How many Calories are you eating?

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  • BeachBaby_81
    BeachBaby_81 Posts: 62 Member
    1713.. I track macros not calories though. Weight loss is small but muscle gains are decent.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    It varies. My MFP calorie goal is 1730, and I eat most of my exercise calories, sometimes exercising a lot. Sometimes I even exercise a lot after eating a lot.
  • mrsbarnett1012
    mrsbarnett1012 Posts: 63 Member
    SW: 173 (June)
    CW: 161
    GW: 145

    5'6"/Female

    I've been eating 1480 calories/day consistently for the past month. Macros are 45%P/35%C/20%F. The last two weeks I've been much better at actually weighing my food (not just measuring-but doing that too when it applies) and I've really noticed a difference. I've also been hitting my protein goal nearly every day the past few weeks too. All that said, overall I've been losing about 0.5-1lb/week-closer to the 1lb/week mark more recently.
  • Agent_Freckles
    Agent_Freckles Posts: 79 Member
    I try for 1500 per day but am usually eating around 100 more than that. I work a physical job so on days that I work I can burn up to 750 calories.... so I allow myself more those days
  • xxzenabxx
    xxzenabxx Posts: 948 Member
    Female, 24, 5' 4", 154lbs, and want to lose 30lbs in 5 months. TDEE is 2300 right now but will go down as I lose weight.
    I eat 1700 calories but don't eat back exercise calories as there's no need! Eat 2000 calories on strength days and do two 24 hour fasts during the week. Protein is 90-100g and carbs are high on strength training days. Can't function on lower calories. I also do IF so I try to eat from 12-4pm.
  • bobbigirl83
    bobbigirl83 Posts: 37 Member
    Female, 34. I'm 5'0 and weigh 108 lbs. I would like to get to 105 and then maintain. I am currently set to lightly active and eat none of my exercise calories back because of that. MFP has me at 1300 cals a day to lose .5 lb a week.

    Started at over 250 lbs 3 years ago.
  • msmith404040
    msmith404040 Posts: 84 Member
    I'm a shortie and have a lot to lose, so 1,290. Was a 1,200 but recalculated my new weight and slower loss and went to 1,290. Sometimes I go to 1,350 and lose slower, just depends on how I'm feeling.
  • turniphead501
    turniphead501 Posts: 2 Member
    39 male 6'0 , I'm on a 1lb a week loss goal currently set at 2520 Cals a day , slow and steady cut trying to maintain as much lean mass as possible, so far so good but still away to go
  • MilesAddie
    MilesAddie Posts: 166 Member
    edited September 2017
    33 Year Old Male, 5'6.

    I've lost just under 30 pounds in 77 days averaging 2137 calories a day. Started at 194 lbs.

    CrossFit 4-5x week and walking. No other cardio.

    Nothing special about the diet except I try not to eat added sugar, not because I think sugar is the devil, but because those are the foods that I binge on. I still definitely have 'fun'. Key lime pie, fried clams, Shake Shack - all are in my diary.

    Strength and fatigue were not an issue until I hit 170, then progress dipped. Upping calories to slowly reach TDEE for the last 5 pounds of cut.



  • ilovemyfreckles
    ilovemyfreckles Posts: 8 Member
    SW: 204 (Jan 2017)
    CW: 180
    GW: 144

    I'm a 23y/o F, 5'5.5". When I started I was only eating about 1200 cal per day, I felt tired and sick all the time. I was only losing like .5 lbs every other week by doing that. I researched more and upped it to 1700 when I workout (30 min cardio or weightlifting) and 1500-1600 on rest days. Doing that I was at about .5 lbs per week. Now I've switched to eating whole foods and cut out alcohol and I've lost 2 pounds in the last week. I'm hoping that's just a fluke and will go back to 1 lb per week (don't want to lose too fast) while my body adjusts to eating cleaner food. I have a very sedentary job so that's why I tend to stick to the lower end of recommended calories.

    Macros have been 40%P 30%C 30%F
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