How many Calories are you eating?
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MFP gave me 1590 if I want to lose 1lb per week. I'm 5'4", starting weight was 190lbs and now at 177lbs.3
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TavistockToad wrote: »
what?1 -
The safe minimum calories for a man is 1500 before exercise...4
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TavistockToad wrote: »
I know. I just raised it to 1400 from 1250 this week though. I mainly track for a low number because I don't trust the numbers provided by the app for some stuff. I'm probably actually eating about 1500-1600.3 -
female, 5'2 and I eat 1100 or a little less.4
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I have it set at 1200, but depending on if I have a opportunity to eat it usually goes over or way under. I am very physically active.
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5'5", female, 43 years old, 173lbs, 1750-2000 cals per day, losing 1 - 2 pounds per week.2
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TavistockToad wrote: »
I know. I just raised it to 1400 from 1250 this week though. I mainly track for a low number because I don't trust the numbers provided by the app for some stuff. I'm probably actually eating about 1500-1600.
Still far too low, presumably you're trying to lose muscle by doing this?9 -
I eat around 2000 calories a day. A bit more on the days I exercise and less on rest days. My focus is on developing a long term way of eating. I've lost around 90 pounds in the last 15 months but I'm not in a hurry. This will be the third time I have lost more than 100 pounds. No more short term sacrifices that only produce short term results.11
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At the moment about 2600 - 2800 to maintain...I can cut about 1 Lb per week on 2100-2300...more if I up my training load, but I'm not training for anything in particular at the moment.0
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5'7 female, 135 lbs, eating ~1500/day, losing about 1 lb per week. I expect maintenance to be somewhere around 1900-2100.1
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When I first "got serious" a year ago I was doing about 900-1200 a day and I hit a wall pretty fast, within a couple of months, so I upped it. Now I'm in shape and extremely active and I don't do less than 1,800 - which is hard some days even with throwing a grilled chicken breast in as a afternoon protein snack. The days I train I'll up it to 2,300 or more.2
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I enjoy reading what the crash dieters are doing.
You guys must really have no energy during the day.
I'm 6'2. Maintain at 2300. I lose 1 lb at 18008 -
5'9.2
128Ibs (BMI 18.8)
Maintaining at net 1830.
With exercise between 2300 - 2700.0 -
TavistockToad wrote: »TavistockToad wrote: »
I know. I just raised it to 1400 from 1250 this week though. I mainly track for a low number because I don't trust the numbers provided by the app for some stuff. I'm probably actually eating about 1500-1600.
Still far too low, presumably you're trying to lose muscle by doing this?
Let's be honest though with this poster's stats and weight loss rate, he is eating far more than 1400 if he is exercising regularly and losing 1.5-2lb per week, given his TDEE at Sedentary is around 2600 - me thinks this is a case of under-logging.11 -
MFP has me at 1280 calories per day. I'm trying to lose 2 lbs. a week, and I usually eat back my exercise calories, meaning, I'll eat between 1400-2000 a day. I've lost 13.5 lbs. in 8 weeks, so I'm close. My goal was to lose 100 lbs. (now have 86.5 to go!) I'm female. I walk 4 times a week, 80 minutes each. Swim 2x a week, 25 minutes each, and usually 1 60 min. zumba class per week. When I lose another 20-30 lbs. I will add another zumba class, and with 40 lbs. hoping to jog again and add some strength training. I think my TDEE is around 2300. I calculated it on another site but didn't write it down so I don't remember exactly. I'm just going by MFP and it's working well.0
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TDEE-500 which right now as a 66 y.o. 259 lb sedentary female is 1540. I started out at 1660 and recalculate every time I lose a new pound so I stay at TDEE-500. I've been losing a pound and a half per week.1
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1200 calories (if I exercise I eat some back)
currently 179 pounds
Started at 204 on april 22
I feel pretty full all the time3 -
38 y/o female
Height 5' 9"
SW 218
CW 213
GW 160
Net intake: 1650
Maintenance: 2120
I've set my goal to lose a pound a week and I've been doing so fairly consistently over the past month.3
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