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Calories you eat with weight loss totals

overin2015
overin2015 Posts: 94 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Seeing on the other thread where people were posting successes with calorie counting I wanted to go one step further -

1. What are your daily calorie goals
2. Do you eat your exercise points
3. Total weight loss and time to lose it

Thanks!
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  • Mycophilia
    Mycophilia Posts: 1,225 Member
    1. 1720 per day.
    2. I don't track exercise on MFP.
    3. 14kg lost in a little over 4 months.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    1. 1875
    2. No, I follow TDEE instead
    3. 61.8 pounds in 14 months
  • icunurse1
    icunurse1 Posts: 3
    Congrats! Mycophilia!! awesome job!! 30 pounds is wonderful!
  • overin2015
    overin2015 Posts: 94 Member
    People get out! You are incredible!
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    1. Currently 1500 per day, but average 1600 per day considering one high day per week.
    2. I track my exercise calories, I eat them back at some point in the week.
    3. Lost 30 pounds eating anywhere from 1400-1600 calories in 10 months.
  • mz_getskinny
    mz_getskinny Posts: 258 Member
    1. 1460 calories a day
    2. I only eat exercise calories back if I'm extra hungry (but only HRM calories! Not mfp estimates. They are sooo wrong)
    3. Lost 44 lbs so far in 7 months
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    1. While losing, my average ranged between 1750 and 1870.
    2. I eat based on my tdee, not mfp goal.
    3. Lost 52 pounds over the course of 12 months. Have lost 2 lbs. this year.
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
    1. Just under 7000 kj I think
    2. Only eat some exercise back, normally when it's a large amount like after I spent 20-40 mins exercising.
    3. 35-45kg in 250 days. What ever that is in pounds. I think it averages out to be 1.2kg per week.
  • overin2015
    overin2015 Posts: 94 Member
    Again whoo hoo for all you guys! Thanks for posting. Keep em coming!
  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
    edited March 2015
    1. NET 1490 (1490+exercise)
      For the past 30 days my average total intake has been 2006 calories
    2. Yes I do. I workout for fitness. I want to be stronger and faster. Bonus is it helps with body composition. I need to fuel these workouts or I won't make the progress I want. Plus, I've actually tried not eating them and well it had horrible results. At first it wasn't bad, but after a couple weeks my workouts suffered and I felt like crap (tired and migraines that wouldn't go away). The problem was my deficit became too large. My TDEE is around 2500 currently. When I tried it my MFP goal was under 1400 calories and my average TDEE was close to 2600.
    3. Total loss 112.1lbs and about 3 years (just started year 4). However, my weight loss hasn't been constant.
      2012 - Lost about 60lbs and gained about 20 back. I was too restrictive and ended up not being able to sustain the changes long term. So for 2012 we'll say 40lbs lost.
      2013 - New approach. Started using MFP. About 50lbs lost. Became pregnant in Sept 2013. Obviously couldn't continue with weight loss. I gained about 40lbs during the pregnancy.
      2014 to now - 64.1lbs since the end of May 2014.
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  • overin2015
    overin2015 Posts: 94 Member
    Cool chart!
  • onyxgirl17
    onyxgirl17 Posts: 1,722 Member
    Calorie Intake: 1350 Avg
    Exercise Cals: Do not eat back. (do not exercise much either lol)
    Amount Lost: 40 pounds over a year (From 175-->135) (in 2012-2013)

  • ArkMom35
    ArkMom35 Posts: 225 Member
    Goal is 1400 but I eat closer to 1600-1800 with half of my exercise calories. I've lost 37.6 lbs since Jan 1st.
  • kristen6350
    kristen6350 Posts: 1,094 Member
    1. A range from 1650 - 1590 over my loss period
    2. Don't exercise
    3. 15lbs in 4 months.

    I'm now in maintenance eating around 1840. Still no steady exercise. 40-60 minute walks after work when it's nice out.
  • karenrich77
    karenrich77 Posts: 292 Member
    1. 1560 a day
    2. Only eat about 50 of my exercise calories out of the 350+ burn per day
    3. 92 pounds in 13 months
  • sarieth05
    sarieth05 Posts: 313 Member
    edited March 2015
    I'm not currently losing weight for certain reasons (and not at goal weight), but when I was:

    1. 1600-1700 calories a day
    2. I ate back exercise calories if I was super hungry, but usually not.
    3. Lost 71lbs in 7 months or so - I did start around 282, so I was losing weight pretty quickly, and only just started to slow down recently when I had to switch more to maintenance.
  • cincysweetheart
    cincysweetheart Posts: 892 Member
    1-Daily calorie goal: 1510 to lose 1.5 pounds/week (currently… but it changes every 10 pounds)
    2-Exercise calories: Rarely, if ever.
    3-Weight lost: 152 pounds, 11 months.
  • Mandi98U
    Mandi98U Posts: 116 Member
    Calorie goal 1200
    Excercise calories : sometimes but I try not to eat them all back
    Weight loss: 50 pounds 3 -4 months
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    edited March 2015
    overin2015 wrote: »
    Seeing on the other thread where people were posting successes with calorie counting I wanted to go one step further -

    1. What are your daily calorie goals - 1200 for about 6 weeks, then 1600, now 1800
    2. Do you eat your exercise points - hell yes, about 350-500 per day
    3. Total weight loss and time to lose it - 52lbs in 9 months (but reached goal of 48lbs in 8 months)

    Thanks!

  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    1. Currently 1650
    2. Yes
    3. Twenty months, 90 pounds

    I also had weight loss surgery in the middle. My dietitian wants me to track here. It was very handy to make sure I was eating enough right after surgery.
  • adamitri
    adamitri Posts: 614 Member
    1. 1310
    2. Yes, I eat some of my exercise calories back.
    3. 60 lbs in a little under a year.
  • abarriere
    abarriere Posts: 135 Member
    edited March 2015
    1. 1925
    2. Yes and No, the 1925 takes into account my activity level (exercise 5 days a week - 2 days with trainer, 3 on my own)
    3. 13 lbs since January, want to lose 35-40 more
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    malibu927 wrote: »
    1. 1875
    2. No, I follow TDEE instead
    3. 61.8 pounds in 14 months

    If you follow TDEE you are eating your exercise calories back, you are just averaging them out for the week.
  • kristydi
    kristydi Posts: 781 Member
    1. Currently 1590
    2. Yup, I eat most, if not all exercise calories
    3. I've lost 40 pounds total, but how long gets confusing because I lost around 25 pounds then I got pregnant, had a baby and maintained till she was 2 before focusing on losing again.
  • slittle80
    slittle80 Posts: 80 Member
    Losing versus maintaining

    1. 1800 (2400)
    2. No, I only eat back calories on double days when needed for energy
    3. 60 pounds in 6 months

    After losing I upped my calories slowly to 3200 and did a bulk cycle, then dropped them to maintain and recomp.
  • jacquemartin
    jacquemartin Posts: 17 Member
    1. 1580
    2. Usually, burn about 600/day eat about 450-500 back
    3. 50 lbs in past 6 months
  • Csszal
    Csszal Posts: 9 Member
    1. 1695
    2. Nope, my goal is set with exercise in mind
    3. 8 lbs in 6 weeks
  • cuckoo_jenibeth
    cuckoo_jenibeth Posts: 1,434 Member
    1. 1200kcal/day
    2. I do not eat back exercise calories
    3. 63 pounds, almost 9 months
  • xcalygrl
    xcalygrl Posts: 1,897 Member
    1. 2000
    2. Kind of. I follow TDEE, so they are worked into my daily allowance. But no, I don't track exercise and eat those "earned" calories back.
    3. I'm recomping/maintaining at the moment, but I have lost 63 pounds total. I think it took me 9-10 months to lose it, but it's been several years since I lost the weight so I don't remember exactly.
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    1. Currently 1760/day (Started at 1900)
    2. Yes. On average about 50%
    3. 99.2 lb in just under 15 months (so far)



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