How much calories would you eat if you were me?

So here it is:
I am 5'6"
SW: 146 lbs
CW: 133 lbs
GW 128ish lbs

I do the following exercises:
Step Class 60 min once a week
Kickbox Cardio 60 min once a week
Yoga 60 min once a week
Pilates 60 min once a week
Body works + Abs Class 60 min once a week
Treadmill 2-3 miles once to twice a week



I work a desk job so not much movement there

What amount of calories should i be eating according to YOU?

Thanks for taking the time to read this!
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  • misssbluiz
    misssbluiz Posts: 43 Member
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  • Hi there, Misssbluiz,
    Congratulations, you are doing very well with your weight loss. I just started about 3 weeks ago and have only
    lost about 6-7 lbs. You are already down, to begin with.

    Maybe try a diet of 1200 daily calories. That is what is suggested to me. But that is If you are sedentary. And as you
    become more and more active you would increase your calories.

    Hope this is hopeful, good luck to you. Wish me luck also!!

    travbell1
  • misssbluiz
    misssbluiz Posts: 43 Member
    1200 does not work for me at this point, but thank you for your suggestion.
  • misssbluiz
    misssbluiz Posts: 43 Member
    Bump..
  • Yooperm35
    Yooperm35 Posts: 787 Member
    If it was me, I'd figure out my TDEE -10% then eat back my exercise calories that would be tracked by using my HRM
    So close to your goal, you should be eating closer to maintenance
  • Yooperm35
    Yooperm35 Posts: 787 Member
    1200 does not work for me at this point, but thank you for your suggestion.
    1200 is too low for how much you work out and being so close to your goal.
  • holothuroidea
    holothuroidea Posts: 772 Member
    I'd eat TDEE-10%

    I put your stats in, using a "very active- exercise 6/7 days a week" modifier, and got a TDEE of 2444.

    So I'd eat around 2200 if I were you.
  • herblackwings39
    herblackwings39 Posts: 3,930 Member
    Using 3-5 hours of moderate exercise a week BMR came out to 1410 with a TDEE of 2186. TDEE - 10% makes it 1967 via the scooby site calculators.
  • KiyaK
    KiyaK Posts: 519 Member
    The whole point of this site is to tell you how many calories to eat. Enter your info (all the stuff you listed at the beginning of your post), and it will calculate how many calories you are allowed. When you work out, you earn calories back. EAT THEM! If you don't, you'll feel hungry all the time. Also, your body could think it's not getting enough fuel & slow your weight loss.
  • misssbluiz
    misssbluiz Posts: 43 Member
    Thank you for your responses! I am now set at 1400 + eat exers. Cal back but i almost always am over bacause i feel hungry!
  • abheshek
    abheshek Posts: 525 Member
    3000
  • kayemme
    kayemme Posts: 1,782 Member
    you're so close to your goal, i would find out what your maintenance is and then just go down a little bit from that, maybe 2-300 calories lower
  • misssbluiz
    misssbluiz Posts: 43 Member
    3000

    I wish
  • Might not be how many calories you are eating as opposed to what you are eating. I lost from a size 18 to a 6 from July 2011 to Dec 2011 by eating according to the blood type diet. It's very strict but good grief it works. If you want to see my before and after pics just go to my Facebook page. I created it to help inspire others and try to motivate them to their goals. :)

    https://www.facebook.com/RhondasFitnessTransformation
  • misssbluiz
    misssbluiz Posts: 43 Member
    Might not be how many calories you are eating as opposed to what you are eating. I lost from a size 18 to a 6 from July 2011 to Dec 2011 by eating according to the blood type diet. It's very strict but good grief it works. If you want to see my before and after pics just go to my Facebook page. I created it to help inspire others and try to motivate them to their goals. :)

    https://www.facebook.com/RhondasFitnessTransformation

    Were you able to keep the weight off after that?
  • Might not be how many calories you are eating as opposed to what you are eating. I lost from a size 18 to a 6 from July 2011 to Dec 2011 by eating according to the blood type diet. It's very strict but good grief it works. If you want to see my before and after pics just go to my Facebook page. I created it to help inspire others and try to motivate them to their goals. :)

    https://www.facebook.com/RhondasFitnessTransformation
  • Viva81Diva
    Viva81Diva Posts: 148
    Calories count, but it's also the quality of what you eat that matters. Since you are very active, if you want to lose and get the most health benefits, focusing on a clean diet 90% of the time will help you achieve your goal at a steady pace. The other 10% should be allowed for "cheats" or times when you are really craving something and just have to have it. :)

    In answer to your question, play around with your calories until you find which amount works for you. On the days you are active, try eating almost all of your calories burned but leaving about 100 -300 left per say. If that doesn't work, eat back all of them the next week. If that doesn't work - well, save more than 300. The more energy you expend, the more food you need to refuel.

    Good luck! :)
  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    So here it is:
    I am 5'6"
    SW: 146 lbs
    CW: 133 lbs
    GW 128ish lbs

    I do the following exercises:
    Step Class 60 min once a week
    Kickbox Cardio 60 min once a week
    Yoga 60 min once a week
    Pilates 60 min once a week
    Body works + Abs Class 60 min once a week
    Treadmill 2-3 miles once to twice a week

    I work a desk job so not much movement there

    What amount of calories should i be eating according to YOU?

    Thanks for taking the time to read this!

    Mifflin BMR - 1355
    Activity weekly:
    yoga low cardio - 60 min
    pilates medium cardio - 60 min
    high cardio - 225 min (180 min + 45 avg running)
    BMR multiplier - 1.54
    TDEE - 2091
    Deficit 10% with amount to lose and straight cardio only workouts
    Total Daily Eating Goal - 1882

    Do not log and eat back exercise because it's already included, unless you throw in an extra workout not mentioned above.
    If you miss a planned workout, skip 100 calories that day.
    If you make it up, add the 100 back in.

    Knowing bodyfat might help, but this close to goal weight, probably not. But really at goal weight all ready.
    Do you have specific goal actually, like losing bodyfat over weight even?

    Above figured from this:

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/813720-spreadsheet-bmr-tdee-deficit-macro-calcs-hrm-zones
  • Sorry I'm trying to figure out how to use this crazy app lol...as long as I continue doing what I'm supposed to yes I can keep it off forever. But I realized recently that I'm an emotional eater and to past Christmas I was in my size 6 still....then I hit a couple bumps in the road and right now I am 20lbs heavier. I realized what I was doing and now I'm back on track. I have to conquer this thing mentally way more than physically. I know how to stay fit physically...it's the mental fitness I'm working on. I'm hitting it hard in the gym again and back on my diet 100% again. So I'm going to log what I do now and did to lose all that weight on my fb page and myfitness pal. :)
  • misssbluiz
    misssbluiz Posts: 43 Member
    So here it is:
    I am 5'6"
    SW: 146 lbs
    CW: 133 lbs
    GW 128ish lbs

    I do the following exercises:
    Step Class 60 min once a week
    Kickbox Cardio 60 min once a week
    Yoga 60 min once a week
    Pilates 60 min once a week
    Body works + Abs Class 60 min once a week
    Treadmill 2-3 miles once to twice a week

    I work a desk job so not much movement there

    What amount of calories should i be eating according to YOU?

    Thanks for taking the time to read this!

    Mifflin BMR - 1355
    Activity weekly:
    yoga low cardio - 60 min
    pilates medium cardio - 60 min
    high cardio - 225 min (180 min + 45 avg running)
    BMR multiplier - 1.54
    TDEE - 2091
    Deficit 10% with amount to lose and straight cardio only workouts
    Total Daily Eating Goal - 1882

    Do not log and eat back exercise because it's already included, unless you throw in an extra workout not mentioned above.
    If you miss a planned workout, skip 100 calories that day.
    If you make it up, add the 100 back in.

    Knowing bodyfat might help, but this close to goal weight, probably not. But really at goal weight all ready.
    Do you have specific goal actually, like losing bodyfat over weight even?

    Above figured from this:

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/813720-spreadsheet-bmr-tdee-deficit-macro-calcs-hrm-zones

    Thank you. I am pretty happy with the way i look right now but reallyyy think that losing those 5 lbs will make me look and feel better.
  • FATJAKE5
    FATJAKE5 Posts: 162
    Weight Training Heavy will get you there faster and allow you to eat much more. Get some professional training be cause you can get hurt if not lifting properly. You may even find a class at your local community college.
  • misssbluiz
    misssbluiz Posts: 43 Member
    Yes, i am working on it.
  • crankyangel76
    crankyangel76 Posts: 39 Member
    Kind of new here. I am using TurboFire workouts 6x/wk but sit all day at a computer. I had MFP calculate my calories to 2lbs a week weight loss and it said 1300 calories. I was gaining weight and this wasn't working. My BB coach told me to eat more, so I increased my calories to 1500 and have lost 3 pounds in a week and a half. Of course my weight fluctuates everyday, up one day and down another and I retain fluid, so I am not sure if this is true weight loss or not. I am currently in Week 5 of the TurboFire Program and was wondering what my true calorie intake should be. I used the advice found here for B.E.E. calcualation and it reported this:

    B.E.E. = 1160 kcal/d
    Caloric Requirement = 2075 kcal/d

    If my calculations are right, my net calories should be the following for a 1.5 lb. weight loss per week:

    3500*1.5+5250
    5250/7 days=750

    2075 - 750=1325.

    So I should end up with NET calories of 1325?

    And on a day in which I burn 600 calories with a workout, I can eat UP TO 1925 calories, b/c 1925-600 calories burned = 1325 NET CALORIES?

    Please advise. Thanks for any and all suggestions and help.
  • holothuroidea
    holothuroidea Posts: 772 Member
    Thank you for your responses! I am now set at 1400 + eat exers. Cal back but i almost always am over bacause i feel hungry!

    That's because your BMR is over 1400. You are not overweight, you should never net that low.

    If you want to eat back your exercise calories, set your calorie goal to 1600. (That's a 100 calorie deficit from a sedentary TDEE for your stats). You should be eating a really low deficit at this point, so make sure your exercise calories are accurate otherwise you risk overeating. I'd only do it this way if I had a HRM that I knew to be accurate.

    You're talking about "the last five pounds," but I'm really wondering if you should focus more on body composition than weight. You might benefit from doing a good, regular heavy lifting program. If you go to the success stories board and look for women's results from lifting heavy, you'll see dramatic transformations where women go from looking like they need to loose "that last 5-10 pounds" to looking like swimsuit models. The trick, though, is they often weigh the same (or more), and they definitely don't eat 1400 calories, more like 2000+.
  • holothuroidea
    holothuroidea Posts: 772 Member
    @crankyangel- I'm sure you'd get a lot of help if you started your own thread. :flowerforyou:
  • elyelyse
    elyelyse Posts: 1,454 Member
    Hi there, Misssbluiz,
    Congratulations, you are doing very well with your weight loss. I just started about 3 weeks ago and have only
    lost about 6-7 lbs. You are already down, to begin with.

    Maybe try a diet of 1200 daily calories. That is what is suggested to me. But that is If you are sedentary. And as you
    become more and more active you would increase your calories.

    Hope this is hopeful, good luck to you. Wish me luck also!!

    travbell1

    please do not suggest 1200 calories to anyone unless they are a woman 5 feet or shorter. while it may be appropriate for some people, for the vast majority of people this is WAY too low.
  • misssbluiz
    misssbluiz Posts: 43 Member
    Thank you for your responses! I am now set at 1400 + eat exers. Cal back but i almost always am over bacause i feel hungry!

    That's because your BMR is over 1400. You are not overweight, you should never net that low.

    If you want to eat back your exercise calories, set your calorie goal to 1600. (That's a 100 calorie deficit from a sedentary TDEE for your stats). You should be eating a really low deficit at this point, so make sure your exercise calories are accurate otherwise you risk overeating. I'd only do it this way if I had a HRM that I knew to be accurate.

    You're talking about "the last five pounds," but I'm really wondering if you should focus more on body composition than weight. You might benefit from doing a good, regular heavy lifting program. If you go to the success stories board and look for women's results from lifting heavy, you'll see dramatic transformations where women go from looking like they need to loose "that last 5-10 pounds" to looking like swimsuit models. The trick, though, is they often weigh the same (or more), and they definitely don't eat 1400 calories, more like 2000+.

    Great suggestions that really DO make sense. I do do squats and lunges and that using heavy weights but I really like doing cardio more as i always have so much energy. I should really start looking at heavy lifting programs and adjust my calorie goal accordingly. Thank you again.
  • holothuroidea
    holothuroidea Posts: 772 Member
    Thank you for your responses! I am now set at 1400 + eat exers. Cal back but i almost always am over bacause i feel hungry!

    That's because your BMR is over 1400. You are not overweight, you should never net that low.

    If you want to eat back your exercise calories, set your calorie goal to 1600. (That's a 100 calorie deficit from a sedentary TDEE for your stats). You should be eating a really low deficit at this point, so make sure your exercise calories are accurate otherwise you risk overeating. I'd only do it this way if I had a HRM that I knew to be accurate.

    You're talking about "the last five pounds," but I'm really wondering if you should focus more on body composition than weight. You might benefit from doing a good, regular heavy lifting program. If you go to the success stories board and look for women's results from lifting heavy, you'll see dramatic transformations where women go from looking like they need to loose "that last 5-10 pounds" to looking like swimsuit models. The trick, though, is they often weigh the same (or more), and they definitely don't eat 1400 calories, more like 2000+.

    Great suggestions that really DO make sense. I do do squats and lunges and that using heavy weights but I really like doing cardio more as i always have so much energy. I should really start looking at heavy lifting programs and adjust my calorie goal accordingly. Thank you again.

    :)

    Weighted squats are an excellent start! When people talk about lifting heavy, they're generally talking about lifting a weight where you wouldn't be able to do more than 10 reps. Good lifting programs will be based on olympic style lifts, like squats, cleans, clean & jerk, and snatches with a barbell. Also look at kettlebell exercises. The point is that these exercises are compound movements that involve entire chains of muscles at once and rely more on core muscles (from shoulders to hips). (As opposed to traditional bodybuilding style programs that do things like leg extensions and bicep curls, where you isolate one muscle at a time and don't use your core at all.)

    If you favor cardio, you can look into programs like crossfit that combine strength training with a good amount of cardio elements. (I LOVE crossfit!)

    You could also, of course, just do cardio if that's what you love! Endurance training will give you a different look than resistance training. Endurance training requires muscles to be small and efficient, so you won't see much "tone" until you're at a very low BF% if you exclusively do cardio. It just depends on what your priorities and goals are.

    I'm so happy to have been helpful! ^_^
  • What is TDEE?? Sorry I don't want to read every single post if someone already asked and answered this.
  • Duh! I should have googled first :)

    http://iifym.com/tdee-calculator/