How many calories should i eat a day to lose weight?

Jossies01
Jossies01 Posts: 81 Member
edited February 15 in Food and Nutrition
I've been doing the 30ds and on 1200cals (plus eating back the calories I burn) for about 2 weeks now. I have lost about 2.5 kg all up so far but i'm finding that I have really really low energy. Yawning, lethargic muscles etc... I think I need to up my calorie intake per day. I'm just not sure what would be reasonable? I want to eat healthy, lose weight and keep the weight off.

I've opened my diary up so you can see what i'm eating. I didn't track for a couple of days over the weekend as it was my Bday.
I'm thinking of changing my calorie inake to maybe 1400 - 1500cals per day? Does that sound okay?

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  • _Zardoz_
    _Zardoz_ Posts: 3,987 Member
    Seeing as you've not been eating all your exercise calories back most days (by around 200 calories) you could start by eating those back and go from there
  • Jossies01
    Jossies01 Posts: 81 Member
    Thanks. I'll give that a try first. I just got a HRM today and did my workout using it. Turns out I burn 220 more calories than I've been guesstimating! So might help if I eat those extra ones back too.
  • wilsoje74
    wilsoje74 Posts: 1,720 Member
    If you need to eat more, try adding some protein, as you are pretty low.
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