Women - what's your calorie goal?

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  • Angie_1991
    Angie_1991 Posts: 447 Member
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    1200 without exercise. When I get a work out in...it's more.
  • itgeekwoman
    itgeekwoman Posts: 804 Member
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    I'm 5'3" 42 years old and sedentary (working out 3x a week doing weight and HIIT)
    I eat about 1000 calories a day working with a nutritionist.
    I have about 30 lbs to go to get to goal.
  • lizziebeth1028
    lizziebeth1028 Posts: 3,602 Member
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    cals to eat daily goal - 1200 (I am rarely ever able to eat this much)
    net cals after exercise daily goal - 600 (I net at or below 600 every day)

    frame size (cause that matters too, imo) - extremely small
    height - 5'4
    start weight - 157
    current weight - 142 at last weigh in, probably less now
    goal weight - 120 to 115

    Yes, it is working for me. I've been losing about 2 lbs a week. I'm never hungry, tired, or weak. I meet my daily goals for nutrients as well.

    You net below 600 a day?
  • itgeekwoman
    itgeekwoman Posts: 804 Member
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    5'6 and before I was pregnant, I ate 2400-3000 per day, depending on how much exercise. I lost 40 pounds prior to getting pregnant.

    Phew I thought I was the only one here eating properly lol.
    I am 5'7.5'' and I am eating 2400-600

    Properly?
  • LoraF83
    LoraF83 Posts: 15,694 Member
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    5'6 and before I was pregnant, I ate 2400-3000 per day, depending on how much exercise. I lost 40 pounds prior to getting pregnant.

    Phew I thought I was the only one here eating properly lol.
    I am 5'7.5'' and I am eating 2400-600

    Properly?

    Yes, properly. She is fueling her body so she can work towards her fitness goals.
  • FitMama2013
    FitMama2013 Posts: 919 Member
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    5'6 and before I was pregnant, I ate 2400-3000 per day, depending on how much exercise. I lost 40 pounds prior to getting pregnant.

    Phew I thought I was the only one here eating properly lol.
    I am 5'7.5'' and I am eating 2400-600

    Properly?

    Yes, properly. She is fueling her body so she can work towards her fitness goals.

    ^ agreed. Also, it's a sustainable calorie goal for life for me - I may have lost weight more slowly, but I'm more likely to keep it off by having eaten more along the way.
  • onyxgirl17
    onyxgirl17 Posts: 1,721 Member
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    Over the summer I averaged 1300 and went to the gym 3-4 times a week, losing about 20 pounds.

    Now that school has started back up...

    1300-1400 is my goal to hit as a weekly average. My TDEE is relatively low and I'm a student with a mainly sedentary lifestyle studying (chemistry) so when classes are hard I have a hard time hitting the gym. Right now without exercising I'm losing a little under a pound a week (0.5-0.75) and yea it's been working. I'm keeping this strategy through the end of the year and my goal is to lose another 10 pounds by then. I will re-evaluate at the end of the year. Most likely I will increase calories to 1500 and start strength training at that point to lose at a slow consistent rate. I would like to be 135 by April'ish of next year (When I graduate).
  • Mrs_Duh
    Mrs_Duh Posts: 263
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    Height: 5'10''
    Starting Weight: 160
    Goal: 145
    Calorie Goal: 1500
  • love4fitnesslove4food_wechange
    love4fitnesslove4food_wechange Posts: 6,897 Member
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    I'm 5' tall.

    1150-1200 if I haven't exercised.
    1200-1250 if I have exercised.

    You Increase by a whopping 50 calories?
  • PetulantOne
    PetulantOne Posts: 2,131 Member
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    5' 3"
    SW 172
    CW 156lbs
    GW 125
    I eat around 1,750 a day. I don't eat my exercise calories back so to speak. I have them set into my TDEE. (Lightly active) If I work out more than 3 times in a week, I eat around 1950.
  • kimosabe1
    kimosabe1 Posts: 2,467 Member
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    I'm 5"6 and at 1360...
  • eecruzmd
    eecruzmd Posts: 119 Member
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    Im 5'6 and my calorie goal is suppose to be 1500 but I fixed it to be 1200
  • LovingLisa2012
    LovingLisa2012 Posts: 802 Member
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    2150
    5'6

    ticker speaks for itself :drinker:
  • mcouturezz
    mcouturezz Posts: 145
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    i'm 5'8''
    SW : 229
    CW : 214
    GW : 170
    I was at 1320 + eating cals back from exercise ( 4 x 30 mins / wk )
    but not really losing for a few weeks so I upped to a steady 1600 we'll see how that goes !
  • Golfgirl16
    Golfgirl16 Posts: 26 Member
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    I'm 5'6, cal goal of 1350 (2lbs a week), don't eat back my cal, and work out 5x a week. I've lost 11lbs in a month:) Drinking at least 64oz of water and eating pretty healthy. Love this site!
  • dawlschic007
    dawlschic007 Posts: 636 Member
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    I'm 5'3 and eat 1700 calories per day and work out about 3 to 4 times per week. If I go for long runs or workout really hard, then I eat a bit more. I try to just make sure I net a couple hundred above my BMR of 1240. I started at 145 and am down to 126 now and just have about 10 pounds or so left to lose. I did start out eating the 1200 calories but then stalled out and switched to eating at my goal weight maintenance level. It's a slower weight loss (about 0.5 pound per week) but I enjoy it because I get to eat more and it also teaches me how to maintain my goal weight, not just lose weight.
  • Fit2Skinnyme33
    Fit2Skinnyme33 Posts: 127 Member
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    My personal trainer is requiring me to eat between 1700-1800 every day that I work out (5 days a week) and burn between 400-500 per workout. So I am really consuming 1200-1300 per day. On the days that I am not working out but keeping active (not sitting on the couch) she said it can be lower at the 1300-1400 range. Then by intake should be 25% carbs, 20% protein and 15% fat, total 276g carbs per day, 38g fat per day, and 64g protein per day. Carbs sound scary but when going to the gym that much and working hard, she told me you will want them to keep your energy up, emotional, and your body with burn them with the amount of workouts

    I am 5'2 and currently weight 210.

    Sometimes I find it difficult to get that many calories, but most of the time I don't when I make sure to have breakfast lunch snack pre workout and post workout or on non gym days breakfast lunch snack dinner.

    Her break down for
  • AlexandraLynch
    AlexandraLynch Posts: 161
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    5'7" and almost completely sedentary, so I am doing this all through calories. MFP sets me at 1450, and I generally hit around that. Many days I don't log in detail, but at this point I have a pretty good idea what certain things are, and that if I eat XYZ for breakfast, ABC for lunch, and DEF for dinner, with HIJ as snacks between, then I'll stay under calorie and so I don't bother logging that.

    When I do exercise, it's gentle walking and yin yoga, and I don't always log those, especially the yin yoga as it isn't cardio stuff.
  • bizorra
    bizorra Posts: 151 Member
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    I'm 5'9" and my goal is 1500, but really I aim to net between 1500 and 1700. I'm still struggling, and still stuck on this plateau, so I decided to lighten up a bit this month, keep track of how much I'm eating and focus on the workouts, then we'll see how things averaged out through the month.

    So far, still wobbling between 170 and 175 *sigh* but it's all a part of the process, right?
  • lauraniwa
    lauraniwa Posts: 131 Member
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    5'6 and before I was pregnant, I ate 2400-3000 per day, depending on how much exercise. I lost 40 pounds prior to getting pregnant.

    Phew I thought I was the only one here eating properly lol.
    I am 5'7.5'' and I am eating 2400-600

    Amen. Fuel up. Work hard. Repeat.

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