How many calories do you aim for a day??

dawnwarcup28
dawnwarcup28 Posts: 50 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
How many calories do you aim for a day??
«1345

Replies

  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,427 MFP Moderator
    edited October 2016
    2100-2500 while I am cutting. Maintenance at 3k.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    About 3,000
  • dawnwarcup28
    dawnwarcup28 Posts: 50 Member
    Wow really?? I eat bout 800 sometimes less x
  • endlessfall16
    endlessfall16 Posts: 932 Member
    Vary. Some days I suspect I eat well under 1000, and other days 3000 or more. I don't count. My wt has been in maintenance for months without much tweaking.
  • tcunbeliever
    tcunbeliever Posts: 8,219 Member
    1400-2000 depending on the workout for the day...
  • Naija82
    Naija82 Posts: 345 Member
    1300 but will eat a lot more depending on how much exercise I do
  • dawnwarcup28
    dawnwarcup28 Posts: 50 Member
    Thanx for the advice guys, I just think if I eat more I'm not guna loose weight xx
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,427 MFP Moderator
    dawnwarcup28 wrote: »
    Thanx for the advice guys, I just think if I eat more I'm not guna loose weight xx

    What are your stats? Do you workout? If you do, what is your plan? What are your goals? Do you use a food scale? Do you log every day?
  • fit_mama30
    fit_mama30 Posts: 178 Member
    edited October 2016
    Anywhere between 1600 (rare, only if I'm inactive that day) to 2,300.
  • daniip_la
    daniip_la Posts: 678 Member
    I eat around 2,000, unless I'm parked on a couch not moving, then I eat about 1,600.

    Eating 800 is completely unsustainable. You should eat the calorie goal MyFitnessPal gives you, not less.
  • ogtmama
    ogtmama Posts: 1,403 Member
    How long have you been doing this?
  • dawnwarcup28
    dawnwarcup28 Posts: 50 Member
    psulemon wrote: »
    dawnwarcup28 wrote: »
    Thanx for the advice guys, I just think if I eat more I'm not guna loose weight xx

    What are your stats? Do you workout? If you do, what is your plan? What are your goals? Do you use a food scale? Do you log every day?

    I rarely go to gym, but have a active job working 13 hours a day on my feet and go to pole 4 fitness once a week I go for walk once a week to a good brisk hour walk, I log everyday bin naughty today tho ate just over 1000 but burned over 400 cals on me walk, I'm 10.12 now want to get to 9 stone X
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,427 MFP Moderator
    dawnwarcup28 wrote: »
    psulemon wrote: »
    dawnwarcup28 wrote: »
    Thanx for the advice guys, I just think if I eat more I'm not guna loose weight xx

    What are your stats? Do you workout? If you do, what is your plan? What are your goals? Do you use a food scale? Do you log every day?

    I rarely go to gym, but have a active job working 13 hours a day on my feet and go to pole 4 fitness once a week I go for walk once a week to a good brisk hour walk, I log everyday bin naughty today tho ate just over 1000 but burned over 400 cals on me walk, I'm 10.12 now want to get to 9 stone X

    Being that active and relatively young, I would highly doubt you would gain on more calories. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if you could lose weight at 1600 calories.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    dawnwarcup28 wrote: »
    psulemon wrote: »
    dawnwarcup28 wrote: »
    Thanx for the advice guys, I just think if I eat more I'm not guna loose weight xx

    What are your stats? Do you workout? If you do, what is your plan? What are your goals? Do you use a food scale? Do you log every day?

    I rarely go to gym, but have a active job working 13 hours a day on my feet and go to pole 4 fitness once a week I go for walk once a week to a good brisk hour walk, I log everyday bin naughty today tho ate just over 1000 but burned over 400 cals on me walk, I'm 10.12 now want to get to 9 stone X

    There are people here who have been very, very successful with losing weight and keeping it off. You should believe them when they tell you that you aren't eating enough and you can have success without starving yourself.

    800 calories isn't enough to live on, even if you didn't have an active job.
  • dawnwarcup28
    dawnwarcup28 Posts: 50 Member
    psulemon wrote: »
    dawnwarcup28 wrote: »
    psulemon wrote: »
    dawnwarcup28 wrote: »
    Thanx for the advice guys, I just think if I eat more I'm not guna loose weight xx

    What are your stats? Do you workout? If you do, what is your plan? What are your goals? Do you use a food scale? Do you log every day?

    I rarely go to gym, but have a active job working 13 hours a day on my feet and go to pole 4 fitness once a week I go for walk once a week to a good brisk hour walk, I log everyday bin naughty today tho ate just over 1000 but burned over 400 cals on me walk, I'm 10.12 now want to get to 9 stone X

    Being that active and relatively young, I would highly doubt you would gain on more calories. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if you could lose weight at 1600 calories.

    U think I should eat more then?? X
  • Alyssa_Is_LosingIt
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt Posts: 4,696 Member
    dawnwarcup28 wrote: »
    psulemon wrote: »
    dawnwarcup28 wrote: »
    Thanx for the advice guys, I just think if I eat more I'm not guna loose weight xx

    What are your stats? Do you workout? If you do, what is your plan? What are your goals? Do you use a food scale? Do you log every day?

    I rarely go to gym, but have a active job working 13 hours a day on my feet and go to pole 4 fitness once a week I go for walk once a week to a good brisk hour walk, I log everyday bin naughty today tho ate just over 1000 but burned over 400 cals on me walk, I'm 10.12 now want to get to 9 stone X

    So you netted around 600 calories? :astonished: Yes, that's "being naughty" but not in the way you're thinking.

    That is way too low to be healthy and is definitely not sustainable long term.

    Please, read through some of these threads and learn how to lose weight healthily and sustainably: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10260499/i-like-old-posts-and-i-cannot-lie/p1

    To answer your OP, I usually eat between 1500 - 1800 calories depending on exercise.
  • dawnwarcup28
    dawnwarcup28 Posts: 50 Member
    dawnwarcup28 wrote: »
    psulemon wrote: »
    dawnwarcup28 wrote: »
    psulemon wrote: »
    dawnwarcup28 wrote: »
    Thanx for the advice guys, I just think if I eat more I'm not guna loose weight xx

    What are your stats? Do you workout? If you do, what is your plan? What are your goals? Do you use a food scale? Do you log every day?

    I rarely go to gym, but have a active job working 13 hours a day on my feet and go to pole 4 fitness once a week I go for walk once a week to a good brisk hour walk, I log everyday bin naughty today tho ate just over 1000 but burned over 400 cals on me walk, I'm 10.12 now want to get to 9 stone X

    Being that active and relatively young, I would highly doubt you would gain on more calories. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if you could lose weight at 1600 calories.

    U think I should eat more then?? X
  • dawnwarcup28
    dawnwarcup28 Posts: 50 Member
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »
    dawnwarcup28 wrote: »
    psulemon wrote: »
    dawnwarcup28 wrote: »
    Thanx for the advice guys, I just think if I eat more I'm not guna loose weight xx

    What are your stats? Do you workout? If you do, what is your plan? What are your goals? Do you use a food scale? Do you log every day?

    I rarely go to gym, but have a active job working 13 hours a day on my feet and go to pole 4 fitness once a week I go for walk once a week to a good brisk hour walk, I log everyday bin naughty today tho ate just over 1000 but burned over 400 cals on me walk, I'm 10.12 now want to get to 9 stone X

    So you netted around 600 calories? :astonished: Yes, that's "being naughty" but not in the way you're thinking.

    That is way too low to be healthy and is definitely not sustainable long term.

    Please, read through some of these threads and learn how to lose weight healthily and sustainably: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10260499/i-like-old-posts-and-i-cannot-lie/p1

    To answer your OP, I usually eat between 1500 - 1800 calories depending on exercise.

    Awww thank you will have a read, what do u have for breakie dinner and t? Xx
  • dawnwarcup28
    dawnwarcup28 Posts: 50 Member
    ogtmama wrote: »
    How long have you been doing this?

    This app or dieting??
  • dawnwarcup28
    dawnwarcup28 Posts: 50 Member
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    Uh oh...I'm out before I get myself into trouble...

    3b222a551255713933e029116b04cf750d5e44f7?url=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic3.fjcdn.com%2Fthumbnails%2Fcomments%2F.........Well%2BI%2Bm%2Bout%2B_f25dd241d30f6f2d68b5b89cd33f078a.gif

    Lol
  • Alyssa_Is_LosingIt
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt Posts: 4,696 Member
    edited October 2016
    dawnwarcup28 wrote: »
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »
    dawnwarcup28 wrote: »
    psulemon wrote: »
    dawnwarcup28 wrote: »
    Thanx for the advice guys, I just think if I eat more I'm not guna loose weight xx

    What are your stats? Do you workout? If you do, what is your plan? What are your goals? Do you use a food scale? Do you log every day?

    I rarely go to gym, but have a active job working 13 hours a day on my feet and go to pole 4 fitness once a week I go for walk once a week to a good brisk hour walk, I log everyday bin naughty today tho ate just over 1000 but burned over 400 cals on me walk, I'm 10.12 now want to get to 9 stone X

    So you netted around 600 calories? :astonished: Yes, that's "being naughty" but not in the way you're thinking.

    That is way too low to be healthy and is definitely not sustainable long term.

    Please, read through some of these threads and learn how to lose weight healthily and sustainably: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10260499/i-like-old-posts-and-i-cannot-lie/p1

    To answer your OP, I usually eat between 1500 - 1800 calories depending on exercise.

    Awww thank you will have a read, what do u have for breakie dinner and t? Xx

    Whatever I feel like, lol. :smile:

    Breakfast often involves eggs or oatmeal.

    I cook for myself, my husband, and two young boys, so dinner is all over the place and usually revolves around whatever is on sale at my grocery store that week. Though I generally always build dinner around some sort of protein, a starch, and veggies. Only exception is when I make something like a casserole, or on pizza night.

    Lunch is usually leftovers or salads/sandwiches.

    I just eat what I like and what my family likes and portion everything to fit into my calories.
  • guinevere96
    guinevere96 Posts: 1,445 Member
    I like to hit around 1400-1500, and I struggle with that sometimes, I couldn't imagine limiting myself to 800 daily. I definitely recommend either upping your calories or double check that you are logging accurately, because maybe you are underestimating. Do you use a food scale?
  • dawnwarcup28
    dawnwarcup28 Posts: 50 Member
    guinevere96 wrote: »
    I like to hit around 1400-1500, and I struggle with that sometimes, I couldn't imagine limiting myself to 800 daily. I definitely recommend either upping your calories or double check that you are logging accurately, because maybe you are underestimating. Do you use a food scale?

    No I don't use scales hun I mainly eat porridge, then cup of soup crackers, jelly and banana and tea I have either ready meal , pasta pot etc jelly and apple and maybe cereal bar for snack, and Sunday dinner on a Sunday lol xx
  • dawnwarcup28
    dawnwarcup28 Posts: 50 Member
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »
    dawnwarcup28 wrote: »
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »
    dawnwarcup28 wrote: »
    psulemon wrote: »
    dawnwarcup28 wrote: »
    Thanx for the advice guys, I just think if I eat more I'm not guna loose weight xx

    What are your stats? Do you workout? If you do, what is your plan? What are your goals? Do you use a food scale? Do you log every day?

    I rarely go to gym, but have a active job working 13 hours a day on my feet and go to pole 4 fitness once a week I go for walk once a week to a good brisk hour walk, I log everyday bin naughty today tho ate just over 1000 but burned over 400 cals on me walk, I'm 10.12 now want to get to 9 stone X

    So you netted around 600 calories? :astonished: Yes, that's "being naughty" but not in the way you're thinking.

    That is way too low to be healthy and is definitely not sustainable long term.

    Please, read through some of these threads and learn how to lose weight healthily and sustainably: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10260499/i-like-old-posts-and-i-cannot-lie/p1

    To answer your OP, I usually eat between 1500 - 1800 calories depending on exercise.

    Awww thank you will have a read, what do u have for breakie dinner and t? Xx

    Whatever I feel like, lol. :smile:

    Breakfast often involves eggs or oatmeal.

    I cook for myself, my husband, and two young boys, so dinner is all over the place and usually revolves around whatever is on sale at my grocery store that week. Though I generally always build dinner around some sort of protein, a starch, and veggies. Only exception is when I make something like a casserole, or on pizza night.

    Lunch is usually leftovers or salads/sandwiches.

    I just eat what I like and what my family likes and portion everything to fit into my calories.

    Awww sounds good hun!! Xx
  • Keishia
    Keishia Posts: 7 Member
    dawnwarcup28 wrote: »
    How many calories do you aim for a day??

    I eat around 1700 calories per day. However, I do not eat more to make up the calories I burn when I exercise and that is because my trainer told me not to.

Categories