help! how many calories should i eat

jafy23

hey im 5'5 and 23 years old i weight 210 and i was good at weight loss for a but switched jobs and now have so much stress in my life. but i really want to lose this weight! i am going to vegas. but my bmr is telling me i should eat 1761 calories a day but im looking at people diarys and im always seeing like 1200. not sure what to do and go by

marycmeadows

you eat at your bmr, no less. screw everyone else starving themselves at 1200. I've lost 117lbs so far and I eat around 2000 a day. period.

SW 303.4
CW 186.4
30y/o female, 5'6''.
I work out a lot, running, strength training/metacon, cycling, pitaiyo (blend of yoga, pilates, tai chi)

jafy23

oh wow good for you!!! i really want to lose 80 pounds!! i will follow bmr then thanks:D

you eat at your bmr, no less. screw everyone else starving themselves at 1200. I've lost 117lbs so far and I eat around 2000 a day. period.

SW 303.4
CW 186.4
30y/o female, 5'6''.
I work out a lot, running, strength training/metacon, cycling, pitaiyo (blend of yoga, pilates, tai chi)

lisa483

Eat above your BMR and 20% under TDEE

Don't starve yourself to lose weight, you don't need to

1200 cals will send you into plateaus most definately. This happened to me so many times until I started eating more

Good Luck :0)

adam1885282

Trust in the MFP calculation. I'm down 65ish strictly following MFP, including eating back most if not all of my exercise calories. THEN, if it's not working after a few months, you can monkey with it.

SkimFlatWhite68

Try reading these:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/818082-exercise-calories-again-wtf -

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/819055-setting-your-calorie-and-macro-targets

http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/ - good one for working out your TDEE.

Good luck!

jafy23

thanks everyone!!

ChelsG77

Hi! Im 5'5, 24yrs old and 230IBs... I eat 1500 cals a day and that seems to to be working for me. I lose about 1Lbs a week, and I do my daily exercise. I found eating 1200 made me want to snack more late at night

wolfelements

I see the 1200 calories a lot since I joined, but it's so not for everyone. My demographic is different than yours (27, 203 lbs, and 5' 11"), but I'm trusting what the MFP is telling me I should eat (which is 1700, but I always go under cause I never know when my husband wants to drink at night). I think it's a safe bet.

bebecakes24

I'm 5'4, 28 years old, and my starting weight was 205. MFP calculated my daily intake at 1200 calories. Here is my progress...

Week 1 - down 5 lbs
Week 2 - down 3 lbs
Week 3 - down 2 lbs
Week 4 - down 3 lbs
Week 5 - down 2 lbs

I'm currently down 15 lbs; although, I'm sure it will slow down to a steady 1 - 2 lb loss per week very soon. I do add in about 20 - 30 minutes of walking or circut training (Jillian Michaels' kickboxing and 30 Day Shred videos are awesome) about 3 times a week. Good luck in your journey!