what are your calorie goals?

This whole calorie counting business is new to me. But I figured out this much, when I started counting calories, I struggled to be around 2000-2100. With that count, I basically maintained my weight. Speaking with people, I found out in order for me to lose weight I needed to drop down to 1,500calories a day, which is pretty insane for me. So there had to be a trade off and it is this. I maintained my current calorie count of 2000-2100, but changed up my workouts from being 85%Weightlifting & 15% Cardio to 15% Weightlifting and 85% Cardio and it is working. My physical therapist in simple terms told me this, to lose weight you need to do cardio at a minimum of 75% target heart rate for at least 25 mins, but your body does not start burning fat till after the 25mins, so you need to be on the cardio machine for at least 45mins. Remember this as well, your body adapts to whatever work out you do. So you have to change things up or push yourself at a high level. Every week, I do mixes of stairclimber, elipitcal machine, running, weight training, P90X or swimming just to keep different muscle working. The other thing is change your workout times from the morning or evening. Basics I guess, but it is all about what works for you.

I am 5'4" and I have mine set to 1200 per day. I walk for an hour about 4-5 times a week but do not eat back my exercise calories. I have lost a little over 10 pounds in just over 20 days.

5' 4 inches, calorie goal is set to 1200 and I lost 1kg (2 pounds) in my first week.

5'10" 1300 calories. I've lost a pound a week for 24 weeks. I didn't start out that overweight. I only walk and eat back those calories and am set to sedentary.

6' 0" Without exercise calorie goal is 1640. I bike 20+ mile a day so around 2500 calories is what I normally eat. I also eat 5-6 times a day. I find many small meals work for me. Carido is what really causes me to shed the pounds. Once I hit my weight goal
I will begin lifting again.

when i was new to this app, and that was the time when i finally started to get into losing weight, i was 230 pounds, my calorie intake goal was 1450, but because i was so paranoid, i only ate like 800 cals. i lost weight real fast, but once you return to your normal eating habits it'll go back before you can even say eat. so before going back to 1400 cals i started to consume 1000, then 1200 and then normal, at first i gained but then the losing process went back in an instant, now i lost 60 and am still not starving myself *hooray!

I've been on here for three weeks and I've just basically eaten what MFP said to which was 1500 calories and I've lost 3 kgs

My calorie goal is 1590 cals a day. I usually have a little less though, like 1000-1400 or so. I do not work out at all :S as I'm busy with school and very lazy and also I hate sport. But I have already lost 44lbs / 20kg anyway. I think you just need to be patient and keep going with the sports and drink a lot of water. Also don't eat too little.

My calorie goals for intake is 650 and I try to burn over 1000 a day. ^^"

This seems crazy?!

What does your workout look like? Try switching it up. If your doing all cardio try strength training.

For all the people that have just started to lose weight and have a lot to lose the first 10 lbs is easy. If your close to your body's healthy weight it's going to be harder lose.

What anyone else eats for calories doesn't mean anything to you. When you say you've tried eating more and you've tried eating less how long have you tried for? A week isn't long enough to decide if something's working or not.

What are you eating? Is it healthy whole foods or processed frozen meals? I know it's often hotly debated that calories is all that counts but I'm firmly in the camp that more healthy calories is better than less junk food calories.

Remember when you start working out a lot more than you did before your muscles retain alot of water to aid in repair (which evens out after a few weeks) so you may be eating at a defeceit and in fact losing fat but gaining water which either makes the scales stay the same or gain, which can seem very unmotivating at first (tis good to get the tape measure out). When I net over the week about 1600 cals a day I lose between half a pound to a pound a week. I'm 5'5" medium frame, and 137 pounds at the mo I only have 11 pounds to lose so 1 pound a week is the absolute max I am capable personally of losing a week if I'm very good.

I've been told by my gym instructor that 1200 calories a day isnt enough and I should know increase to at least 1500 a day... I've dropped clothes size and weight but I still have an issue with my stomach. Im worried if I increase my calorie intake I will gain weight. What should I do?

5'4" 52 y.o. started at 153 lbs eating about 1500 calories a day and eating back most exercise calories. Lost about 2 pounds a month. 21 lbs since January 16th. My goal is 130lbs. I am currently at 132lbs. I calculated 1500 calories because that was the sedentary maintenance TDEE for my goal weight of 130 lbs. I figured by doing that, I would learn how to eat at maintenance for my goal weight.

xD It's fine. I live.



Anathema: She has anorexia.