10-15 pounds to goal? How many calories are you eating?

kelseyn8593
kelseyn8593 Posts: 26 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
SW, CW, GW?

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  • blackgold86
    blackgold86 Posts: 171 Member
    SW 214
    CW 160
    GW 145

    5'7 and 26 yrs old...

    Eating about 1700.. some days more, some days less... probably going to drop it a little.
  • rawhidenadz
    rawhidenadz Posts: 254 Member
    start weight 240
    second start weight 217
    current weight 167ish?
    goal weight 150

    I'm 5'7, 23, and I work out 5x a week, alternating cardio and strength and I'm eating around 2000 and losing 1.5-2 pounds a week
  • annekka
    annekka Posts: 517 Member
    ST: 76.5 KG
    CW: 68.8 KG
    GW: 65 KG

    5'6" working out a couple times a week, eating 1360 as baseline calories. I've kind of "plateaud" recently. May be looking at what adjustments I can make.
  • Cindyinpg
    Cindyinpg Posts: 3,902 Member
    I still have 20-30lbs to lose, but I'll put in my 2 cents anyway...
    Start weight: 300
    Started MFP:270
    Current:179
    Goal: 150-160ish
    I net 1400, eat anywhere from 1800-2400.
    My TDEE is about 2750 as per my Bodymedia and I lose about a lb a week. I do kickboxing twice a week, weight training 3 times a week and a mish mash of elliptical/treadmill and/or stationary cycling for another 30-60 minutes a day.
  • talisamb
    talisamb Posts: 65 Member
    CW:135
    GW:125

    Eating 1800 to lose .5 pound per week
  • Hildy_J
    Hildy_J Posts: 1,050 Member
    5ft 8

    ST: 146lb
    CW: 139lb
    GW: 129lb

    My calorie goal is 1,700. I don't stick to it very well, go over quite often, but have been losing 0.5lb a week since I started 3 months ago so it's going OK!
  • amwood89
    amwood89 Posts: 165 Member
    I'm 24, 5'4 & have 10lbs to loose to get to goal:

    SW: around 210lbs
    CW: 150lbs
    GW:140lbs

    Currently eating around 1350 mark, more on days when working out. I've been playing around with my macros/kal intake as my weight loss came to a stand still so still need to give this a couple of weeks to see how it works out for me. Currently loosing around 0.5lb a week.
  • RuthBriscoe25
    RuthBriscoe25 Posts: 6
    SW 15st 2lb
    CW 12st 13lb
    GW 12 2lb

    26 5ft 7

    11 lbs to go currently carb cycling low 1500 medium 1700 and high 1800 so depends on the day and loosing about 1 - 2lbs a week with working out 3 - 4 times a week.

    Understand everyone is totally different the 1200 MFP suggests had me plateu for weeks so changed it up and with carb cycling less training its moving again.

    Good Luck keep up hard work :)
  • Mischievous_Rascal
    Mischievous_Rascal Posts: 1,791 Member
    SW: 230ish
    CW: 136
    GW: 125

    I just started doing IF again to get at the last little bit off, so I eat close to maintenance for 5 days (2300) and less the other two (1200). My eating window for all days is 1-10 pm, excluding coffee.
  • Phoenix_Warrior
    Phoenix_Warrior Posts: 1,633 Member
    SW: 170 lbs
    CW: 138 lbs
    GW: 125 lbs

    5'5"
    I eat 1550 calories per day, hitting my macros as best as I can. I'm losing close to 2 lbs a week.
  • QuincyChick
    QuincyChick Posts: 269 Member
    SW- 165
    CW-147
    GW- 130

    Currently eating 1700 or so cals a day (TDEE-18%)
  • omma_to_3
    omma_to_3 Posts: 3,265 Member
    I aim to net 1200. With my workouts, that's anywhere from 1200 on non-workout days to 1800+ on longer workout days. I probably average over the week about 1500 to 1600 gross calories. I'm only 5'4". I'm having my RMR and BF tested sometime next month at the hospital.
  • Nikachelle
    Nikachelle Posts: 66 Member
    Age: 30
    Height: 5'3"

    SW: 196
    CW: 153
    GW: 140

    Currently trying to eat around 1600 calories daily.
  • FerretBuellerr
    FerretBuellerr Posts: 468 Member
    SW - 155 (160+ before using MFP)
    CW - 135
    GW - 130 (although I'm thinking of moving it down to 125)

    22, 5'5.5", lightly active (desk job, workout approximately 3 times a week)

    I used the TDEE method, and I am eating 1700 cals/day. On the days I don't work out (other than my daily 20 min walk home from work during the week, which I don't count) I try to eat about 1400-1500 instead.
  • CMorning99
    CMorning99 Posts: 924 Member
    5'5.5"

    CW: 136
    GW: 130 (21-22%BF)
    BF: 24 %

    I currently eat TDEE -18%. Wore the Bodymedia for a full year almost and average TDEE is 1950 (I have a very sedentary desk job)...have MFP set to 1550 (50 cals for underestimates). Losing about .5lbs a week (If I dont party too hard on the weekends!).
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    Age: 45
    Height: 5'8"
    SW: 162
    CW: 137

    Lost the last 10lbs eating 1800-2000 cals a day, which is TDEE minus 20%. Still eating about the same amount, weight fluctuates between 135-140 during the month, clothes still fit, body fat percentage slowly lowering. Life is good. :drinker:

    Best move I ever made was following the info here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/974888-in-place-of-a-road-map-2k13
  • Lleldiranne
    Lleldiranne Posts: 5,516 Member
    SW: kind of ambiguous, I started on MFP at 5 months pregnant (It helped me attain a very healthy weight gain for the pregnancy)! Before pregnancy, I was 140

    CW: 130

    GW: 120-125

    5'0", 36 years old

    I currently eat 1600. It seems to be about maintenance for me, but then I don't eat back exercise calories. I'm lifting heavy and focusing more on body recomp than scale changes right now. (OK, I'll admit I go over a couple of days a week and I don't measure everything … If I really ate at 1600 calories daily I'd probably be losing weight :laugh:)
  • oiseau17
    oiseau17 Posts: 142 Member
    5'8", 36 year old female

    SW: 223
    CW: 151
    GW: 135-140 (depending on how I feel when I get there)

    Eating 1280 - 1550 (the goals MFP gives me for 1lb and 0.5 lb loss/week). I'm struggling a bit right now since I found out three weeks ago that I'm allergic to meat (!) so I've had to make some big dietary changes very quickly.
  • ktaylor1188
    ktaylor1188 Posts: 141 Member
    age- 25
    height- 5'6
    SW- 268
    CW-172
    GW- 155

    i had been eating around 1500-2000 a day (counting exercise cals) and stopped losing. for about 4 months i was stuck at 180. i am now doing a new exercise routine. (went from Jillian Michaels Hardbody 6x a week to following the Focus T25 program) and started losing again. i also dropped my cals just a bit to 1350 + exercise cals so around 1500 max a day is what i normally eat :) best of luck to everyone!!!
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    5'5", 35yo.

    SW - 213
    CW - 148
    GW - 135 (might go down more though)

    Eating 1600, my TDEE is 2000 in average I think. I walk 3-5 miles a day and just started ChaLean Extreme. I lost 6 lbs in the last month eating 1650-1750 but I was walking a bit more.
  • Swiftdogs
    Swiftdogs Posts: 328 Member
    5' 9" female age 54

    SW 163
    CW 149.4
    GW 140 (approx.)

    I target 1440 plus around half of my exercise calories (primarily walking, per Fitbit). The scale is moving, slowly.

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