How many calories are you eating?
chicbuc1
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I know it varies greatly. Just looking for some general ideas. Are you cutting as much as you would while not doing low carb? I'm 290ish and eating about 1800 calories a day. 20 or fewer net carbs.
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Hashimoto's runs in my family so I don't ever cut calories too low since I don't want to stress out my thyroid. Currently doing Leangains (calorie/carb cycling), so goal is 2380 calories/164 carbs on Tu/Th/Sa and 1586 calories/50 carbs the rest of the days. I'm 5'9" - 145 lbs - 20% body fat.1
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I should count my calories and determine my actual macro since it has been a couple years. I guess my average is about 2000 calories daily. I have maintained in the 200-210 range for the past two years.
After getting a new acetone breath analyzer ($15 off eBay) I see I am triggering the .050 alarm often so I know my daily carbs are running under 50 grams.1 -
I average around 1200 calories, with net carbs around 20.
If I wasn't low-carb I probably wouldn't be satisfied at 1200/day but this WOE keeps me satisfied at that level.4 -
I plugged my stats into MFP and moved forward with their calorie numbers which were ~1400 down to 1200 as the weight came off at a consistent average of 1.25 pounds per week for 53 weeks. 203 pounds down to 140 pounds. No big whooshes and no stalls. MFP (and a plethora of other online calculators) estimate my maintenance calories at ~1500 and that has been my average daily intake for a little over 3 years in maintenance.
LC was never a focus while losing or the 1st 1.5 years of maintenance but my chosen macro allocation of 40%C/30/30 at 1500 calories (and below), put me @ the high end of low carb grams. Sometime in maintenance I learned about LCHF and I now choose to eat lower carb and higher fat than I did during weight loss.
No matter how I have altered my macros I've maintained my loss via calories. The DIFFERENCE in macro allocation for me has been degree of hunger. Higher fat is more satiating to me and makes adherence to calories much easier. I still track foods but not rigidly.4 -
MY Macros are set to 1100 calories. I always hit below.
You have to be careful that your macros are not too high, or what you're doing is not necessarily LOSING weight but maintaining your current weight.
If I'm honest, 1800 sounds too high to me.
@chicbuc1, What do you have your macros set at (Protein, carbs and fat)...?
(I see your carbs... and THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SAYING 'Fewer'....!!!
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My goal daily average is 1926, so maybe it's just perspective, but 1800 doesn't sound too low to me assuming adherence is good and tracking is accurate.4
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AlexandraCarlyle wrote: »MY Macros are set to 1100 calories. I always hit below.
You have to be careful that your macros are not too high, or what you're doing is not necessarily LOSING weight but maintaining your current weight.
If I'm honest, 1800 sounds too high to me.
@chicbuc1, What do you have your macros set at (Protein, carbs and fat)...?
(I see your carbs... and THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SAYING 'Fewer'....!!! )
That depends entirely on her height. If she's on the taller end like me, 1800 is on par for about a 1lb/week loss even without exercise.4 -
Dragonwolf wrote: »AlexandraCarlyle wrote: »MY Macros are set to 1100 calories. I always hit below.
You have to be careful that your macros are not too high, or what you're doing is not necessarily LOSING weight but maintaining your current weight.
If I'm honest, 1800 sounds too high to me.
@chicbuc1, What do you have your macros set at (Protein, carbs and fat)...?
(I see your carbs... and THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SAYING 'Fewer'....!!! )
That depends entirely on her height. If she's on the taller end like me, 1800 is on par for about a 1lb/week loss even without exercise.
Yes, true, you have a point there....
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I eat around 1500-1600 when losing (I'm only 5'3). I don't find so far that my numbers are different on low carb than not.1
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So I have my goals with MFP to lose 1 pound per week. It sets me at 2060 calories/day. I never eat that many but that's my "allowance". I'm 5'7" and around 290 currently. I'm at 5% carbs--26g, 30% protein--155g, and 65% fat--149g.0
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I'm 5'3 and I shoot for 1000, figuring I am unavoidably off by 200-400 every day because I cannot find exact counts for some of my staples (homemade dry sausages, dried meats, etc). I usually go over even by my counts, so I would estimate that I eat between 1200-1600 on average. I try to keep my carbs under 15.0
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Steph_Maks wrote: »I average around 1200 calories, with net carbs around 20.
If I wasn't low-carb I probably wouldn't be satisfied at 1200/day but this WOE keeps me satisfied at that level.
Yep, I'm at around 1350 calories with net carbs around 20. This WOE keeps me so satisfied also. Love it. 1 -
I'm 5'3.5 and I'm eating about 1550 on average. I'm losing weight weight very slowly, recomp is more like it.1
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I'm currently 165lbs, 5'7 and am eating ~1400 calories a day. The macro calculator I used recommended a 20% deficit but I bumped it to 10%.1
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I'm 191 lbs, 5'8". I have my calories set to about 1,400 but I have trouble finding an appetite for more than 1,200 most days. I stay at 20 net carbs or fewer & I try to hit my protein goals daily with varying degrees of success, my fat intake varies wildly depending on my appetite but I never go over my allotted macros. I exercise occasionally & I've got at least 30 more pounds to lose. I'm losing slowly & steadily & using intermittent fasting.4
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I'm 5'2" 212 lbs, I am averaging 1300-1500 calories/day and losing 1-1.5 lbs/week depending on how active I am. I am definitely more satisfied than I was eating at this calorie level while low fat.2
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I'm 5'6, 236lbs (down from 275). I eat 1200 a day, net 800 or so. Under 20 carbs a day. I feel fantastic and honestly don't feel hungry, literally ever.1
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1673.04 - haha. I work in kilojoules so didn't even have a clue how many calories I was eating.
I'm 34, 149cm (4'11"), losing slowly and steadily. Don't know how many pounds I am, pounds annoy me, I use metric measurements. I was 85.2kg this morning, I started at 89.9kg. I lose about 500-700g per week. I am breastfeeding an 11 month old though, and I am super in-active right now (lack of sleep messing with me!).4 -
I am a similar size to you and I eat at about 1950 Cals per day - I am trying to do zero carb which tries to actually keep the carbs below 5g per day1
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AlexandraCarlyle wrote: »MY Macros are set to 1100 calories. I always hit below.
You have to be careful that your macros are not too high, or what you're doing is not necessarily LOSING weight but maintaining your current weight.
If I'm honest, 1800 sounds too high to me.
@chicbuc1, What do you have your macros set at (Protein, carbs and fat)...?
(I see your carbs... and THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SAYING 'Fewer'....!!! )
Not to hijack, but this morning on the NEWS there was a report about a program to spay and neuter feral cats and return them to their habitat. It went on and on about how the program was so successful there were now LESS cats in the wild, and LESS cats in the shelters and LESS kittens... I couldn't help myself and kept yelling FEWER at the TV over and over. My husband came in looking at me like I'd lost my mind.
Now, back to the topic:
I don't know TBH.
I'd say around 1400-1500? I'm not currently losing, though I'd like to lost the meno-pot, and guess I should be a meticulous counter for a while.
My digits:
5'6", 142, post menopausal, 52, moderately active.2 -
My goal is 2000 calories and under 20 net carbs. I went to one of those online things somewhere to enter my height, weight, age, etc. It told me I needed 2500 for my base metabolism or something, so I reduced it by 500 to give me about a pound a week loss.2
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I don't really count my calories. I log my food so I can keep my carbs (not net) around 20 sometimes I go over and other times Under. One other thing I've learned is I don't need to "make" my fat goals or protein. In the beginning I was adding as mat fat as possible to every meal. Now I realize I have plenty of fat around my belly to burn why add more fat. Not that I'm fat phobic. It's quite the opposite. Yes eat eggs with some grass fed butter. But I don't need to eat bacon, sausage, eggs, cheese, avocado and sour cream. Not that I couldn't if I felt like I needed it. I recommend listening to Keto with Casey on YouTube. She has a lot of great videos that keep the LCHF lifestyle simple. Macros and net carbs are confusing to me and it's too hard to track (in my opinion). Not that it doesn't work for others, but I'm trying to keep at it and do it as simply as possible. I'm 5' 10" and 202. I've lost 26 lbs since May. I eat anywhere between 1100-2000 calories. All depending on how I feel and what my body is craving. Hope this helps5
