Please Help! Don't know how much calories to eat!

Quasita

find some friends and dont post useless questions here when we could be helping someone instead of looking at your crap

Why do you keep coming back to the post if it's a waste of time? The action is completely contradictory. I'm asking for an opinion on the situation, which I have every right to do. Just as much right as you have to go away

TavistockToad

Try roughly 2293 cals....

Quasita

I'm seriously curious as to what people will have to say about the situation.

My stats are 100% true

My goal weight is 215.

2200 - 2500 calories a day and eat your exercise calories back. You might need to adjust this down a bit as you get closer to goal but that's a really good ball park I think. You'll probably want to pull this down to 2000 a day when you get within 30 pounds.

I'm maintaining around 210 lbs on 2500 calories so that should put you close enough to get started.

Cool, thanks I appreciate the input, I really do.

shaybuggie

Oh, and just how did you type all upside-downy?

*must... learn...*

cwolfman13

I'm thinking this is a Troll post..could be wrong...

Me too.

What's a troll post? (No, seriously, I don't know...)

One with little to no value...one that is in no way serious.

love4fitnesslove4food_wechange

find some friends and dont post useless questions here when we could be helping someone instead of looking at your crap

Why do you keep coming back to the post if it's a waste of time? The action is completely contradictory. I'm asking for an opinion on the situation, which I have every right to do. Just as much right as you have to go away

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Opinion: eat less than you burn until you arrive at your goal weight. If you'd like to preserve LBM then lift weights. If you'd like to avoid misery then avoid lofty weight goals--a 15-20% deficit should suffice. Recalculate your TDEE with each 10-15 pound loss and find your new calorie target.

AnvilHead

The answer is 42.

Quasita

The answer is 42.

Yusssssss Hitchhiking at its finest

iWaffle

Opinion: eat less than you burn until you arrive at your goal weight. If you'd like to preserve LBM then lift weights.

This can't be said enough. You need to make sure you're killing it with the weights when you're cutting weight. You want to preserve as much lean body mass as possible. It's much easier to lose fat than it is to build muscle. Preserve as much as possible. That's the difference between being 215 and awesome/flabby.

Don't be afraid to adjust your goal once you get closer too. I was aiming for 220 originally but found that 210 is a much better weight for what I'm after. Best of luck and make sure your protein intake is high while you're losing/lifting weights. 200 grams a day or a tad more would be a good target.

tnloser1970

There are a lot of conflicting pieces of information on here... So I figured I'd ask the masses for input. How many calories should a person like me eat?

Height: 6'1"
Weight: 449lbs
BF%: No idea
Body Type: Large frame, heavily muscled

I have a limited budget so I'm trying to determine my calories and ways to reach that goal. I typically do 5-7 sessions of 20+ minutes of cardio a week, lots of times getting up to an hour. In an hour, I average around 750 calories burned with cardio exercises.

˙ʎluo ʇuıod ɐ əʌoɹd oʇ sı ʇsod sıɥʇ ˙slɐuoıssəɟoɹd snoɹəɯnu ɥʇıʍ ʇısıʌ ʎlɹɐlnƃəɹ puɐ ʞuıl ʇıɟ ɐıpəɯʎpoq ɐ ɥʇıʍ əəpʇ ʎɯ pəuıɯɹəʇəp əʌɐɥ ʎllɐnʇɔɐ ı :ıʎɟ

There is some information I don't know such as your age. But, based on what I have here, the USDA recommends you eat around 2,000 calories a day

Grains - 6 ounce(s) per day
Vegetables - 2½ cup(s) per day
Fruits - 2 cup(s) per day
Dairy - 3 cup(s) per day
Protein Foods - 5½ ounce(s) per day
Oils - 6 tsp. per day

What I would recommend doing is checking out this link and making a profile to get your actual numbers. I hope this helps

Visit here https://www.supertracker.usda.gov/createprofile.aspx

chocl8girl

I have only one question: HOW DID YOU TYPE UPSIDE-DOWN?!?

http://www.typeupsidedown.com/

PikaKnight

If you just wanted opinions to compare, that's all you had to say. You didn't need to go asking for help and make it sound like you needed advice.

You could also have searched the forums for the many other threads that people have posted who have genuinely needed advice and used the same tools and links that they were given to do your own research.

Even I can't find anything funny about this...just sad that people who didn't take the time to read the upside down writing wasted their concerns on you.

WendyTerry420

The answer is 42.

Yusssssss Hitchhiking at its finest

WendyTerry420

Even I can't find anything funny about this...just sad that people who didn't take the time to read the upside down writing wasted their concerns on you.

No, it's sad that people set up their own expectations for strangers, then find themselves disappointed when the person ends up not being entirely as it originally appeared, based on your own preconceived notions. :flowerforyou:

PikaKnight

Even I can't find anything funny about this...just sad that people who didn't take the time to read the upside down writing wasted their concerns on you.

No, it's sad that people set up their own expectations for strangers, then find themselves disappointed when the person ends up not being entirely as it originally appeared, based on your own preconceived notions. :flowerforyou:

Yeah, I guess I was hoping for too much. Damn overoptimism! *shakes fist*

Quasita

I just find it overall sad that people can be so rude and mean. This post was made in response to several that have been made today, where people are presuming to know the answers to this question without getting to know a person. People with calculations and formulas that don't stop to think there are cases where it's not the best way to go about making suggestions for a person.

Why give myself as an example? because those calculations you all say to use would place me at needing to eat over 4k in calories. I was curious to see if any of the forum trolling experts would bother or be willing to stand by their formulas and actually speak to the numbers that they swear by.

I put the upside down wording there so that people who actually read an entire post before responding would know that this was not just another noob asking a question and needing an easy answer. I encourage people to actually research and speak with professionals, and I get shot down in the forums because I won't swear by this Dan guy's posting, or any number of other takes on the subject.

I'm sorry if y'all got butthurt over this but it was made after I commented on my personal page and friends encouraged me to go public. It's not supposed to be funny. It's supposed to be something to actually think about, but I guess that was too much to expect.

Oh, and for the people who acted like I had to be lying about my body... Well, I'm not. The only way I came to the conclusion of the 2293 calories is by wearing a monitor to track my average TDEE to the minute and subtracting 1000 calories. No calculation required.

beachlover317

Oh, cool!!! This is about Dan? I love him. He really knows his stuff. I have lost a little weight (LOL), a lot of my body fat and started lifting heavy 3 months ago because of his advice. I'm looking pretty great for an almost 55 year old woman. He has saved me. I was a life long yo yo dieter and now I really think I'm going to do it this time. It's been 10 months and I'm still going strong.

Just in case you don't have it? Here's the link to the Road Map. Best thing ever written on MFP!!!!!


http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12


Have a great day!!! :flowerforyou:

WendyTerry420

Even I can't find anything funny about this...just sad that people who didn't take the time to read the upside down writing wasted their concerns on you.

No, it's sad that people set up their own expectations for strangers, then find themselves disappointed when the person ends up not being entirely as it originally appeared, based on your own preconceived notions. :flowerforyou:

Yeah, I guess I was hoping for too much. Damn overoptimism! *shakes fist*

:laugh:

WendyTerry420

I just find it overall sad that people can be so rude and mean. This post was made in response to several that have been made today, where people are presuming to know the answers to this question without getting to know a person. People with calculations and formulas that don't stop to think there are cases where it's not the best way to go about making suggestions for a person.

Why give myself as an example? because those calculations you all say to use would place me at needing to eat over 4k in calories. I was curious to see if any of the forum trolling experts would bother or be willing to stand by their formulas and actually speak to the numbers that they swear by.

I put the upside down wording there so that people who actually read an entire post before responding would know that this was not just another noob asking a question and needing an easy answer. I encourage people to actually research and speak with professionals, and I get shot down in the forums because I won't swear by this Dan guy's posting, or any number of other takes on the subject.

I'm sorry if y'all got butthurt over this but it was made after I commented on my personal page and friends encouraged me to go public. It's not supposed to be funny. It's supposed to be something to actually think about, but I guess that was too much to expect.

Oh, and for the people who acted like I had to be lying about my body... Well, I'm not. The only way I came to the conclusion of the 2293 calories is by wearing a monitor to track my average TDEE to the minute and subtracting 1000 calories. No calculation required.

Your point is a good one. I entirely agree. It happens all too often. But I will say that Dan's formula is awesome. It does work for most people. The ones that can't seem to make it work for them are usually people who have damaged their metabolism with long-term restrictive dieting. I will also add that Dan is a smart guy that has done a lot of research, and some people (like the one that called you a "whack job") aren't capable of doing the research needed because they simply can't figure it out. (Some people just aren't all that bright :frown:)

Denjo060

OK but the question stillremains how did you do the upside down writing :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

MsDover

The answer is 42.

Awesome. But... if you were flying through the galaxy and she was hitchhiking.... would you pick her up?

ETA: ˙ǝɯosǝʍɐ

tnloser1970

just sad that people who didn't take the time to read the upside down writing wasted their concerns on you.

I did read the upside down text before I responded. Even if it may have been a waste of time for this question doesn't mean it is a waste of time for someone who may be searching for the answer. I respond to even the troll questions because it allows information for those who really need it to be put into place