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How many calories do you eat per day?

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  • chelstakencharge
    chelstakencharge Posts: 1,021 Member
    1200 or less
  • SpecialSundae
    SpecialSundae Posts: 795 Member
    Attempting to bulk but seeming to be in maintenance at an average of 2750 calories per day.
  • prestigio
    prestigio Posts: 181 Member
    Attempting to bulk but seeming to be in maintenance at an average of 2750 calories per day.
    If you are trying to bulk but are maintaining: Increase calories
  • aarar
    aarar Posts: 684 Member
    I maintain on about 2200/day net. Today I ran 25km so I'll be eating a total of about 3700 calories.

    Also, lol at the person who says females need to eat 1400-1600. If I want to lose I drop my net calories to 1900-ish.
  • Rainboots80
    Rainboots80 Posts: 218 Member
    MFP had me eating 1650 but I cut back to 1500 because I wasn't losing. I don't really exercise except walking but I don't count that because it is just every day activity like walking to pick my kids up at school.
  • Kreepie11
    Kreepie11 Posts: 76
    I'm currently set at 1300 a day, and try to make sure I eat over 1000 at the very least. Just starting counting, and I used to eat everything one day and pretty much nothing another, so.... I'm learning where I'm at. Once I loose a bit of weight, I want to add in a lot more strength training, so I might look to upping the intake at that point. But I'm a long way off.
  • GiveMeCoffee
    GiveMeCoffee Posts: 3,556 Member
    Between 1600-1900 on a typical day.. when I am getting my long bike rides in then around 2300 calories
  • knra_grl
    knra_grl Posts: 1,566 Member
    You are doing really well so far...congrats. You only have 16 more lbs to goal weight - keep doing what you're doing and be patient.

    If you aren't losing - maybe play with your macros (ie: more protein, etc) and if that doesn't work try dropping your food intake a bit but probably not much since you have such a high exercise deficit (I would probably try maybe 100 or 150 less)

    No expert though.
  • pitafitness
    pitafitness Posts: 16
    You are doing really well so far...congrats. You only have 16 more lbs to goal weight - keep doing what you're doing and be patient.

    If you aren't losing - maybe play with your macros (ie: more protein, etc) and if that doesn't work try dropping your food intake a bit but probably not much since you have such a high exercise deficit (I would probably try maybe 100 or 150 less)

    No expert though.
    \

    Thank you :)
  • ColeCake292012
    ColeCake292012 Posts: 247 Member
    Usually 1500-1800 depending on my activity...losing 1 pound/week.
  • littlekitty3
    littlekitty3 Posts: 265 Member
    You're eating too much, men can eat less when loosing weight. Id say 1400-1600 cals.

    GTFO
    That's what starts eating disorders. She's doing great.
  • pitafitness
    pitafitness Posts: 16
    You're eating too much, men can eat less when loosing weight. Id say 1400-1600 cals.

    GTFO
    That's what starts eating disorders. She's doing great.

    thank you!!! :-)
  • Graelwyn75
    Graelwyn75 Posts: 4,404 Member
    2000-3000 per day (1700 net) to lose gradually.
    Not sure my maintenance. But I am tall.
  • arcticfox04
    arcticfox04 Posts: 1,011 Member
    Right now its.....

    Sun/Mon/Wed/Thur/Fri 3100 calories
    Tues/Sat 600 calories
  • amblight
    amblight Posts: 350 Member
    I'm averaging 1685 since new years, but I'm trying to go down a bit, since I don't do much exercize... This past week I've averaged on 1411, so it's good :)

    Before I started logging to lose weight I ate about 1900, and was sloooowly losing some, though I think that's almost maintance levels for me (though I'm a bit more active now). It's funny, because my brother is losing weight too, and he thinks 1400 cal is very very very little, where for me, it's about a 500cal less than my "almost maintance". But he did eat 4500 at his maintance, and is losing a lot on 2500, soooo :p (he's 6'6" and very very active, for reference)
  • pitafitness
    pitafitness Posts: 16
    how much do you have to lose!?
  • Sheniquwa2
    Sheniquwa2 Posts: 6
    Bump
  • kshadows
    kshadows Posts: 1,315 Member
    I eat ~1800 a day. Sometimes more if I have a really hard workout, sometimes less if it's a rest day. CW: 160 GW: 135
  • hmaddpear
    hmaddpear Posts: 610 Member
    1600kcal net, which is between 1800 - 2400 kcal gross, depending on how active I am that day. Still losing around 1.4lb a week (I hope - the scales haven't been kind this week...)
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