Calorie intake

lozzah8791
lozzah8791 Posts: 24 Member
edited August 2017 in Health and Weight Loss
I'm 18, female and 5 foot 10 and weight 9 stone 8 pounds. I don't exersise at all and I eat on average 1500 calories a day is this enough for my body type and to not gain weight and not lose weight.

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  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    Not enough information here to tell. It would depend on your activity level.
  • H_Ock12
    H_Ock12 Posts: 1,152 Member
    If you enter your information into MFP, it will spit you back a maintenance number to compare to the 1500 average daily calories you're currently consuming.
  • kristen8000
    kristen8000 Posts: 747 Member
    I'm American so the concept of a stone eludes me, but I do believe 1 stone = 14lbs, correct? So you are 134?

    If so, at 5'10 I'm thinking you shouldn't really be concerned with your weight. But I'm also thinking 1500 is low to be your maintainance calories. What does MFP say when you put in that you want to maintain? I'd start out eating that level, log everything you eat and see if the scale stays the same over 1 month.

    At goal I'll be 148lbs and I'm 5'11 (38 years old). My maintainance calories are around 1900 without exercise.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    At 5'10" I would seriously doubt your maintenance calories are 1500...most women of average height can and would lose weight on 1500 if they were even a bit active.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Your BMR alone (what your body burns just to live) is just under 1500. You can eat some more. What does MFP say your maintenance calories are?
  • chandankinger2017
    chandankinger2017 Posts: 5 Member
    Hello guys ......Just few hours ago i created new MFP account and i wanted to know that how can i quickly lose 15kgs of weight in one month or two months or so kindly help
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    edited August 2017
    chandankinger2017 wrote: »
    Hello guys ......Just few hours ago i created new MFP account and i wanted to know that how can i quickly lose 15kgs of weight in one month or two months or so kindly help

    It's best to start your own thread...........but the answer is, it depends. If you have "just" 15 kgs to lose expect 1 pound a week (1/2 kg) initially, and more slowly as you get closer to goal.

    For each pound you need a 3,500 calorie deficit. 33lbs x 3,500 = 115,500 deficit. 11500/60 days = 1,925 calorie deficit everyday. No way to do that in a healthy way. Healthy weight loss helps you lose (mostly) fat. Aggressive dieting isn't muscle sparing. You end up with a higher body fat % than you wanted.

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