how many calories do you eat a day?
lili200
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I personally try to eat 1200-1400 and its not easy!
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1400. 1200 wasn't enough, I was hungry all the time and I actually wasn't losing any weight. Now I am.14
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3000+ right now (in a small surplus)
Why so low? What are your stats? You may not have to go that low if you only have a bit to lose, I find if my deficit was too steep the less I would lose because my energy would drop.. my activity would decrease and my workouts would suffer.
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1300 (plus part of exercise cals). And I have to be super accurate with it, while still only losing just under 0.5lbs/week.
Petite + sedentary
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I am trying to stuck to 1550 and man...it is hard...1
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1700 - 2000. But it also depends; are you losing right now or are you in maintenance? I'm in maintenance.3
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Approximately 1,700 with a goal of reducing this to 1,400. I find that if I focus on eating "clean", 1,400 is more than enough. When I begin adding foods like Halo top ice cream (my addiction), potatoes (my other addiction) and protein bars, I gradually edge up towards 1,700 which is a good maintenance amount for me...but not an amount at which I lose.
None of my trigger foods (see above) are "bad" for me...but for whatever reason, eating them makes me hungrier. It is just habit that keeps me chowing down on them.
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craziedani wrote: »
Haha. Well I am tallish (5'7), very active, workout a lot (5-6x per week), I am still nursing once or twice a day so that helps too
Oh and I am trying to gain.. so my cals will be higher1 -
2200-2300, usually. More like 2700-2800 on Fridays. I am 5'5" and maintaining at about 120, but I do a lot of exercise (every day). Even when I was losing, I was on at least 1700 per day. Only days in the past two years I was at 1200 or less were about three, after I had oral surgery and excessive bleeding (and an ER trip). I was very cranky.
But, it is a tradeoff. I have a lot of time to exercise and don't mind doing it, and I really like to eat.1 -
My MFP goal is 2050/day. Many days I'm under that and many days I'm over that, but if my weekly average stays there, I lose about a pound a week, just like the app says I should.
I'm 5'10" and use my fitbit to track calorie burn. I don't workout regularly, but I do walk a lot and although my day job is a sedentary office job, I also have a part-time job in the evenings at a bar, so that keeps me moving more as well. And I log EVERYTHING and get the most accurate details I can.
I think if you trust the system and really try to do what it tells you, it works. When you second guess it and think you need to be eating less than it gives you, you just end up falling off the wagon and overeating to a point that you can't average out your week anymore, so the next week you give yourself an even lower number to counteract the last week, and it all starts to fall apart.
Eat what it gives you, food is great!7 -
Depends on how I want to eat. I'm sedentary but tall and my exercise is martial arts so I can eat say, 2,500-2,800 on an off day and and 3,000-3,200, on a training day. It's not an exact science, and I'm in maintenance.
You always want to be eating as much as you can eat and still lose weight. It stops your body getting too stressed and messing with your hormones.
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I stick to around 1700-1800/day and that's working for me...for now. I exercise with weights 3x a week and am just starting to increase my cardio to an additional 3-4x a week as well. I can't go much lower than 1700 or I'll start losing muscle mass which I've worked waaay to hard to gain. I find I have to adjust my calories regularly, and I watch my macros as well. It's such an interesting science!
I will probably have to increase my calories to 2000 within a month of increasing my cardio. Keep in mind I'm looking to lose more body fat. If I was in maintenance I'd be eating around 2200/day with less exercise. Will see how it goes!!3 -
I'm supposed to eat 1200/day because I'm only 5'3", but it's nearly impossible! I run and lift weights and I'm finding that I absolutely have to eat the calories I've burned or else I'm super cranky. But then again, I'm not really losing either. I'm pretty stuck, actually.6
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I'm aiming for 1600 to 1800 but after I spent ages trying to develop habits to lower my calorie intake so I'd lose weight, I'm struggling with eating more. Well I could quite easily eat double that amount of calories in pastries and chocolate but that does't seem like the way to go. Eventually I want to get that up to around 2000 and start getting some more muscle.2
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So far I have eaten 1190 of my 1290 goal. And the day isn't over yet. But I literally just got back to using this app. Maybe tomorrow will be better.3
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To lose weight while being sedentary I can eat only about 1,000 caloreis a day. I'm 5'2" and older. I had a bad injury several years ago and haven't resumed active exercise.5
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My target is 1600, but I have been going way over. Last week was baseball playoffs, family wedding, and travel. Will get back on track today.0
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I'm 172 cm (67.5 in) and I'm trying to eat 1400-1500 calories now. I lost a lot of fat eating only 1200, and now I'm veerrrryyy lean and am trying not to lose any more. I weigh 58kg/128lb and am actually having a hard time eating more calories (dumping more oil into my food while I'm cooking doesn't seem like the right way to bump them up lol).
Eating mostly vegetables really fills me up even though my calorie count is low. I also exercise 5+ days a week and have been trying to get into the habit of eating back my exercise calories, but it's hard (exercise actually suppresses my appetite). Honestly by not cooking with a lot of oil/butter and eat mostly veggies (even when snacking!) it's almost too easy for me to stay under my calories now. If you make something it a habit, it's much easier to stick with it, even if you don't want to any more - that's why it's better to set goals you'll actually stick to than ones you'll eventually feel the need to break. Once you're accustomed to something, you can always lower/raise your calories from that point to gradually see progress, rather than trying to go all in at once!4 -
I think Ill be doing about 1000-1200. It's SUPER low but only 5'2 and no time to exercise since I work full time, in grad school, and have two school aged kids.6
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800-9506
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I'm 5'6, 145-150. My averages for the past few weeks have been between 2,000-2,200 and I have been maintaining. I am trying to cut down to 1,850 with the goal weight of 130. The weight is coming of 0.2 by 0.2 at a time but if I went any lower I would be so hungry. I am hoping I can make 1,850 my new normal.2
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I'm 5'1" and currently fluctuate between 110-112 pounds. I do 30-60 minutes of cardio kickboxing probably 4 days a week. I aim for 1700 calories a day, though I think I'm usually closer to 1800-2000, but I guess I'm not actively trying to lose weight or anything. I have an office job so I sit most of the day. Whenever I've calculated my daily calorie needs, it always says I should eat no more than 1400ish to maintain my weight. Umm sorry....WHAT??!! That is so low and whenever I have tried to eat 1400 or less, I feel super restricted which makes me want to eat all the foods. I love to bake and sorry, can't give sweets up
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I'm 5'4" and try to shoot for 1200 during the week and 1700 on the weekend.6
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I’m 5”6’ and I eat probably 1300 a day. 0
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I'm eating 1200, during the week it's easy, on weekends that is hard hahaha5
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1300-1400. Physical activity is 5-6 days out of the week.
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Depends on the day, and what I'm doing.
My target is 1,200. Yesterday, I ate 410 calories. I was around 2,000 a few times in the past month, had two days where I only ate 300 calories worth of Ramen, and a treat/binge day that topped out at 4,300 Calories.
When I'm involved in something, I lose track of time. Yesterday, I had breakfast and started working on building a bed frame. I finished up around 6PM, was tired, so I went to bed. All I had was a breakfast sandwich, and that was fine - I had no real hunger to speak of. This morning, I'm starving, so I'm going to go get breakfast at subway.
On my exercise days, I can end up eating a lot of calories just trying to keep my deficit reasonable. At 6'8", it's pretty easy to burn calories, and 25 mile bike rides (or an hour or two of Dance Dance Revolution) burn a lot of calories.0 -
5'8, 126lbs, 33yo, active woman (workouts 4-6xper week). I eat around 1800 on weekdays, around 3500 on weekends, my weekly average is between 2300-2600. I get angry and energy depleted when I eat less.0
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