Calling all ladies..How many calories do you consume?

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  • Determined82
    Determined82 Posts: 455 Member
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    Age: 30
    Height: 5'6"
    Daily Calorie Intake: 1,300 or less (I do NOT eat back burned calories)
    Workouts: None, I'm lazy. I've been trying to keep busy around the house tho lol.
    Weight Loss Goal: Down 24.4lbs, still got 38.6lbs to go.
  • loricshields47
    loricshields47 Posts: 134 Member
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    51
    5'2"
    1650cals(don't always get there)
    I lift weights 4x week and do no more than 25 mins of some sort of interval on the treadmill 4-5 times a week

    Started at 1200 cals too, but stalled out pretty quick, uped the cals and am much happier not to mention fuller lol ~eat more too weigh less works for me

    Good luck
  • cleotherio
    cleotherio Posts: 712 Member
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    Age: 42
    Height: 5'5"
    Daily Calorie intake: about 1800. That's based on TDEE and I don't add in exercise calories, unless I do something like an all-day hike; then I'll just eat a little more if I'm hungry.
    Workouts: Lifting heavy 3x a week; brisk walk or hiking 2-3 times a week
    Weight loss goals: No specific goal weight. I have maybe 5-8 lbs of fat I'd like to lose overall, but I don't have a time limit or exact weight on that. I'm more interested in strength and body composition. Right now I weigh 150 and wear mostly a US 8, sometimes a 6 (down from mostly 10, sometimes 12 from January).
  • cad39too
    cad39too Posts: 874 Member
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    Age: 41
    Height: 5' 5.5"
    Daily Calorie intake: 1850 - 2000 (with the odd 2500 day when I feel like I need it)
    Workouts: Lifting five days a week with 1.5 mile warm up run); Kettlebells once a week. Long walk once a week. I will be adding more focus cardio sessions 3 times a week going forward.
    Weight loss goals: I reached my weight loss goal some time ago (130lbs) and am slightly below that now. Focus is body composition and strength gains.
  • tc41586
    tc41586 Posts: 136 Member
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    Age 27
    Height 5'9"
    Daily Calorie intake 1700 plus exercise calories
    Workouts lifting 3x a week, cardio about 2x a week
    Weight loss goals hit 175lbs, then reevaluate
  • Calliope610
    Calliope610 Posts: 3,775 Member
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    My stats:

    Age - 51
    Height - 5'4"
    Daily Calorie intake - 1880 (TDEE-25%) - agressive, but I started with 90+ lbs to lose
    Workouts - walk daily (3-6miles), strength training 3x/wk
    Weight loss goals - started at 232, currently @ 204, intermediate goal of 180 (50lb lose), then re-evaluate
  • megfischer
    megfischer Posts: 12 Member
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    Age 60
    Ht 5'5"
    Cal 1200
    Workout walking the dog
    Weight loss went from 158 to 145 since June
    Goal. 138

    I'm ok with the 1200 cal limit since I have found a whole new world of tasty new foods. My motto is replace with healthier options or else reduce the quantity of the unhealthy foods I don't want to give up. Just remember - Replace or Reduce!
  • Tamois
    Tamois Posts: 64 Member
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    What’s your stats:
    Age - 46
    Height - 5'4"
    Daily Calorie intake - 1570
    Workouts - Swimming and walking only for now due to medical issues
    Weight loss goals - to lose 150 lbs
    * Weight loss so far - 21 lbs*
    Hi Mcgregory. I only do walking (but I did only join 2 days ago) but if you walk fast it burns loads of calories! I have a back problem and I weight 205 lb at 5'6 but my Dr and physio told me walking and swimming are the best forms of exercise for people with back or other joint problems. They're good for cardio and work all areas of your body so well done you for doing swimming and walking and leave out the "only" - keep going!
  • stephaniegreaves93
    stephaniegreaves93 Posts: 6 Member
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    Age: 20
    height: 5ft 2
    calorie intake: 1360 ( but I eat back exercise calories)
    workout: 6-7 days a week
    weight loss goals: 30Lbs
  • dym123
    dym123 Posts: 1,670 Member
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    Age: 46
    Height: 5'41/2"
    Calories consumed: 1,600 (more or less depending how hungry I am)
    CW: 165
    SW: 265
    GW: 150ish
    I just started FocusT25 - 5 x week, Strength Training 2 x week, Turbo Fire 1 x week and Power Yoga 1 x week. Extras include 75 - 100 squats 3 x week, 45 deadlifts 3 x week, in between sets, I sometimes throw in some burpees.

    I've not been losing a lot by the scale standard, but I have been dropping inches like crazy, going from a size 14 in May to now fitting into size 8/10. Not too concerned about these last 15 lbs though may re-evaluate goals when I'm done with FT25.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
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    Age: 52
    Height: 5' 5"
    Daily Calorie intake: approx 1500 Mon - Fri. 200-2500 on weekends
    Workouts: *Varies a lot right now. Lots and lots of weed eating and clearing brush/downed trees right now.
    Weight loss goals: Been in maintenance for 2+ years. Just started really trying to lose an additional 10.

    *before the massive pasture cleanup effort began, I was mostly doing Turfo Fire, hiking and strength training (body weight and weights)

    ETA: maintenance weight has been 155-160 (I'm perimenopausal and it bounces around a lot). Trying now to get to 145 - 150.
  • LAnne16
    LAnne16 Posts: 272 Member
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    Age: 24
    Height: 5'6" (168cm)
    SW: 227
    CW: Not sure, I'm trying to weight myself once a month.
    GW: 165ish, we'll see when I get there
    Calories: 2200 (based on TDEE-20%, no eating exercise calories, and a little less on days I don't work out)
    Exercise: 5-6 days a week for 50-120 minutes. Walking/running, swimming, 30DS, boot camp. I want to start to weight training too, but my gym is renovating for two weeks haha.
    Ultimate goals: Run a 5K in November, complete Tough Mudder in Sept 2014.
  • KathleenMurry
    KathleenMurry Posts: 448 Member
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    27
    5'4
    1350 plus about half my exercise calories (you can view my diary)
    Running 6 times a week, averaging 30 miles a week. Weight lifting about twice a week.
    Have lost about 12 lbs so far. 18 more to go!
  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
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    Age: 31
    Height: 5'8"
    Current Weight: 205lbs

    Uh, I'm supposed to be cutting at 1800 calories. I've been eating way more than that lately. Need to find my willpower and drive again...

    Currently doing rowing for 3 hours a week and lifting twice a week. If I add in another cardio session, I could raise my calories to 1900, but I'll play that by ear.
  • UpEarly
    UpEarly Posts: 2,555 Member
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    Age: 41

    Height: 5'9"

    Weight: 135

    Daily Calorie intake: 2000-2400

    Workouts: A bit of this, a bit of that - I hike a lot, I take at least 10,000 steps nearly every day, I try to do circuit training a couple days a week. Basically, I do whatever I'm in the mood to do, but I am active in some way every single day.

    Weight loss goals: Maintain current weight
  • rachael726
    rachael726 Posts: 202 Member
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    Age: 30
    Height: 5'6
    Daily Calorie intake: 1260
    Workouts: running, walking, jogging, light lifting (primarily my arms- problem area), biking. Beginning insanity 9/1
    Weight loss goals: Current weight is 236.4

    Goal #1- be 227 by mid Sept
    Goal #2- lose a total of 100 lbs
    Ultimate Goal -- be in a bikini by my 31st birthday (July 2014) and around 140-150 lbs.
  • atb0821
    atb0821 Posts: 458 Member
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    Age: 34
    Height: 5'4"
    Daily calorie intake: I do intermittent fasting, so I have 2 days at 500. The other 5 days are anywhere from 1600-4000.
    Workouts: Very little cardio on the elliptical, heavy lifting, and a body pump-type class at my YMCA 3 times a week.
    Weight loss goals: Not much, if any. Just get more muscle :smile:
  • mrslcoop
    mrslcoop Posts: 317 Member
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    Age 27
    Height 5’4”
    Daily Calorie intake Depends. 1550 net (cardio) 1850 (lifting)
    Workouts 6 days/week 3 cardio, 3 lifting
    Weight loss goals 15 lbs

    You need to work out your TDEE. At my weight and height I can eat up to 2000 calories without gaining.

    http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/
  • Morn66
    Morn66 Posts: 96
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    My answers, although I'm sort of an atypical case:

    Age: I'll be 43 in a couple of weeks
    Height: 5'7"
    Daily calories: I have a goal to eat 1500 calories a day, but I'm usually under that, sometimes by a lot. It's not intentional, though. I have severe health issues (heart and liver failure) and associated metabolic/malnutrition problems, so I often simply can't eat as much as I'd like to eat. Oftentimes, I'm sort of force-feeding myself, and it's not usually pleasant.

    "Workouts:" When I'm feeling well enough, I like to walk my dogs for about 30-45 minutes a day. Sometimes I'm lucky and can do that twice a day. Otherwise, one walk every few days is about the best I can manage.

    Goal: My goal is actually to not lose weight too quickly given my medical issues, which is why I try my best to eat 1500 calories a day. However, given that I will retain and lose fluid in a chaotic manner, so my weight will go up and down from day to day, my weight is difficult to track, as are measurements. I AM overweight, but my issue is more one of retaining nutrition rather than worrying about losing "X" number of pounds. That said, I'd LIKE to lose about 30 more pounds. I've already lost about 40 since...um, April. But not in a healthy way.
  • zeusbella
    zeusbella Posts: 137 Member
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    Wow! Congratulations on your weight loss. WTG!

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