Women who eat more than 1800 calories a day !!!!

mockchoc

I'm on 1700 at the moment, might bump mine up again to 1800 and see if I can get rid of the last 2 kgs that don't want to go. Body fat % has still been dropping all the time though which I'm happy about even if the scale has stayed around the same for a little while.

CassieReannan

1800 on the dot and losing nicely

FITnFIRM4LIFE

This is a great thread!!! Love it! eat-1800-2000 a day and maintained for 2 years:-)

aj_31

I've been eating between 1700-1800 a day for a while now and not eating back my exercise calories. I do Insanity 4-5x a week and then I try to lift 2-3x a week. I typically burn between 300-800. Usually around 450 if I only workout 1x a day. For the past 6 months I've only been working out 5x a week. I haven't lost in a long time. I'm currently eating around my TDEE -20%. I'm not sure if I should bring my calories up or lower them. I've been losing/gaining the same 2-5lbs since summer. It's so fraustrating to find that balance between eating too much or too little. I'm happy for those of you who have found it. I just wish I could find mine.

Lowering cals and working out twice a day are great examples of possibly going too far. Doing too much and eating too little does not mean you'll acheive faster results, if any at all. Your body might be trying to tell you something here.

Thanks for the feedback. I really don't want to lower my calories but in the past when I lifted 5x a week and did little to no cardio I was eating around 1900-2000 cals a day and still not losing. I need to tighten up my diet for sure but I should still be seeing some results with 1 cheat meal a week.

prisan512

I'm on the eat more to weigh less state of mind, but I have days that I don't make time for all my food... But my goal is high!
Good for all of you out there succeeding!

KatieMarie8526

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linski24

Hi have questions to ask x
I started upping my cals on Jan 1st .. I eat between 1500 and 1700
I'm 43 and do formal exercise 3 times per week ... I'm a nurse and generally burn 1900-2000 on my working days (3 days a week) ... On my exercise days I usually burn around 2000 ..
You all seem to do A lot of exercise .. Like every day.. I just o do 3 a week ... I mix up HITTs and runs ..!! And thos in sone weight training 2-3 times a week too. Sometimes ill do 4 but it depends on my children and my work
So I'm 43... 5'1" .. And 141lbs...
Does 1500-1700 cals per day seem right ..??
In Jan I lost nearly 4lbs .. I don't know about feb yet as I'm weighing on last day of each month but I don't think iv lost too .much this
Month.
My tdee is 1900 and I minus 20%... My fitbit weekly stats also show that on average I burn 1900 which includes my 3 formal exercises .!
I want to get it right as I only need to lose 7-10kbs x
I really want to eat like this as I like eating lol x

SophieA9083

SOPHIE NEEDS FOOD!!! I feel so hungry all the time!

Serah87

!700-1830 calories with weights and cardio 5-6 days a week, just started the TDEE -20% a few weeks ago and loving the fact that I am not starving and have lost weight, except this week when I got sinus infection and put on antibiotics and gained almost 2 pounds and for 4 days have been at the same exact weight :grumble: and I was still doing exercise even I was sick, hoping soon that I will start losing again.

Sunka1

bump....considering this but wanting to read a bit more first

I am also considering but not sure I can eat that much and afraid to gain.

SpecialSundae

I average 1900 calories a day and I'm losing. I run three times a week, do strength training at least twice (followed by HIIT) plus one session of circuits. I'm 166cm and currently 73kg. Hoping to make it to 63kg over the next year and do more strength training because I actually enjoy it (unlike cardio in the gym which bores the tits off me).

SpecialSundae

Just thought I'd add that my PT was trying to insist that I should be sticking to 1500 calories a day (and not net either). I did it for a couple of days, felt like hell and went back to my usual.

ashleab37

I eat 1700 - 2500 a day, averaging 2100.

Have lost 6kg in 7 weeks Currently 109kg

lh1626

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tallvanurse

I was eating the recommended amount of calories from MFP (actually staying below the calories) working out 5 times a week and the scale would not budge. It actually had the audacity to go up a couple pounds. I started researching and read all kinds of information about determining my basal metabolic rate and how I should at least eat that (>1800 calories). I was no where near that on most days. I made it a point to go up to the BMR at least, started taking a rest day in between...which usually included some stretching at least. The scale dropped almost three pounds in a week. That made a believer out of me.

Graelwyn75

1900-2200 a day, doing stronglifts twice a week, some boxfit/circuit training and hiit/cardio 4-5 times a week.

AlexT29

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kristy_n0831

I have my goals to lose a pound a week and MFP set me to 2310 calories a day. Usually I'm a little short (500 or less), sometimes I splurge and go over, and sometimes I struggle to get that much in.

Tracytxray

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mockchoc

Hi have questions to ask x
I started upping my cals on Jan 1st .. I eat between 1500 and 1700
I'm 43 and do formal exercise 3 times per week ... I'm a nurse and generally burn 1900-2000 on my working days (3 days a week) ... On my exercise days I usually burn around 2000 ..
You all seem to do A lot of exercise .. Like every day.. I just o do 3 a week ... I mix up HITTs and runs ..!! And thos in sone weight training 2-3 times a week too. Sometimes ill do 4 but it depends on my children and my work
So I'm 43... 5'1" .. And 141lbs...
Does 1500-1700 cals per day seem right ..??
In Jan I lost nearly 4lbs .. I don't know about feb yet as I'm weighing on last day of each month but I don't think iv lost too .much this
Month.
My tdee is 1900 and I minus 20%... My fitbit weekly stats also show that on average I burn 1900 which includes my 3 formal exercises .!
I want to get it right as I only need to lose 7-10kbs x
I really want to eat like this as I like eating lol x

No 20% is too much deficit when you have only 6lbs to lose. You need to only have a 10% cut. So yes go by what your fitbit says is 1900 - 10% = 1710.

linski24

Hi have questions to ask x
I started upping my cals on Jan 1st .. I eat between 1500 and 1700
I'm 43 and do formal exercise 3 times per week ... I'm a nurse and generally burn 1900-2000 on my working days (3 days a week) ... On my exercise days I usually burn around 2000 ..
You all seem to do A lot of exercise .. Like every day.. I just o do 3 a week ... I mix up HITTs and runs ..!! And thos in sone weight training 2-3 times a week too. Sometimes ill do 4 but it depends on my children and my work
So I'm 43... 5'1" .. And 141lbs...
Does 1500-1700 cals per day seem right ..??
In Jan I lost nearly 4lbs .. I don't know about feb yet as I'm weighing on last day of each month but I don't think iv lost too .much this
Month.

My tdee is 1900 and I minus 20%... My fitbit weekly stats also show that on average I burn 1900 which includes my 3 formal exercises .!
I want to get it right as I only need to lose 7-10kbs x
I really want to eat like this as I like eating lol x

No 20% is too much deficit when you have only 6lbs to lose. You need to only have a 10% cut. So yes go by what your fitbit says is 1900 - 10% = 1710.

Blimey .... Ok ill give it a go... Scary
Thanks for the reply x
I weighed today and I gave lost nothing in feb and my waist size is the only thing to Change by 0.3 of an inch x

mockchoc

Hi have questions to ask x
I started upping my cals on Jan 1st .. I eat between 1500 and 1700
I'm 43 and do formal exercise 3 times per week ... I'm a nurse and generally burn 1900-2000 on my working days (3 days a week) ... On my exercise days I usually burn around 2000 ..
You all seem to do A lot of exercise .. Like every day.. I just o do 3 a week ... I mix up HITTs and runs ..!! And thos in sone weight training 2-3 times a week too. Sometimes ill do 4 but it depends on my children and my work
So I'm 43... 5'1" .. And 141lbs...
Does 1500-1700 cals per day seem right ..??
In Jan I lost nearly 4lbs .. I don't know about feb yet as I'm weighing on last day of each month but I don't think iv lost too .much this
Month.

My tdee is 1900 and I minus 20%... My fitbit weekly stats also show that on average I burn 1900 which includes my 3 formal exercises .!
I want to get it right as I only need to lose 7-10kbs x
I really want to eat like this as I like eating lol x

No 20% is too much deficit when you have only 6lbs to lose. You need to only have a 10% cut. So yes go by what your fitbit says is 1900 - 10% = 1710.

Blimey .... Ok ill give it a go... Scary
Thanks for the reply x
I weighed today and I gave lost nothing in feb and my waist size is the only thing to Change by 0.3 of an inch x

You are doing a lot more activity that I think you realise plus you don't have a sedentary job.

linski24

Hi have questions to ask x
I started upping my cals on Jan 1st .. I eat between 1500 and 1700
I'm 43 and do formal exercise 3 times per week ... I'm a nurse and generally burn 1900-2000 on my working days (3 days a week) ... On my exercise days I usually burn around 2000 ..
You all seem to do A lot of exercise .. Like every day.. I just o do 3 a week ... I mix up HITTs and runs ..!! And thos in sone weight training 2-3 times a week too. Sometimes ill do 4 but it depends on my children and my work
So I'm 43... 5'1" .. And 141lbs...
Does 1500-1700 cals per day seem right ..??
In Jan I lost nearly 4lbs .. I don't know about feb yet as I'm weighing on last day of each month but I don't think iv lost too .much this
Month.

My tdee is 1900 and I minus 20%... My fitbit weekly stats also show that on average I burn 1900 which includes my 3 formal exercises .!
I want to get it right as I only need to lose 7-10kbs x
I really want to eat like this as I like eating lol x

No 20% is too much deficit when you have only 6lbs to lose. You need to only have a 10% cut. So yes go by what your fitbit says is 1900 - 10% = 1710.

Blimey .... Ok ill give it a go... Scary
Thanks for the reply x
I weighed today and I gave lost nothing in feb and my waist size is the only thing to Change by 0.3 of an inch x

You are doing a lot more activity that I think you realise plus you don't have a sedentary job.

I have set my cals on my MFP to 1700 :-) ill see how I get on x

mgbur01

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ssteinbring677

Love this thread! Feel free to add me... I currently am eating at about 2100/day and I love it! Would love more friends on the same track to keep each other motivated!

sugarmonster80

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Snipsa

Great thread! I try to net at 1500 per day, as such I usually eat between 2000 and 2200 per day. Some days more, some days less, depending on exercise and hunger...

caseythirteen

Question for you guys, are you having 1800 net cals, or 1800 cals not including exercise cals?

Personally, that's what I eat and doesn't include exercise. I take the TDEE approach so don't add any calorie burn from exercise.

I eat between 1700-1900 a day but occasionally also have high calorie weekends so it likely averages out to more. I'm 38, 5'5" (ish) and maintaining in the 113-115 range. I lift 3 times a week and do cardio 2 other times a week - one of those usually being a HIIT session.

lissaloue

Eating between 1800-1900 & feel fantastic! :happy: Losing inches, gaining muscle & confidence..... super amounts of energy to keep up with my boys!!

twinmummi

Hi, I'm currently eating between 1600-1900 cals a day and feel fantastic. How anyone can function on 1200 is unimaginable! I love having lots of energy to work out and I love food!!