Are 1600 calories a lot?
Options
![batoolnabulsi](https://dakd0cjsv8wfa.cloudfront.net/images/photos/user/0d16/4cfb/8b14/2219/aac6/992d/ad14/5d621e7f3d974602eb7ccb0cf0aa03df3900.jpg)
batoolnabulsi
Posts: 35 Member
I finally decided to maintain my weight at 121 lbs, height 5'3 ft, 19 years old, sometimes I feel like 1600 calories are not enough, many TDEE calculators gave me 1500-1600ish,but it's not enough:// like there's not enough space for food and it sucks, I don't eat junk food and I try to get my nutrition , still not satisfied. I've gone through 3 days binging this week and the week before, although I was in a deficit before the binging but I'm sure I ate all of those calories back and more, but didn't notice a difference in my weight, I don't judge from the scale because I know I'll have extra pounds from water, sodium.. Etc
I judge from my clothes and the mirror, still the same, recently I'm not active, but after a week I'll start working out again 2-3 days a week besides I'll have classes 4 days a week.
So what do you think, I need some guiding.
I judge from my clothes and the mirror, still the same, recently I'm not active, but after a week I'll start working out again 2-3 days a week besides I'll have classes 4 days a week.
So what do you think, I need some guiding.
1
Replies
-
WHen you are working out you can easily eat a lot more. I am lighter than you and I workout 4-5 times a week and maintain on 2200-2600 I would be starving too at 1600.4
-
You are much younger than me and we are similar heights/weight - I maintain on 2100-2300 cals a day. (I'm active )
I reckon even if you were sedentary that 1600 would be the minimum to eat and maintain, possibly still lose, if you are active at all it will be more than that - maintenance takes a bit of trial and error but if I were you I'd be trying 1750-1800 at least for a few weeks and then up the calories again when you see you are maintaining.4 -
Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »WHen you are working out you can easily eat a lot more. I am lighter than you and I workout 4-5 times a week and maintain on 2200-2600 I would be starving too at 1600.
Yea starving/
0 -
RunRutheeRun wrote: »You are much younger than me and we are similar heights/weight - I maintain on 2100-2300 cals a day. (I'm active )
I reckon even if you were sedentary that 1600 would be the minimum to eat and maintain, possibly still lose, if you are active at all it will be more than that - maintenance takes a bit of trial and error but if I were you I'd be trying 1750-1800 at least for a few weeks and then up the calories again when you see you are maintaining.
I'll weigh myself and see, if I lost weight I'll add more calories, it sucks to eat 1600,I don't get to enjoy treats or taste food, I don't wanna keep obsessing
0 -
My youngest daughter is 20, about 5'7", maintaining on about 1800. She's not particularly active and does not work out. She used MFP long enough to understand her maintenance needs.1
-
I can barely maintain at 1600 during my lazy days. Every day activity on a regular basis and I need 1800+
I'm trying to gain weight, so my goal is 2000+ bare minimum on lazy days.
Remember that "junk food" is not totally evil. It's perfectly fine to have a bowl of ice cream, or a few cookies, burger, etc to help with calories. It only becomes a problem if that is what you eat MOSTLY and hardly do anything healthy.
I love veggies, cooked in butter or dipped in Ranch dressing. Fruit dipped in marshmallow fluff, or yogurt (but not diet/lite). Healthy AND tasty or treats for calorie high stuff is totally doable2 -
Not enough for me. i maintain around 1800-1900 and still feel that isn't enough.4
-
JeromeBarry1 wrote: »My youngest daughter is 20, about 5'7", maintaining on about 1800. She's not particularly active and does not work out. She used MFP long enough to understand her maintenance needs.
What's her weight?
And ugh 1800 without being active sounds good.
0 -
arditarose wrote: »Not enough for me. i maintain around 1800-1900 and still feel that isn't enough.
What's your age/weight/height/activity level?
0 -
I can barely maintain at 1600 during my lazy days. Every day activity on a regular basis and I need 1800+
I'm trying to gain weight, so my goal is 2000+ bare minimum on lazy days.
Remember that "junk food" is not totally evil. It's perfectly fine to have a bowl of ice cream, or a few cookies, burger, etc to help with calories. It only becomes a problem if that is what you eat MOSTLY and hardly do anything healthy.
I love veggies, cooked in butter or dipped in Ranch dressing. Fruit dipped in marshmallow fluff, or yogurt (but not diet/lite). Healthy AND tasty or treats for calorie high stuff is totally doable
I do eat junk food, but not alot, I try to balance those 1600cals to eat the thing I like
1 -
The more you move, the more energy (calories) you require. Think of it like a car...if it just sits there, it doesn't really need gas...if you drive it, it will need gas...the more you drive, the more gas it needs.6
-
cwolfman13 wrote: »The more you move, the more energy (calories) you require. Think of it like a car...if it just sits there, it doesn't really need gas...if you drive it, it will need gas...the more you drive, the more gas it needs.
I know, but I can't eat easily when I don't know what are my maintenance calories, I fear gaining weight, and I don't wanna lose either.
Even when I'm not moving alot, I still feel like eating more than 1600
0 -
If you click on the APS link in the menu bar of MFP you will be able to select the BMR calculcator where it will tell you how many calories you need to consume is you did nothing but rested for 24 hours. That might be a good indicator for yourself as to where the 1600 calories fit in for you. ...
I have 1600 calories set as my deficit calorie goal to but the weight loss is slow at that point for me ... MFP recommended I cut an additional 60-some calories a day to lose a pound a week. And of course, it is not ever a steady loss each week.
Hope this helped.0 -
If you click on the APS link in the menu bar of MFP you will be able to select the BMR calculcator where it will tell you how many calories you need to consume is you did nothing but rested for 24 hours. That might be a good indicator for yourself as to where the 1600 calories fit in for you. ...
I have 1600 calories set as my deficit calorie goal to but the weight loss is slow at that point for me ... MFP recommended I cut an additional 60-some calories a day to lose a pound a week. And of course, it is not ever a steady loss each week.
Hope this helped.
MFP gave me 1640not that big difference
0 -
I wanna enjoy food0
-
arditarose wrote: »Not enough for me. i maintain around 1800-1900 and still feel that isn't enough.
Me too. Im 5'5" and 162#. To lose .5-1# a week I need to eat less 1400-1500 cals a day on non gym days. Days when I run (usually 3-4miles) aand lift, I get to eat 1600-1700 and still lose.0 -
I'm on 1,500 a day right now.
To be honest, it's not much. Calories add up quick, but I'm trying to get in better shape for a cruise.
Everyone is different.1 -
I'm 5'4'' 115lbs. I have a BMR of like 1350, but with my pretty sedentary lifestyle my TDEE is <1500. But with an hour of lifting and an hour of cardio, my TDEE ends up being like 2100. Hope this helps you out.4
-
batoolnabulsi wrote: »If you click on the APS link in the menu bar of MFP you will be able to select the BMR calculcator where it will tell you how many calories you need to consume is you did nothing but rested for 24 hours. That might be a good indicator for yourself as to where the 1600 calories fit in for you. ...
I have 1600 calories set as my deficit calorie goal to but the weight loss is slow at that point for me ... MFP recommended I cut an additional 60-some calories a day to lose a pound a week. And of course, it is not ever a steady loss each week.
Hope this helped.
MFP gave me 1640not that big difference
What about the extra calories for exercise that you should be entering?0 -
batoolnabulsi wrote: »If you click on the APS link in the menu bar of MFP you will be able to select the BMR calculcator where it will tell you how many calories you need to consume is you did nothing but rested for 24 hours. That might be a good indicator for yourself as to where the 1600 calories fit in for you. ...
I have 1600 calories set as my deficit calorie goal to but the weight loss is slow at that point for me ... MFP recommended I cut an additional 60-some calories a day to lose a pound a week. And of course, it is not ever a steady loss each week.
Hope this helped.
MFP gave me 1640not that big difference
Ya - but that's if you slept all day long - basic metabolic functions of life.
You wake up and sit around all day you'd burn more. RMR.
Actually get up and move around - more yet.
About 10% of what you eat is burned by body to process the food.
That recommendation was to see where 1600 is in the scheme of things - and it should inform you that you can eat much much more.
Shoot - 2000 is likely sedentary for you - and you aren't even sedentary actually.
You've probably got lost glucose stores in muscles that will top off - you will gain needed water weight when you eat more - and that will actually increase your metabolism to expected levels.
It's probably not right now.
I'll bet energy level will pick up too - making you yet even more active, and workouts even better.
Don't start out your adult life tied to the scale and a bad association with food and your body.
You'll regret 30-40 years of yo-yo dieting that could easily become the result of an unhealthy fixation on the scale.
I'll bet the initial water weight gain won't even make inches on your body change.
And guess which one people will see - scale or you?8
Categories
- All Categories
- 1.4M Health, Wellness and Goals
- 392.1K Introduce Yourself
- 43.6K Getting Started
- 259.9K Health and Weight Loss
- 175.7K Food and Nutrition
- 47.4K Recipes
- 232.4K Fitness and Exercise
- 403 Sleep, Mindfulness and Overall Wellness
- 6.4K Goal: Maintaining Weight
- 8.5K Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
- 152.8K Motivation and Support
- 7.9K Challenges
- 1.3K Debate Club
- 96.3K Chit-Chat
- 2.5K Fun and Games
- 3.4K MyFitnessPal Information
- 23 News and Announcements
- 1K Feature Suggestions and Ideas
- 2.4K MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions