women at 200-220 #'s -how many calories r u at daily?

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mccbabe1
mccbabe1 Posts: 737 Member
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hi. just curious how many cals women (around 5'2"-5'5" or so) and weight 200-220#'s........ how many cals do u have a day?
what are you set at??? for how long? how is it going?? i think i started too low...did the whole 2#'s a week thing and got the big whole 1200 cals a day!...did that a mo...upped it to 1380 (1 1/2) pound setting a wk..did that about 3wks ago.... now just upped it another 100 calories.... I exercise a lot 400 cals burned minimum a day and usually more like 500-700 in total a day! (and i eat my exercise cals back of course, croak if not i think.. LOL).. anyway....but i hear things /read/blogs...about how if you are too low on cals you can hurt your metabolism for the long run and wt loss.. lil nervous about upping them again tonight... but might be good!
and ive also known peeps that weigh much less then me and are at higher cals and loosing wt!! so im like??? :indifferent:
SW 231 CW 216 GW 155-160
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  • taramaureen
    taramaureen Posts: 569 Member
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    1500- 1600/ day is what I started at when I weighed that much. I am also 5'2.
  • mccbabe1
    mccbabe1 Posts: 737 Member
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    1500- 1600/ day is what I started at when I weighed that much. I am also 5'2.

    im 5'4".. ok thanks!!! yeah I think i started too low .. ugh .. well im almost to 1500 a day now (just changed to 1480) so well see how it goes...

    thanks!
  • AlphamaleBAMF
    AlphamaleBAMF Posts: 373
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    I know I'm not a woman. But I'm a 5"11 32 year old male at 220lbs and MFP gives me 1460 a day.

    Seeing this thread really makes me wonder if they formulas regarding BMI and calories etc are out dated and need to be changed.

    I know I still have a significant BF% and I know I'm still obese, but how can I need the same or less calories than a smaller female just because we weight the same?
  • sunnie326
    sunnie326 Posts: 721 Member
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    I let MFP set mine. I want to lose the recommended amount per week. I started at 242 lbs. I was getting over 1700 calories per day. Now that I am down to 205, I get 1570 a day. I am 5'7.5" Hope this helps you.
  • geonbaeLeilee
    geonbaeLeilee Posts: 606 Member
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    MFP figured my calorie set at 1200. It's been working for me.
  • Aventuria
    Aventuria Posts: 151
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    I am 5''8 and at the moment at 215lb.
    I eat 1200 calories a day but I will go up to around 1400/1500 on Monday.
    The 1200 were just for the first few weeks.
  • Jacole18
    Jacole18 Posts: 716 Member
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    Well, I'm a little taller at 5'7", but when I started, my cals were WAY too low at like 500, but to break my plateau, I upped my cals to at least my BMR. It's made a difference so far. Good luck
  • helenzback
    helenzback Posts: 51 Member
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    I'm 5'3 started at 1400 calories per day on 10th July and have lost 16lbs so far, this is without exercise due to a neck issue. I'm getting an elliptical machine this weekend so I can start to incorporate some activity, i plan on eating those calories back, will see how it goes.
  • giggles7706
    giggles7706 Posts: 1,491 Member
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    I am around 198- 200 pounds right now. I'm 5'5 and I am at about 1700 calories a day. When I first started I was getting between 1300-1400 but I upped it a bit due to a plateau a couple of months ago. So far so good. I am losing, it's just a bit slower than it was in the beginning. I have it set to lose 1 pound a week.
  • LottieLou13
    LottieLou13 Posts: 574 Member
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    I started at 201lbs and have been eating 1700 calories a day pretty much since the start of my journey. I'm 5ft 5 btw
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
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    I know I'm not a woman. But I'm a 5"11 32 year old male at 220lbs and MFP gives me 1460 a day.

    The calculator puts you at 1970 BMR. You told it you were lightly active perhaps (1.25 multiplier) so it thinks you use 1.25 * 1970 = 2463 and you said you wanted to lose 2 lbs/week so it subtracts 1000 to get to 1463.

    If you used the recommended 1 lb/week your target would be 1963.

    Men with large deficits will easily have lower targets than women with small deficits, especially if both are sedentary.
  • whairigaila
    whairigaila Posts: 71
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    I started at 1800 per day 6 weeks ago and i'm down at 1550 - i struggle to eat all of them!!

    I'll drop it 50 at a time when i plateau xx
  • lynz4589
    lynz4589 Posts: 389 Member
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    Im currently 218 started at 240 my height is around 5ft 4.

    I started at 1200, didnt feel it was enough, upped to 1350, have since dropped to 1300 which is the perfect amount for me, now I eat extremely clean and on low carb / high protein eating 1300 and sticking to it is easy Im always full so dont think its too low - I also dont eat back exericse cals, dont shoot me for it, its my choice and its worked so far.
  • sarahrbraun
    sarahrbraun Posts: 2,261 Member
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    hi. just curious how many cals women (around 5'2"-5'5" or so) and weight 200-220#'s........ how many cals do u have a day?
    what are you set at??? for how long? how is it going?? i think i started too low...did the whole 2#'s a week thing and got the big whole 1200 cals a day!...did that a mo...upped it to 1380 (1 1/2) pound setting a wk..did that about 3wks ago.... now just upped it another 100 calories.... I exercise a lot 400 cals burned minimum a day and usually more like 500-700 in total a day! (and i eat my exercise cals back of course, croak if not i think.. LOL).. anyway....but i hear things /read/blogs...about how if you are too low on cals you can hurt your metabolism for the long run and wt loss.. lil nervous about upping them again tonight... but might be good!
    and ive also known peeps that weigh much less then me and are at higher cals and loosing wt!! so im like??? :indifferent:
    SW 231 CW 216 GW 155-160

    I am 5'2" tall and currently 200lbs ( started at 228), and set for sedentary....I get 1450 calories NOW, so I can only imagine that I got 1500+ calories in the begining.

    I exercise for 60 minutes (35 cardio, 25 strength) 3-4x a week, and I wear a fitbit 24/7. Most days I eat as many of my exercise calories as I can.
  • BobbieLee1959
    BobbieLee1959 Posts: 605 Member
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    at 1200 but eating almost all my exercise calories back so grazing on about 1900+ a day...I love that I can eat and still lose 1-2 lb a week!! AND feeling FIT! That is the best part!! I am beast! LOL Time to hit the gym! Have a fantastic day!
  • thisisjl
    thisisjl Posts: 1,074 Member
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    I'm slightly taller 5'6" starting weight was 223 and I had 1810 I think at that point for lightly active. I'm now at 210 and I'm at 1760 calories. I'm set to loose 1 pound a week and I've lost 13 in 10 weeks. I do eat back 3/4 or more of my exercise calories. Good luck on your journey.
  • Perfectdiamonds1
    Perfectdiamonds1 Posts: 347 Member
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    I'm 5'5" with a start weight at 227. Start calories at 1580 in April. With every 10 pound loss, MFP ask if you would like to adjust you cal intake. I'm now at 1380 and that is as low as I will go. I was thinking about upping that cal intake by 100 cal, but I'll stick with the 1380 for now. I think you started too low. This is a journey and the weight will come off. I'm impatient once I reached my 1st major goal, but I have to keep telling myself this is a journey and not a quick fix. We are doing something that will that daily work, so with a diet you can live with and exercise, you will be fine

    And I try not to eat back my exercise calories
  • tasha_24
    tasha_24 Posts: 19
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    Im 5'2 and starting weight was 237lbs down to 227lbs and thats on 1200cals, MFP set mines for me!
  • jkcrawford
    jkcrawford Posts: 435 Member
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    Well here's my story...being new and not having a clue i for some reason had mine set at 2500...I know eh, well when I thought that was outrageous as the best i could do was 1400-1500 I went playing around and had mine set to gain 2# a week... wholly crap...good thing I couldn't eat those 2500. I am now set at 1800 which is still to high so I'm going to go reset it again. I started at 220 and am down to 205 and I'm 5'3"
  • CassieReannan
    CassieReannan Posts: 1,479 Member
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    Im 5'5 around 216lb, im eating 1850 calories a day

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