women! How my cals daily?

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  • thenewkayla
    thenewkayla Posts: 313 Member
    I weigh 178 I'm 5,6.. mine is 1710 and most the time I wat about 1650 to 1700..
    I work out three times a week and been losing 1 lb a week..
  • JessMotivated
    JessMotivated Posts: 2 Member
    1200-1300 a day I've lost about 14 pounds since 1/20/15
  • olivia_june
    olivia_june Posts: 111 Member
    1753. I try to keep between 1600-1800 and I don't eat back my exercise calories.

    I lift heavy s**t 4 times a week and am currently training for my second half marathon so I'm doing two short runs and one long run per week. In June I'm focusing on strength training for the most part. I've also just started training on a bike since I have a duathlon series (3 races) this summer.

    I've been on MFP since 2012 so it's been a lot of adjusting and testing calorie limits. I've lost close to 50lbs over the last year (including a really long 6 month period where I didn't really care too much and maintained/gained 7lbs), 13lbs since Jan 1, just broke a month-long plateau a few weeks ago and have lost about 2lbs/week after that.

    I'm 5'9"... SW 251 CW 204.4 GW 168.
  • Allelito
    Allelito Posts: 179 Member
    edited April 2015
    5'6", 129 pounds, lost 7 pounds so far from Feb 9th.
    Regular exercise: I lift 3x/week and do around 1-2 hours of cardio per week in total. (Walking/biking/running on treadmill/crosstrainer)

    Currently averaging at around 1300-1400 (without eating back my regular exercise calories, trying to find my TDEE), right now I seem to be losing around 1 pound/0,5 kg per week, but some weeks will be slower if I make my weekly cheat meal into a cheat day.. Oops. Working on that though.

    I won't completely trust this last week, but if my weight loss continues at this pace it would put my maintenance at around 1950 calories. (I averaged 1397 calories over 7 days and lost 0,5kg, which is a ~550 calorie deficit per day. Again, I won't trust these numbers until I log properly and analyze my losses over a few more weeks!)

    If I can continue to not binge on the weekends which I've been doing pretty good with lately, I'll try and up my calories soon to 1400-1500 and see what happens.
  • KimmyAlonso
    KimmyAlonso Posts: 13 Member
    I eat around 1400 a day. If I have worked out it more between 1600 - 1700.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    1400-1500.
  • rosebette
    rosebette Posts: 1,659 Member
    edited April 2015
    Between 1300-1400 if I exercise, closer to 1200 if I don't. Sometimes I stay under 1200. I've been maintaining, but I'm older (56) and very petite at 5'1.5". Post-menopausal women just don't have the "burn" that younger gals do.
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    edited April 2015
    5ft 2" /45yrs/ 1750 gross cals to lose 1lb a week/ 2400 to maintain :smiley: thats what being active does for a body :smiley:
  • Rimfakse
    Rimfakse Posts: 25 Member
    2050 cal + around 50% from exercice calories. I am 5'7 and 129 (maintenance). I work out at least 30 min every day though.
  • rosebette
    rosebette Posts: 1,659 Member
    RunRutheeRun wrote: »
    5ft 2" /45yrs/ 1750 gross cals to lose 1lb a week/ 2400 to maintain :smiley: thats what being active does for a body :smiley:

    I'm envious. I walk an hour a day, do heavy cardio such as zumba or kickboxing twice a week, and then yoga or pilates once or twice a week. I was strength training, but off that due to physical therapy for bad shoulder, which ends at the end of the month. Even with that exercise, my calculated burn is seldom more than 300-400 calories a day.
  • Iri_2
    Iri_2 Posts: 349 Member
    About 1800
  • sophieluke28
    sophieluke28 Posts: 3 Member
    5"8 1/2 29 years old and currently 202lb. I work a desk job, so I am sat down for 8 hours a day at least :-( I eat 1600 calories a day and have lost 2lb in the last two weeks. I'm trying to lose 1lb a week.
  • higgins8283801
    higgins8283801 Posts: 844 Member
    I can get anywhere from 1500 ( completely sedentary) to 2300 ( on my long run days)

    It just depends.
  • ExRelaySprinter
    ExRelaySprinter Posts: 874 Member
    jenncornelsen wrote: »
    1500. this is my magic number where i dont feel like im on a diet. allows me acouple snacks a day. i tried 1200 and just couldnt stick to it. rather lose a bit slower and stick to it than lose fast for a month and then binge cus im starving lol!
    Same here.
    1500...sometimes 1600 if i've exercised more that day.
    I no longer log exercise cals either.
  • madrose0715
    madrose0715 Posts: 463 Member
    2200-2500/day
  • 39flavours
    39flavours Posts: 1,494 Member


    132 lbs here, 5'4 and on 1300 a day plus half exercise cals and the odd treat day. I lose about 0.5 a week and do various classes 7 times a week (in an ideal world anyway)
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    rosebette wrote: »
    RunRutheeRun wrote: »
    5ft 2" /45yrs/ 1750 gross cals to lose 1lb a week/ 2400 to maintain :smiley: thats what being active does for a body :smiley:

    I'm envious. I walk an hour a day, do heavy cardio such as zumba or kickboxing twice a week, and then yoga or pilates once or twice a week. I was strength training, but off that due to physical therapy for bad shoulder, which ends at the end of the month. Even with that exercise, my calculated burn is seldom more than 300-400 calories a day.

    I run for around 70 -90 mins 6 days a week/ strength train x 30 mins/2 days a week and walk A LOT ..my TDEE is high as I'm active. I average 20k steps/10 miles a day.
  • Mrsallen6_11
    Mrsallen6_11 Posts: 416 Member
    A fairly good rough estimate for me would be between 1400-1600 depending on my workouts for the day, if it's a lightly active day, or in the case of last week,if I'm sick or not. I'm usually pretty active most days so it's probably close to 1500-1600 cals each day.
  • avskk
    avskk Posts: 1,787 Member
    1500-1800 depending on exercise and hunger (1500 with no exercise, but I only eat back some exercise calories if I'm actually hungry for them). I'm 5'9", currently 234 pounds, 30 years old, not hugely active.
  • Silversparkle13
    Silversparkle13 Posts: 17 Member
    Thanks for the response..
    Appreciate the feedback.. Some good posts on here but I have found sometimes when I post there are these know it alls that seem to come on. Very annoying!
  • tracie_minus100
    tracie_minus100 Posts: 465 Member
    5'7" and 222lbs. I eat 1700-1800 per day.
  • busyPK
    busyPK Posts: 3,788 Member
    1450 on no work out days, when I workout I eat back all my calories. Got over 40lbs to drop here.
  • SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage
    SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage Posts: 2,668 Member
    Maintaining on 2,040/ day plus I eat back 50-75% of my exercise cals, depending. I run and lift.
    5'10" and 145 lbs.
  • almondbutterbay
    almondbutterbay Posts: 221 Member
    I eat around an average of 1800 calories a day - some days more some days less
  • Lexicpt
    Lexicpt Posts: 209 Member
    I'm 5'5" with about 34 pounds to lose. I sit at around 1200 per day and eat back my Fitbit calories if I'm hungry.
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    Silversparkle13 wrote: »
    Thanks for the response..
    Appreciate the feedback.. Some good posts on here but I have found sometimes when I post there are these know it alls that seem to come on. Very annoying!

    What do you mean by know it alls? The one person who suggested that knowing what others are eating is potentially more frustrating than helpful or the ones who are posting that they eat a lot?
  • MakePeasNotWar
    MakePeasNotWar Posts: 1,329 Member
    1750 plus about 50% of my exercise calories, so usually about 2000 on hiking days, 1750 on other days.
    5'9" 151 lb
  • angielisa75
    angielisa75 Posts: 46 Member
    I eat between 2500 and 3000 calories everyday. I workout days 6 days a week for 45 to 120 minutes a day. I Run and I train Insane with the Insanity program and with Miss Jillian Michaels.
    I am 39, 5'11 and 150lbs.
  • gothchiq
    gothchiq Posts: 4,590 Member
    About 1400, for maintenance. I'm middle aged, hypothyroid, and short. BLAH I SAY BLAH TO THIS!!! lol. sigh. such is life.
  • Lady_Grell
    Lady_Grell Posts: 103 Member
    1200 - but I'm short and unable to exercise much due to health. Doesn't seem to be working though.

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