What is everyones daily calorie goal?

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  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
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    BMR = 1709

    Calorie intake set by MFP = 1200

    Am not sure daily intake should be this low.........I'm losing but not sure how I can reduce more when/if I plateau???

    Good luck!

    Exactly, what direction do you have to move then calorie-wise at that point?
    Some give common recommendation, eat less and/or exercise more. Then that works for couple weeks, now what?
    Screwed up metabolism.

    Wouldn't it be better to come near goal with full burning metabolism where you can eat more and still be losing?

    Also, what exactly do you think you are losing in weight right now eating so little - fat mass only, or fat and muscle mass?
    How would you know?
  • SaraAxm
    SaraAxm Posts: 30
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    BMR: 1500
    TDEE (without exercise): 2000

    Daily goal: 1750 + exercise calories. Generally land somewhere between 3000 and 4000 calories a day and I'm still losing so all's good ;)

    You can lose at 4000 cals per day? What kind of exercise do you do?

    Apparently I can ;) I work out 2-5 hours a day swimming, cycling and running and I have a fairly active job ;)
  • SaraAxm
    SaraAxm Posts: 30
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    BMR: 1500
    TDEE (without exercise): 2000

    Daily goal: 1750 + exercise calories. Generally land somewhere between 3000 and 4000 calories a day and I'm still losing so all's good ;)

    You can lose at 4000 cals per day? What kind of exercise do you do?
    Says Triathlete on her profile :)

    Yeah but . . . unless she is doing an ironman every day, burning 2000 cals in exercise is a lot. I'm not doubting it, just curious.

    2 hrs at decent training rate is easily 2000 calories.

    Per VO2 test, if I keep my HR slightly above mid-aerobic HR zone for an hour, 1000 calories. And that's an easy workout. I could do that 2 x daily if I had the time.

    Just as people claim MFP grossly exaggerates calories burns, the majority with their cheap Polars I know are getting badly under-estimated calorie burns.

    My calorie burn according to my HR monitor matches up fairly well with MFP. I'm not super tedious with counting my exercise calories since I eat so much anyway I'm sure it evens out somehow.

    and yeah, can't see why burning 2000 calories would be such an impossibility - after all that is a part of my daily life and if I'm allowed to brag a bit I'm pretty fit so I must do something right xD
  • dunnodunno
    dunnodunno Posts: 2,290 Member
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    I have mine set at 2112.
  • FrauHaas2013
    FrauHaas2013 Posts: 615 Member
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    Mine changes everyday (my MFP account syncs with my fitbit and auto-adjusts) but it's usually anywhere from 1300-1400 or so. I usually stick to anything from 1000 - 1300 or so; sometimes under, sometimes over.
  • technobunny
    technobunny Posts: 131
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    RMR: 1173
    Lifting Days: 1792
    Rest Days: 1559
  • ChrisS30V
    ChrisS30V Posts: 157 Member
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    BMR-1815

    I've been maintaining on 2500-3000 everyday, usually a bit more on long run days.
  • tilmoph
    tilmoph Posts: 72 Member
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    BMR: 1907 as of now; starting was 2379
    Morbid obese limit (300lbs-280lbs) 1000
    Severe obese - regular obese limit (280lbs - 220lbs) 1200
    Overweight Limit (current, 220lbs-183lbs): 1500
    Normal (183lbs-160lbs or 130lbs, will see when at 160lbs) : current plan is 1750 limit

    I don't see my goal as a target to shoot for; I see it as the maximum amount I can get (with the occasional 10 cal overage because somedays screw it, it's 10 cals) hence the use of the term limit. Normally I've been within 50 cals of the limit for that stage.

    I've been upping my cals as I lose mainly to try and limit any metabolic adaptation/slowdown from a prolonged heavy calorie restriction.
  • Chococoa999
    Chococoa999 Posts: 4
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    1200, but it's pretty much always less than that.
  • xoxobollywood2
    xoxobollywood2 Posts: 62
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    BMR: 1550
    Daily goal: 1200
  • annakow
    annakow Posts: 385 Member
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    whats BMR?

    I eat 1460
  • candiceh3
    candiceh3 Posts: 379
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    Net 1200 (averaged over a week or so)
  • davert123
    davert123 Posts: 1,568 Member
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    depends on the exercises I do :-)
  • FarAway02
    FarAway02 Posts: 211
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    1600 with eating back as many of my exercise cals as I can stomach. In short I eat til I'm full :p

    I'm not ridiculously active but I am tall so I get to eat that bit extra and keep losing :)
  • kenna44cat
    kenna44cat Posts: 105 Member
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    1340. I'm 5'7" and 69 years old. Don't know my BMR but I think it's about 1800.
  • Lunnunis
    Lunnunis Posts: 71 Member
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    1430 without exercise
    I started on 1270 but it was too hard to stick to. Adjusted to a lower weight loss per week and got on better. I'm not in a rush. Have lost 50lbs in a year and two months so far.

    I'm aged nearly 57 and height 5ft 7"
    Starting weight around 215lbs
  • therainandthunder
    therainandthunder Posts: 54
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    Calorie goal: 1530
  • ClementineGeorg
    ClementineGeorg Posts: 505 Member
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    My BMR is 1,506 calories/day

    My calorie goal is 1740 + some workout calories.

    I lose slow, but steady and I love the results.
  • Crweb29
    Crweb29 Posts: 18 Member
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    BMR: 2174
    TDEE: 2609
    Goal: 1710
  • debrag12
    debrag12 Posts: 1,071 Member
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    NET 1680

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