help with calorie intake please

lilvixen84

hi,

i've just weight myself and put on 2lb so im gonna stick to my calorie intake now. The thing is though MFP has worked out i need 1280 but when i go onto a different site it says 1341. Which one should i go for? How many should i be eating to loose at a steady rate?

My stats are 5'5'', 27 years old and 152 lbs

Thanks all :flowerforyou:

melaniecheeks

61 calories of a difference is negligible - there is no way you'll be able to measure your food intake that accurately - best to allow for a +/- 10% and aim to stay with a range of say 1250-1350 calories per day.

Also, don't expect to lose evenly and steadily - weight is very stubborn and refuses to play nicely like that!

lisa28115

http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/

go here and figure your calories

lilvixen84

thanks for the reply.

how many do you think i should be having then?

sorry but want to make sure im doing it right

lisa28115

thanks for the reply.

how many do you think i should be having then?

sorry but want to make sure im doing it right

waht is your goal weight???

lilvixen84

140lb sorry

lisa28115

thanks for the reply.

how many do you think i should be having then?

sorry but want to make sure im doing it right

i am showing your BMR as 1495
how active are you???

aquasw16

61 calories of a difference is negligible - there is no way you'll be able to measure your food intake that accurately - best to allow for a +/- 10% and aim to stay with a range of say 1250-1350 calories per day.

Also, don't expect to lose evenly and steadily - weight is very stubborn and refuses to play nicely like that!

THIS

lilvixen84

not very active

sorry for being a pain.

feistymoon

I think you should go for the higher one. I'm 5 ft 4 and 120 lbs. I have an office job and sit around all day. I eat 1450 per day, eat back my exercise calories, have a bad day once every week or so (lol) and manage to pretty much maintain. I find that when i'm losing weight I do it in a more sustainable way at slightly higher calorie intakes. When I drop to the 1200s I find i'm hungry, grumpy, and my body slows down so I don't lose the weight as fast anyway.

At the end of the day everyone is different though. Why not try a week at both and see which is most comfortable for you.

Good luck xxx

roseboucher

The different is probably depending on how many pounds you said you want to be losing a week. The MFP site probably has you losing at 1.5 to 2 lbs a week. You can adjust this in your settings. Good luck!

lisa28115

up your calories to 1700 per day
try to get in 30% protein (I know its hard)

try to workout 3x a week for at least 30 min

strength training is important... any of the following activities are good

pushups and squats
dumbells if u have them
resistance bands
pilaties

muscle mass burns calories
fat is fat


try it for a month and see what happens:bigsmile:

BerryH

Other sites give you a calorie intake based on the exercise you plan to do, so incorporate it into your daily intake. MFP bases it on what you actually do, so you can eat your exercise calories and still remain at a deficit to lose your target amount each week. Hence it gives you a lower amount but ups it when you log your exercise. I like MFP's way as it makes sure you actually do your exercise!

lilvixen84

i'll go for 1280 and see how i get on then.......

JessLLoser

I love fat2fit! Alot of great advice there too.

ladyraven68

hi,

i've just weight myself and put on 2lb so im gonna stick to my calorie intake now. The thing is though MFP has worked out i need 1280 but when i go onto a different site it says 1341. Which one should i go for? How many should i be eating to loose at a steady rate?

My stats are 5'5'', 27 years old and 152 lbs

Thanks all :flowerforyou:

if you only have 12lbs to lose your ideal settings are 0.5lb per week.

I suspect 1280 is below your BMR, and that will affect your loss.

lilvixen84

hi,

i've just weight myself and put on 2lb so im gonna stick to my calorie intake now. The thing is though MFP has worked out i need 1280 but when i go onto a different site it says 1341. Which one should i go for? How many should i be eating to loose at a steady rate?

My stats are 5'5'', 27 years old and 152 lbs

Thanks all :flowerforyou:

if you only have 12lbs to lose your ideal settings are 0.5lb per week.

I suspect 1280 is below your BMR, and that will affect your loss.

Your estimated BMR is: 1,425 calories/day

Vanilladays

"up your calories to 1700 per day
try to get in 30% protein (I know its hard)
try to workout 3x a week for at least 30 min
strength training is important..."

I agree with this.

Keeping calories too low means your body will start storing them as fat!!!!

You need to get your metabolism working efficiently.

Try very hard to keep your calories healthy.

Watch your fat and sugar intake.

Lean Protein is a must....helps burn calories!

MFP calories goals are set quite low. Set a higher daily goal with a day once a week or fortnight with even higher intake followed by a day of 1200. This keeps your body from becoming 'complacent' so to speak.

Good exercise.....a mix of cardio and strength. Also try to change your routine occasionally. A steady walk of 15 to 20 minutes daily is better than nothing. Aim at 10,000 steps a day if you can. At least three days a week of something a little harder would be good too.

Patience and belief in yourself are vital.:flowerforyou:

wahmx3

Definitely up your calories a bit, I think 1300-1400 is a much better range. So many people think that less is better but that actually isn't usually the case. Your body is likely hanging onto every calorie it gets as it thinks it is starving on so little food. Aim for .5 pound loss a week since you have so little to lose and you should be able to achieve it. It would also make sense for your to exercise some and help tone up your body as well, muscle helps us burn fat more efficiently.

childofbodom123

Your BMR, based on the stats you gave is about 1,494. You are not very active so you should times you BMR by 1.2 to get a total of calories to maintain your weight.

1,494 x 1.2 = 1,792 calories per day to maintain your weight.

You would like to lose 12 pounds.

A pound is 3,500 calories, so to lose 1 pound per week you would need to eat 500 calories less per day which is 1,292 calories. To me seem's a little low!

Possibly a better idea, as stated above is to lose 1/2 a pound per week. So ..

A pound is 3,500 calories, so to lose 1/2 a pound per week you would need to eat 250 calories less per day which is 1,542 calories. This seem's much better.

So what you need to know is ..

To maintain your weight eat 1,792 calories per day
To lose 1 pound per week eat 1,292
To lose 1/2 a pound per week eat 1,542 calories.

If you burn 200 calories, eat 200 more calories. This will make your weight loss steady and get your metabolism in a routine of losing weight!

Hope this helps!

ladyraven68

hi,

i've just weight myself and put on 2lb so im gonna stick to my calorie intake now. The thing is though MFP has worked out i need 1280 but when i go onto a different site it says 1341. Which one should i go for? How many should i be eating to loose at a steady rate?

My stats are 5'5'', 27 years old and 152 lbs

Thanks all :flowerforyou:

if you only have 12lbs to lose your ideal settings are 0.5lb per week.

I suspect 1280 is below your BMR, and that will affect your loss.

Your estimated BMR is: 1,425 calories/day

Have a read of this. if your BMR is 1425, and you are sedentary, your TDEE is around 1710. It looks as if you have selected 1lb a week, and MFP have deducted 500 from the TDEE, but this could be too aggresive for your current weight.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/512956-tdee-what-is-it-and-why-you-should-not-eat-below-your-bmr?

feistymoon

Just found this http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/518533-major-sucess-with-higher-calories

lilvixen84

im going for 1341 calorie intake and see how i get on......

ladyraven68

im going for 1341 calorie intake and see how i get on......

that is still under your BMR - where did you get that figure from?