How Many Calories Do YOU Eat?

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healthyzebra
healthyzebra Posts: 21
in Health and Weight Loss
I'm not asking what your NET calories are, I'm not asking if you eat your exercise calories back. The only thing I'm asking is how many calories do you eat in a day, on average? Just curious. (:

For anyone wondering, I eat anywhere from 1200 - 1400 calories a day.
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  • Jadbaa
    Jadbaa Posts: 129 Member
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    I usually eat between 1300 and 1500 calories. Some days I barely get 1200 but that has only been a few times.
  • skinimin
    skinimin Posts: 252 Member
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    My total daily expenditure is about 1487 calories. I'm trying to lose weight so I aim to eat between 800-1100 calories a day, with a hopeful average of 900.

    Of course my actual achievement of that varies slightly.
  • SergeantSunshine_reused
    SergeantSunshine_reused Posts: 5,382 Member
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    Seems to be around 1500-1600
  • deathstarclock
    deathstarclock Posts: 512 Member
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    3200-3400

    3600 if it was a two-a-day.

    I don't gain weight :(
  • MissFit0101
    MissFit0101 Posts: 2,382
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    around 1400 to 1800 and I work out hard just to be able to lol
  • ngolston
    ngolston Posts: 159 Member
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    I average 1300-1600 a day most days and have my goals set for a 1/2 lb a week loss.
  • LindsayT2012
    LindsayT2012 Posts: 60 Member
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    I eat between 900-1,100. I am trying to up it to 1200 but never hungry
  • Jess5825
    Jess5825 Posts: 228
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    I've been trying to eat all me exercise calories recently, so I'm doing about 1700-1800. Making my net 1200. Though I may eventually try to make my net 1400.
  • spammyanna
    spammyanna Posts: 871 Member
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    I am anywhere from 1200-1600 a day.
  • jillwaller
    jillwaller Posts: 82
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    During volleyball season or when I'm doing endurance running training, I'll have a little over 2000. But on a day that I don't workout, I eat about 1400-1600 calories.
  • surfrgrl1
    surfrgrl1 Posts: 1,464 Member
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    around 1500
  • moniquelessard
    moniquelessard Posts: 418
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    On average 1200-1800 (depending on how much I exercise)
  • spammyanna
    spammyanna Posts: 871 Member
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    My total daily expenditure is about 1487 calories. I'm trying to lose weight so I aim to eat between 800-1100 calories a day, with a hopeful average of 900.

    Of course my actual achievement of that varies slightly.


    900 a day isn't enough, you should be eating 1200 bare minimum. Your body can't survive on that little fuel.
  • Rae6503
    Rae6503 Posts: 6,294 Member
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    Probably 2200 average. I've been eating anywhere from 1800-2500 a day.
  • YMTaylor
    YMTaylor Posts: 230 Member
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    I am happiest when I eat 1500-1700 a day. "happy" meaning I feel healthy and content at the end of the day. :)
  • trelm249
    trelm249 Posts: 777 Member
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    Roughly 2200 to 2300. I typically net about 1800.
  • 2Bgoddess
    2Bgoddess Posts: 1,096 Member
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    today, 867.

    haters gonna hate...so i throw in a disclaimer, like it says on my profile "am now on a special diet, monitored by doctors and specialists. You should not look at my diet as a healthy example. It isn't healthy for long term in phase 1, or phase 2. once I am able to get to maintenance, which is phase 3, it will be a different story. "

    just fyi, normally i will be eating about 1200. right now, we're trying to straighten out my digestive issues and re-introduce other foods.
  • MikeSEA
    MikeSEA Posts: 1,074 Member
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    My goal is 2200-ish. I'd estimate I go over by a couple hundred calories between tiny snacks of almonds, pumpkin seeds, etc that I end up never logging.
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
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    1300-1400 depending on how much I workout. On days I bike 15 miles, I have to eat closer to 1500 or I feel utterly exhausted and get lightheaded.
  • skinimin
    skinimin Posts: 252 Member
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    My total daily expenditure is about 1487 calories. I'm trying to lose weight so I aim to eat between 800-1100 calories a day, with a hopeful average of 900.

    Of course my actual achievement of that varies slightly.


    900 a day isn't enough, you should be eating 1200 bare minimum. Your body can't survive on that little fuel.

    Do you have any qualifications? Not everybody needs the same amount of calories to function. Just because MFP says eat 1200 or you will starve and get fat doesn't make it true. I am eating at a 500 calorie deficit, I don't get tired during the day at all. As soon as I start to feel fatigue or exhaustion throughout my day then I will increase my calorie intake. But that's just me and my knowledge of my body mixed with quite a bit of research surrounding nutrition and weight loss.

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