Women, losing weight eating 1700+ calories?

love4fitnesslove4food_wechange

4'11 and I kill it every day I go to the gym. Usually I'm eating anywhere from 1800-2000 and losing!

DrMAvDPhD

I consumed an average of 1910 calories a day for the last 4 weeks and lost an average of 0.55 pounds per week. I lift heavy 3 times a week and average 2 hours of yoga and two hours of cardio a week.

ETA I'm 5'5"130lbs

Oishii

Even at 120lb I could lose on 2000kcal, with no serious workouts, just walking everywhere.

mygrl4meee

I am 5'10 and 220 lbs. Mfp has me at 1720 calories per day.

HeidiMightyRawr

I've lost weight before on 2400-2500 a day. Gym (strength training) 4-5 x a week for 45-75 mins and a fairly active job.

deksgrl

Yes, I'm a lot older than you and was losing on 1700 a day. Now I'm eating more because I added strength training.

evileen99

I can have a deficit eating 2200 calories. Don't starve yourself! Eat! You earned it.

Rhozelyn

Bump

Noor13

I am 5'7.5" wighing 155lbs
I am maintaining at 2750 lifting heavy 3 x a week, no cardio at the moment, just some Yoga on non-lifting days
I am losing if I just incorporate a bit more cardio into my routine.

DebiS1972

Does anyone want to take me on? I have been at plateau now 5 months...imagine how sad I feel. This is also when I started exercising properly too. Since Christmas I did the mfp figures which put me at 1300 plus exercise calories (to lose 2llbs a week). Nothing happened. 3 weeks ago I went and had my rmr done and it was pretty high at 1770 cals. So that plus sedentary life put me at2200, minus 500 cals for wanting to lose weight, I am back to 1770, then adding in exercise cals puts me now anywhere between 1770 and 2200 . Still haven't budged on those scales in three weeks.. Can you imagine how disheartened and sad I feel? I exercise 6 times a wok at different things and intensity. Tennis, jog, insanity, circuit and boxercise. I measure myself instead of weigh and yes there is minimal differences...but I feel like I have wasted 5 months! Someone said we are not unique like a snowflake, but I sure feel like one. What am I doing wrong, why does nothing work for me?

40 years old/ 164lb/ 5ft8

Graelwyn75

If anything, you could probably stand to eat a bit more. I would consider that to be the next level up in terms of calculating your tdee. If you are losing, I would not worry. If you start struggling to complete the workouts or start feeling overly hungry or like binging, then you might want to reconsider your calorie intake.

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c2jvintage

I am doing TDEE- 20%. It goes off of exercise per week...since you mention exercise but not how much I tried your info at 1-3 hours per week, that gave me 1642 calories per day for losing 3.3 pounds per month. If you are doing 3-5 hours per week it bumps up to 1851 with 3.8 pounds lost per month. With TDEE you do not eat back your calories since activity is figured in. There is other levels of activity you could bump up to, I just tried those two with your info, if you are exercising more than 5 hours per week then you would need to change it. Scooby's workshop I think is the most accurate calculator. This is the link http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/ I think that at 5'8" you are getting pretty close to your goal so 2 pounds per week is going to be difficult, but that is just my opinion. So, I would try eating TDEE-20% and see how it goes. Just looking at this thread gives me hope that I am doing something right, since there are so many great results! Good Luck!

F1uffy123

Hi, Im 5ft4 and weigh 161lbs.

I eat 1700 cals a day, exercise 2-3 times a week and ive lost 9lb in 4 weeks.

Good luck

(Im also doing TDEE-20%)

DebiS1972

Thanks guys, but TDEE works out/guesses at your BMR. As I know mine exactly as I have had it tested, it means that I can use that figure...so on scoobys site it guesses my BMR is 1208 but it is actually 1770.(this is the amount of cals I need to just survive) so the TDEE thing doesn't work out right for me unless I use my BMR and then even when I look at his results, that is what I was doing a few weeks ago when I still wasn't losing.

WendyTerry420

I typically eat 1900 calories. I will go as low as 1700 on occasion.

deksgrl

You take your BMR, and you multiply it by an activity factor based on how active you are to figure out your estimated TDEE. Then you reduce by 20% and do not eat back exercise calories since that is figured in to your TDEE.

Activity Factors
Sedentary = 1.2
Lightly Active = 1.3
Moderately Active = 1.5
Highly Active = 1.7
Extremely Active = 1.9

julesxo

You will lose fat if you are working out that much, and you will need the extra calories.

Some days I do Ripped in 30 on top of Insanity, but I am mostly focused on Insanity. I eat around 1500 - 1800 cals a day.

I also would not focus as much on the scale but more on your measurements. My weight goes down very slowly but inches are coming off fast.

WendyTerry420

Thanks guys, but TDEE works out/guesses at your BMR. As I know mine exactly as I have had it tested, it means that I can use that figure...so on scoobys site it guesses my BMR is 1208 but it is actually 1770.(this is the amount of cals I need to just survive) so the TDEE thing doesn't work out right for me unless I use my BMR and then even when I look at his results, that is what I was doing a few weeks ago when I still wasn't losing.

I calculated my TDEE after logging my food for six months. Most of the calculators give me a TDEE of 2100-2300, and that Katch-Mcardle one that people like to brag about, gives me a TDEE of only 1900! They are a good place to start when you have no clue, but once you have been logging for a while, you can figure out your true TDEE.

This is the best thread I've seen on that topic:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/819055-setting-your-calorie-and-macro-targets

lauraellie10

I'm 5ft 4 and down to 141 and reset how much each week I'd like to lose to 0.5lbs and its given me 1600 kcals
And I was worried it was too many. So gonna give it a week and see how we go.
I don't do loads of consisant exercise at mo.

My problem is I gotta start giving into chocolate and sweets I can't just have one. Xxx

AmyRhubarb

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Been at 1800+ calories for nearly a year. I'm near goal weight, but even better, I'm losing fat and inches and going broke buying smaller clothes, even when the scale didn't move for six months.

I follow the road map method, and my macros are 40/30/30. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12

My diary is open, although the past four days are not typical as I've been sick and camped out on my sofa since Thursday.

MrsK20141004

bump

MrsK20141004

Bump? Anyone else??? I'm loving the stories. I recently (2 weeks ago ish) upped my cals to 1700 after recalculating my TDEE -20% and haven't seen a ton of results yet but I'm committing to 6 weeks before I judge. Anymore insight out there MFP'ers?

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majope

Currently eating 1780 + exercise calories. I was at 1660 + exercise, but was losing weight too quickly (about a pound and a half per week instead of a nice slow and steady half a pound a week) so upped calories slightly and have tried to reduce the buffer I used to leave at the end of the day (was ~200 calories, meant to cover things I missed or wasn't sure of, but since I was losing faster than I meant to I guess I didn't need it).

Still losing at 1780+. I'm 49, 5'7", and 162 pounds. Now seem to be at the rate I wanted of .5 pound a week, maybe a little more as I've seen a lower weight on the scale twice but haven't recorded it yet as I suspect I was a little dehydrated at least one of the times I saw it.

LouiseH238

I am 225, started out at 238. Eat 1750 ish and am losing weight slowly but surely. And I don't do much exercise!

Amanda131314

I am also getting very frustrated. I am 26 years old and 5'6.5" 220 lbs. I started at 240 lbs and the first 20 lbs came off with no problem. I am running on my treadmill for 30 mins 4 days a week (1 min at 3.2 m/per hour than 1 min at 5.0 m/ per hour-switching back and forth for 30 minutes - 200 cal). I also do a one hour yoga class one day a week. I eat between 1500 - 1900 calroies a day (not including the calories I excercise off) and I have been plateau for almost 6 weeks. I am still sticking with all the good diet and excercise because I feel better. The whole reason I started this was a combination of wanting to lose weight, be healthier and live longer and be a good example to my future children. But it is hard not to get discourage when I am working so hard and not seeing it on the scales. Can anyone out there relate? Any advice?

ncl1313

I'm heavier than you, and I don't work out as much (3 days cardio, 3 days lifting). My calories are set at 1720, and I eat back all exercise calories. Most days I gross around 2000. I've found that if I net too low on a regular basis, like under 1620 each day, I plateau. If I'm right on target for the week, I usually drop 1-1.5 pounds. I concentrate more on my weekly totals than daily. It took me awhile to get my head around the fact that I don't want to dip too far below my weekly allotment since that's already a 20% deficit.

Amanda131314

Thanks for the reply. I am going to start focusing more on my weekly numbers see if that helps. I am also wondering if I should be mixing in some lifting with my cardio to keep my body guessing. Does anyone out there know if that could help? I always thought of cardio as weight lose and lifting as muscle building (toning - once you reached your goals). But that is probably a miss conception. Besides I guess muscle burns fat so it cant hurt.

deksgrl

Lifting is the way to go.