Maintenance calories is this amount for real?

jetscreaminagain

I'm 5'5" and somewhere around 150. I just got a Body Media Fit. This morning I noticed that it tells me that I burn about a calorie a minute overnight while I'm asleep. I did the math this morning, and if I remember right, that would mean that I'd need 1400 calories simply to be asleep all day. Any more activity than that, and I need more calories to burn. Though. I do like the idea of sleeping all day.

The past several days I've been very active. I burned more than 3,000 one day, and over 2500 the other two days. Today, I've just done my sedentary work job and cooked dinner and the rest. So a pretty inactive day. I burned 2084 calories. Now, I'm still trying to lose weight, so I'm eating at a deficit. But if I only ate 1500 calories a day I wouldn't have the mental energy to put up with my children's exhuberance, not the phsycial reserves to build muscle, not the energy to make it through my day. And I'd be miserable and wanting to eat everything around me.

So. I'm still trying to lose, and it is clear to me that I HAVE to eat more than 1500 calories per day. You are on maintenance and thinking about less than 1500? That seems like a raw deal you're giving yourself.

Disclaimer, I may have more muscle than you that is amping my metabolism up as compared to you (not sure if the BMF is that sophisticated, but I hope so!) Perhaps building some lean muscle would be a good next step?

hesn92

Seems kind of low... my goal is set at 1740 right now and that's for losing 1/2 pound a week.