and ate around 2300-2700 cals a day for the month of May. My weight stayed between 167-168.
  • taso42_DELETED
    taso42_DELETED Posts: 3,394 Member
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    5'7"
    146-149 lbs
    36 years old
    desk job. ~135 minutes weight lifting and ~60 minutes HIIT per week

    My maintenance seems to be about 2500. But I have it set it to 2250 to allow a margin of error in my logging.

    MFP gives me some low number, several hundred calories less. I only followed the MFP #'s for the first couple of weeks here.

    edit: added my activity level
  • stevemcknight
    stevemcknight Posts: 647 Member
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    Musician
    34 y/o
    Lift 3-4x a week, basically no cardio. I walk a lot.
    175 lbs. - 6'2

    I find that 3200 of clean food seems to keep me around the same weight.
  • up2me2lose20
    up2me2lose20 Posts: 360 Member
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    I just went to Maintenance Mode over the weekend. MFP gives me 1730 calories. I'm 5"6, 35 y/o female, 125lbs, light activity throughout the day, exercise 6x week at 45 min per day.
  • spaz2phreek
    spaz2phreek Posts: 6
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    27 y/o female
    5"0'
    115lbs
    very sedentary
    1120 cal for maintenance....

    Just started trying to make changes. Will be working on slowly getting more active so I'll be watching my maintenance calories to make sure I'm still always eating enough.
  • Barneystinson
    Barneystinson Posts: 1,357 Member
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    Having tested this out a few times, I can consume around 2000-2200 calories and still maintain.

    Female, 5'0", moderately active

    Mmmm...food.
  • skinnyinnotime
    skinnyinnotime Posts: 4,141 Member
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    I have no idea what my maintenance weight will be, if it's not much higher than what i'm put on for losing (1200) i would not be able to cope.

    I wonder why this site gives so much less calories than others do for both losing and maintaining?
  • kdiamond
    kdiamond Posts: 3,329 Member
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    27 y/o female
    5"0'
    115lbs
    very sedentary
    1120 cal for maintenance....

    Just started trying to make changes. Will be working on slowly getting more active so I'll be watching my maintenance calories to make sure I'm still always eating enough.

    There is no way your maintenance is 1120 - if you were in a coma that would be your maintenance. That's likely your BMR, so times it by 1.2 if you are sedentary so it should be around 1350-1400 minimum.
  • kdiamond
    kdiamond Posts: 3,329 Member
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    Having tested this out a few times, I can consume around 2000-2200 calories and still maintain.

    Female, 5'0", moderately active

    Mmmm...food.

    That's approximately mine as well (I'm 5'3" and 110 pounds). I workout 4-5 hours a week and I don't have a desk job so I'm not sitting all day.
  • xcrystalx
    xcrystalx Posts: 19
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    I'm 19
    5' 1"
    108lbs
    Fairly sedentary
    My maintaince calories is about 1200, i know that just through experience, i dont bother using online calculators because different ones give me different amounts!
  • Hannah_Banana
    Hannah_Banana Posts: 1,242 Member
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    Per my body bugg, my maintenance is around 2100/day.

    23
    5'3
    209lbs
    Sedentary (desk job)
  • chrisdavey
    chrisdavey Posts: 9,834 Member
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    5'8"
    171lbs
    deskjob. weights x 3, mmax 3 per week
    Maintenance approximately 2800-2900.

    No idea what MFP would tell me as I don't use the recommended ones either. I've been doing this long enough to know what I need.
  • Oishii
    Oishii Posts: 2,675 Member
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    35
    5'5"
    120 lbs
    Moderately active

    I set my activity to Very Active and still lost weight (I'm a teacher, not a bike courier!) although I eat back exercise calories too.

    My maintenance seems to be 2300-2400. I'm glad to see this thread because I keep worrying that I must be ill to need to eat so much!

    It seems mfp uses a more up-to-date equation than some, but I think the old-fashioned one fits me best :laugh:
  • fromaquasar
    fromaquasar Posts: 811 Member
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    23
    5"5
    122 Pounds
    Sedentary job but 6x cardio workouts a week
    Maintenance cals currently -1708
    Goal weight (118.8) maintenance - 1663

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/113609-relatively-light-people-trying-to-get-leaner is a great post I use for this stuff
  • rlysrh
    rlysrh Posts: 244
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    on my goals page on here it tells me my maintenance is 1,830 (:
    I'm 19
    5'6
    148lbs
    and I set my daily activity to sedentary
    I don't really ever work out but if I have to go somewhere I always walk
  • QueenofCups
    QueenofCups Posts: 365 Member
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    Female
    30 y/o
    5'4'"
    150lbs
    Stay at home Mom, so lightly active throughout the day
    workout 5-6 days a week 30-45 minutes (usually cardio like running, aerobics, kickboxing) with some strength training
    MFP sets my maintenance at 1870
  • NHGirl23
    NHGirl23 Posts: 2,657 Member
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    46 year old female
    5"5'
    138lbs
    8-hour desk job, but I try to do 360 minutes of exercise each week, mostly cardio
    Just hit my goal last Friday, and MFP gives me 1,580 calories for maintenance

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