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  • UpEarly
    UpEarly Posts: 2,555 Member
    Maintaining on roughly 2300-2500 a day.
    (5'9", 135 lbs, 41 years old)
  • rdrettig1
    rdrettig1 Posts: 62 Member
    I try for 1400-1600. I have about six more to lose.
  • deksgrl
    deksgrl Posts: 7,237 Member
    Why do you ask, since this number is based on various factors that might or might not apply to you?
  • EmmaKarney
    EmmaKarney Posts: 690 Member
    Current weight 130 - goal 125

    My goal is 1450 NET - I hit this or go over by 100 or so and am losing about 0.5lb a week.

    The last 5lb is coming off slowly but as long as I don't gain now I'll be happy.

    I eat back all my exercise calories (using a HRM).

    I eat as much as I can whilst still losing!!
  • Raynne413
    Raynne413 Posts: 1,527 Member
    I'm 5'5" and I generally eat between 2000-2300 calories. I'm pretty much in maintenance. I'm slowly losing but since I only care to lose another 5lbs, I don't really care. :)
  • jqh23
    jqh23 Posts: 311 Member
    Around 1600-1700 a day.. I am a nursing mother so I deduct -200 calories a day and eat them back (so my daily goal is set to 1540, based on my TDEE-20%). I am losing weight.
  • jolene_ca
    jolene_ca Posts: 91 Member
    5'7" 150lbs. Eating 1500. Losing about a pound a week.
  • Misha6
    Misha6 Posts: 17 Member
    5'4" Losing, 1650, set to lose 1 lb/ week, eat back exercise calories.
  • nazi123445
    nazi123445 Posts: 9
    so i only eat about 1200 and workout 7 days a week ive lost 7lbs but now the scale wont budge i dunno if im not eating enough or what but im getting frustrated! any ideas?
  • brainzap
    brainzap Posts: 145 Member
    1,000 and losing
  • JenAndSome
    JenAndSome Posts: 1,893 Member
    I try to eat at least 1500 a day. I am 5' 4 1/2" and currently 131 lbs, which is down 10 lbs in a few months. I do eat back some of my exercise calories, especially on weekends.
  • cdcooper321
    cdcooper321 Posts: 157 Member
    1740 is my goal 5'6 and 180lbs



    Are you still losing with this? I weigh 176 and am about 5'7. however my weight loss is stalled. I consume about 1500 daily. wondering if maybe I should up it.
  • momo9128706
    momo9128706 Posts: 45
    I'm loosing. Eat 1200 5 days a week, 1500 on 2 days that I burn over 1000 calories. I'm only 5'2" and weight 160, goal is 30 more lbs.
  • deksgrl
    deksgrl Posts: 7,237 Member
    so i only eat about 1200 and workout 7 days a week ive lost 7lbs but now the scale wont budge i dunno if im not eating enough or what but im getting frustrated! any ideas?

    Are you eating your exercise calories so that you are eating 1,200 NET? If not, do that.
  • cdcooper321
    cdcooper321 Posts: 157 Member
    Averaged since January, but still pretty close:

    TDEE: 2513 per day
    Intake: 1941 calories per day
    Deficit: 572
    Average weekly loss: 0.5kg (1.1lb)

    Starting weight: 77.2kg
    New low weight this week: 68.4kg (Up slightly today due to bloating.)

    My weight loss is slowing slightly at the moment due to personal circumstances but still pretty steady.

    what is TDEE?
  • lina1131
    lina1131 Posts: 2,246 Member
    168 - Female - Losing

    I eat anywhere from 1200 to 1600 most days depending on how much I worked out.
  • MelsAuntie
    MelsAuntie Posts: 2,833 Member
    My calorie goal is 1700. I am losing weight steadily, the only exception being one time where my weight was the same two weigh- ins in a row. Been doing this for about three and a half or four months now.
  • terri_journey
    terri_journey Posts: 287 Member
    I eat about 1230 calories and workout about 4x's a week. I have lost weigh steadily since March of 2012. :smile:
  • cmeiron
    cmeiron Posts: 1,599 Member

    what is TDEE?

    Total Daily Energy Expenditure. It's the sum of your BMR (basal metabolic rate - what you burn just existing), your exercise, your non-exercise activity (washing dishes, sitting at your desk, walking around the office, etc.) and a little bit of burn from digestion.

    Take in fewer calories than your TDEE, and you lose body fat. My TDEE is about 2400, and I eat around 2000-2200/day. For people with more weight to lose, 15-20% off your TDEE is a good goal.
  • mcibty
    mcibty Posts: 1,252 Member
    Eating 1,200 - 1,300, netting a lot less with exercise. Losing about 2lbs a week. Want to lose another 14lbs before maintaining that weight.
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    2000
  • jen_zz
    jen_zz Posts: 1,011 Member
    I'm currently on lose 1/2 pound a week plan and my daily calorie allowance is 1420. I try to exercise everyday and eat back around 80% of that.
  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    I was eating 1800-1900 and losing relatively steadily, but I went on a diet break and vacation and lost several pounds. So, now I think I'm going to try to aim between 1800-2400, and not worry about it as much and just see what happens. I also don't measure my progress just by the scale, I also look at my measurements and how my clothes are fitting. And strength gains in the gym. Squats are going so much better now that I'm eating more. :laugh:
  • salladeve
    salladeve Posts: 1,053 Member
    1100 to 1200 per day. I'm just in week 2, but typically I can't really lose with more then that. Less than that and I don't feel very good, so I try to stay around that. When I exercise I don't usually up my calorie count, just my water.
  • aloranger7708
    aloranger7708 Posts: 422 Member
    Ladies who have successfully lost weight: do you follow MFP's recommended calories, or TDEE?

    I'm 5'10.5
    231 pounds

    MFP recommended 1540 per day, but that seems a little low :huh:
  • bleedingdesu
    bleedingdesu Posts: 63 Member
    I'm currently eating 1200 a day (more if i work out, I try to eat back at least half the calories), coming up from eating 500 a day. I'm losing weight. working with my therapist, I'm hoping to increase slowly to 1500 starting in a month.
  • fruitloop2
    fruitloop2 Posts: 437 Member
    I eat around 1600-1750/day...Some days a bit more. I'm just under 5'3" and currently weigh 137.6lbs. I exercise 5 days/week...3 days heavy lifting/weight training 2 days cardio. I am steadily losing weight but not always weekly. I will sometimes go a week and a half - 2 weeks with no loss and the drop 1.5-2lbs...sometimes will lose 1lb (just under)/ week. My body is weird and my chart/graph looks like steps but as long as I'm consistently losing, I'm happy. It works out to roughly 3-4lbs/ month which is a healthy loss.
  • Trilby16
    Trilby16 Posts: 707 Member
    Let's not forget age! Ladies, as we age it becomes harder to lose weight, which tends to settle around our middles.

    I am 5'5", 146, trying to get to 130, and I usually net around 1300/day, BUT I am 61 and the pounds come off veeerrry sloooowly.
  • dunnodunno
    dunnodunno Posts: 2,290 Member
    I eat anywhere from 1700-1800 & if I exercise I try & eat at least some of them back.

    I lose anywhere from a pound or 1.5 pounds a week.

    I'm 5'5" & 211 pounds currently.

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