How many calories are you guys eating in a day?
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4500 - 55000
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Depends on height, weight, level of activity. My BMR is somewhere between 1264-1336, depending on the calculator. I eat 1300 cals a day when I don't work out.0
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I eat 1520 plus my 500 breastfeeding calories a day. I do not eat my work our calories though. Shhh dont tell the hubby. Lol i have a hard enough time eat what i have to.0
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TDEE minus 10-20%
It's different for everyone based on their height, weight, age, etc.
I thought it was supposed to be BMR minus 20%? I'm so confused and have been eating between 1200-2000 calories and am not losing.0 -
TDEE minus 10-20%
It's different for everyone based on their height, weight, age, etc.
I thought it was supposed to be BMR minus 20%? I'm so confused and have been eating between 1200-2000 calories and am not losing.
No, BMR is what your body needs if it were in a coma. TDEE is your daily expenditure. You want to eat to NET ABOVE your BMR but below your TDEE.0 -
My daily goal is 1600 calories when I'm not working out. More or less I eat around 1400-2000 calories a day, sometimes even more. Thank God for weight lifting :drinker:0
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Set my diary for my rounded-down TDEE. I tend to eat around that, usually a couple hundred calories under. (set at 2200)
And, ye gods, never subtract anything from your BMR for calories!! :noway:0 -
TDEE minus 10-20%
It's different for everyone based on their height, weight, age, etc.
I thought it was supposed to be BMR minus 20%? I'm so confused and have been eating between 1200-2000 calories and am not losing.
No, BMR is what your body needs if it were in a coma. TDEE is your daily expenditure. You want to eat to NET ABOVE your BMR but below your TDEE.
VERY good to know. Thank you.0 -
My maintenance is 1700 plus exercise calories.0
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Between 1150 and 2000 depending on the day. I aim for 1350 most days and average 1500
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2900 calories. Trying to gain. To maintain I'd be eating 2600~0
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bump - thanks heaps!0
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What are your opinions on how many calories you should be eating? A lot of people say not to eat under 1200. What are your opinions and experiences?
Oh, and feel free to add me for motivation and whatnot!
I used to eat very low. My net cals were always 600-800..bad. Didn't loose this last time .So now I am doing a metabolism rest.I'm up to BMR which is 1400..I' heading for TDEE.Like someone said I will never recommend low cals again. I intend to do what the first person said TDEE -15%.
1200 kcals is not even most peoples BMR unless you small.I personally believe that it is starving us when me eat this low. I've had a major shift in the last 3 weeks about this. Bearing in mind all I ever did was super low cals plus **** loads of exercise. IT STOPPED WORKING !!!! Couldn't believe it.Had to try something else.0 -
well I'm like dying at 1200 calories...
I set the thing for losing 1 1/2 lbs a week. I find these calories kind of light and it leaves me hungry midday and at night. I'm never really "FULL", only temporarily satisfied. I guess that's how it ought to be though.
You need to volumize your eating. Find the foods that you like that are super healthy and low in calories and eat lots of them. Huge
Salad, peppers with low calorie cream cheese, celery with any kind of filling, low calorie cream cheese, cheese whiz, egg salad, bowls of homemade soup. vegetables with dips(low calorie) Just eat when hungry...using low calorie whole live foods.
It will only work for you if you find healthly foods that you love.0 -
1200!0
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You need to set your weekly weight loss to no more than 1 lb per week, really it should be 0.7 lbs week. When you get down to about 10 lbs to lose, then the weekly goal should be 0.5 lb per week.well I'm like dying at 1200 calories...
I set the thing for losing 1 1/2 lbs a week. I find these calories kind of light and it leaves me hungry midday and at night. I'm never really "FULL", only temporarily satisfied. I guess that's how it ought to be though.
How much do you have to lose? 1 1/2 per week is high. Try 1 lb instead, then you can eat more. If you are starving while you lose the weight, you won't be able to start eating normally when you are done. Either recalculate with MFP or try adding 100 calories per day until you aren't starving.
like 19lbs. I started at 149, going for somewhere in the 130s0 -
You need to set your weekly weight loss to no more than 1 lb per week, really it should be 0.7 lbs week. When you get down to about 10 lbs to lose, then the weekly goal should be 0.5 lb per week.well I'm like dying at 1200 calories...
I set the thing for losing 1 1/2 lbs a week. I find these calories kind of light and it leaves me hungry midday and at night. I'm never really "FULL", only temporarily satisfied. I guess that's how it ought to be though.
How much do you have to lose? 1 1/2 per week is high. Try 1 lb instead, then you can eat more. If you are starving while you lose the weight, you won't be able to start eating normally when you are done. Either recalculate with MFP or try adding 100 calories per day until you aren't starving.
like 19lbs. I started at 149, going for somewhere in the 130s
I AGREE !!!^^^^^^^^0 -
I have just found out that I eat less than 1200 a day, I thought I was eating waay more than this.0
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Some days I eat > 1200 before breakfast.0
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I'm at 1333. This is my BMR for my goal weight. I might end up upping it again for a little while. I have quite a ways to go til my GW.0
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I eat 1200, i'm only 5'2 and have a desk job. I dont eat a lot of carbs so fill up on vegies and salad with still some room for treats. I do eat back some of my exercise calories but try not to eat all of them.0
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At moment? between 500 and 1000c a day. Oh and that is total.. not net... Net can be 200-400c a day...
Back to normal in two weeks again,
Hate all you want guys but studies show no decrease in strength or LBM in short term PSMF.
Going to go back to 1500-1800 after the two weeks over.0 -
Bump for later. Want to read & understand what Dan is saying. My maintenance goal is about 1800 but have been under by about 300 a day. I am feeling ok but losing rather than maintaining.0
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I eat anywhere from 1450-2000 depending on exercise. If I don't exercise I'm about 1450-1600. If I do, it goes over.
I lost about 30lbs not doing anything with diet (essentially drinking and eating crap constantly) and just exercising. And now throwing in somewhat watching my caloric intake, I've already lost another 10 lbs. And this is eating whatever I want, just so long as its within my calories. I usually eat healthy, but it could be healthy whatever.0 -
im on 3200 a day..........(sorry for you guys dieting)
saying that tho im still 7% bodyfat even with such high calories
id say never go over 500kcals below TDEE if you are dieting down.......just my opinion0 -
im on 3200 a day..........(sorry for you guys dieting)
saying that tho im still 7% bodyfat even with such high calories
id say never go over 500kcals below TDEE if you are dieting down.......just my opinion
I'm guessing that includes your exercise calories
Its amazing how easy it is to burn 1000 calories working out once you get used to it. 0 -
im on 3200 a day..........(sorry for you guys dieting)
saying that tho im still 7% bodyfat even with such high calories
id say never go over 500kcals below TDEE if you are dieting down.......just my opinion
I'm guessing that includes your exercise calories Its amazing how easy it is to burn 1000 calories working out once you get used to it.
no thats base calories food intake only lol im a big eater and currently bulking0 -
no thats base calories food intake only lol im a big eater and currently bulkingim on 3200 a day..........(sorry for you guys dieting)
saying that tho im still 7% bodyfat even with such high calories
id say never go over 500kcals below TDEE if you are dieting down.......just my opinion
I'm guessing that includes your exercise calories Its amazing how easy it is to burn 1000 calories working out once you get used to it.
Holy flying monkeys - that is a lot... Well, I'm a long distance runner / triathlete: Bulking isn't something I know about...0 -
Between 1600 to 2100 calories, usually average around 1850.0
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About 5000 kcal but bulking for show from now to Christmas0
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