How many calories do YOU eat?

leanitup123
leanitup123 Posts: 489 Member
edited November 20 in Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
curious.
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  • trigden1991
    trigden1991 Posts: 4,658 Member
    It varies.

    My maintenance is between 3200-3500cals but am presently doing BodyOpus diet so low calories and keto for 5 days then a high carb refeed (normally 2-2.5 x maintenance).
  • Mycophilia
    Mycophilia Posts: 1,225 Member
    200 calorie surplus, so 2500. FML too.
  • Sharon_C
    Sharon_C Posts: 2,132 Member
    1800 to lose
  • mcginger1
    mcginger1 Posts: 128 Member
    Goal is 1250, but sometimes eat back exercise calories.
  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    Too many haha
  • jdscrubs32
    jdscrubs32 Posts: 515 Member
    Seems to be around 2,600 to defluff (cut), around 3,100 to maintain so similar to @psuLemon and between 3,500 - 4,000 to bulk.
  • inertiastrength
    inertiastrength Posts: 2,343 Member
    edited July 2017
    1600 on a cut

    ETA: Bulk on about 2500 because I don't do as much cardio as when I cut recklessly
  • Joanna2012B
    Joanna2012B Posts: 1,448 Member
    I consume 1700, still losing, 43 and short (5'3")! I will eat some of my exercise calories back but usually only after a big burn ( long run, long bike ride). I would want to punch someone if I ate less!!!
  • not_a_runner
    not_a_runner Posts: 1,343 Member
    My maintenance seems to be around 2600, though I haven't really had a dedicated period in maintenance to know for sure.
    (I'm also hypothyroid and short.. still have about 40 lbs I'd like to lose though.)
  • Rammer123
    Rammer123 Posts: 679 Member
    edited July 2017
    Maintain around 3,900-4,100, cut usually starts at 3,200 and ends around 2,800. Building about 4,700-5,000

    ETA: that's maintenance with training, maintenance without training is more like 3,300-3,500
  • jseams1234
    jseams1234 Posts: 1,219 Member
    4-5K... I've been averaging mid 4K but lately that seems to be maintenance as the scale hasn't really moved in weeks.
  • jdscrubs32
    jdscrubs32 Posts: 515 Member
    RAD_Fitness wrote: »
    Maintain around 3,900-4,100, cut usually starts at 3,200 and ends around 2,800. Building about 4,700-5,000

    ETA: that's maintenance with training, maintenance without training is more like 3,300-3,500

    Wow that is a lot to maintain on with or without training @RAD_Fitness . Your food bill must be huge.
  • deannalfisher
    deannalfisher Posts: 5,600 Member
    between 2300-2600 - I carb/fat cycle on a 7 day rotation - high day is 2650 and low is about 2350
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    2,800 - 3,000 to maintain unless I'm actively training
  • Rammer123
    Rammer123 Posts: 679 Member
    jdscrubs32 wrote: »
    RAD_Fitness wrote: »
    Maintain around 3,900-4,100, cut usually starts at 3,200 and ends around 2,800. Building about 4,700-5,000

    ETA: that's maintenance with training, maintenance without training is more like 3,300-3,500

    Wow that is a lot to maintain on with or without training @RAD_Fitness . Your food bill must be huge.

    Lots of cheap calorie dense foods haha
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,427 MFP Moderator
    sardelsa wrote: »
    Too many haha

    Get out of here with that crap.. there is no such thing ;)
  • laurenebargar
    laurenebargar Posts: 3,081 Member
    1,300 to lose MFP had me set on even less for 1.5 a week, but once I synced my fitbit I started eating some of those back, and my average is 1.9 lbs a week lost, so I need to start eating more of my adjustment back I guess.
  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,997 Member
    Currently 2000-2100 cals @ maintenance @ 158#.
  • inertiastrength
    inertiastrength Posts: 2,343 Member
    RAD_Fitness wrote: »
    jdscrubs32 wrote: »
    RAD_Fitness wrote: »
    Maintain around 3,900-4,100, cut usually starts at 3,200 and ends around 2,800. Building about 4,700-5,000

    ETA: that's maintenance with training, maintenance without training is more like 3,300-3,500

    Wow that is a lot to maintain on with or without training @RAD_Fitness . Your food bill must be huge.

    Lots of cheap calorie dense foods haha

    This is about my bf's bulk and cut cals (he might be a little more reckless when he cuts) and I spend easy 900/month. I cri
  • watts6151
    watts6151 Posts: 905 Member
    In the last month of my cut
    Down to 3000 cals a day
  • Amyleex3
    Amyleex3 Posts: 27 Member
    2500 to Gain!
  • Kekekylene
    Kekekylene Posts: 112 Member
    To lose, about 2800, to maintain about 3300. A little different right now as I am pregnant so averaging about 3000 and staying about the same but exercise isn't as intense.
  • dalerst
    dalerst Posts: 174 Member
    Maintain is 2750 currently on 3000 - 3100 and gaining .5lb a week ish
  • se015
    se015 Posts: 583 Member
    trigden1991 wrote: »
    It varies.

    My maintenance is between 3200-3500cals but am presently doing BodyOpus diet so low calories and keto for 5 days then a high carb refeed (normally 2-2.5 x maintenance).

    How's that diet? Is it giving you good results
  • trigden1991
    trigden1991 Posts: 4,658 Member
    Seth1825 wrote: »
    trigden1991 wrote: »
    It varies.

    My maintenance is between 3200-3500cals but am presently doing BodyOpus diet so low calories and keto for 5 days then a high carb refeed (normally 2-2.5 x maintenance).

    How's that diet? Is it giving you good results

    3 weeks in, down 2lbs of fat each week and looking leaner than ever. I like it but it's tough.
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