Calories

happywifey2010
happywifey2010 Posts: 16
edited November 11 in Health and Weight Loss
How many calories do you take in during the day?
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  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    2000-2200
  • cityruss
    cityruss Posts: 2,493 Member
    2500-2700
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    1500-1600
  • terbusha
    terbusha Posts: 1,483 Member
    3200-3400
  • MustLoveCats21
    MustLoveCats21 Posts: 137
    1500
  • JayRuby84
    JayRuby84 Posts: 557 Member
    1500-1800 typically. Super Bowl weekend on the other hand....wowzza.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    2800 - 3000
  • xcalygrl
    xcalygrl Posts: 1,897 Member
    1800 when I actually do what I'm supposed to do.
  • shellma00
    shellma00 Posts: 1,684 Member
    1500-1700
  • Lizabelle1212
    Lizabelle1212 Posts: 252 Member
    Anywhere from 1800-2100 total, depending on my workout for that day. I usually NET between 1550-1650.
  • AliluniqueLaura
    AliluniqueLaura Posts: 43 Member
    1400 to 1700 depending on my exercise for the day.
  • sjaplo
    sjaplo Posts: 974 Member
    2150 - 2250 except for this weekend. I feel ill. :o
  • annadnater
    annadnater Posts: 1
    I'm new here but my goal is to stay around 1200 a day depending on exercise.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    1700-2200
  • lenny280
    lenny280 Posts: 1
    happywifey2010 wrote: »
    How many calories do you take in during the day?

  • PeachyCarol
    PeachyCarol Posts: 8,029 Member
    1280
  • happywifey2010
    happywifey2010 Posts: 16
    edited February 2015
    I'm 27 5'2. What should my intake be I do excersice through out the day

  • jpaulie
    jpaulie Posts: 917 Member
    1800-2400
  • segacs
    segacs Posts: 4,599 Member
    happywifey2010 wrote: »
    I'm 27 5'2. What should my intake be I do excersice through out the day

    Did you put your height, weight, age and normal daily activity level into MyFitnessPal? Do that, make your target either 0.5lbs/week or 1lb/week, and see what it comes up with.

    Make sure that if you work out, you log your workouts and eat back some or all of those exercise calories on top of that, though.
  • happywifey2010
    happywifey2010 Posts: 16
    I've been setting my goal at 1,000 a day but I haven't been hungry at all.but do meet my goal And I excersice through out so sometimes I get 1200 all together
  • segacs
    segacs Posts: 4,599 Member
    happywifey2010 wrote: »
    I've been setting my goal at 1,000 a day but I haven't been hungry at all.but do meet my goal And I excersice through out so sometimes I get 1200 all together

    Probably too low for you at 27 years old.

    What do you weigh and how much weight are you trying to lose?
  • I_Will_End_You
    I_Will_End_You Posts: 4,397 Member
    1900-2100
  • happywifey2010
    happywifey2010 Posts: 16
    I weight 177 and wanna get 135 witch is average weight for me
  • superfox12082
    superfox12082 Posts: 512 Member
    Too many. Which is why I'm here.
  • AliceDark
    AliceDark Posts: 3,886 Member
    segacs wrote: »
    Lizabelle1212 wrote: »
    My thoughts exactly. No way that's correct unless the person is extremely short, but even then, shouldn't be going below 1200 cals and DEFINITELY shouldn't go so low that your calorie goal is only 3 numbers.

    A woman who's 65 years old, 5 feet tall, 135 pounds and sedentary (just to take an example) would have a TDEE of ~1300 and a 20% deficit would be ~1040 calories.

    It is possible. And probably not that unusual for people who are a little bit older.

    Just saying, hear out the OP's stats before being judgmental.
    Then it's not appropriate for that woman, with those stats, to do TDEE-20%.

  • SergeantSausage
    SergeantSausage Posts: 1,673 Member
    How long is a piece of string?
  • segacs
    segacs Posts: 4,599 Member
    happywifey2010 wrote: »
    I weight 177 and wanna get 135 witch is average weight for me

    No lower than 1500, then, I'd say. And eat back your exercise calories on top of that.
  • happywifey2010
    happywifey2010 Posts: 16
    segacs wrote: »
    happywifey2010 wrote: »
    I weight 177 and wanna get 135 witch is average weight for me

    No lower than 1500, then, I'd say. And eat back your exercise calories on top of that.

    Ok Ty very much :smiley:
  • Zedeff
    Zedeff Posts: 651 Member
    AliceDark wrote: »
    segacs wrote: »
    Lizabelle1212 wrote: »
    My thoughts exactly. No way that's correct unless the person is extremely short, but even then, shouldn't be going below 1200 cals and DEFINITELY shouldn't go so low that your calorie goal is only 3 numbers.

    A woman who's 65 years old, 5 feet tall, 135 pounds and sedentary (just to take an example) would have a TDEE of ~1300 and a 20% deficit would be ~1040 calories.

    It is possible. And probably not that unusual for people who are a little bit older.

    Just saying, hear out the OP's stats before being judgmental.
    Then it's not appropriate for that woman, with those stats, to do TDEE-20%.

    What are you basing this statement on?
  • segacs
    segacs Posts: 4,599 Member
    happywifey2010 wrote: »
    Ok Ty very much :smiley:

    Sure thing! At that rate you should expect to lose somewhere around 1lb/week on average, maybe slightly more at the beginning due to water weight.

    Go back into MFP's setup, choose "change goals" and pick "guided setup". Enter your height and weight, enter lightly active for your activity level, and choose 1lb/week as your goal.

    It'll give you a number. Use that. Eat back your exercise calories (either all, or a percentage, say, 50-75%) on top of that. Track your food carefully using a scale. See how you go.
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