How much calories do you eat to maintain weight?

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  • jessicarobinson00
    jessicarobinson00 Posts: 414 Member
    I'm 29, 126, and 5'4". Maintenance without exercise is about 1800 and with: 2200ish? So I bounce around somewhere between 1700 and 2400/day. I have been maintaining since October 2015...if I see a slight trend upward, I reign it back in.
  • neldabg
    neldabg Posts: 1,452 Member
    It varies a lot for me. When I have an extremely sedentary day (lying in bed the whole day), my intake is in the 1300s.
    During the week, I consume anywhere from 1400-1800 calories depending on how much I walk and move performing daily tasks, and depending on the intensity of the day's workout.
    I recently got a part-time job on the weekend that involves tons of walking and movement, so I eat 2200-3000+ calories on those days.
    I am 20 years old, about 5'2", and maintain 108-114 lbs.
  • snowflake930
    snowflake930 Posts: 2,188 Member
    64, maintaining @ around 130# for about 2-1/2 years. (160# total loss) 5'2 3/4".
    Around 1800/day. Moderately active. 65 minutes of cardio/day at gym plus any additional walking. Average 20,000 steps per day on my fit bit.
  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,159 Member
    65 yo male 5'10" maintained at 200 pounds for last year at 2500 calories. Planned exercise is walking 1/4 mile daily. Work at a computer and knock about the place when at home. No calories from added sugar or from any form of grains with total carbs at <50 grams daily for pain management and recovering of health like 40 years of serious IBS for example that fully resolved after six months of eating this way.
  • HB67063
    HB67063 Posts: 1 Member
    5'6" 60yo 153lbs To maintain I need 1900 calories a day when I'm not getting much exercise....if walking 2 miles a day I need 2200 to maintain. It's interesting to see how much of a range there is in maintenance calories....!!!
  • _piaffe
    _piaffe Posts: 163 Member
    5'11, 41 yo woman, ~145. I thought I knew, but don't. I am still figuring out maintenance. Weekly TDEE would be 2300 calories / day.
  • ydyms
    ydyms Posts: 266 Member
    edited June 2016
    I'm 5'3" and I maintain on 1500. I do eat back most exercise calories as I love to run 6-8 miles 4 times a week.
    1500 for me is what MFP gave me but I've been eating more and maintaining fine. So I guess I eat about 1750.
  • trjjoy
    trjjoy Posts: 666 Member
    MFP gives me 1600 calories without exercise factored in for maintenance. I lift 4 times a week and I try to hike twice a week. I'm 1.63m and 63kg. I seem to maintain on a minimum of 2500 calories a day. On some days, I am close to 3500 calories. I have also lost at least 2cm off my waist since April when I got gatvol of dieting and basically stopped restricting. I now eat what I want. I <3 this life!
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    edited June 2016
    34, 5'6, 218 I maintain at about 1900 if I do nothing but roll around in bed, 2000 if sedentary but can get out of bed, more if I exercise or have a generally active day. My maintenance is anywhere between 1900 and 3500.
  • TitaniaEcks
    TitaniaEcks Posts: 351 Member
    5'7.5"-5'8", 128-131 lbs, 32 y/o, same activity level as any desk jockey. 1500 calories a day.
  • Yogamat316
    Yogamat316 Posts: 19 Member
    5'5", 32 yo female, 138-141lbs-- I eat anywhere from 1400 to 2000 calories. I run approximately 25 miles/week and it ratchets my appetite WAY up. If I wake up weighing 142lbs, though, I have a light day.
  • macchiatto
    macchiatto Posts: 2,890 Member
    40y/o female, 5'7", maintenance range is 129-133 lbs.
    I'm still trying to find my sweet spot for maintenance but it seems to be about 1700, though I can eat a bit more on higher activity days.
    I'm currently in PT 3x/wk for an hour. As I build back up to it I'm hoping to do YAYOG 3x/wk and run 2-3x/wk.
  • JuicerLab
    JuicerLab Posts: 22 Member
    Height: 5'2
    Weight: 119lbs
    Calories: 1300
    Exercise: little - none
  • Noreenmarie1234
    Noreenmarie1234 Posts: 7,492 Member
    It is very interesting that all of these numbers are so different. Even for same heights and weights and factoring activity. Interesting to see how people vary.
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    38 male / 6' tall , 178lbs, 7%, lift a couple hours a day, 6 days a week and ride a bike. Been maintaining at 4K for about 2 months.
  • Emijanine
    Emijanine Posts: 158 Member
    I'm 5' 5" and eat between 2100 and 2500 calories per day to maintain 115#. I workouts 30-50 minutes per day, 6 days a week.
  • richardgavel
    richardgavel Posts: 1,001 Member
    I'm 41, 6' 163 and do a crap load of cardio activity. I'm still learning my correct maintenance level but I eat about 2500-2800 calories a day and still have a little weight loss.
  • pita7317
    pita7317 Posts: 1,437 Member
    Age 57, female. 5'7. 134lbs. I have maintained my goal weight for 15 months eating 1300-1500 calories a day. Light exercise. Average about 8000 steps a day.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    5'4", between 130-138 (always same TDEE here).
    I lift 4x per week. No cardio. 12-14k steps per day.
    1800-1900 calories for maintenance.
  • trjjoy
    trjjoy Posts: 666 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    5'4", between 130-138 (always same TDEE here).
    I lift 4x per week. No cardio. 12-14k steps per day.
    1800-1900 calories for maintenance.

    Walking is cardio.
  • VitaSh
    VitaSh Posts: 113 Member
    Metabolism can change both up and down btw. I'm an athletic 146 lb maintaining at around 2400 calories, female, 5ft 7.5 inches, daily weight training no cardio. 1 full day off from gym per week. :smile:
  • Kelly9405
    Kelly9405 Posts: 14 Member
    5'6" 110 pounds, 29 year old female.

    I currently maintain on somewhere between 1900-2000 calories a day, I probably could bump it up a bit but I'm seeing how this works for now. MFP originally said I needed around 1700 calories to maintain (and so did various other TDEE calculators) but I found out it was too low because I ended up continuing to lose weight.

    I normally walk anywhere from 10,000-14,000 steps everyday, I stay at home with my 2 year old and 8 month old boys but am also a part time nurse working night shift. I'm constantly on the go and on my feet, I originally thought I was lightly active but I think I'm more active. Other than daily walks with my boys everyday (usually I have the baby strapped to me in the carrier and push my toddler in the stroller at the same time), I don't do any other exercise right now.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    I'm 5"8, 44, 147lbs and maintain on 2200-2500, this includes exercise.
  • robininfl
    robininfl Posts: 1,137 Member
    48 years old, female, 5'9", a few pounds under ten stone usually. 2000-2500 kcal a day keeps me here around 136lb.

    I do yoga about 5x/week for an hour each class, and a slow jog/walk for about 45minutes 3x/week, lift at most 30min/week and am fidgety.

    I saw at the beginning, a lady maintaining 177lb at about my stats & wanted to say I feel like I ate about this same amount when I weighed under 125lb, like I am not eating a lot more to maintain this additional mass (I did eat more and work out heavier to build it, but now it just seems to be my body)... I wonder about that.
  • _piaffe
    _piaffe Posts: 163 Member
    Female, 41, 5'11 and maintaining at 145 as I figure out recomp. I'm averaging ~2200 to 2400 calories a day.

    My job is sedentary but I walk for about an hour at lunch most work days (mostly to clear my head). I strength train 3 times a week (1 hour) and do 3 HIIT sessions a week (20 minutes). I rarely have inactive rest days. I average 100,000k steps a week according to Fitbit. Fitbit tells me my weekly TDEE is about ~2500/day, but I would put it at 2300.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    _piaffe wrote: »
    Female, 41, 5'11 and maintaining at 145 as I figure out recomp. I'm averaging ~2200 to 2400 calories a day.

    My job is sedentary but I walk for about an hour at lunch most work days (mostly to clear my head). I strength train 3 times a week (1 hour) and do 3 HIIT sessions a week (20 minutes). I rarely have inactive rest days. I average 100,000k steps a week according to Fitbit. Fitbit tells me my weekly TDEE is about ~2500/day, but I would put it at 2300.

    I missed this vital bit of info from my previous post. My TDEE is according to my fitbit, which I haven't tested out just yet. I'm thinking it may be a slight overestimation..

  • X_Sooner
    X_Sooner Posts: 366 Member
    edited June 2016
    51 yr old
    6-2, 202
    MFP set at 2690 cals daily
    Run 6 days a week 7.5 mph for 30 mins
    10 sets of 20 push-ups daily
    Generally eat back about 200-400 exercise cals
  • amorfati601070
    amorfati601070 Posts: 2,890 Member
    Like 1800-2000, 180cm, 61kg..not very muscular.
  • dmiivanov
    dmiivanov Posts: 49 Member
    6'2'' 205 lb 32 yo. 3200-3400 Cal
    1. lifting 2 - 4 times / week, depending how it feels
    2. high intensity prolonged cardio ( mountain / climbing ) 1/week, 3-4 hrs typically, and eat much more on those days so that only 1000 Cal deficit remains
    3. Always walk to the bus station on the way to work and all the way home from work, as well as to various places. probably 1 - 2 hr of walking per day
    4. Having hard time sitting still at the computer desk in the office for too long , always want to get up and grab something or do something physical

  • starling01
    starling01 Posts: 81 Member
    1500 Cal a day to maintain
    5'5" 118 lb. (go up and down between 115 and 120 lbs).
    64 yo female.
    Lightly active - walk/run bout 10,000 steps a day, sometimes more, sometimes less.

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