help! how many calories should i eat

jafy23
jafy23 Posts: 59 Member
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hey im 5'5 and 23 years old i weight 210 and i was good at weight loss for a but switched jobs and now have so much stress in my life. but i really want to lose this weight! i am going to vegas. but my bmr is telling me i should eat 1761 calories a day but im looking at people diarys and im always seeing like 1200. not sure what to do and go by

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  • marycmeadows
    marycmeadows Posts: 1,691 Member
    you eat at your bmr, no less. screw everyone else starving themselves at 1200. I've lost 117lbs so far and I eat around 2000 a day. period.

    SW 303.4
    CW 186.4
    30y/o female, 5'6''.
    I work out a lot, running, strength training/metacon, cycling, pitaiyo (blend of yoga, pilates, tai chi)
  • jafy23
    jafy23 Posts: 59 Member
    oh wow good for you!!! i really want to lose 80 pounds!! i will follow bmr then thanks:D
    you eat at your bmr, no less. screw everyone else starving themselves at 1200. I've lost 117lbs so far and I eat around 2000 a day. period.

    SW 303.4
    CW 186.4
    30y/o female, 5'6''.
    I work out a lot, running, strength training/metacon, cycling, pitaiyo (blend of yoga, pilates, tai chi)
  • lisa483
    lisa483 Posts: 105 Member
    Eat above your BMR and 20% under TDEE

    Don't starve yourself to lose weight, you don't need to

    1200 cals will send you into plateaus most definately. This happened to me so many times until I started eating more

    Good Luck :0)
  • adam1885282
    adam1885282 Posts: 135 Member
    Trust in the MFP calculation. I'm down 65ish strictly following MFP, including eating back most if not all of my exercise calories. THEN, if it's not working after a few months, you can monkey with it.
  • SkimFlatWhite68
    SkimFlatWhite68 Posts: 1,254 Member
    Try reading these:

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/818082-exercise-calories-again-wtf -

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/819055-setting-your-calorie-and-macro-targets

    http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/ - good one for working out your TDEE.

    Good luck!
  • jafy23
    jafy23 Posts: 59 Member
    thanks everyone!!
  • ChelsG77
    ChelsG77 Posts: 35
    Hi! Im 5'5, 24yrs old and 230IBs... I eat 1500 cals a day and that seems to to be working for me. I lose about 1Lbs a week, and I do my daily exercise. I found eating 1200 made me want to snack more late at night
  • wolfelements
    wolfelements Posts: 117 Member
    I see the 1200 calories a lot since I joined, but it's so not for everyone. My demographic is different than yours (27, 203 lbs, and 5' 11"), but I'm trusting what the MFP is telling me I should eat (which is 1700, but I always go under cause I never know when my husband wants to drink at night). I think it's a safe bet.
  • bebecakes24
    bebecakes24 Posts: 1
    I'm 5'4, 28 years old, and my starting weight was 205. MFP calculated my daily intake at 1200 calories. Here is my progress...

    Week 1 - down 5 lbs
    Week 2 - down 3 lbs
    Week 3 - down 2 lbs
    Week 4 - down 3 lbs
    Week 5 - down 2 lbs

    I'm currently down 15 lbs; although, I'm sure it will slow down to a steady 1 - 2 lb loss per week very soon. I do add in about 20 - 30 minutes of walking or circut training (Jillian Michaels' kickboxing and 30 Day Shred videos are awesome) about 3 times a week. Good luck in your journey!

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