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What's your maintenance calorie number?

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  • need2belean
    need2belean Posts: 359 Member
    edited October 2017
    MFP has me at 1980 being sedentary with my height and weight. I'm working my way up to that but I'm hoping to push 2200-2300.
  • riffraff2112
    riffraff2112 Posts: 1,756 Member
    2300 calories for me. I'm old and don't need as many. I am set at lightly active.
  • Gisel2015
    Gisel2015 Posts: 4,200 Member
    I set my own maintenance calories at 1450. Sometimes I eat them all, sometimes I don't. I am maintaining fine (7 years and counting), so that number is good for me.
  • xxangie88xx
    xxangie88xx Posts: 7 Member
    2,400. Got there through reverse dieting guided by a coach so it would be more accurate than using a formula.
  • brittneyalley
    brittneyalley Posts: 274 Member
    Not yet maintaining, but calculators have my maintaining weight’s calories at 1300-1400/day. :neutral:
  • slwyant300
    slwyant300 Posts: 1 Member
    How do I calculate my maintainance number?
  • JadeQuetzal
    JadeQuetzal Posts: 95 Member
    slwyant300 wrote: »
    How do I calculate my maintainance number?

    go to MY HOME, then settings, then update diet/fitness profile to set it for maintenance.

    I just reset mine. I'm 5'7" and just under 118 lbs. It calculated me at 1610. I've been upping my calories a little at a time to find my maintenance number, and I'm currently at 1600 (sedentary).
  • need2belean
    need2belean Posts: 359 Member
    xxangie88xx wrote: »
    2,400. Got there through reverse dieting guided by a coach so it would be more accurate than using a formula.

    This is what I'm doing now as well.
  • HealthyBodySickMind
    HealthyBodySickMind Posts: 1,207 Member
    My experimentally determined TDEE is 1949. MFP said 1970. That's pretty close, really.
  • maybe1pe
    maybe1pe Posts: 529 Member
    edited November 2017
    MFP figures mine to be a little under 2200. But I used a spread sheet to track my weight and found it to actually be upwards of 2500. So 300-400 calories off.

    Edit to add: I do have a FitBit as well and that ends up being roughly 2500 sometimes a little more or less which is surprisingly accurate.
  • svetskisampion
    svetskisampion Posts: 148 Member
    2800 :smiley:
  • Brithicks
    Brithicks Posts: 148 Member
    2200. I am starting a lean bulk in a week or 2 and will be eating around 2400. I'm hoping to not need to do much of a cut after...
  • ladyhusker39
    ladyhusker39 Posts: 1,406 Member
    I'm not at my goal weight yes, still have about 15 - 20 lbs to go, but right now FitBit has me at about 2650. It's always been accurate for me.
  • maggibailey
    maggibailey Posts: 289 Member
    Between 1750 and 2000 depending on if Ii do anything outside of my normal routine. Some of your numbers are insainly high to me! I certainly have days where I eat 3000 calories but no way I could do so regularly so much food!
  • bharani1008
    bharani1008 Posts: 4 Member
    MFP says 1470 but I can''t eat more than 1250 or I begin to creep up. I ride a stationary bike 5 days a week hard for 30 mins, and lift weights for upper body 3 days a week. I tried to very gradually increase to 1300 but started gaining. I guess I have to resign myself to 1250. Sigh
  • Lean59man
    Lean59man Posts: 714 Member
    2260 + activity cals.
    6'2" 205 lbs. 59 years old.
  • Nikion901
    Nikion901 Posts: 2,467 Member
    About 1900
  • stephenearllucas
    stephenearllucas Posts: 255 Member
    2,150 + exercise calories; average over last 6 weeks is 2,815 total per day.
    57 year old male; 6'2", 180 pounds.
  • Ashtoretet
    Ashtoretet Posts: 378 Member
    edited November 2017
    F 30 5'5" 119 It seems to be 2100, but I've been a lot less active because of an injury and I'm healing a surgery.
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  • Ssg25
    Ssg25 Posts: 21 Member
    5'5 1590
  • T1DCarnivoreRunner
    T1DCarnivoreRunner Posts: 11,502 Member
    edited November 2017
    It depends on activity level. I had lab testing for RMR in April 2017, but I am sure it is a bit lower now. At that time, my RMR was 1,500... so at a sedentary activity level, TDEE would probably be somewhere around 1,800.

    ETA: Male, 5'7", 151.8 lbs. at time of lab test, 148.6 lbs. today.
  • alias1001
    alias1001 Posts: 635 Member
    5' 1", 111-113 lbs currently, I was around 105 at my lowest two years ago.

    MFP gives me 1420. I've still been trying to figure out maintenance since I've gained muscle. I work out 5 days (PiYO, YAYOG) a week and generally consume 1300 ish.
  • flo_houdini
    flo_houdini Posts: 7 Member
    Mine is around 2500 but even if I go near 3000 for me it's totally fine. I'm 6'0", 149 lbs 20 yrs
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  • nowine4me
    nowine4me Posts: 3,985 Member
    2000 on average. My exercise is pretty consistent
  • darlibby
    darlibby Posts: 37 Member
    Gosh you guys are extremely lucky. I can have only 1500ish. :'(
  • RaeBeeBaby
    RaeBeeBaby Posts: 4,246 Member
    At 5'4" and 57 years old mine is lower than it used to be due to age and metabolism. With moderate exercise I maintain at around 1700-1800 on average. I'm still trying to lose that last 5-7 pounds so trying to stick with around 1400 for a slow loss.
  • jkm49
    jkm49 Posts: 27 Member
    Mines 2180 plus cardio calories which for me are essential each day. Been in maintenance mode for 14/15 months. Has been working very well. I hope this Christmas is as easy as last.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 35,317 Member
    MFP and other calculators tend to be way off for me.

    I'm 5'5", weight 120s, age 62, sedentary outside of intentional exercise (which I eat back). Calculators usually estimate something like 1500-1600 before exercise; I actually maintain in the low 2000s before exercise, and on average mid 2000s with the exercise.

    There's info in this article about statistical variation in study populations:

    https://examine.com/nutrition/does-metabolism-vary-between-two-people/

    Most people are close to average (i.e., there's a fairly small standard deviation), but a few will fall further from average in either direction.
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