1280 calories

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  • Trish1c
    Trish1c Posts: 549 Member
    Kkourt_Love wrote: »
    Changed it to lightly active and calories have gone up to 1560 per day. I will try this out and see how well it goes. Thank you all for your thoughts.

    I was also going to suggest you run a number of different calculations to see where your calories ought to be. Don't just believe the 1st # mfp spits out at you.

    Run maintain weight with a sedentary life style, then run lose each 0.5 pounds through 2 pounds. Pick a realistic calories # that you can lower as you get more accustomed to eating at the proper portion size. If you do a drastic calorie drop you will feel deprived & not stick to it. If you do it more gradually you will be able to make permanent changes.
  • MoveitlikeManda
    MoveitlikeManda Posts: 846 Member
    you dont say how much you actually have too lose?
    2lbs a week is a high target, I set mine to 1lb and sedantary and got 1450 (im 5"4 and weigh just shy of 200lbs)
    i think you should try the 1560 + maybe a few of your exercise calories and see how you go, you can then adjust after say 4-5weeks as you need to
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Kkourt_Love wrote: »
    maidengirl_ wrote: »
    I think your calorie intake should be higher for your height and current weight. Change your physical settings to "active" instead of "sedentary" or "lightly active" and change your loss goal to 1 or 1.5 lb per week from 2 lbs. You will still lose a good amount this way and won't be starving and end up giving up. Good luck in your journey :)

    Ok I will try that out. I will change it to lightly active. :) thank you for the encouragement.

    So you're not sendentary? How many steps do you get per day, not including purposeful exercise?
  • _incogNEATo_
    _incogNEATo_ Posts: 4,537 Member
    Kkourt_Love wrote: »
    Changed it to lightly active and calories have gone up to 1560 per day. I will try this out and see how well it goes. Thank you all for your thoughts.

    I've calculated your TDEE on three different calculators and I'm coming up with roughly 2200 cal/day. Depending on how aggressive you'd like to approach your deficit, I think it's safe to say that you'd be okay eating even more than the above mentioned intake. 1560 is still more spot on than the 1280 cal/day figure you originally received.

  • maidengirl_
    maidengirl_ Posts: 283 Member
    Kkourt_Love wrote: »
    maidengirl_ wrote: »
    I think your calorie intake should be higher for your height and current weight. Change your physical settings to "active" instead of "sedentary" or "lightly active" and change your loss goal to 1 or 1.5 lb per week from 2 lbs. You will still lose a good amount this way and won't be starving and end up giving up. Good luck in your journey :)

    Ok I will try that out. I will change it to lightly active. :) thank you for the encouragement.

    You're very welcome :) 1560 will be more sustainable for long term success. You can gradually add/cut additional calories as your weight changes as 1560 won't be ideal after a while depending on your goal. ;)
  • joanna_82
    joanna_82 Posts: 151 Member
    I would start at the lowest amount of weight loss per week and see how you go. If that's ok then go to the next level, and so forth. Don't set yourself up for failure by trying to reduce by too much. I'm the same height as you. 165 pounds and I wouldn't last one day at 1280 cals! I'm on half a pound a week at 1580 and that's ok. Just!!
  • nowine4me
    nowine4me Posts: 3,985 Member
    I wouldn't sweat 80 calories either way until you really need to. Which will happen if you stick with it.
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    I wasn't able to stick with it the last time due to work stress. It is still stressful at work, but after having tubular adenomas in my intestines and gaining ten lbs in the last two months, I am tired of feeling so gross and unhealthy. I am prepared now to commit to it.

    It sounds like cutting straight to 1200 would probably just make you even more stressed out. Try starting at a pound a week loss for your food setting and it will probably be easier to get into the mindset of calorie counting.

    As for if walking will help you lose weight, it's just calories in, calories out. So you'll lose more weight with walking, but don't overexercise and under eat or it's going to feel awful.

  • sbrodkey
    sbrodkey Posts: 7 Member
    I see tons of replies so not sure if this will get lost but here's my take. I would go with 1/2 a pound a week rather than 2 pounds. Weight loss is more of a marathon than sprint; there's no rush as long as you finish. Also exercise is hugely helpful. If you log your cardio in MFP it will automatically recalculate your daily calories, so you can eat more. The point is to not feel starving or you risk not sticking with it. Good Luck.
  • Kkourt_Love
    Kkourt_Love Posts: 17 Member
    mbaby86 wrote: »
    you dont say how much you actually have too lose?
    2lbs a week is a high target, I set mine to 1lb and sedantary and got 1450 (im 5"4 and weigh just shy of 200lbs)
    i think you should try the 1560 + maybe a few of your exercise calories and see how you go, you can then adjust after say 4-5weeks as you need to

    I want to lose at least 40-50 lbs. I am testing out how the 1560 goes. The 1280 seemed a bit too low for me.
  • Kkourt_Love
    Kkourt_Love Posts: 17 Member
    edited August 2016
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    Kkourt_Love wrote: »
    maidengirl_ wrote: »
    I think your calorie intake should be higher for your height and current weight. Change your physical settings to "active" instead of "sedentary" or "lightly active" and change your loss goal to 1 or 1.5 lb per week from 2 lbs. You will still lose a good amount this way and won't be starving and end up giving up. Good luck in your journey :)

    Ok I will try that out. I will change it to lightly active. :) thank you for the encouragement.

    So you're not sendentary? How many steps do you get per day, not including purposeful exercise?

    I walk every hour for about 10 min maybe. I work at a desk job so I would consider that sitting on my butt all day not being active. Lol so far today I have done 3,000 steps.

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