Cals per day to lose weight, and what is your weight?

CazLovesCalories

SORRY IF THAT SEEMS NOSEY LOL

I am 204lb. I want to lose 42lb.

I have put my goal at 1500 cals a day, as this is what I was advised on here yesterday. Just wondered what everyone else has?

Thanks

runnercheryl

I'm on 1628 calories. 153/154lbs (have been fluctuating due to being ill for two weeks, and not sure where I'm settled on again).

byock

I am currently at 192, have my calories set at 1500 and am currently losing about 1lb a week.

1Kristine1

1600
162lbs
5'4
1lb/week

laynunugawa

my SW was 216
CW is 154

I have been eating between 1500-2000 calories depending on the workouts I do. My goal is setup for 1600 calories btw

I don't think its nosy at all:)

mminter22

I am 5'8 and 176 my goal is 150 and my calories are 1540 a day which was set up by MFP

corinne1977

My goal is to lose 16 lbs. and my daily calories are 1344. I am currently 5'1" and 131/132 lbs. I would like to get down to 115-118 lbs.

Mcrogol

MFP set me at 1350 per day, I weigh 143 am 5'7" (almost!) and want to lose 18 pounds.

lc971

Starting weight 212.5 lbs, current wt. 176 lbs. MFP calorie goal 1450, but I tend to range anywhere from 1450-1800. I lose about a pound a week.

WandaJean1564

I am 5'4" 164 lbs.
my goal is 125lbs
1200 calories a day( I am always below though)
getting a scale today...so hoping I see a number lower than 164.....wish me luck:)

CazLovesCalories

Does my calorie allowance seem right then?

livinginwoods

I weigh 376 my goal is 225. I am set up with 2010 calories per MFP.

jadedone

SW: 250
CW: 211

Calorie goal 1750 + `~50% exercise (recently increased from 1600)
I am losing about 6-7 pounds a month for the past 3

aj_31

I'm 5'2, 169 ish and I'm eating around 1900-2000 a day. My weight loss is at a stand still. I'm lifting 4x a week and doing cardio 2-3x a week. I'm hoping that since I upped my calories eventually I'll start losing weight again.

rachylouise87

im on 1200 -1300 and im 163lbs and i am losing 1-2lbs per week sometimes 3 occasionally

drkuhl2017

I'm 294 lbs and 5'11, my goal is 160 lbs. I'm eating 1900-2200 calories and steadily lose .5 - 1 lbs per week.

now_or_never12

I'm 5' 5" and weigh 198lbs. I am currently eating anywhere between 1650 and 2100 depending on exercise.

CazLovesCalories

Oh if anyone wants to add me, feel free. I am female, 34 from the UK

HappilyLifts

I'm 204lbs and want to lose about the same amount as you. I've been eating an average of around 1900 net, however, I have only lost the odd pound or two (on and off, on and off!) since the beginning of April, so I know it's not much help, but I wouldn't recommend eating 1900 net :grumble:
Good luck

sarahharmintx

Start: 256
Current: 232ish
Height: 5'5"
Daily: 1320 calories
Losing: 2lbs/week
Goal: ?

Onesnap

Last year I was 152 and to get to my goal weight of 135 I had to lose just over 17 lbs.

It took me 9 months to lose the weight.

Sadly, a recent round of work travel made me gain some back.

I'm 5'6", age 35. I'm very active and I wanted to lose the weight slow (no stretch marks, yay!)

My goal calories NET was 1260/day. Typically I would burn 500 calories and I knew to eat them back (spread during the day in healthy calories--I would pre-log my workouts). Without eating them back I'd be fueling myself with only 760!

sarahharmintx

Does my calorie allowance seem right then?

I think so.

vivideloquence

Height: 5'8"

Start: 216lbs
Current: 165lbs
Goal: 140lbs

I was eating 1500 or less a day but then I plateaued for TWO MONTHS so I recently upped my calories to 1750 a day and when I work out I eat back about half of those calories too. Last week I lost a pound! It was so awsome to see the scale finally move again!

CazLovesCalories

thank you everyone xxx

sarahmoo12

im about 5ft6 and 147lbs.
My cals are set to 1000 /day I should be eating 1288 but if I put it up il go over and its not so bad when I go over my 1000 im still in my limit 90% of the time. Prob silly but works well for me

Umeboshi

I'm 5'2" and 235lbs, eating 1230 a day with a 'cheat' day once a week (when I feel like it).

Ahluvly

I'm currently at 86.3kg, and I've lost 8.3kg since January this year. I eat 1900 cals a day, have Saturday and sometimes Sunday as a cheat day, and work out 4 nights a week (4-6 classes). I'm averaging around 0.5kg weight loss a week

MelanieAG05

I'm 5ft 3, 39 and currently weigh 162lbs, my goal is 1540 cals per day and I eat back some exercise cals to ensure I NET my BMR which is about 1400. I lose about 0.4lbs per week. I was on a plateau so have been trying to get the loss moving again and have been playing around with the numbers! I workout 4-5 times per week.

Here are a couple of links to websites which may be of use to calculate what you should be eating according to your activity level - if you do go with numbers on these then you don't eat back exercise cals unless your NET is under your BMR:

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

http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/

The main thing to remember is that you need to eat at a level you can maintain and consider it to be a lifestyle change rather than a "diet".

Feel free to add me if you like.

k2charmed4u

I was 272lbs now 258lbs (14lbs down so far). My target is 160lbs which means I need to shift 112lbs total (98lbs to go). My cals are set at 1540 per day and i'm losing about 2lbs per week. I'm 5' 11".

P.S. I got down to 216lbs on this diet in 2010 so I know it works for me

Mummyadams

I am 5 ft 8
39
Current Weight 63.5 (140 lbs)
Goal Weight 60kg (132 lbs)
Set my cals at 1200 but after plateauing have increased to between 1400 / 1500 and now feeling bloated all the time.
After much reading I realise I should be more around 2200 but I am struggling to get my head around this.
Hard cardio 2 x week & 4 x very heavy weight sessions a week

Baurus

Current weight 74kg.
I'm used to net 1200 kclas everyday , but i do a lot of sports so i'm used to eat 2000 kcals then netting 1200