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  • UpEarly
    UpEarly Posts: 2,555 Member
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    Maintaining on roughly 2300-2500 a day.
    (5'9", 135 lbs, 41 years old)
  • rdrettig1
    rdrettig1 Posts: 62 Member
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    I try for 1400-1600. I have about six more to lose.
  • deksgrl
    deksgrl Posts: 7,237 Member
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    Why do you ask, since this number is based on various factors that might or might not apply to you?
  • EmmaKarney
    EmmaKarney Posts: 690 Member
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    Current weight 130 - goal 125

    My goal is 1450 NET - I hit this or go over by 100 or so and am losing about 0.5lb a week.

    The last 5lb is coming off slowly but as long as I don't gain now I'll be happy.

    I eat back all my exercise calories (using a HRM).

    I eat as much as I can whilst still losing!!
  • Raynne413
    Raynne413 Posts: 1,527 Member
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    I'm 5'5" and I generally eat between 2000-2300 calories. I'm pretty much in maintenance. I'm slowly losing but since I only care to lose another 5lbs, I don't really care. :)
  • jqh23
    jqh23 Posts: 311 Member
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    Around 1600-1700 a day.. I am a nursing mother so I deduct -200 calories a day and eat them back (so my daily goal is set to 1540, based on my TDEE-20%). I am losing weight.
  • jolene_ca
    jolene_ca Posts: 91 Member
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    5'7" 150lbs. Eating 1500. Losing about a pound a week.
  • Misha6
    Misha6 Posts: 17 Member
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    5'4" Losing, 1650, set to lose 1 lb/ week, eat back exercise calories.
  • nazi123445
    nazi123445 Posts: 9
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    so i only eat about 1200 and workout 7 days a week ive lost 7lbs but now the scale wont budge i dunno if im not eating enough or what but im getting frustrated! any ideas?
  • brainzap
    brainzap Posts: 145 Member
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    1,000 and losing
  • JenAndSome
    JenAndSome Posts: 1,893 Member
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    I try to eat at least 1500 a day. I am 5' 4 1/2" and currently 131 lbs, which is down 10 lbs in a few months. I do eat back some of my exercise calories, especially on weekends.
  • cdcooper321
    cdcooper321 Posts: 157 Member
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    1740 is my goal 5'6 and 180lbs



    Are you still losing with this? I weigh 176 and am about 5'7. however my weight loss is stalled. I consume about 1500 daily. wondering if maybe I should up it.
  • momo9128706
    momo9128706 Posts: 45
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    I'm loosing. Eat 1200 5 days a week, 1500 on 2 days that I burn over 1000 calories. I'm only 5'2" and weight 160, goal is 30 more lbs.
  • deksgrl
    deksgrl Posts: 7,237 Member
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    so i only eat about 1200 and workout 7 days a week ive lost 7lbs but now the scale wont budge i dunno if im not eating enough or what but im getting frustrated! any ideas?

    Are you eating your exercise calories so that you are eating 1,200 NET? If not, do that.
  • cdcooper321
    cdcooper321 Posts: 157 Member
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    Averaged since January, but still pretty close:

    TDEE: 2513 per day
    Intake: 1941 calories per day
    Deficit: 572
    Average weekly loss: 0.5kg (1.1lb)

    Starting weight: 77.2kg
    New low weight this week: 68.4kg (Up slightly today due to bloating.)

    My weight loss is slowing slightly at the moment due to personal circumstances but still pretty steady.

    what is TDEE?
  • lina1131
    lina1131 Posts: 2,246 Member
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    168 - Female - Losing

    I eat anywhere from 1200 to 1600 most days depending on how much I worked out.
  • MelsAuntie
    MelsAuntie Posts: 2,833 Member
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    My calorie goal is 1700. I am losing weight steadily, the only exception being one time where my weight was the same two weigh- ins in a row. Been doing this for about three and a half or four months now.
  • terri_journey
    terri_journey Posts: 287 Member
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    I eat about 1230 calories and workout about 4x's a week. I have lost weigh steadily since March of 2012. :smile:
  • cmeiron
    cmeiron Posts: 1,599 Member
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    what is TDEE?

    Total Daily Energy Expenditure. It's the sum of your BMR (basal metabolic rate - what you burn just existing), your exercise, your non-exercise activity (washing dishes, sitting at your desk, walking around the office, etc.) and a little bit of burn from digestion.

    Take in fewer calories than your TDEE, and you lose body fat. My TDEE is about 2400, and I eat around 2000-2200/day. For people with more weight to lose, 15-20% off your TDEE is a good goal.
  • mcibty
    mcibty Posts: 1,252 Member
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    Eating 1,200 - 1,300, netting a lot less with exercise. Losing about 2lbs a week. Want to lose another 14lbs before maintaining that weight.

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