how many calories do you get?

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  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 13,870 Member
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    6'9" 235 1780 is the goal. I end up averaging 1750 a day for the week when the slight shortages each day add up.

    6'9" 235? Dude! You're tall!

    58% of people your age seem to have a higher BMI than you. At a 25% deficit and "very active" one would expect you to eat around 3359; at a 25% deficit and "sedentary" about 2121.

    You are getting by with about 1750, so you are either cutting at a >25% deficit while barely overweight, and increasing the risk of fat free mass loss during your weight loss; or your body has adapted due to a steep/prolonged caloric deficit and now requires less calories to sustain itself than what many online calculators would predict!
  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
    edited April 2015
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    I'm 5'4.5"
    25
    145lbs
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    MFP BEFORE Exercise Goal (AKA Net Goal)
    Lightly Active -
    1.5lbs per week (deficit of 770)- 1200 **
    1.5lbs per week (deficit of 750)- 1220
    1lb per week (deficit of 500)- 1470
    0.5lb per week (deficit of 250) - 1720

    According to Fitbit my average 30 day total intake should have been around 1893 for 1.5lbs per week loss. My 30 day average intake isn't accurate right now. I went to several restaurants (multiple times I might add) that created some days where I completely guessed on how much I ate. It wasn't smart, but it was tasty and I lost closer to 1lb per week instead of the 1.5 I wanted. However, I typically have myself set for 1lb per week and only increased the deficit to try and offset the black hole days. It seems to have worked, seeing as I lost the typical 1lb per week I aim for.
  • atypicalsmith
    atypicalsmith Posts: 2,742 Member
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    5'2" 1200 calories, nearly 40 pounds to go
  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
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    PAV8888 wrote: »
    6'9" 235 1780 is the goal. I end up averaging 1750 a day for the week when the slight shortages each day add up.

    6'9" 235? Dude! You're tall!

    58% of people your age seem to have a higher BMI than you. At a 25% deficit and "very active" one would expect you to eat around 3359; at a 25% deficit and "sedentary" about 2121.

    You are getting by with about 1750, so you are either cutting at a >25% deficit while barely overweight, and increasing the risk of fat free mass loss during your weight loss; or your body has adapted due to a steep/prolonged caloric deficit and now requires less calories to sustain itself than what many online calculators would predict!
    It looks like my TDEE is about 3136, so that 3359 number is probably very, very close. In the most recent starvation mode thread, I was attributing 276 calories a day to adaptive thermogenesis, which would make my "theoretical" burn 3412, which is even closer. So, yeah, I think your number for me is very reasonable.

    I am cutting at a > 25% deficit while barely overweight. My weight has touched the normal range on BMI, but my average for a week hasn't. I'm right on the cusp. In fact, if you look at the "new BMI" which is adjusted "better" for height, I'm solidly normal. As I mentioned in the previous paragraph, I think my body has adapted by burning fewer calories than I would have if I hadn't gotten obese and then (close to) back to normal.

    I don't think I'm at a huge risk for excessive fat free mass loss, though I have bumped up my calories by 150 a day (MFP suggests 1630 for 2 pounds a week, which is where I got the 1780) and I'll bump it up another 150 a day, either starting this Sunday or the Sunday after that.

    As near as I can tell, starting at Day One until today, about 86% of the weight I've lost has been fat. Most likely, the percentage has risen some as my weight has fallen, but that's a total I can live with in order to be down 100+ pounds in less than a year, rather than dragging it out for two or more.

    I do get your point, though, and I am raising my intake a bit for the reason you mention.
  • kpkitten
    kpkitten Posts: 164 Member
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    5'2, 225lbs, usually about 2200, 1500 on a lazy day
  • cavia
    cavia Posts: 457 Member
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    5'7", 145lbs. I maintain on 2700.
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 13,870 Member
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    5'8"
    Current ~195lbs
    December 22 ~ 222.5lbs

    Since 12/22: Eats 2328 Cal, Spends 3,038, Deficit based on 100% Fitbit eat back* = 779 Cal a day
    Predicted to actual weight loss % difference = -5.15% (1.43lbs > than expected)

    Last 7 days: Eats 2448, Spends 3,326, Deficit based on 100% Fitbit eat back = 877 Cal a day
    Predicted to actual weight loss % difference: -3.05% (0.06lbs > than expected)

    *deficit based on 100% Fibit eat back explained: I am set for an MFP deficit of 750 Cal a day. On average, I obviously eat just a little bit shy of 100% of my Fitbit adjustment and achieve a slightly more than 750 Cal deficit.
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 13,870 Member
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    I was attributing 276 calories a day to adaptive thermogenesis, which would make my "theoretical" burn 3412, which is even closer. So, yeah, I think your number for me is very reasonable.
    I do get your point, though, and I am raising my intake a bit for the reason you mention.
    My napkin said you were a bit higher than the 15% I've seen as the highest level of AT. BUT, muscles also get more efficient doing a particular set of exercise with figures as high as 20%.

    When you combine the two adaptations (plus all the other measurement errors in this whole process) you are quite explainable and definitely on the ball!
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 13,870 Member
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    As near as I can tell, starting at Day One until today, about 86% of the weight I've lost has been fat.
    Unfortunately I didn't do my first DEXA scan till early December, shortly after starting on MFP, and starting to learn more about what I was doing.
    I did lose more weight before joining MFP than after; but, I certainly feel much more comfortable having a better understanding on what I am doing to myself!
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 13,870 Member
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    PAV8888 wrote: »
    As near as I can tell, starting at Day One until today, about 86% of the weight I've lost has been fat.
    Unfortunately I didn't do my first DEXA scan till early December, shortly after starting on MFP, and starting to learn more about what I was doing.
    I did lose more weight before joining MFP than after; but, I certainly feel much more comfortable having a better understanding on what I am doing to myself!

  • JeepJeep87
    JeepJeep87 Posts: 38 Member
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    5'5", 158 lbs. 1400 calories to lose between .5 and 1 lbs a week. I've done this for a month and have lost about 1.5 lbs per week with this calorie amount. Currently I do not exercise.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
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    5'6"
    148 lbs.
    Lightly active & set to lose 1/2 lb. per wk.
    1680 calories
    I eat all my exercise calories so around 2000 per day.
    I lose a pound a week.
  • dalem48
    dalem48 Posts: 86 Member
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    I am 5'6", 198lbs and I eat 1200 calories a day to lose 2#/week.
  • amy8400
    amy8400 Posts: 478 Member
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    5'5"
    154 pounds
    53
    Lightly Active setting on MFP at 1 lb per week
    1330 calories

    I exercise 4-5x per week.
    Focusing on weight training now so weight loss has slowed to 1 pound loss over 2 week period.
  • Lexicpt
    Lexicpt Posts: 209 Member
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    5'5", 174 and I eat 1200 during the week and allow myself 1500 on weekends. Works for me.
  • fitbunny93
    fitbunny93 Posts: 16 Member
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    I'm 5'7 and 155lbs. I eat between 1100 and 1400cal a day to hopefully lose 2+ lbs a week.
  • Phrick
    Phrick Posts: 2,765 Member
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    5'8", 154-ish, 37 years old... I'm set at Lightly Active and my base maintenance calories are 2000 but I earn a few hundred extras daily of which I eat most back most days and am still losing - at a snail's pace, but that's OK.
  • ArkMom35
    ArkMom35 Posts: 225 Member
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    I'm 5'6", currently 193.8 lbs, and I get 1500 calories (lightly active, 1.5lb/wk loss) + 50% exercise calories.
  • higgins8283801
    higgins8283801 Posts: 844 Member
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    5'2 between 120-123 and maintaining. I get 1530 before exercise but I can usually make it to 1900-2300 with exercise.
  • Laurend224
    Laurend224 Posts: 1,748 Member
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    5'3" 36, currently 185 lbs. I bounce my weekly wt loss goal around a bit, right now its @ 1200 cals. Only 60 lbs to go. ;)