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How many calories do you eat each day?

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  • psychedmom
    psychedmom Posts: 39 Member
    1200 net. I am busy working full time with 2 toddlers. My goal is working out 5 times per week. I didn't reach that this past week though. Too busy running around preparing for Christmas dinner for 30. Luckily all the stress must have paid off because even though I cheated for the holiday no weight gain.
  • DebbieLyn63
    DebbieLyn63 Posts: 2,654 Member
    49 yo female, 5'6", CW 198, down from 228 at the end of August. My TDEE without exercise is 1700, so I eat around 1200 to lose one pound a week. I exercise 3-4 days a week and don't eat those cals back, which gives me an extra 1/5 pound loss per week.
    I eat higher protein and healthy fats, and lower sugar and white carbs. Lots of non starch veggies, lean proteins, nuts.
  • Missjulesdid
    Missjulesdid Posts: 1,444 Member
    800 calories a day. I'm on a supervised VLCD and am VERY obese so I'm ok on 800 cals due to having so much excess weight. I don't do any serious workouts- just a bit of walking and some light strength training.
  • nexangelus
    nexangelus Posts: 2,080 Member
    1800 - 2000...I do 3 heavy lifting sessions per week, I cycle everywhere, every day...and run up to 10 miles per week.
  • geekyjock76
    geekyjock76 Posts: 2,720 Member
    Height: 5'7 3/4
    Weight: 173 lbs
    Body fat: 13.2%
    Lift 5 days a week.
    Maintain: 2850 calories.
    Cut: 2500-2600 calories.
    Bulk: 3350 calories.
  • tryclyn
    tryclyn Posts: 2,414 Member
    I aim for between 1800 and 2000 a day (my goal weight/bf% maintenance level) to lose slowly. My eating habits should be second nature by the time I get to my goal.
  • purpleipod
    purpleipod Posts: 1,147 Member
    1300, sedentary for now.
  • chocl8girl
    chocl8girl Posts: 1,968 Member
    1400-1500/day (for 1/2 lb. weight loss/wk. - slowed myself down for right now). I generally try to exercise 3-4X a week for 45 minutes-an hour (fast walking/jogging/elliptical/strength), (although this week I've pretty much failed at that lol), and I usually eat most of my exercise calories back.
  • MireyGal76
    MireyGal76 Posts: 7,334 Member
    Height: 6'1"
    Weight: 165 lbs
    Body fat: 17% ish

    Maintenance around 1900 cals
    And I eat back my exercise cals
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    Just bumped it to ~3000 yesterday. I'z gun' git hyooooge!
  • Beyond_Value
    Beyond_Value Posts: 46 Member
    Me about 1485 I try to stick to losing 1 1/2 per week.
  • amruden
    amruden Posts: 228 Member
    5'4
    Sw-198
    Cw-159
    Gw-140
    Work out 3-4 times a week mix of cardio and lifting.

    I eat 1637 calories a day.

    Yummy food.
  • amber1533
    amber1533 Posts: 117 Member
    I eat ~1500 sometimes less sometimes more, I am soon going to start a stricter diet plan that I found online and am going to tweak it a bit to fit my own needs. I spent a few days trying to figure out my specific marcos and then went into MFP and fixed it for myself.
  • ChangingAmanda
    ChangingAmanda Posts: 486 Member
    I try to net 1600 and exercise 3-4 times a week burning 350-500 calories per my HRM. I'm averaging around 1.8 lbs loss/week.
  • DawnieB1977
    DawnieB1977 Posts: 4,248 Member
    I used to aim for 1200 and now I aim for 1500. MFP tells me 1510. Today I had 1525 but I've exercised, so i'm not over. Probably on average I have 1400.

    I usually exercise 5 times a week, a combination of personal training, gym on my own, spinning, aerobics and zumba. I also go for lots of walks with my children, and generally running round after my kids (they're 3 and 1) must burn a lot of calories. I also work part time as a teacher so I'm on my feet all day whilst at work.
  • xMonroeMisfit
    xMonroeMisfit Posts: 411 Member
    Anywhere from 1300-1600 a day.

    It depends on my TDEE for the day. I have a fitbit so it tracks me daily as some days i am more active than others.
  • rose313
    rose313 Posts: 1,146 Member
    20% cut from TDEE, so around 1600. I don't eat exercise calories back, but will on special occasions when I need them.
  • HyacintheAlcuin
    HyacintheAlcuin Posts: 52
    between 1400 to 1700 cals daily depending on if it's a workout day or not.... i work out 5 -7 days a week depending on my mood...
  • Nefetete
    Nefetete Posts: 343 Member
    Approximately 1700 cals a day, give or take some. Workout 5 days a week avg burn is 600 cals per HRM to lose anywhere between 0.5-1lb per week. I am slowly increasing my clas to determine my maintenance cals.
  • MaraDiaz
    MaraDiaz Posts: 4,604 Member
    1100-1300 with 20-30 minutes of exercise. I was eating back exercise calories but I'm not currently.
  • wswilliams67
    wswilliams67 Posts: 938 Member
    2300/day without fail. TDEE-1000. I recalculate every 10 pounds of weight loss to avoid plateaus.
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