Ladies! How many calories do you consume a day?

1,400/day. was doing 1,200 but it wasn't enough. 1,000 is below the recommended minimum! You won't lose weight that way!

I eat a ton of veggies and rarly could get under 1000 even then. but for me the question would be why? I believe in food and in eating food. for me this is the rest of my life and not some biggest loser competition. I eat 1800 plus a day. my diary is open if you would like to see.

I do 1200 are more-I am doing 40-40-20 plan I have lost my weight doing 1200 calories a day -I lost over 100 pounds

I eat 2400-2700, depending. Sometimes as low as 2000, sometimes if I'm snacky over 3000. LOL

You should definitely pump your intake up. Maybe try more protein or healthy fats.

I do 1420, and am losing weight! If you exercise you can "gain" those calories back. I eat a ton of fruits everyday. I think under 1000 is a bit too low especially based on your picture, you look very young and should be on a high metabolism !

You shouldn't eat below 1200 (unless you are extremely petite, sedentary, and older in age). It is extremely difficult (mostly impossible) to get your macros, micros, and vitamins in when you eat less than 1200.

FWIW: I eat 1800 a day and lose. I eat a bunch of veggies, but I also like having food other than veggies in my day so I couldn't have a super low calorie goal.

I do 2100 calories a day. I would bump up your goal. 1000 is very low and you don't want your body to start cannibalizing any muscle you try to build. Also your body will go into starvation mode and hold on to any weight it can so you won't lose. I'd shoot for at least 1400-1500 cals/day. I eat a lot of calories because I lift weights and do cardio. Also, I try to make sure what I eat is pretty clean.

Definitely very low. You may eating a lot of volume by filling up on low calorie veggies, but that doesn't necessarily translate to fueling your body appropriately. It's difficult to get the macro and micronutrients your body needs on so few calories, especially if you're also active.

Read this: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1

And maybe use a TDEE calculator (http://iifym.com/tdee-calculator/) to figure out approximately how many calories you burn in a day and how many you should eat to lose weight in a healthy and sustainable manner.

To answer your question, I always ate between 1500 and 1800 calories to lose weight and lost 86 pounds that way. I maintain around 2000 calories when I'm not especially active, but during the summer when I'm much more active and outside all the time, I maintain my weight at around 2300 calories a day.

Mine are generally between 1500 & 2000, depending on the kind of exercise I get, but sometimes as low as 1300 if I sit on my butt all day!

the other issue with going that low is your metabolism actually SLOWS and tries to adapt to such low food. you don't want that, you want it working in top shape to burn at a regular rate so you lose fat!

I am 5', want to lose 15lbs. I am currently set at 1250 a day and I am losing every week.

I lose on 1800/day working a desk job.

that's really low, why? unless you're like 5ft and not counting the cals you eat back after exercise. otherwise that's way too little. i could easily get under 1000 too if all i ate throughout the day was veggies. doesn't mean it's enough! eat girl!! i eat like 1200-1400 a day and manage to lose/maintain