Calories too high, too low, just right?

hiitsscott
hiitsscott Posts: 34 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi everyone, I'm not new to dieting, macros tracking, weight lifting, etc. Been doing it since 2012 but still never exactly sure where I stand. I got told by someone who seems to be an expert that for lifting weights five times a week to lose fat I should be eating less than 1700 calories a day. I am 5'5 ft tall, 30.5 inch waist and weight 146 lbs. That seems awfully low, but then again I am small and in between gym sessions I don't do an awful lot.

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  • seska422
    seska422 Posts: 3,217 Member
    edited August 2015
    You are the expert on you. If you ask for opinions from 15 people, you'll get 15 different opinions.
  • bpetrosky
    bpetrosky Posts: 3,911 Member
    These TDEE calculators are a good starting point:

    http://iifym.com/tdee-calculator/
    http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/

    But eyeballing your stats, the calories look reasonable or only a little low. You're probably about 300-400 cals below maintenance.
  • hiitsscott
    hiitsscott Posts: 34 Member
    edited August 2015
    seska422 wrote: »
    You are the expert on you. If you ask for opinions from 15 people, you'll get 15 different opinions.

    I was planning on collecting all of the different opinions, writing them on a piece of paper, putting them in a hat and drawing one out at random and going with that. I'm keeping my fingers crossed it's someone suggesting I can magically burn fat by eating 4000 calories a day. Here's hoping.
  • hiitsscott
    hiitsscott Posts: 34 Member
    bpetrosky wrote: »
    These TDEE calculators are a good starting point:

    http://iifym.com/tdee-calculator/
    http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/

    But eyeballing your stats, the calories look reasonable or only a little low. You're probably about 300-400 cals below maintenance.

    Scooby Doo calculator seems to think more of me than iifym, thanks.
  • arb037
    arb037 Posts: 203 Member
    Calculators are simply a starting point estimate. Pick a number in between all of em and try it for 3 weeks and see if you lose. If so continue, if not lower calories by 100-200 and repeat.

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