1630 calories to low or too high

babygurl6982
babygurl6982 Posts: 50
edited January 2 in Food and Nutrition
Im 5'2 sw: 230
weight training 3-6 times a week
cardio 3-6 times a week
not seeing much change in weight or inches
started october 1 but had to take off due to injury started back 10/15 but was eating somewhat bad (had to go shopping)

is my calories too much or too little ...uuuggghhh AGGREVATED :sad:

started taking a green tea fat burner today

or am i just being too hard on myself and need to take a chill pill and just keep going

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  • EdTheGinge
    EdTheGinge Posts: 1,616 Member
    It takes time, try and be patient with it. 1630 sounds ok to me, but I don't admit to know any science of it etc. Are you an eat back calories burned or not ? My calorie goal has been set alot lower and that's working for me but I'd stick at your current one for a bit longer :)
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    noone can answer that without knowing what your BMR and TDEE are. without knowing that a number is just a number
  • UnoDrea3732
    UnoDrea3732 Posts: 342 Member
    Don't be too hard on yourself. I've realized that when I focus too much on weight loss my weight doesn't seem to budge BUT when I just focus on enjoying life and fit my workouts in that the lbs just melt off me. Crazy but I used to stress myself out thinking about how I can lose weight faster. Now I just workout and eat semi-healthy (80/20) and my weight loss has been significant.

    It will come off but you have to give it time. BTW - I'm 5'8, CW is 224lbs and my calorie intake is around 1800. I try to NOT use my workout calories but hell if I want that cupcake then I'm gonna eat it dammit. lol.
  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    It's probably too low unless you're eating exercise calories. Figure out your BMR and eat 200 above it is the easiest way to determine a number to aim for. From there it's tweaking but at your weight if you've been eating 1600 a day for 3 weeks you should have lost something.
  • elizak87
    elizak87 Posts: 249 Member
    It's a good number. I workout a couple times less than you and I am 5'4 and I am on 1530. I eat some of my exercise calories back and in 60 days I have lost 6kg (13lb). You don't have to starve to lose weight
  • love4fitnesslove4food_wechange
    love4fitnesslove4food_wechange Posts: 6,897 Member
    It's probably too low unless you're eating exercise calories. Figure out your BMR and eat 200 above it is the easiest way to determine a number to aim for. From there it's tweaking but at your weight if you've been eating 1600 a day for 3 weeks you should have lost something.

    Not sure where you got the BMR + 200...that's awful advice as it doesn't take into account the activity level of the person at all. However, I do agree that she should have lost on 1600 calories.
  • zeppelinkd
    zeppelinkd Posts: 26 Member
    It is hard to know if 1630 is too high without more information. That said - I'm 5'2" and would not lose weight at 1600 a day. I had to reduce my daily intake to 1300 a day on average (with exercise calories already included in that). Some days I go a little higher than 1300, some days I go a little lower. But, that is what works for me.
  • Tenster
    Tenster Posts: 278 Member
    how much do you weigh?
    how old?
    How active?
  • mikeschratz
    mikeschratz Posts: 253 Member
    You didn't say how old, so I used 30 years old and Moderately Active.
    These are you numbers

    "Mifflin-St Jeor
    (FOR WOMEN)"
    BMR 1,718
    Maintenance 2,749
    Cut (@ 15%) 2,336
    Build (@ 15%) 3,161

    The following link is for a spreadsheet to do this yourself. Anything in this folder is free for the taking...
    https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B3kFzsaVmRjmd1k4YjA1SlVWaFU/edit
  • love4fitnesslove4food_wechange
    love4fitnesslove4food_wechange Posts: 6,897 Member
    It is hard to know if 1630 is too high without more information. That said - I'm 5'2" and would not lose weight at 1600 a day. I had to reduce my daily intake to 1300 a day on average (with exercise calories already included in that). Some days I go a little higher than 1300, some days I go a little lower. But, that is what works for me.

    Well, I'm 4'11 and I'd just about die if I ate 1630 calories a day. That's definitely the lowest I'd ever go and I'm only ~105-110 pounds.
  • babygurl6982
    babygurl6982 Posts: 50
    how much do you weigh?
    how old?
    How active?

    5'2
    230 lbs
    workout 3-6days/wk
  • zeppelinkd
    zeppelinkd Posts: 26 Member
    It is hard to know if 1630 is too high without more information. That said - I'm 5'2" and would not lose weight at 1600 a day. I had to reduce my daily intake to 1300 a day on average (with exercise calories already included in that). Some days I go a little higher than 1300, some days I go a little lower. But, that is what works for me.

    Well, I'm 4'11 and I'd just about die if I ate 1630 calories a day. That's definitely the lowest I'd ever go and I'm only ~105-110 pounds.

    Everybody is different. I wish that I could say the same as you! It'd be a lot easier in terms of meal planning, that's for sure.
  • christinekry
    christinekry Posts: 86 Member
    I use this website to help decide my caloric intake:

    http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm#

    I really like it.
  • Tenster
    Tenster Posts: 278 Member
    You should be losing weight on that amount of calories. Do you have treat days?
  • cmccorma
    cmccorma Posts: 203 Member
    Im 5'2 sw: 230
    weight training 3-6 times a week
    cardio 3-6 times a week
    not seeing much change in weight or inches
    started october 1 but had to take off due to injury started back 10/15 but was eating somewhat bad (had to go shopping)

    is my calories too much or too little ...uuuggghhh AGGREVATED :sad:

    started taking a green tea fat burner today

    or am i just being too hard on myself and need to take a chill pill and just keep going

    you did say you were "eating somewhat bad". does that mean you weren't counting calories? when i don't count calories, i don't lose. i am 5'2" and my TDEE is 1,700 so i would not lose on 1,630 but as a previous poster said, at 4'11" she eats a lot more. you would also have to make sure the 1,630 is accurate as in weighing and measuring your food.
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    weight loss is also going to depend on the type of workouts you are doing.weight lifting is my primary workout and i havent lost any scale weight over the past few months but i have lost multiple inches of fat since i'm fitting in smaller sizes and i have pockets of fat that are just disappearing :laugh:

    so OP just because you arent losing scale weight a)doesn't mean you are eating too much or b)doesnt mean you arent making progress.
  • olores
    olores Posts: 257 Member
    can you help me with my TDEE and BMR? PLEASE? age 53....i'm set for 1400 calorie intake....moderate activitiy....workout 3-4 days/week
  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    can you help me with my TDEE and BMR? PLEASE? age 53....i'm set for 1400 calorie intake....moderate activitiy....workout 3-4 days/week

    Google is our friend. http://www.fitnessfrog.com/calculators/tdee-calculator.html
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