Women average calories per day?
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Cutting around 2000-2200. Maintain around 2400.0
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MandyC1972 wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »MandyC1972 wrote: »Ok I'm averaging at around 2800 per day and I'm 9stone. I'm 5ft 1. Im not tall but I want to be 8stone but I don't get how people eat less calories and still weigh more than me?
Height, age, weight, activity levels, hormones are all factors. Along with self reporting of calories is highly influenced by errors. So while many people say they are eating 1200 cals, it is not uncommon for them to be eating much more.
Ok that may make sense as I can't live on 1200 calories but according to the calculations I should be eating 1200 calories before exercise. I do 2 BodyPump classes, 1 Metafit and 1 LBT with an hour walk per week. What's realistic calories to have?
I would put all of that into MFP and see what it says. On days I don't exercise, MFP says I should eat 1330 to lose a pound/week but I find some way to exercise every day even if it is just a 20 min walk to give me an extra 70 calories.0 -
The details are very important. I'm 5'1and I exercise about 4-6 times a week depending on my schedule. My calorie intake is going to be different than someone who is the same height but sedentary.0
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Isn't the "average woman" from the Nutrition Facts Label eating 2000 calories per day?0
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Last week I averaged 1926 calories.
Typically I'd say what my 30 day average is, but it's currently wrong since I ate out at least 1 once a week prior where I didn't know the calorie count.
I'm 5'4.5" , 26 and currently about 122.3 lbs. I'm aiming for 0.5 lb per week loss.0 -
MandyC1972 wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »MandyC1972 wrote: »Ok I'm averaging at around 2800 per day and I'm 9stone. I'm 5ft 1. Im not tall but I want to be 8stone but I don't get how people eat less calories and still weigh more than me?
Height, age, weight, activity levels, hormones are all factors. Along with self reporting of calories is highly influenced by errors. So while many people say they are eating 1200 cals, it is not uncommon for them to be eating much more.
Ok that may make sense as I can't live on 1200 calories but according to the calculations I should be eating 1200 calories before exercise. I do 2 BodyPump classes, 1 Metafit and 1 LBT with an hour walk per week. What's realistic calories to have?
If you are currently eating 2800 calories, are you losing or gaining doing that?
The program typically will give us shorter ladies the 1200 cal goal, but the expectation is that you log exercise and that will give you more calories to eat on active days.
Personally, I don't like having a moving target each day, so I changed it to 1700 cal/day and I make sure I work out. I let Fitbit adjust my calories up, but I rarely eat those, because there are other days when I know I won't move as much, so my busy days make up the difference.
You need to find what works for you. If you are losing on 2800 cal/day, then great! If not, then you will need to drop it (assuming you are trying to lose weight).
The sexypants link up thread is a great resource.
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nutmegoreo wrote: »MandyC1972 wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »MandyC1972 wrote: »Ok I'm averaging at around 2800 per day and I'm 9stone. I'm 5ft 1. Im not tall but I want to be 8stone but I don't get how people eat less calories and still weigh more than me?
Height, age, weight, activity levels, hormones are all factors. Along with self reporting of calories is highly influenced by errors. So while many people say they are eating 1200 cals, it is not uncommon for them to be eating much more.
Ok that may make sense as I can't live on 1200 calories but according to the calculations I should be eating 1200 calories before exercise. I do 2 BodyPump classes, 1 Metafit and 1 LBT with an hour walk per week. What's realistic calories to have?
If you are currently eating 2800 calories, are you losing or gaining doing that?
The program typically will give us shorter ladies the 1200 cal goal, but the expectation is that you log exercise and that will give you more calories to eat on active days.
Personally, I don't like having a moving target each day, so I changed it to 1700 cal/day and I make sure I work out. I let Fitbit adjust my calories up, but I rarely eat those, because there are other days when I know I won't move as much, so my busy days make up the difference.
You need to find what works for you. If you are losing on 2800 cal/day, then great! If not, then you will need to drop it (assuming you are trying to lose weight).
The sexypants link up thread is a great resource.
This is my calorie intake per day before joining here. I want to loose a stone and trying to understand why alot of woman are eating so low to loose weight.0 -
MandyC1972 wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »MandyC1972 wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »MandyC1972 wrote: »Ok I'm averaging at around 2800 per day and I'm 9stone. I'm 5ft 1. Im not tall but I want to be 8stone but I don't get how people eat less calories and still weigh more than me?
Height, age, weight, activity levels, hormones are all factors. Along with self reporting of calories is highly influenced by errors. So while many people say they are eating 1200 cals, it is not uncommon for them to be eating much more.
Ok that may make sense as I can't live on 1200 calories but according to the calculations I should be eating 1200 calories before exercise. I do 2 BodyPump classes, 1 Metafit and 1 LBT with an hour walk per week. What's realistic calories to have?
If you are currently eating 2800 calories, are you losing or gaining doing that?
The program typically will give us shorter ladies the 1200 cal goal, but the expectation is that you log exercise and that will give you more calories to eat on active days.
Personally, I don't like having a moving target each day, so I changed it to 1700 cal/day and I make sure I work out. I let Fitbit adjust my calories up, but I rarely eat those, because there are other days when I know I won't move as much, so my busy days make up the difference.
You need to find what works for you. If you are losing on 2800 cal/day, then great! If not, then you will need to drop it (assuming you are trying to lose weight).
The sexypants link up thread is a great resource.
This is my calorie intake per day before joining here. I want to loose a stone and trying to understand why alot of woman are eating so low to loose weight.
So if you are maintaining your current weight on 2800 cal/day and you want to lose 14lb. Start by taking 250 cal/day off of that. That will give you a loss of 0.5lb/week, which is appropriate if you only have the 14lb to lose. After several weeks and at least one cycle (women stuff), re-evaluate. If you are losing at the expected rate, great! If not, lower it a little more. If you are losing too fast, increase it. The reason for giving it several weeks is because weight will fluctuate daily, you want to give it enough time to see the overall trend to make sure it is working.0 -
Were you accurately tracking your intake to arrive at your current estimate of 2800 cals/day? And were you maintaining at that level, or gaining? At 5'1, that's pretty high, I'm only an inch taller and am maintaining at ~2200, and even that is higher than a lot of women.
If you put in your stats and a calorie goal, with only a stone to lose, you should opt for 0.5 lb/week weight loss. That should give you a calorie goal of 250 cals under your non exercise maintenance estimate from MFP. If you log your intake accurately, and when you exercise you eat back a portion of those calories, then you should lose at the predicted rate.
A lot of people look for the fastest weight loss possible, select a goal of 2 lbs/ week and are set at a goal of 1200 cals. They may also not realize they should be eating back some exercise calories, or they are trying to speed up the weight loss even further.
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WinoGelato wrote: »Were you accurately tracking your intake to arrive at your current estimate of 2800 cals/day? And were you maintaining at that level, or gaining? At 5'1, that's pretty high, I'm only an inch taller and am maintaining at ~2200, and even that is higher than a lot of women.
If you put in your stats and a calorie goal, with only a stone to lose, you should opt for 0.5 lb/week weight loss. That should give you a calorie goal of 250 cals under your non exercise maintenance estimate from MFP. If you log your intake accurately, and when you exercise you eat back a portion of those calories, then you should lose at the predicted rate.
A lot of people look for the fastest weight loss possible, select a goal of 2 lbs/ week and are set at a goal of 1200 cals. They may also not realize they should be eating back some exercise calories, or they are trying to speed up the weight loss even further.
I was wondering this too. It's not often we see overestimates on calories in, but it does happen.0 -
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MandyC1972 wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »MandyC1972 wrote: »Ok I'm averaging at around 2800 per day and I'm 9stone. I'm 5ft 1. Im not tall but I want to be 8stone but I don't get how people eat less calories and still weigh more than me?
Height, age, weight, activity levels, hormones are all factors. Along with self reporting of calories is highly influenced by errors. So while many people say they are eating 1200 cals, it is not uncommon for them to be eating much more.
Ok that may make sense as I can't live on 1200 calories but according to the calculations I should be eating 1200 calories before exercise. I do 2 BodyPump classes, 1 Metafit and 1 LBT with an hour walk per week. What's realistic calories to have?
1200 is a DEFAULT minimum (before exercise). Lots of women get "assigned" that number because they set an aggressive weekly goal, or they are seniors and/or very petite.
Set a sensible weekly goal:
Pound per week goals
75+ lbs set to lose 2 lb range
Between 40 - 75 lbs set to lose 1.5 lb range
Between 25-40 lbs set to lose 1 lb range
Between 15-25 lbs set to lose 1 -.50 lb range
Less than 15 lbs set to lose 0.5 lbs range
Then eat 50% of exercise calories back. If you are losing too slow, eat less. If you are losing faster than expected eat more.
If you don't like logging exercise, then use a TDEE calculator and take a cut (small, medium, or large).....use pounds per week chart as a guide.
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Averaging at 1400 a day0
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So dependent on activity level and body comp! I maintain at 2650 and cut at 2100.0
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I eat 1800. My TDEE is between 2000 and 2300 a day depending on my exercising.0
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Around 2300 for me in deficit. Maintenance is around 3100 depending on the day.
I eat anywhere from 1900 to 2500 a day, again depending on the day.0 -
1370-1500 calories a day. I'm 5'5'' and 209 lbs. I've been losing when eating that much0
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I eat 1100-1200 a day on average. I am 5'4" and 119lbs.0
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MandyC1972 wrote: »nutmegoreo wrote: »MandyC1972 wrote: »Ok I'm averaging at around 2800 per day and I'm 9stone. I'm 5ft 1. Im not tall but I want to be 8stone but I don't get how people eat less calories and still weigh more than me?
Height, age, weight, activity levels, hormones are all factors. Along with self reporting of calories is highly influenced by errors. So while many people say they are eating 1200 cals, it is not uncommon for them to be eating much more.
Ok that may make sense as I can't live on 1200 calories but according to the calculations I should be eating 1200 calories before exercise. I do 2 BodyPump classes, 1 Metafit and 1 LBT with an hour walk per week. What's realistic calories to have?
How many calories does MFP give you when you tell it you want to lose 0.5 pound per week? (Since you only want to lose 14 pounds, this should be your weekly weight loss goal.)0 -
@branflakes1980 I'm 5'4, 130.I eat the same everyday regardless of exercise. Unless I'm starving --in which case I eat everything in the house0
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