How many calories do you eat a day?

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  • essjay76
    essjay76 Posts: 465 Member
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    Average about 1600. I'll eat as low as 1200 and as high as 2500 depending on exercise. Been slowly losing and focusing on maitaining.
  • curvyvegan
    curvyvegan Posts: 80 Member
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    I aim for 1750 cals/day for a one pound/week weight loss. I am a dance instructor so I have my activity level set to very active, and I don't track my dance classes as exercise or "eat back" any calories for it.
  • chris2365
    chris2365 Posts: 76 Member
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    Around 1600-1700 a day. I haven't been exercising much while I get my eating under control, but when I do, I'll probably eat about 1/3 of my exercise calories in addition.
  • McBully4
    McBully4 Posts: 1,270 Member
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    2200-2600ish
  • tanyaslosingit
    tanyaslosingit Posts: 178 Member
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    I'm at 1200 cals a day. I don't make a point of eating back my daily activity calories; but I do make a point of eating back my exercise calories. MFP subtracts 500 cals day for a 1 lb/week loss, which is what I aim for; but if there is an additional deficit of ***under*** 500 cals a day, I don't worry about it. Only once did I not make my 1200 and that was because I was sick and could not keep anything down. I figure that was an acceptable exception :-)
  • love4fitnesslove4food_wechange
    love4fitnesslove4food_wechange Posts: 6,897 Member
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    Around 2300

    x2 :)
  • CyberEd312
    CyberEd312 Posts: 3,536 Member
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    Maintenance the last few months so right at 3400 calories a day.....
  • Shadowknight137
    Shadowknight137 Posts: 1,243 Member
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    Between 2200 to 2800.
  • VelociMama
    VelociMama Posts: 3,119 Member
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    2250 net.

    I was at 1700-1900 per day when I was losing.
  • Alicia7519
    Alicia7519 Posts: 160
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    I consume 1400-1900 calories a day. The higher amount of calories reflects the ones allotted because of exercise. Without exercise, I can have 1550 calories a day.
  • faceoff4
    faceoff4 Posts: 1,599 Member
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    My goal is 3,000 net which usually means 3,500-4,000 gross
  • mgobluetx12
    mgobluetx12 Posts: 1,326 Member
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    I'm 6'2 and net around 1200 a day. I've lost 1.5-2.2lbs a week steady for the past few months.
  • mgobluetx12
    mgobluetx12 Posts: 1,326 Member
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    Wow thanks for all the replies, this is a really active forum!

    People LOOOVE talking about themselves on here, so any question you ask where you want someone to tell you what THEY do will get tons of responses!
  • misslegz
    misslegz Posts: 196 Member
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    Around 1200-1400

    When I was working really hard to get the wait off I never went over 1200. Since I am almost to my goal if just depends on the day. I have always had a loss each week when I weight in.


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  • airangel59
    airangel59 Posts: 1,887 Member
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    I strive for 1400 daily
  • dakotababy
    dakotababy Posts: 2,406 Member
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    1600. I just increased mine about 2 weeks ago from 1300-1400.
  • harlanJEN
    harlanJEN Posts: 1,089 Member
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    It depends ..and changes ..based on my goals. I'm currently eating 1800-2200. 1800 on rest days, 2200 on workout days. I'm taking a break from focusing on scale losses and am concentrating on training for strength. I've actually gained a bit since September, but lost BF%. Plan on going back to deficit and altering workouts a bit in February. Will eat 1700-1800. My average TDEE is 2200.
  • WifeyCarion
    WifeyCarion Posts: 91
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    I'm at 1,330/day, though with exercise my net cal intake is less. I started at 1,200 in October and lost 6 pounds in 1 week, which is awesome, but a little scary lol, so I upped it to 1,330--you'd be surprised how much better you feel if you add as little as 100 calories to your day.
  • bridgelene
    bridgelene Posts: 358 Member
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    MFP set me at 2300 to lose 0.5lb/week with a sedentary lifestyle. I often eat under, more like 1700 and am losing and not hungry. Even when I have a week of eating just under 2300, I still lose although not as fast :)
  • RyanWilson1993
    RyanWilson1993 Posts: 409 Member
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    3068 on non training days and 3368 on training days

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