Calorie Goal

SuzMar17
SuzMar17 Posts: 30 Member
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Just curious...what is everyone's calorie goal?

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  • canpe
    canpe Posts: 5 Member
    Avg 1500 but my goal is 1400
  • AlexisBkt7
    AlexisBkt7 Posts: 4
    1200 because I'm really short. It's really hard to keep it up :(
  • marcenepea
    marcenepea Posts: 364 Member
    1510 for me.
  • mbbseb
    mbbseb Posts: 124 Member
    1200 not easy keeping it there. Try to exercise in case I go over. Which is most days. I sit most of the day behind a desk and I think I have it set in 1.5 to 2 lbs a week to lose.
  • fswku
    fswku Posts: 19 Member
    1370 at the moment, trying to lose 2lbs/week. So far, so good.
  • cookmtn
    cookmtn Posts: 156 Member
    1600 before exercise, to lose 1 lb a week. Right now I am on a 2 week break, so I'm eating at 2130 before exercise to maintain.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    1700 to lose a pound a week, 2200 to maintain. I'm getting close to my goal so I just try to stay somewhere between the two right now.
  • marcenepea
    marcenepea Posts: 364 Member
    I just changed mine to just over 1700, It says .5 pound a week. Going to see how this goes for a couple weeks.
  • williams969
    williams969 Posts: 2,528 Member
    I'm chasing the last few "vanity" pounds. Maintenance is 2100-2200, so I eat a little below, somewhere between 1700-2000, depending on the day, or my mood, or whatever's on the dinner menu, lol!
  • SuzMar17
    SuzMar17 Posts: 30 Member
    Thanks everyone :) I am set at 1200 and it's VERY hard!!! I just moved it up to 1500...
  • gothchiq
    gothchiq Posts: 4,598 Member
    edited October 2014
    1000-1200. Had my metabolism tested and it's rather nonfabulous. I'm middle aged, short, hypothyroid, and have 10 lb more to lose. sigh. It seems like everyone else gets to eat so much more and still lose... F you, thyroid!
  • FitOldMomma
    FitOldMomma Posts: 790 Member
    healthysuz2014 wrote: »
    Just curious...what is everyone's calorie goal?

    I try to keep my calories below 1800.
  • gothchiq
    gothchiq Posts: 4,598 Member
    Apparently *maintenance* calories for me would be 1420. I *kitten* you not. Freaking depressing. Oh well.... beats being fat... right?
  • FitOldMomma
    FitOldMomma Posts: 790 Member
    gothchiq wrote: »
    1000-1200. Had my metabolism tested and it's rather nonfabulous. I'm middle aged, short, hypothyroid, and have 10 lb more to lose. sigh. It seems like everyone else gets to eat so much more and still lose... F you, thyroid!

    Ugh, that would be so hard to deal with. I hear so many people with thyroid trouble complain of that. Does exercise help?

  • lorib642
    lorib642 Posts: 1,942 Member
    I have a range 1340 - 1500
  • marcenepea
    marcenepea Posts: 364 Member
    gothchiq wrote: »
    1000-1200. Had my metabolism tested and it's rather nonfabulous. I'm middle aged, short, hypothyroid, and have 10 lb more to lose. sigh. It seems like everyone else gets to eat so much more and still lose... F you, thyroid!

    Have you tried eating at a higher daily calorie goal? I also have Hypothyroidism and I can't imagine eating at that low. I had mine at about 1300-1500 and was losing about 4 pounds a week. Today I upped it to 1740 and will try to stay close to that for a couple of weeks and see what happens. I'm hoping I can still lose a pound a week or so, I can keep that up and be satisfied. Eating that many calories makes me a bit nervous I'm used to always being hungry when I'm dieting. But then I never stick with it for long. I'm hoping this time will be different.

  • Amanda4change
    Amanda4change Posts: 620 Member
    My daily goal is 1,654 which has been working well to lose 1 1/2 to 3 pounds per week. I only eat back exercise calories on the days I burn over 1,000 and even then it's no more than 25-40%.
  • samammay
    samammay Posts: 468
    2399 using the TDEE-20% method. This is giving me 1.8lbs/week over the last 5 weeks.
  • Palamedes
    Palamedes Posts: 174 Member
    1860. I eat back some, but not all of my exercise calories. I'm trying to lose about 1 pound a week and I'm fairly tall. So far, so good.
  • xcalygrl
    xcalygrl Posts: 1,897 Member
    1800 in order to lose 0.5 a week (doing a slow cut at the moment). I normally hit between 1500-1800 depending on the day. When I'm maintaining, 2000. When I'm bulking 2200-2400.

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