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How many calories do YOU eat?

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  • Rusty740
    Rusty740 Posts: 749 Member
    2100 to maintain, 2500 to gain (or 3000 if I'm bad)
    1600 to cut

    40 yrs, 5'6" 140 lbs. Lifting 3x week, 1 cardio per week.
  • LFamilia
    LFamilia Posts: 1 Member
    edited July 2017
    I'm taking in 3400-3550 a day. Currently dropped 23lbs to 170lbs @ 5'9'' 38 years old. The 3500 is to maintain about 172lbs solid.
  • dhimaan
    dhimaan Posts: 774 Member
    1275.
  • richardgavel
    richardgavel Posts: 1,001 Member
    Cutting very slowly @ 2600, but I cardio 4 days a week and lift the other 3, so I have a lot of burn. For reference, I'm 6' 161.
  • big_jon_1988
    big_jon_1988 Posts: 58 Member
    I'm cutting right now, I eat between 2700 and 3100 a day based on cardio.
  • HeidiCooksSupper
    HeidiCooksSupper Posts: 3,832 Member
    1570 -- TDEE minus 500 -- or one pound per week. 265 lb., 5'4", 66 y.o. sedentary female.

    I try to keep within the goal or up to 100 calories less. I ignore under calories but over calories get quick-added to breakfast the next day.

    I'm going to start doing seated exercise videos this week but will be setting calories to zero since I will still, for all intents and purposes, be sedentary.
  • jujubeans1974
    jujubeans1974 Posts: 145 Member
    Average is 1600 calories daily..
    Age 42, height exactly 5ft , and hypothyroidism
    Sedentary Job, but get between 12-15,000 Steps daily... u5mznvluinmx.png
  • ForecasterJason
    ForecasterJason Posts: 2,577 Member
    I maintain at around 2400 calories per day. I have a sedentary job but am somewhat active when it comes to intentional exercise. I'm 5'8" 126 lbs.
  • gothchiq
    gothchiq Posts: 4,590 Member
    edited July 2017
    bah nevermind I was already on here
  • kvfitnesslog
    kvfitnesslog Posts: 13 Member
    1200 on a strict cut. But since I'm younger and female it's only about a 500-600 deficit. 1200 gets me -1.5 to 2 pounds a week. I bulk super clean still so 2000 on bulk
  • leanitup123
    leanitup123 Posts: 489 Member
    edited July 2017
    ForecasterJason wrote: »
    I maintain at around 2400 calories per day. I have a sedentary job but am somewhat active when it comes to intentional exercise. I'm 5'8" 126 lbs.

    @ForecasterJason we're the same height and pretty close in weight and maintain at about the same amount. Is that 2400 not including exercise?
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,438 MFP Moderator
    edited July 2017
    kvfitnesslog wrote: »
    1200 on a strict cut. But since I'm younger and female it's only about a 500-600 deficit. 1200 gets me -1.5 to 2 pounds a week. I bulk super clean still so 2000 on bulk

    If you are losing 1.5 to 2 lbs per week, your deficit is not 500 to 600.... but rather 750 to 1000 calories, which puts maintenance around 1950 to 2200.
  • ForecasterJason
    ForecasterJason Posts: 2,577 Member
    leanitup123 wrote: »
    ForecasterJason wrote: »
    I maintain at around 2400 calories per day. I have a sedentary job but am somewhat active when it comes to intentional exercise. I'm 5'8" 126 lbs.

    @ForecasterJason we're the same height and pretty close in weight and maintain at about the same amount. Is that 2400 not including exercise?
    That includes exercise.

  • ChelzFit
    ChelzFit Posts: 293 Member
    2,400-2,500 a day to maintain (with exercise)
  • annelieseninja
    annelieseninja Posts: 3 Member
    2200 without exercise..today 3300+ because I'm at boxing camp and trying to gain. Currently 5'8" 124lbs
  • TonyB0588
    TonyB0588 Posts: 9,520 Member
    MFP set me at 1980 and I am usually fairly close to that figure.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,108 Member
    2200 for me to lose.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
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  • ineedtogain1011
    ineedtogain1011 Posts: 19 Member
    I've just started, goal is 2600-3000 calories, but I'm stuck on 2000 -_-
  • getnickripped
    getnickripped Posts: 266 Member
    2400 maint
  • Analima2205
    Analima2205 Posts: 4 Member
    Around 3500-3800 a day
  • sewbank2934
    sewbank2934 Posts: 36 Member
    edited August 2017
    2200, to lose flab and build muscle. 5 days a week training. Diet consists of 65% protein. Which includes 2-3 shakes a day. And it works 2 months ago leg press max was 300kg, now sits at 600kg's very happy with that especially at 49!!!!
  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    1200-1250 to cut.
    ~2750 to maintain.
    Bulking ranges anywhere from a 2900-3800/day average, depending upon the speed at which I want to gain. Low end for 0.2-0.3/week, high end for 0.7-1. It maths out weird, but basically the more I eat, the more I end up moving, so it gets more and more difficult to keep a surplus.
  • jamesakrobinson
    jamesakrobinson Posts: 2,149 Member
    Goal is 3300 but I usually actually hit about 3100 except for the occasional "cheat day" when I carb up and hit 4000 to 5000.

    51 year old male
    5'11"
    175 to 176 lbs steady
    8.x % bodyfat (DXA every 6 months has ranged from 8.9 to 8.1)

    I originally wanted to try and break into the 7s but I like food and hate cardio too much so I am ok with maintaining in the 8s as long as my strength keeps going up (slow as it is) LOL.
    I figure at my age I'm in a vanishingly low percentage of people (especially over 50) who can claim a "raw total" of over 850 pounds on "the big three".
  • its_me_april
    its_me_april Posts: 57 Member
    I'm cutting right now--have been for about 3 weeks or so and I'm eating 1750 calories @ 5'6.5" and 138/139 lbs and 31 years old. Before cutting, I was maintaining 143 @ 2100-2600 cals/ day.
  • anthonyEstevens
    anthonyEstevens Posts: 6 Member
    I'm 43 - new to the whole weightlifting scene and I'm at around 4000 calories a day
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  • Sp1tfire
    Sp1tfire Posts: 1,120 Member
    After following trends from the past month, I apparently need more than 1900 to maintain. The scale went down 2 lbs. I'm gonna start aiming for 2100.
  • RuNaRoUnDaFiEld
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld Posts: 5,864 Member
    Female currently 123lb 5ft 4.

    I cut on 1400 calories 5 days a week and 2 days at 2200= 1628 average. I like my weekends :D

    I maintain on 1900 calories average a day at my normal 118lbs.

    Just back from an all inclusive holiday o:)
  • HRHJoDee
    HRHJoDee Posts: 25 Member
    I'm trying to stay very close to just under or a tiny bit over 1200 a day.
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