How many calories are you eating and what exercise are you doing?

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  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
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    About 1800 per day on average (daily varies greatly). Losing about 1-1.5 lbs per month at 5'6".

    I mix my exercise up and much of my exercise is activity rather than formal exercise just for the sake of exercise:

    I have a Total Gym and workout on that 4-5 days a week. I walk, sometimes walk-run intervals. I hike, shoot hoops (basketball), garden, kayak (river). Occasionally I do Zumba DVDs, use resistance bands, dumbbells, step aerobics (at home not class), play active video games, toss football or Frisbee. I love to swim but don't do it often.
  • speccy1
    speccy1 Posts: 17 Member
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    My target is 1570 without exercise, and I earn about 1600 extra each day through cycling. I actually eat around 2500, lost 11 pounds, got 25 to go
  • ChristopherLimoges
    ChristopherLimoges Posts: 298 Member
    edited February 2017
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    ChristopherLimoges wrote: »
    Average caloric intake, 1800-2100. Workouts are stretching(so far very little yoga and pilates), walking, cardio, liit/hiit/viit, some strength, lean mass, burnout/exhaustion/failure sets, some isolation, and tabata.

    Some overload/progression sets also(sometimes isolated depending on the days current workout routine), and little mass.
  • cross2bear
    cross2bear Posts: 1,106 Member
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    I average out to 1200 per day, (old, sedentary) and I do no intentional exercise (medical). Lost over 100 lbs since October 2015.
  • MelanieCN77
    MelanieCN77 Posts: 4,047 Member
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    5'5" female, 139, I get 1410 and add 250-350 any given day with exercise, and eat back to within about 100 of those. I ran this morning which added 250, and I will skate later tonight and that could be anywhere from 100 to another 250 depending on what we get up to at practice. Non skate days I might walk or run again on the treadmill, or use my stationary bike. I would add some weights in for upper body but I am nursing a sore shoulder. Once in a while I'll do some bodyweight stuff like squats, burpees, and whatnot.
  • Bentforkx
    Bentforkx Posts: 69 Member
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    2540 calories on non exercise days based on a 7/10 active daily life style rating and maintenance/recomposition nutrition plan
    Plus:
    1 hr x 4 days/week weight training
    30 min x 4 days/week arc trainer HIIT
    15 - 25km hike every other week

    I add/eat my exercise/hiking calories

    I'm 1.83 Metres tall, 72.5kg and 55 yo

  • cityruss
    cityruss Posts: 2,493 Member
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    3100 whilst doing wendler's 531 with boring but big.

    Still playing with calories at the moment as I've upped the conditioning work quite a bit.
  • RandiNoelle
    RandiNoelle Posts: 374 Member
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    5'7", 176 lbs

    I eat around 1700. Exercise varies. I do something 6 days a week. 3 days of cardio (walk/jog/run, elliptical, bike) mixed with Pilates, yoga, water aerobics, weight training, cardio kickboxing on the other 3 days.
  • nowine4me
    nowine4me Posts: 3,985 Member
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    5-7", 150f. Eat 1800/day to lose .5-1# per week. Lift 3x, Pilates 2x, run 3x and get 10k steps every day without fail.
  • maurihart
    maurihart Posts: 51 Member
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    I generally eat between 1700-1800 per day. I'm a 41yo female 178lbs - 5'7" and I've been averaging about a .75 lb weight loss each week. I do Zumba 3-5x a week (55min) and I do weight training 2-3x a week. It's very slow but super manageable.
  • TonyB0588
    TonyB0588 Posts: 9,520 Member
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    1800 calories

    3 days at 30 minutes. This sometimes does NOT happen.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,426 Member
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    1200-1600 calories
    Mainly walking right now.
  • Asher_Ethan
    Asher_Ethan Posts: 2,430 Member
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    I'm 5'9" 160 pounds and I try to eat 1900 a day to lose .5 pounds a week. I'm a dance teacher so I dance a lot buy I consider that part of my daily activity so I don't usually count it. I'm following Strong Curves for weightlifting.
    I also have a doggy that turns into an @sshole if I don't take him on a run at least 3x a week so I run too.
  • Anonymous_fiend
    Anonymous_fiend Posts: 196 Member
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    1450ish cals plus I eat back 50% of my workout cals if I feel hungry. I aim for 3 hours a week + of mixed yoga/cardio/strength training. Plus I do 8000 steps so I'm not sedentary. I havent really lost instead fluctuating from 113 to 108lbs (5'3). But I'm toning up. My glutes gained an inch and I see more definition. Strong curves is amazing :)
  • HoldTheDoor13
    HoldTheDoor13 Posts: 172 Member
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    I eat between 1200-1700 depending on the day.

    Exercise includes lifting 2-3 times a week, body weight workouts a couple times a week, daily yoga, weekly spin class, weekly Pilates and regular walking
  • toughbrenda
    toughbrenda Posts: 49 Member
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    I have been trying to net 1200 calaried as well. I judt losr 12.8 pounds sinve I started doing this starting 2/18.

  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
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    At maintenance for 4 years, average 2000 calories a day. Exercise 5 days a week mix of running/lifting and average 14k steps. I'm 5ft 2 / 128lbs/ 47 yrs.
  • beerfoamy
    beerfoamy Posts: 1,520 Member
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    eating average between 1300-1600 calories (should be 1420 according to MFP, but exercise below means I don't worry too hard). Exercise in a week:
    swim x5
    weights x2
    bodypump x2
    squash x2 or 3 depending on league stuff and mate availability
    bodycombat x1
    pilates x1
    bums legs and tums x1

    2 city trips coming up that are going to involve alot of walking, so that'll be a nice break haha

    loving the energy I have since I really started watching the calories in and making decisions to have more filling foods rather than the chocolate and crisps! (I still have them, but fitting them into a calorie goal is really guilt free!)
  • FoxyMars25
    FoxyMars25 Posts: 112 Member
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    Currently, I am eating around 1900-2000 but I am netting 1316 with exercise which is about 6-7 hours per week of walking, strength training, HIIT, and kickboxing. However, my weight has been the same for the last 3 weeks so I guess I need to drop my calories :(:(:(
  • marieamethyst
    marieamethyst Posts: 869 Member
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    1200-1400 during the week, 1600-2000 on the weekend

    Exercise is mainly light jogging and/or Jillian Michaels' workouts on her app or DVDs every day

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