How many calories do you allow yourself and......

I don't know how many calories I should be eating. MFP allows me 1210, but I have not lost any weight in a month.

I have a question for you.

Are you exercising and are you eating back your exercise calories?

If not that could be the cause of your plateau. Our bodies tend to get rather stubborn when we are not feeding them enough and making sure you are netting around 1200 calories a day is important to keep that from happening.

What do you have your goals set as? I think that is WAY too little for your current weight. I am at 1500 calories, and I am 154 pounds at 5'5". My activity level is sedentary, I think, right now, but I do exercise on average 5-6x/week.

I am 5' 10" and you can view my food diary it has all the details...I am trying to lose 20lbs and I am eating 1200 calories a day. I work out 3-4 times a week for 45 mins to an hour and I love to run and use the elliptical machine. I am not a professional at this but your welcome to view anything on my page : )
Best of luck to you!

I allow myself 1500 a day. I am 5'7 and started out at 205 and am now 160. My activity level is lightly active. I took a look at your diary and your sodium seems a little high and your water intake is low. I had trouble drinking water in the beginning too.

1. On very active days, I try not to eat over 1800 calories. On lazy days, 1400.

2. *shrugs*

3. I started at 280lbs, wanting to weigh 140 so I had 140 to lose..

4. Depends on the day. I go to the gym twice a week, and I stay for about 2 - 3 hours. I do walk to work though, and take frequent walks at night... not so much lately because it's been disgustingly hot out.

5. 5'6" and 247 pounds last weigh in.

1. How many calories do you allow yourself each day?

2. What percentage of Carbs/Protein/Fat is in your plan?

3. How much weight do you need to lose?

4. What is your activity level?

5. How tall are you, how much do you weigh? (if you want to tell)


I don't know how many calories I should be eating. MFP allows me 1210, but I have not lost any weight in a month.

My daily intake varies depending upon the amount of exercise I do. My biggest problem was that I hit a plateau, and stayed in the same place for almost 6 months. Until I started eating back my exercise calories. So I now eat between 1200 and 2000 depending on my exercise level.

2. I tried the monitor carbs, fat blah blah blah, but now it really depends. When I exercise, I know I will need the complex carbs to help me.. My proteins run around 100g-150 depending on exercise again.

3. I want to lose an additional 18 lbs as my goal weight is 175.

4. If I don't exercise, I am a pure, and simple, couch potato...but I am committed to exercising 6 days per week, and have kept that up for the last month...and three times a week at the gym before that and twice a week at home on recumbent bike.

5. I am 5'7" tall and currently weigh 192. Even tho the "charts" say I will be overweight at 175, I know I'll be perfect. I am already wearing a size 12/14 pants, but really don't want to get smaller than a 12.

1. How many calories do you allow yourself each day?
i try to stay under 1500 and go over 1200 each day

2. What percentage of Carbs/Protein/Fat is in your plan?
i dont pay much attention to that yet but i cut off fats on meat and try not to have more then 3 servings of carbs per day

3. How much weight do you need to lose?
ive lost 10 kilos, i am 50 kilos now and i want to stay at this weight and lose body fat and build muscle but with my eating and exercise im still losing

4. What is your activity level?
i do 45 mins brisk walking or advanced wii fit and toning exercises each day
i sometimes go swimming once a week and about 2 days a week im very active(as in shopping, walking around)

5. How tall are you, how much do you weigh? (if you want to tell)
158cm and 49.8 kg

1. 1600, that said I am trying to lose slow and steady. Also I am having a horrible time reaching that calorie level. My intake usually comes in at 1300-1400.

2. Carb/Protein?Fat = 50ish/40insh/10 or less This is due to a medical condition that causes me to get sick if I eat fat (dietician supervised)

3. I need to lose 100lbs or more. I am looking at things like, can I sit in a standard sized kayak.

4. I am sedentary. Once in a while I go do something (like kayak) for fun, but usually nothing.

5. I am 5'4" ;started at 260; now at 244 after a few months. I figure it took me an awful long time to get to this point and it will take me a while to take it off.

It really depends on how active you are.
When I started losing weight for the umpteenth time in August 2010, my calories fluctuated from 1200 (being my MINIMUM) and 1900 (being my MAXIMUM. It took me 4 months to lose 20 pounds (and I wasn’t keeping track of fat, protein, sodium, etc) and still lost weight). Ultimately, it depends on how fast you want to lose the weight. Now, I keep track of most of the things above (not having a particular number to stick with) except my calories…the more exercise I do, the more I can eat. Right now, my calories are set to 1,920. I can eat that amount without exercise and lose 0.5-1 pound per week. I’m in no rush to lose the weight (as I’ve lost 75 pounds already anyway. I usually exercise each day, so I can lose a little more the the prescribed weight per week.

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I'm set for 1650 each day.

My macros are set for 40/30/30 but it doesn't usually shake out that way. I'm usually a good bit over on protein (yay!), a little over on fat (meh) and definitely under on carbs on most days. So yeah, I should probably reset my macros. I feel best (more energetic) when my carbs hover under 100 grams. My protein bare bones minimum is 100 grams a day.

I've got roughly 5 lbs to go before I hit my first goal and from there I plan on doing serious bodyfat tweaking.

My activity level is set to lightly active. My work day as a primary-age Montessori teacher can on occasion be very active but usually it's just a good bit of getting up and down off a floor/wee little table, etc. That's my everyday life. My exercise level is a different story. I usually eat those calories save a small buffer for tasting dinner while cooking and that sort of thing.

I am 5'2'' and weigh 130 lbs. I started at 166 around midwinter but got pretty serious about things in February. I suspect when I get my lean muscle up and my body fat down I could get to the 119-123 range which is where I felt amazing once upon a time.

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I followed 1200 calorie a day and exercise 3-4 wk and didn't lose anything besides inches. Please keep me posted if anyone comes up with a better plan.

I try for around 3000 calories a day, but I am very active. I do yoga for an hour in the morning, powerlifting in evening and an easy bike ride last. I have still lost around 20 lbs with the caloric intake. I am 5'11 and 188 lbs as of today. 1200 calories seems uber low. I always prescribe to keeping my metabolism going with 4-5 meals of good food a day. Most of my calories come from peanut butter, cheese, fruits. I am more concerned with protein and calcium intake than carbs and fat so I do not really know those precentages. I do try for 200 grams of protein a day. Hope that helps.