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    Calorie count

    Posts: 27 Member
    edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
    Is it healthy to eat 1000 to 1400 calories a day?

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    • Posts: 35,719 Member
      Depends on your stats and activity level
    • Posts: 9,487 Member
      Generally the minimum recommended for women is 1200 unless you're very small or very old. 1400 may or may not be healthy for you but since you've given absolutely no information it would hard for anyone to even begin to guess.
    • Posts: 17,562 Member
      What are your stats?
    • Posts: 27 Member
      5'10 right now 247 lbs not exercising because of an injury
    • Posts: 8,356 Member
      You are a 5'10" male who according to your profile is 26 years old. Yes, eating 1200 to 1400 is unhealthy. I am a 5'10" male who is 50 and I can eat 2100 and lose at pace of about 1 pound a week with a little bit of exercise. 1500 is considered the minimum for a man to get the nutrition he needs, and being younger, you can eat a lot more and still lose weight. Was that the amount Myfitnesspal gave you?
    • Posts: 17,562 Member
      Berthony25 wrote: »
      5'10 right now 247 lbs not exercising because of an injury

      Then no, it isn't healthy. You should be eating minimum 1500 calories, if not the goal MFP gives you.
    • Posts: 35,719 Member
      Berthony25 wrote: »
      5'10 right now 247 lbs not exercising because of an injury

      What calorie goal does mfp give you?
    • Posts: 27 Member
      Mfp gives me 1640 to eat and I'm trying to be careful what I eat I just saw that what I did eat end up being under what the app says
    • Posts: 19 Member
      Cashew nuts, almonds, Brazil nuts... all things like that are full of good things but high in calories
    • Posts: 358 Member
      Berthony25 wrote: »
      5'10 right now 247 lbs not exercising because of an injury

      I need your age to give you more accurate info, if you want?
    • Posts: 27 Member
      I'm 26 moonkat7
    • Posts: 358 Member
      so age 26
      height 5'10
      weight 247 lbs
      not exercising so more of sedentary activity level

      Your Basal Metabolic Rate = 2317 calories per day
      Your TDEE (Total Daily Energy Expenditure) = 2781 this based on your activity level which in this case sedentary

      so to lose weight you need to eat less than TDEE
      30% Deficit = 1947 calories per day

      to lose 1 lbs of fat you need to burn 3500 cals so if you went 30% Deficit that's almost losing 2 lbs a week

      If you went with MFP which 1640 kcals per day that's about 40% deficit

      I don't think you should go lower than that but the choice is yours, hope my info was helpful, good luck! :)
    • Posts: 4,374 Member
      What's your injury? If you have broken bones, you should likely be eating at maintenance for them to recover as best as they can.
    • Posts: 27 Member
      The injury is tendinitis in my ankle unsure if I tore anything and this is the 2 month and still in pain going to a doctor will get a final look once the MRI comes in
    • Posts: 358 Member
      Why not working out the upper body till your ankle heal?
    • Posts: 27 Member
      Didn't think of that
    • Posts: 582 Member
      Just for some perspective I am older shorter and smaller than you, and I am losing about a pound a week on about 2000 calories a day.
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