1500 calories- did you lose eating this many?

I am a true believer is 1200 calories a day is ridiculous! I don't how anyone would ever feel satisfied.
This is how you crunch the numbers and figure out how many cals you should have a day.

Go to this website and find out what your total daily energy expenditure is
http://iifym.com/tdee-calculator/

Say, your tdee is 2500 a day. Those are the calories you need to maintain your weight.

Keep in mind that 1 pound of fat is 3500 calories. So that means if you want to lose 2lbs a week you need -7000 calories.

If you were 2500 calories a day you are allotted 17,500 cals a week

Minus the 7000, that means there are 10,500 calories left over 7 days = 1428 calories per day

The more you exercise, the more weight you lose on top of that. If that calculation turns out to be 1200 calories or under, its time to get in the gym and eat a few hundred back but not exceeding like 1700 calories.

I hope that helps

I'm 5'7, SW=210, CW=151

When I first started MFP said I should start at 1810, then after I lost x amount of lbs it went down to 1610, then to 1500, then it jumped all the way to 1200. I lost weight all the way along, but until it said to only have 1200, I never ate any of my exercise calories back, but when it was 1200 I did eat some back as it was so low. Now I'm trying to maintain it I have increased it to 1500 again, as apparently my TDEE is about 1750

Yes you do! I couldn't follow the 1200 calorie diet....It was stressing me out. I would eat well until 5PM then binge like no other so shifted to this 1500 calorie diet and it works for me.

I'm 5'7". I started out at 263lbs, and was eating 1800 calories. After I'd lost about 75lbs, I lowered it to between 1600-1700. I'm at 86.6lbs down and counting.
I don't pay as much attention to my macros, though I do try to get in as much protein as possible, and usually end up at around 100g per day.

I eat 1500 calories a day. I started at 500 lbs in 2010 and I am now 286 lbs. I do work out for 2 hours four days a week. I start with a 7 min. cardio warm-up and then I hit the weights. After that I do 30 mins. on the bike at 11 mph. After that I do pool cardio, steam room, and sauna. I just this week hit a point where I did not lose or gain any weight. I am going to go get my numbers re-evaluated.

MiniChef_Kriss wrote: »

dongraysa wrote: »

I too started this week on 1500 call -I'm 67 and weigh 94kgs. Need to get to 80kgs -walking now 10000 steps per day at least. Measure this with Accupedo (pedometer app) found on play store or I store. It integrates with MFP and automatically downloads info to the daily MFPAPP. Must do exercilse though. Just eat the RIGHT foods -DON'T do sugar!!! and measure carbs carefully.

Excersize is for health and you can lose weight without it.
If you set yourself on MFP to lose 1lbs per week and not 2 and it gives you a 1500 calorie number, you can trust that you will lose the weight eating that amount.

All foods are the right foods, there is no special list, just make sure you weigh everything you eat on a digital food scale. Quality of food only matters if it matters to you, if you want the protein or fats or fiber, Etc, but as far as weight loss, you can eat 1500 calories worth of cake and you will still lose, sugar is not the bad guy in anything, neither are carbs, unless you have diabetes/other health condition, then that would be for you and your management team to decide how many is right for you.

Well said.

I'm just over 5 foot 5 (166cm) and starting weight was just under 84kg. I have been easily losing over 1 pound per week, and I've been eating about 1500 calories a day. There's no way I can live off 1200 calories and not be miserable, so I chose a more achievable date of weight loss.