How many calories a day do you eat ?
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Lately probably about 2000-2300. Yes I do eat back my exercise calories.0
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I eat 1650 plus 66% of my exercise calories. I'm 5'5" and have 5 pounds to my goal weight. I lose on average 0.5 lbs a week.0
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I'm 5'7, and at 173 pounds. I eat approximately 1700-1800 calories a day when I workout, and about 1500 or so on non-workout days. I also make sure I eat every 2-3 hours.0
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2100-2400 losing 2 pounds or more per week. I'm a 19 year old male, 6'2" 330 pounds and lightly active at the very least maybe active. I'll usually eat 2200 gross when I don't exercise and 2400 when I do, regardless of calories burned
I always make sure my net is above 1800 and most of the time 19000 -
pretty much same calroies as me and what i intend on doing too! im on 1420 calories a day always eat this amount excersice i earn i save and "bank" for weekend.0
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Maintaining at about 1800-2000 calories per day right now. MFP has it at 1680 but I keep going over, but the scale says I'm maintaining
FWIW I'm <5'1"0 -
Can I ask everyone, how many calories a day do you eat without eating exercise calories, thanks
I try to stick to the 1200 calories a day plus I eat at least half of my exercise calories as well, just wondered what everyone else did.
^^^This. I was eating 1410 but then I dropped a couple of pounds so now I'm at 1200.0 -
Currently averaging 2900 losing 1/lb a week.0
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I'm 5'3.5" 116 lbs and have been maintaining my weight on 2250ish. When I was losing, it was around 1650 net for most of my weight loss. I started at 170 lbs0
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I eat between 1150-1200 cals per day, I always eat my calories back and workout to eat nice things, my tdee comes in around 1350 cals and - 20% is 1080 cals. I'm 5ft and 103lb (ish) i will be looking at maintenance soon and i'm very anxious about how many calories to maintain on.0
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1400 and only eat back workout calories if I'm hungry.0
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1340 calories net per day0
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Amazing I`ve just come from the gym and one of the instructors was very complimentary about my weight loss,50lbs in total, so keep it up,it feels great doesn`t it??0
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2800, at present. But I'm also cutting. Will be back to 3500 in June.0
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1950, sometimes just a touch over. Pretty much never under.0
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Can I ask everyone, how many calories a day do you eat without eating exercise calories, thanks
I try to stick to the 1200 calories a day plus I eat at least half of my exercise calories as well, just wondered what everyone else did.
1,400 +/- 100 calories without eating exercise calories - I only eat some of my exercise calories if I'm really hungry.0 -
1800-19000
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When I was losing weight it was:
1500 + exercise calories
Averaged out to be 1886 per day
Currently:
2284 + exercise (pre-pregnancy maintenance + 465 calories for baby + exercise when I work out)
Pregnant and not trying to lose.0 -
about 2300-2500 and still losing faster than I had hoped for, in another 2 months I should be set to bulk up.0
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I do TDEE - !5% = 18000
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