Can't figure out how many calories I should be eating.

xhereinmyheadx
xhereinmyheadx Posts: 39 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
myfitnesspal has set me up to eat 1200 calories to lose weight. I find that this is way too little for me, as I have been bingeing WAY too much lately. I'd like to lose two pounds a week, but don't want to starve myself for it.

And as for my bingeing, I've just considered to start throwing out all of the things that I go crazy with--peanut butter, cheese...basically I'm gonna try and buy and keep really boring things in the house. (well, boring to me) like fruit, vegetables, bran cereal, and some sort of nasty cheese substitute. I don't trust myself around the actual stuff I like, cause I know what happens when I let myself even have a little. I take it way too far. Tonight I've already made myself sick enough as it is.

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  • DKBelle
    DKBelle Posts: 585
    I would be eating no more than 1200 calorie a day. I've tried different things in the past 1 year, but what worked was not eating more than this and not eating after 6pm workout 30-40 min a day at least 6 times.
    Also eating healthy, portion control and drink enough water.

    some useful site:

    https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cooking-ideasHomemade-Healthy-Foods/179121125503371
    www.bodyrock.tv
    www.myomytv.com
  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    myfitnesspal has set me up to eat 1200 calories to lose weight. I find that this is way too little for me, as I have been bingeing WAY too much lately. I'd like to lose two pounds a week, but don't want to starve myself for it.

    And as for my bingeing, I've just considered to start throwing out all of the things that I go crazy with--peanut butter, cheese...basically I'm gonna try and buy and keep really boring things in the house. (well, boring to me) like fruit, vegetables, bran cereal, and some sort of nasty cheese substitute. I don't trust myself around the actual stuff I like, cause I know what happens when I let myself even have a little. I take it way too far. Tonight I've already made myself sick enough as it is.

    And for probably 95% of women, it is not the wisest goal to start at.

    Go to Tools - BMR Calc, read what it means, and see what your value is.

    You may not have enough range to wisely lose 2lbs weekly, at least not for extended period of time.

    Shoot, go to your Goals page, is the actual deficit even for 2 lbs anyway when it stops at 1200?

    Probably smarter to change your weight loss goal to cause your daily net goal to be slightly above your BMR, eat back your exercise so that same wise deficit remains all the time, and after a few weeks you'll discover what the real deficit is.

    Because do you know how many calories you truly burn all day long?
    Neither does MFP by you selecting Sedentary activity level.
  • Drastiic
    Drastiic Posts: 322 Member
    According to your stats: 5'4", 149 lbs

    Your BMR is 1487 and you should be eating around 1685 calories to lose weight. In your situation, you're already close to your goal weight so there's no reason to be losing 2 lbs/week. Think moderate like .5-1 lb/wk at the most. Think long-term results, not short-term. If you keep eating at 1200, you'll eventually stall out. It's only a matter of time. When that happens, come back here and search for the thread "Eat more to lose more"

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