Is anyone able to lose weight at 1800 net calories/day?

Inches lost = good....most likely fat loss yay

In my mind losing inches is better than losing weight. I personally don't net 1800 a day, but I'm also not very active. I do love food though, my reports for the last 90 days:

First graph is Total Calories consumed:



Even scarier is my Net Calories graph: (total - exercise)


And my weight loss (I weigh at random times):


Workouts : Completely random....Completed EA Sports Active 2.0 Cardio Kick Start in May I think, Dance Central 2 20-40 mins when I feel like it, was doing Stronglifts 5x5 (had to stop, husband sold bench, and is planning to get us a gym membership), Golds Gym Cardio Workout (boxing) 15-20 mins when I feel like it

Food wise: Moderation. Try to fit what I want into my calorie goals and make sure that I get my minimum fat and protein intake (aka MFP suggested "limit")

edit: When looking at the calories consumed above, keep in mind that I'm only 5'4.5". So it's not like I'm really tall or anything.

I eat 1600-1850 a day depending on how hungry I am. I generally don't add in or eat back exercise calories, unless I've done something super strenuous like an all-day hike. I lift heavy 3-4 days a week (Stronglifts 5x5 from March to July, just switched to Wendler 5/3/1). For "cardio", I do something active about 3 times a week. Either jogging, hiking, kayaking or a brisk walk. I may not be the best person to ask because I don't give a flip about weight. I've lost about 3 lbs since January, but about 2 sizes.

For food, I eat mostly whole, home cooked foods, but I eat cookies or icecream a few times a week and fast food or pizza occasionally. My macros are 30C-30F-40P, but I'm usually under on carbs and over on fat.

I'm 5'5, 148-150 lbs, about 23-25% BF; 42 year old.

I was eating at over 2000 per day and heavy lifting 3 times a week. measurements were slowly shrinking but weight basically stalled. Have now reduced to around 1800-1900 per day and seem to be getting out of the funk. definitely cant go below 1800, wouldn't be able to function or sustain this.

I've been eating 1800-1900 a day and 2 times a day work out. Weight liftingin the morning and 5K run in the evening. But I'm not losing weight anymore and not gaining either. My target weight to lose was 128lbs but stuck on 130lbs-131lbs for few months, so I decided to maintain current weight and hopefully loose few more pound again when I train for 10K in few weeks time.

Yes, I do. I eat around 2250 cals a day, which means after exercise I net around 1800. It is certainly possible, but depends on your size and activity. I am 5"10, 247lb, and according to my fitbit, lightly active.

Yes... that's actually what I have my macros set as... I've been doing this for a while. Mind you, I'm more for toning then i am for losing anymore weight.

I am 6'4" at 320 lbs. I started at 382 lbs. At one point, I was down to 296 lbs.I tend to eat back my exercise calories. Some days I burn 800-900 calories doing cardio. On my strength training days, I burn maybe 300 calories. I have not been losing any weight in the last year because I have not been real strict on my food.

In my experience, you can lose weight on 1800 net calories per day.

Hmm. I think I actually means something between 'Net' calories and 'Gross' calories. That is, I manually set my calories to 1800 per day, and I eat back 1/3 of my exercise calories, because I'm just lightly active. Thank you for your comments, everybody!

According to your stats you should be eating 1800 (1834 according to Scooby) daily, regardless of exercise. It's already figured in. Eating 1800 plus 1/3 of your exercise calories will put you closer to maintenance and you won't lose hardly anything.

I eat anywhere from 1800-2100, I NET about 1300-1600.

I usually workout about 4-5 days a week, mixing it up between cardio and lifting. This has been working for me so far. I love being able to lose and eat.



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I am 5'7'', started here at almost 95 kg (210 lbs) and with a 1 lbs/week goal I was eating almost 1900 calories a day (without counting calories earned by workout).

I have lost already 20 kg (44 lbs), but I don't use anymore the MFP goals, I have a custom goal of 1750 calories. Even I should eat less (accordingly to MFP) I actually maintained the 1 lbs/week. It's not liniar (and have never been)... some weeks I lose none, then I lose like a charm 2 lbs, but if I make an average, it's still 1 lbs/week.

I eat workout calories also (I don't consider cleaning and walking workouts, even if I do 2 hours walks sometimes... I just see them as part of a normal lifestyle). Maybe not all of them. And I'm only exercising 2 hours a week... I'm just not an exercise maniac.

Maybe my weight loss is slower than some may want it... but I'm just like that. It's my rythm and I can do it. Maybe the only thing that kept me going is the small pace. I don't have that much will as others... to eat very clean, to eat 1400-1600 calories a day, to workout 5-6 hours a week.
But no matter how slow I go... I'm doing it. I lost weight. I have changed my lifestyle. I could go on like this forever and have no regrets, cravings or binges... this is my way.

I started out around there and lost with absolutely no exercise. BUT you have to weigh EVERYTHING and be really accurate on how much you are consuming. But I was set to a half pound per week. Some weeks I lost more, some none, and some I went up because of water retention. But the trend over time was slow and sustainable weightloss.

But I'll agree with the person who said inch lost is better than weight loss. Those are results you can see, no one but you nd your doctor have to know your actual weight.