What is your calorie goal?

amber4289
amber4289 Posts: 13
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Just curious about others, what did MFP set for your calorie goal, and how many calories are you actually taking in?And how much weight are you losing a week or a month.. My calorie goal is 1520 and i'm usually taking in 1200-1220...

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  • jenilosinfluff
    jenilosinfluff Posts: 12 Member
    My goal is 1260 and I'm usually within 100 calories of that. So far I am lucky to lose 1 a week. Hoping that my increase in activity will pay off. I work 2 jobs 6 days a week in an office and it makes it that much more difficult.
  • worshiptheking148
    worshiptheking148 Posts: 107
    1500 is mine , with high physical activity.
  • AJinBirmingham
    AJinBirmingham Posts: 497
    Mine is 1,200 according to MFP, but when my scale got stuck at 132.5-136 lbs for about six months, I INCREASED my allowance to 1,200-1,500 and starting losing again. I'm at 129.5 lbs now and the scale is still eeking downward.

    Trying to stay at 1,200 left me prone to binging every week . . .
  • skinnysushicat
    skinnysushicat Posts: 138 Member
    Mine is 1200 which seems stupidly low - I was shocked! I am lighTly active, 5'2, and need to loose about 25lb. I am breast feeding, so I have increased my calories by 300, as advised on other threads/ websites. I have only been here 3 days, and so far I have been about 100 cals over every day :(. I am also very hungry!
  • Silver14
    Silver14 Posts: 141
    1200 for loss w training, but I find that's too quick and I get tired so I'm aiming for 1300-1500 :)
    If its 1200 I can lose a pound in a day, but that's not sustainable. However I find when I try stick to 1200 I make healthier food choices and am more concentrated on eating healthy things. When I aim higher i feel like its a lot so I go a bit off the rails and eat junk... Really going to work on the 1300-1500 but of HEALTHY food! For me that's low carbs and gluten as I'm sensitive to both, but I work in a cafe where we make our own muffins so its hard!

    Add me too :)
  • autumnpath
    autumnpath Posts: 72 Member
    1400-1500 with a high activity level here. :)
  • itstartswithastep
    itstartswithastep Posts: 22
    Anywhere between 1300 and 1800 and I am happy (:
  • xynyth
    xynyth Posts: 89 Member
    mfp has me set to 1350 at sedentary but my fitbit compensates for my actual activity level and even on days I don't work out it bumps it up to around 1500. I generally keep to my limits :)
  • melindasuefritz
    melindasuefritz Posts: 3,509 Member
    im 5'6 - 210 pounds
    (u didnt mention your height and weight)
    1720 is my set goal
  • FoxyLifter
    FoxyLifter Posts: 965 Member
    My min is my BMR which is about 1450ish

    My max (on track to lose half a pound a week), puts me around 1800-2000 if I exercise.

    If I don't exercise, 1550 is the goal MFP gives me.
  • TheVimFuego
    TheVimFuego Posts: 2,412 Member
    1700 is my default, I kick the butt out of that during the week (I like to run lean during a typical office weekday) and compensate at the weekends to avoid slowing the metabolism.

    I don't log exercise or booze, I figure they cancel each other out over the course of a week ... Somehow it all seems to be working ...

    Hmmm, another glass of red methinks ...
  • Kxgz
    Kxgz Posts: 198 Member
    Just raised mine to 1800
  • agggie550
    agggie550 Posts: 281 Member
    2500 is my daily goal - I eat anywhere between 3500-4200 a day. I eat back my exercise calories.
  • becky6m
    becky6m Posts: 108 Member
    My MFP goal was 1200, my TDEE-20% is 1601 and I consume 1601. I used to do the 1200 religiously, but did my own research and decided that I was going about it all wrong. Took about a month to get my metabolism back and start losing again.
  • ForABetterMe89
    ForABetterMe89 Posts: 196
    MFP put me at 1,200/day. That didn't fly with me since that's what I've also done in the past and failed. I went in and manually changed it to 1380, I got stuck after a little bit and realized I started to go to bed hungry, and upped it to 1480. Now I'm losing again. I take in between 1350-1550 most days. Some days more depending on how hard I exercise for the day.
  • SmartAlec03211988
    SmartAlec03211988 Posts: 1,896 Member
    If I listened to MFP I'd be eating 1700, but I set it to 1920. I usually eat around 2100-2600.
  • babyblooz
    babyblooz Posts: 220 Member
    When I started last August, MFP set me at the ridiculously low 1200 it sets most ipeople at. I thought that sucked, so I raised it to 1650. I went from 235 lbs to 180. At that point I hit a bit of a stall, so I switched to maintenance for a month, which raised it to 2050 calories. This week I decided to hit it hard again, so I brought it back down to 1800. So far so good!
  • bonk102
    bonk102 Posts: 1
    239lb Male, 2,040 a day. I started with 2,200 a day and was at 260lb when i started. So far i've been losing about 4lb a week, but now it seems to be slowing to a more reasonable 1lb.
  • harley1968
    harley1968 Posts: 218 Member
    Hi my MFP calorie allowance is 1200 per day, so far I am usually just under or over by a few calories. But as I have only started back on Monday (again), I have set my weight lose to zero, as this time I would like to lose that 35 lb's. I am sure once I get back to the gym I can increase my calorie intake :smile:
  • torymichaels
    torymichaels Posts: 79
    MFP has me at 1830 (5'9", Moderately Active, 259.2 lbs) and thanks to my fitbit one, I end up at at least 2200/day (gross). However, I try to stay between 1800 & 2000 gross (not net). For example, here's my last several days' gross and net cals:

    2058 1459
    1572 1056
    1675 1260
    2128 1301
    1853 1319

    According to FB, I generally burn 3200-3500/day thanks to my walks and general inability to just sit still for very long. Hehe. The last five days for cals burned and steps walked per FB:

    3404 14837
    3268 10436
    3220 8425
    3567 18120
    3333 14753

    ETA: Er, FB was on the fritz a couple of days in there, hence the low steps.
  • Jess830409
    Jess830409 Posts: 285 Member
    I set my goal to 1,300 a day - MFP had me at 1,200 as well. I aim for anywhere between 1,200 and 1,450 normally - depending on exercise. I wear a fitbit and on a normal day for me I only burn 1,680 - so 1,300 calories is plenty for me on those days. I average about 1 lb loss a week - if it stalls I will up calories alittle.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    MFP has me set at 1600 and with exercise I usually eat closer to 1900. Lost 2 pounds this week.
  • CaitMarieRN
    CaitMarieRN Posts: 3
    I am currently at 166 lbs, I try to get close to 1600-1700 cal per day, I do Insanity every day (I Love it!!!) And I stay active pretty much all day.
  • imaprincess4all
    imaprincess4all Posts: 2 Member
    My calorie goal is 1460 and I am usually about 200-300 under that most days. I lost 4 pounds the first 3 days and I dont weigh again until Monday. I have started drinking water like crazy adding those liquid water enhancers. I can drink nothing but water by doing that. I am starting Hip Hop Abs on a daily basis next week when my company from the weekend leaves and this should help my weight loss. :smile:
  • RacquelLuntz
    RacquelLuntz Posts: 18
    1200 calories, although i'm generally at that or 100 calories give or take.
  • kayaksara
    kayaksara Posts: 157 Member
    MFP set me at 1200. I eat 1200. If I work out and I am hungry I eat more. I don't usually go over 1400 on any given day. I am short - 5'1". 1200 is enough for me. Some people say they starve. 1200 is probably not enough for most people but it definitely works for some. I also sit all day at work. I average about 1 pound loss per week. It has always worked for me. I may stall at times but it still averages to 1 pound per month. And I eat much healthier at this calorie amount. If I am allowed more I tend to think I can eat a cookie for the rest of my calories.

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