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Poll: How many calories do you eat and what are your stats?

ebayaddict0127
ebayaddict0127 Posts: 523 Member
edited February 15 in Health and Weight Loss
I started at 1200 calories but after 7 weeks that was too hard.

SW: 240
CW: 219
Calories: 1400 (for now...)
Height: 5'5"
Age: 31
Gender: Female

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  • tegalicious
    tegalicious Posts: 629
    SW: 155
    GW: 125, then 120, then 115
    CW: 115
    Height: 5'3"
    Age: 29
    Gender: Female
    Calories: 2700/day M-F, then more on weekends

    I am super active and trying to maintain my weight now.
  • sokkache
    sokkache Posts: 220 Member
    Start weight: Around 155 give or take a few pounds
    Current weight: about 151-152
    Goal weight: 135
    Age:19
    Height: 5'6''

    You see, I only have about 10-15 pounds to lose so it's very difficult for me.

    My calorie allowance is 1600 a day. I don't log in exercise because I use TDEE-20%. I eat a lot of chocolate, but its dark chocolate so slightly healthier lol. I'm still trying to cut down my sugar though. Sugar is and has always been my biggest problem.
  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
    SW: 230
    CW: 121
    GW: 110
    Age: 44
    Height: 5'2
    Female

    I started out doing 1200 calories the first 5 months of my weight loss, but couldn't do it anymore. I usually do 1700-1900 calories, but just recently had surgery on my hand, so cannot do weight lifting right now, so just doing 1600-1800 calories, hopefully by mid March I will be back at it once I get the ok from the doctor!! :smile:
  • TX_Rhon
    TX_Rhon Posts: 1,549 Member
    CW: 158
    Calories: 1550-1600
    Height: 5'5"
    Age: 46
    Gender: Female

    I would be a total b!tch if I only ate 1200 cals a day. It did not work for me. I listened to the "mean" people on here and started eating more. I felt better, had more motivation and it was still working.

    I also did research on what my BMR, TDEE, etc. meant. My BMR is approx 1350/day and I never eat lower than that.

    Good luck :flowerforyou:
  • Graelwyn75
    Graelwyn75 Posts: 4,404 Member
    Female, 38.

    Height - 5'10
    CW - 140
    GW - 135
    Total Calorie Intake - 1800-2400
    Net - 1500.
  • Amiwil
    Amiwil Posts: 57 Member
    Start date: Feb 10, 2013
    Start weight: 284.8 lbs
    Current weight: 229 lbs
    Height: 5'7
    Goal Weight: 180 lbs
    Age: 28

    I walk on the treadmill on Random for an hour starting at 3 mph and ending at 3.5. Great calorie burn! For muscles I am doing The Betty Rocker 3-4 times a week.

    Last summer I got to my lowest adult weight of 217 lbs.

    Then shot up to 256 as of Jan 1, 2014.

    256 was my restart weight and I was eating around 1310-1350. Now MFP has lowered my calories to 1250 due to my losing 10.5% of my weight. I swear there's no winning lol.
  • ChrysalisCove
    ChrysalisCove Posts: 975 Member
    I'm a 5'3" 25year old female w/ a BFing toddler.

    SW: 198
    CW: 176
    GW: 135

    Originally (in Jan, at SW) it was set at ~1440 to lose 2lb/wk. In order to maintain that pace MFP dropped me to 1200 this week, but after a few days it became clear that was not working for my body. I have now changed to 1.5lbs/wk & my goal is 1370. Just this small increase has made a HUGE difference for me as I have much more energy!
  • Sunshine2plus2
    Sunshine2plus2 Posts: 1,492 Member
    SW: 330
    CW: 211
    Calories: 1380-1600
    Height: 5'8
    Age: 34
    Gender: Female
  • SapiensPisces
    SapiensPisces Posts: 992 Member
    SW: 230
    CW: 163
    GW: 140-145
    Calories: 1500-1700 for now, but probably going up soon
    Height: 5'8"
    Age: 29
    Female
  • EHisCDN
    EHisCDN Posts: 480 Member
    SW: 179
    CW: 142
    height: 5'1
    age: 22
    calories: 1650 gross
    female
    moderately active (I workout 3-4 times a week but otherwise I don't do much!)
  • krawhitham
    krawhitham Posts: 831 Member
    SW: 171
    CW: 164
    GW: 125
    Age 31
    Height 5'3.5"
    Calories: Month of February I averaged 1556 per day and I didn't see much of a loss.

    I hope to average more in the month of March. I want to start lifting more, eating more, and losing inches.
  • angel_of_harmony
    angel_of_harmony Posts: 188 Member
    SW: 212
    CW: 207
    GW: 160
    Age 26
    Height 5'5"

    My goal is 1850 calories a day; I normally come in under by 100-300 calories.
  • marieamethyst
    marieamethyst Posts: 869 Member
    SW: 165
    CW: 140
    Calories: I zigzag between 1100-1500
    Height: 5'5"
    Age: 28
    Gender: Female
  • raindawg
    raindawg Posts: 348 Member
    SW 173
    CW 162
    GW 160
    5'9"
    male

    Calories 1300 for two more pounds then on to maintenance mode......
  • LissaK1981
    LissaK1981 Posts: 219 Member
    SW 221
    CW 205
    GW 130ish
    Cals 1600-200 depending on day and activity. Also have been having some problems with dental work so a few 700 cal days.
    5'3
    32 female
  • lacar60299
    lacar60299 Posts: 52 Member
    SW: 207.5
    CW: 198.6
    Calories: 1200
    Height: 5 feet even
    Age: 35
    Gender: Female

    I started om 1/16/14 and MFP put me on 1200 per day. For the first few days I thought I was going to die being on 1200, but then I cut out soda and I realized how many calories I was wasting on it. After about a week I got used to the 1200 and now I'm usually under that. I have a full time desk job, and other than housework, playing with my daughter, etc., I don't really exercise much. I do 1 (maybe 2) workouts a week (no more than 30 mins each), and so far I've lost just over 9 pounds.
  • mistress8956
    mistress8956 Posts: 265 Member
    Sw 260
    Cw 206
    GW 150
    5'4 feel male 30

    I do 1200 (ish) a day I've tried 1400 but that puts me into maintenance mode and the scale will not listen to me when I tell it to go down! :sad: I would love to eat more! Lol kinda envious of those of you who can eat!! That's with working out 60-90 min 5 days a week and working (running around) in a kitchen 5 days a week.
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