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trdepalo
trdepalo Posts: 106
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how much did you eat while you were loosing? how much is your maintenance?
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  • WaxMama
    WaxMama Posts: 369 Member
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    Great question, I'm interested as well! Thanks for asking!
  • juliejean123
    juliejean123 Posts: 12 Member
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    I've lost 43 pounds. I started a year ago. While I was losing I was at around 1200-1300 cal per day. Now I'm on maintenance at 1740. I try to do something active every day. I love the Jillian Michael's videos.
  • katismiles
    katismiles Posts: 96 Member
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    I'm a little over 5'5. I haven't reached my goal yet. I got close to it, but then I went to college... Anyway I eat about 1250 calories a day, and it works for me :D
    Sorry, I can't say what my maintenance is, but I'd like to hear what other people here have to say that theirs is.....
  • hannahjames295
    hannahjames295 Posts: 74 Member
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    I've lost 43 pounds. I started a year ago. While I was losing I was at around 1200-1300 cal per day. Now I'm on maintenance at 1740. I try to do something active every day. I love the Jillian Michael's videos.
    Thanks, that's a really helpful answer. Can I just ask, when you say at maintenance is that net calories or intake only?
  • trdepalo
    trdepalo Posts: 106
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    well I meant intake when I asked...
  • trdepalo
    trdepalo Posts: 106
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    anyone else out there?
  • jade14b
    jade14b Posts: 22
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    I'll bite. I am 5'5 1/2". Started at 145 and my original goal was 130. reached that and now I would like to sculpy my physique a bit more so I am not really concerned about the scale but I imagine that I will not try to go lower than 125 as I have an athletic build and a medium frame and lower than that would probably look unhealthy. So, I originally started at 1200 but I was starving (I work out 5+ days a week for 2 hour sessions)! Upped it to 1350. Then started really researching BMR/ TDEE and realized I could eat way more and still lose! Not only could I eat more, but I should eat more since I exercize so much. Now my goal is at 1500 a day plus I usually eat back some amount of my workout calories so I net around 1500 daily. Still loosing weight steadily...take that 1200 calories (no offense to anyone that it works for)!
  • shutterbug282
    shutterbug282 Posts: 588 Member
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    Bump for later :D
  • Erikalynne18
    Erikalynne18 Posts: 555 Member
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    I've changed my GW 3 times now so I've surpassed my original goal but not eating the "maintenance level" yet. Basically once I started losing I realised I COULD actually do this so readjusted my goals to reflect that :)

    Height: 5'6
    SW: 165
    CW: 131.5
    GW: 125

    I started @ 1200 calories but then realised it just WASN'T enough so I bumped it up gradually. Currently I net 1710, and I'm still losing :) How much I intake depends on how much I exercise. I am very active at work though and constantly moving so my activity level is high cause of that. 1710 might be too high for some people, or too low for others depending, but it's still working for me.

    Edit: age is 26 and I've been working on this since the end of Sept :)
  • lh1626
    lh1626 Posts: 241 Member
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    Bump...great question! Age would help too.
  • workout_junkee
    workout_junkee Posts: 473 Member
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    I ate 1550 plus my exercise calories when losing.
    I am in maintenance now and eat a straight 2100-2200.
  • SneakyBat
    SneakyBat Posts: 55 Member
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    I'm not at goal just yet but I'm not too far off. I aim for 1400 daily, on my dieticians advice, but I'm usually a little under that (I do mean a little)..I've been at it for 8 months so far and though fairly slow found it easy and enjoyable even. I too would love to hear what people are eating at maintenance.
  • dulinh
    dulinh Posts: 99 Member
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    I'm 5'5" - I found that eating 1400+/- is a pretty good place for me to maintain my goal weight of 120, which I'm not at right now but I have been before. That includes working out, walking, cardio, lifting weights 1 hr/day, 5 day/wk
  • S0nsh1ne
    S0nsh1ne Posts: 218 Member
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    I turned 43 on 1/5 and began mfp on 1/7. I began at 219 lbs. My daily calorie goal is 1500. I am not exercising. I have lost 22 lbs thus far. My goal is 175 and then I will reevaluate.
  • onyxgirl17
    onyxgirl17 Posts: 1,721 Member
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    I'm 5'5" - I found that eating 1400+/- is a pretty good place for me to maintain my goal weight of 120, which I'm not at right now but I have been before. That includes working out, walking, cardio, lifting weights 1 hr/day, 5 day/wk

    1400 net or gross?
  • baker150
    baker150 Posts: 112 Member
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    I'm 5'6 and at my goal weight now of 135. I started at 245 and ate 12-1300 calories per day for the first 6 months or so, and then for the last 4-5 months I've been eating between 14-1600 calories a day. I haven't started maintenance yet, but it tells me that I can eat 1830 calories a day for that...
  • tsikkz
    tsikkz Posts: 404 Member
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    I lost 70 lbs, I'm a little under 5"5 but closer to 5"5 than to 5"4

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    205lbs to 135lbs

    Im eating around 2200 calories a day and have been in maintenance since November last year. I didn't count calories when I lost the weight, i just tried to make healthy choices and exercise :)
  • Hopelessone
    Hopelessone Posts: 270 Member
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    bump
  • tayteetots
    tayteetots Posts: 114 Member
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    bump
  • dulinh
    dulinh Posts: 99 Member
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    ETS - Sorry thought I was Quoting! My post was Gross Cals

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