Calorie intake question for those who have 20 or less pounds to lose ...

Daily calories would depend on height, age, weight, gender, activity level etc.

My goal is set pretty low. I'm set at just 5lbs for 5 weeks. My daily allotment is 2150 calories. If I exercise, I figure I'm doing it for strength training and just being fit. So, in hindsight, those calories I burn I use as a buffer zone to allow me to feast within reason. However, there are a lot of days where I burn a lot of calories but my food intake is still well below 2150.

It all depends on what I want to eat and where I am eating.

Sophiasmomma wrote: »

christinev297 wrote: »

I've got 7lbs left to lose. I'm currently eating at my goal weight maintenance calories which is 1650. I'm 5"8, 140lbs, sedentary, age 43

Thanks. I have put my numbers into MfP and it gives me 1200c alories im not sure if im doing something wrong?

Did you enter 2lbs a week loss?

I maintain on roughly 2900-3000 calories with my stats and activity level...so I cut well on about 2300 but I can eat more and still cut. 2300ish calories keeps me at less than 1% of my body weight per week rate of loss..

Sophiasmomma wrote: »

I have about 20 lbs to lose. I am curious to see what your daily calorie intake is.? Also are you eating your calories you have burned? Also on average are you losing each week ?

I'm 5'3, 45, 125, and would like to lose about 5 more pounds.

I've been doing kind of a maintenance break, but am starting again with 1450 calories on non workout days, 1950 on heavy workout days, and maybe a sliding scale in-between. If I stay at maintenance with this I'll cut back the calories on workout days some.

I was losing about .75/week on 1750 (TDEE method, so no eating calories back) before I just decided I needed a break.

I do a good bit of exercise.

I guess as we are older (68), this 1200 cal a day doesn't work. I gain on that! I'm 5'3 132. I've been eating that this week and have gained 2+ lbs. grrr.

I'm eating about 1200 calories per day (age 57 and 5'4") and am slightly active during the day. I entered wanting to lose 2 lbs per week, but that's not happening. I'm doing exercise a couple of times per week, but based on the calorie intake, would think that I would lose a bit faster (only .50 lb per week). Is my body holding onto the food because I'm not eating enough?

5'7", 137-138lbs, 23

I've been eating around 1791 a day but I took a good look at my body today and decided to try out maintenance. I'm increasing my daily goal by 50 on Monday.

abbeyjones1994 wrote: »

christinev297 wrote: »

I've got 7lbs left to lose. I'm currently eating at my goal weight maintenance calories which is 1650. I'm 5"8, 140lbs, sedentary, age 43

Christine, I was wondering how this new method was working for you? I have about 7 pounds left to lose too, and this seems like a good way to start transitioning into maintenance, but I haven't really heard any stories good or bad on how it's been working for those doing it.

I only started last week I haven't gained any which is positive. I'm going to weigh on Sunday morning, so we shall see. It is much better for me this way as keeping my calories at 1200 was miserable!

PStem wrote: »

Well, I log all of my calories and am usually getting the message that I'm eating too few calories. Perhaps I'm missing something...

Are you weighing food on a food scale? Logging all condiments and oil used to cook?

Sophiasmomma wrote: »

I have about 20 lbs to lose. I am curious to see what your daily calorie intake is.? Also are you eating your calories you have burned? Also on average are you losing each week ?

It varies from person to person. I weight lift several times a week and have it set to 1600-2000 calories/day. My goal, however, is set for 279 days from now (im not in a hurry). In 279 days (I track the goal on another website, which I wont give out, however, youd see on the graphs that I jumped 30lbs in weight while bulking and in turn gained bodyfat. also, if I took my shirt off in that photo, you would see the typical fat around the midsection but you would also slightly see my abs (my midsection is a mix of Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson midsection (where you see the abs mixed in fat) and love handles)), I should be 205lbs and very close to 10% (although 15-20% may be more feasible) in 279 days. My diary is always open if you want to see what I eat (also what I eat on lazy days/woke up late days lol).

- I dont eat my burned calories.
- hard to say, ive lost 10 pounds since 3/08/2015 (3lbs/week, although some of that may be water weight)

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