Over 300lbs, how many calories are you eating?

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  • lbesaw
    lbesaw Posts: 267 Member
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    I'm not over three hundred but I calculate 10 calories for each pound of my "Goal Weight" 150=1500 calories 145=1450...and so on.
  • lovechicagobears
    lovechicagobears Posts: 289 Member
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    I can eat around 2200 per day, but I usually aim for 1800-2000.

    I've lost at 2200, though, and I do eat 2200 on days I exercise. It just depends on my mood.
  • dimento1993
    dimento1993 Posts: 7
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    Im pretty much just like the op, im 6'6 340 pounds, there's no way i could eat 3kish calories, although im not sure if im consuming enough calories to lose more weight, im around 1k-1.2k calories a day, although i lost 5 kilos a month but i was hoping for more because im pretty much giving it all i got.

    i bike 5 times a week at home( and walk 10-30 minutes after meal) ( moderate/intense to keep my heart wild ) and go to the gym whenever im not sore chest press/leg press squats crunches and lift heavy weight, i should of measured my body to see how many inches i've lost =<

    edit: i've lost 5 kilos before joining here ;3
  • Built_Strong
    Built_Strong Posts: 114 Member
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    At 350lbs I was eating 1800-2000 calories a day. I'm now 253lbs and eating 1200-1500 per day. I dont eat back exercise calories. I dont track those on MFP.
  • iplayoutside19
    iplayoutside19 Posts: 2,304 Member
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    When I lost the majority of my weight my target was 2100, and I ate my exercise calories.

    Now, I shoot for 2350 now that I'm more interested in body composition.
  • mrlong78
    mrlong78 Posts: 7
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    Still >300 L.B.'s

    Eating on average 1500 calories (range of 1300-1700) a day plus 400-500 exercise a day (6 x week)

    MFP has me set currently for 1980 net calories/day
  • JessyJ03
    JessyJ03 Posts: 627 Member
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    Current weight 299

    Calories set at 1650 to lose 2 lbs per week.

    On workout days I eat back 50%-75% of my calories depending on how hungry I am. Those workout days to burn between 1200-2500 depending on my hike (I hike for exercise).
  • Craigamears
    Craigamears Posts: 65 Member
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    @Dimento - I too am 6'6" and was 340 (actually my highest was 360). I started to become more mindful of what I was eating and worked out "religiously" in the gym 5 days/week. I was overzealous in my calorie deprivation and intensity of the gym. I burned myself out endocrinologically. I was on a plateau at 290 that I could not shake for literally months. I had to quit the morning gym sessions due to a physical problem and early morning meetings. I slept in an additional hour. I found that in the 6 weeks I was off that I had dropped 10 lbs. I then came across MFP and realized I was in too much of a deficit to sustain the loss with the sleep deprivation. I know log all my food and eat back my calories. I have a fitbit One and a fitbit Aria scale that i linked into MFP. My weight has gone down but more importantly my fat lbs decrease weekly. Not as much as I would like but it is fat. Now I am going back to the gym for some more resistance oriented programs. I do about 2000 cals plus eat back my exercise cals.
  • krash999
    krash999 Posts: 476 Member
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    I am just over 6 foot and when i started on this site almost 2 years ago, i weighed in at about 520 pounds. my highest weight was 535 pounds. i was given about 3200 cals a day. i didnt always eat that many, and that didnt count the exorcise cals i had. after about 2 years now i am down to 388lbs and my counter still says i should be eating about 2400 cals a day. i have a moderate amount of activity. and all of that is with a 2 pound per week loss calculated(1000 cal a day deficit). on average if i follow that i lose anywhere between 1 to 3+ pounds a week. depending on how much i actually eat and or exorcise...
  • grnygerty
    grnygerty Posts: 4
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    My doctor started me at 1750 and then with each visit (I think I was going monthly) he moved me down 100-200 less. I am currently at 1450 but if I exercise I get more calories depending on what I have done.
  • LivingJuicy
    LivingJuicy Posts: 54 Member
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    When I started on this site, I was about 333 and I was given 2150 cals. I am at 306 and I get 2050. Some days I eat low and others I push right up to the goal. I have it set to lose 1 pound a week, but I typically lose 1.5ish. I set it for sedentary and log my exercise cals. I only eat my exercise calories back if I need to. I want to get to goal slowly because I am hoping my skin will shrink with me. :smile:
  • sarahmonsta
    sarahmonsta Posts: 185 Member
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    When I first started I was 305 lbs. Not saying it is right or wrong, but I knew I wanted to weigh about 200 lbs, so I started eating what I should eat to maintain my weight at 200 lbs. Worked for me for the first 40-60 lbs.

    My logic was that underneath this layer of fat, was the body I wanted. So, if I pretended that I was maintaining that body, I'd get there eventually. It works. The only reason I changed things up eventually is to account for LBM and speed things along a little. Still, it has taken me about 2 years and 4 months to get to 185 - right at 1 lb/wk.

    I weighed 225lbs to start with, but this is the same way I went at it with losing the weight! that is awesome you lost so much though, AMAZING!! :D
  • cordianet
    cordianet Posts: 534 Member
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    You must have selected that you were very active or something. I started at 302 and was told by MFP to eat 1800.
  • mwbulechek
    mwbulechek Posts: 162 Member
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    About 1400-1500 a day for me

    MFP said I could eat 2100 a day..
  • Pandorian
    Pandorian Posts: 2,055 MFP Moderator
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    I eat and lose at 2400 the 'scary' part is that until I was tracking I had to have been eating close to 4000 calories a day to put on weight as I was, but not tracking I didn't and couldn't know that...
  • zombie_porno
    zombie_porno Posts: 199 Member
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    When I was over 300 I was supposed to be eating 2400 a day. LMAO yeah effing right. I ate about 1200-1400 a day since I am extremely sedentary. I lost almost 50 lbs in 6 months & haven't gained any of it back a year and a half later. I'm still eating in the same range & still losing slowly.
  • mgobluetx12
    mgobluetx12 Posts: 1,326 Member
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    I was 315 and I ate 1400. It was below my BMR, but my doctor is the one who told me to eat that number. If you eat clean, 1400 goes a long way. I was never hungry.
  • wcasie
    wcasie Posts: 299 Member
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    I would figure out how many calories you currently (or previously) consumed. If it was 3000-4000 then a 2000-2500 calorie would be a great place to start. Give it 2 or 3 weeks on that then decrease as you see fit. When you have a lot to lose the first pounds drop quickly. Good luck!
  • gp79
    gp79 Posts: 1,799 Member
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    An easy way to estimate is to take your body weight and multiply it by 13 to 15 for maintenance, 10 to 12 for a loss and 16 to 18 for a gain. From there you just fine tune as you need too. Your lifestyle and the amount you move, the amount of exercise will all effect your specific results as there's no set number that works for everyone.
  • QuietRain
    QuietRain Posts: 157
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    My daily goal is 1780. I net around 1200 - 1600, depending on how hungry I get / how often.

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