Girls, how many calories are you eating?
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5'6", 158lbs, I get about 1500 net calories per day, and usually eat between 1900-2200 gross.0
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I'm 5ft 5"
158ish pounds
1200 cal a day but I eat half my exercise calories, so some days it's 1500-1600.
Some days I'm a slug and only get my measly 1200.
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2000 and losing around 1% bf per month. Currently 23%0
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I'm 5'0", 122lbs, eating 1464 calories a day. I also work out 5 days a week, lifting weights and HIIT sprints.0
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5'6 157 net around 1500-1600 and eat 1800-2000 to lose0
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5'7 / 129lb. Currently I aim to eat 1,270 cals per day. Most days I do exercise and I eat my exercise cals so I'm really eating about 1,400-1,500 cals a day.0
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I'm 58 kgs ( 127 lb) and 165 cm ( 5'4) . I eat up to 1700. My exercise is usually 3 Muay thai classes per week, walk dog and do weights on the other days0
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5'5", 117lbs and eat between 1400-1800 a day. I do a HIIT class 3-4 times a week and 30 minute strength training sessions twice a week (one day upper body, 1 day lower body), 1 rest day.0
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I'm 5'4" and unfortunately back up to 140 lbs. I maintain on about 1800-1900. I have no idea how much I eat anymore. I stay in a deficit over the course of a week and just kind of go at it over the weekend without logging carefully. I'm kind of maintaining so I assume 1800-1900. Though...that's not my goal.0
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I eventually lost some weight after Christmas 2014. A week on 1000 Kcal per day no change, a week on 800, felt ill, did lose 2 lb in weight, but the diet, I think even on 1000 kcal would be unsustainable. 1000 kcals in the 70s was the magic number for dieting, with exercise. Really struggled with my weight when I was in my teens (in the 70's) and used this formula to get to a toned size 10/12. Still ballooned to a size 16 whenever I wasn't dieting, in spite of being very active.Was very ill in my early twenties, unable to eat. Afterwards I found that I could eat loads (to me at the time), about 2000kcal without gaining weight. I had to watch my weight but it was about 7 lbs a year, dieted for two weeks, job done.
Went through a phase when I was very tired, lost a lot of weight and was thought, initially to be diabetic. The blood test was redone, fasting this time, and results were normal. Also tested my own blood sugar, which was a bit excitable, in spite of not having a sweet tooth. I'd had borderline thyroid result before but it wasn't flagged. Eventually gained weight from a size 8 (was eating family packs of nuts to gain weight) to my usual adult UK size 12.
Had a big problem with insomnia, and at times some depression/ anxiety. I took sleeping pills for 14 years. Bliss. Then told that I couldn't have them anymore. Agreed at the time, as I was developing a tolerance. For about 10 years it was just when I needed them, so would try not to take them every night. The alternative was Mirtazapine. Weight was OK then, size 12. Ravenous hunger about 30 mins after taking them.Didn't help acid reflux. I have a hiatus hernia and now Barretts oesophagus. Gained 2 stone ish.
My thyroid is now officially under active.So I take Levothyroxine. You need to get thyroid checks and avoid anti depressants with a weight gain side effect if being overweight is part of your cause for being depressed.
Gone off track, but I lost 10 lbs in early 2015, over 20 ish weeks. 1200kcals and a Rosemary Connelly DVD. per day.I think that the exercise worked better than than the calories. Thyroid bloods were also optimal, they vary.0 -
It depends. I diet hard for a while when I feel like it, do moderate calories when I feel like it, or some slow 1/2 lb a week stuff, maintenance, even planned slight gain. If I average everything out and go by weight lost over time for the past few months, it works itself to about 1500 net calories or so.0
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Sorry didn't give stats. 5 foot 6, 13 stone, the heaviest I've ever been. Was 12 and a half stone before losing the 10 pounds. High cholesterol got it down from 8.9 to 7.9. Was normal before the Mirtazapine, now a mess.0
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I'm 5'2, 47 pounds and flirting with maintenance...I say this as I'm still losing weight eating 1500-1800 cals every day (with exercise), although I'm set to maintain. You can lose on more, just gotta move your bod, ALOT!0
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5'4 105ish 2100-2600, workout 3-4x a week for an hour0
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4'11, weight 120lbs, about 27% body fat. I weight train 4x per week, walk for 40 mins about 5x a week and I do an hour of cardio on Saturdays. I'm trying to get lean and gain muscle, so I'm eating about 1,400 a day. I think this should be more but I am SO FULL at the moment so slowly increasing.0
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4'10" I eat 1400 calories a day and burn 500 calories at least 5 days a week. On rest days I eat 1200-1300 calories. Usually I have 75-100 calories left over to account for food/workout calorie inaccuracies. I fell off the wagon and now I am 140 lbs, but this helped me reach 127 lbs before and I will do it again. If I hit a plateau I switch up my calories to vary on certain days to trick my body. I also track macros so I flex carbs/protein.0
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2200-2400 on average (5'8, 160 in maintenance) ... Today more like 2700 cos I've walked 18000 steps and not done yet
@winogelato is 5'2 and on 2200, aren't you lovey
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It doesn't matter what works for everyone else. Based on your stats, your Basic Metabolic Rate is 1564. That's how many calories you'd burn if you spent 24 hours in bed. If you ate that everyday...you'd still lose weight, albeit slowly. 1400 is probably a good starting point for an increase.
You would need almost 1900 calories a day to maintain your weight. 1400 calories a day is a 500 calorie deficit (assuming you eat exercise calories.) You won't gain weight!
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2200-2400 on average (5'8, 160 in maintenance) ... Today more like 2700 cos I've walked 18000 steps and not done yet
@winogelato is 5'2 and on 2200, aren't you lovey
There is no reason to have to eat stupidly low calories
Very close. I haven't been getting as many this summer because of work schedule and per my FitBit my TDEE dropped to 2100. It really does make a huge difference to be active, as a petite female I was really struggling when I was more sedentary and limited as to how much food I could eat. A concentrated effort to become more active has had multiple benefits, especially more food!1 -
I really like making you pop into these threads...it's like summoning a genie :bigsmile:
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WinoGelato wrote: »2200-2400 on average (5'8, 160 in maintenance) ... Today more like 2700 cos I've walked 18000 steps and not done yet
@winogelato is 5'2 and on 2200, aren't you lovey
There is no reason to have to eat stupidly low calories
Very close. I haven't been getting as many this summer because of work schedule and per my FitBit my TDEE dropped to 2100. It really does make a huge difference to be active, as a petite female I was really struggling when I was more sedentary and limited as to how much food I could eat. A concentrated effort to become more active has had multiple benefits, especially more food!
How active are you again? I really hate cardio so have a low-ish TDEE for my height/weight. I try to increase NEAT but it doesn't seem to be enough to make a difference. At 140 and 5'4", 10-12k steps per day, weight lifting 4x per week, I got 1800-1900 for maintenance.0 -
I walk and do circuit training with light weights 3x a week. I average 13-15k steps/day.arditarose wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »2200-2400 on average (5'8, 160 in maintenance) ... Today more like 2700 cos I've walked 18000 steps and not done yet
@winogelato is 5'2 and on 2200, aren't you lovey
There is no reason to have to eat stupidly low calories
Very close. I haven't been getting as many this summer because of work schedule and per my FitBit my TDEE dropped to 2100. It really does make a huge difference to be active, as a petite female I was really struggling when I was more sedentary and limited as to how much food I could eat. A concentrated effort to become more active has had multiple benefits, especially more food!
How active are you again? I really hate cardio so have a low-ish TDEE for my height/weight. I try to increase NEAT but it doesn't seem to be enough to make a difference. At 140 and 5'4", 10-12k steps per day, weight lifting 4x per week, I got 1800-1900 for maintenance.
5'2 and 120, been maintaining using Fitbit estimates for over a year.
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WinoGelato wrote: »
I walk and do circuit training with light weights 3x a week. I average 13-15k steps/day.arditarose wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »2200-2400 on average (5'8, 160 in maintenance) ... Today more like 2700 cos I've walked 18000 steps and not done yet
@winogelato is 5'2 and on 2200, aren't you lovey
There is no reason to have to eat stupidly low calories
Very close. I haven't been getting as many this summer because of work schedule and per my FitBit my TDEE dropped to 2100. It really does make a huge difference to be active, as a petite female I was really struggling when I was more sedentary and limited as to how much food I could eat. A concentrated effort to become more active has had multiple benefits, especially more food!
How active are you again? I really hate cardio so have a low-ish TDEE for my height/weight. I try to increase NEAT but it doesn't seem to be enough to make a difference. At 140 and 5'4", 10-12k steps per day, weight lifting 4x per week, I got 1800-1900 for maintenance.
5'2 and 120, been maintaining using Fitbit estimates for over a year.
That's not much more than me...and you're shorter and lighter. I fail.0 -
arditarose wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »2200-2400 on average (5'8, 160 in maintenance) ... Today more like 2700 cos I've walked 18000 steps and not done yet
@winogelato is 5'2 and on 2200, aren't you lovey
There is no reason to have to eat stupidly low calories
Very close. I haven't been getting as many this summer because of work schedule and per my FitBit my TDEE dropped to 2100. It really does make a huge difference to be active, as a petite female I was really struggling when I was more sedentary and limited as to how much food I could eat. A concentrated effort to become more active has had multiple benefits, especially more food!
How active are you again? I really hate cardio so have a low-ish TDEE for my height/weight. I try to increase NEAT but it doesn't seem to be enough to make a difference. At 140 and 5'4", 10-12k steps per day, weight lifting 4x per week, I got 1800-1900 for maintenance.
That seems quite low @arditarose
What were your bulking cals?0 -
arditarose wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »2200-2400 on average (5'8, 160 in maintenance) ... Today more like 2700 cos I've walked 18000 steps and not done yet
@winogelato is 5'2 and on 2200, aren't you lovey
There is no reason to have to eat stupidly low calories
Very close. I haven't been getting as many this summer because of work schedule and per my FitBit my TDEE dropped to 2100. It really does make a huge difference to be active, as a petite female I was really struggling when I was more sedentary and limited as to how much food I could eat. A concentrated effort to become more active has had multiple benefits, especially more food!
How active are you again? I really hate cardio so have a low-ish TDEE for my height/weight. I try to increase NEAT but it doesn't seem to be enough to make a difference. At 140 and 5'4", 10-12k steps per day, weight lifting 4x per week, I got 1800-1900 for maintenance.
That seems quite low @arditarose
What were your bulking cals?
Started at 2000, ended around 2100-22200 -
It's pretty stinky. I have to drop pretty low to see any weight loss.0
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I do find the marginal increase from 10000-12000 to 15000 steps quite significant ...not that I'm suggesting you need to walk more but that extra 3000 tends to be an additional 200-250 calories..it seems to escalate the numbers as they get higher tbh0 -
Sucks
I do find the marginal increase from 10000-12000 to 15000 steps quite significant ...not that I'm suggesting you need to walk more but that extra 3000 tends to be an additional 200-250 calories..it seems to escalate the numbers as they get higher tbh
That's helpful actually. Maybe if I keep it more consistently closer to 15000 I'd see a difference.0 -
Sucks
I do find the marginal increase from 10000-12000 to 15000 steps quite significant ...not that I'm suggesting you need to walk more but that extra 3000 tends to be an additional 200-250 calories..it seems to escalate the numbers as they get higher tbh
I think you are right, there does seem to be a sharper uptick in calorie burn around the 14k-15k step/day threshold. I've heard though that for big step counts there's a law of diminishing returns that over 25k it doesn't seem like it continues the same trajectory.0
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