How many calories do you eat a day?
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My fitness pal suggests I eat 1400 calories per day to lose 1/2 lb a week. I am super strict on measuring and use a scale for everything. After one month, I have lost 1 lb. I am always hungry too. Pretty discouraging.
Being hungry all the time definitley doesn't sound like something's right. Do you know what keeps you full longer? (Like fat and protein?) If so, I would eat more fillimg foods and try to knock out foods that don't give you energy all that much. Helped with me a lot.4 -
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3000-3500 (a surplus to support strength training)0
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DragonHasTheSapphire wrote: »My fitness pal suggests I eat 1400 calories per day to lose 1/2 lb a week. I am super strict on measuring and use a scale for everything. After one month, I have lost 1 lb. I am always hungry too. Pretty discouraging.
Being hungry all the time definitley doesn't sound like something's right. Do you know what keeps you full longer? (Like fat and protein?) If so, I would eat more fillimg foods and try to knock out foods that don't give you energy all that much. Helped with me a lot.
I know. I try to eat more protein and fiber rich foods. I try to eat eggs in the morning most days . I'm not a big meat eater although I do eat it most days. The number of calories is just hard to be full on for me.1 -
I'm eating 1,500 -2,000 depending on how active I've been during the day.0
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I'm in 1000-1200 per day range, and sometimes have a hard time eating even that much. I'm 65 and only 4'11" and am able to do only light exercise 5x week due to health issues. I've been gently losing weight over the past several years, down from 180+ to 131 today with a few pounds to go.8
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Usually around 1200. Losing about 2lbs/week.pretty active also6
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2200-2400 for maintenance0
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I shoot for 1600 on the two days I don't work out, I eat a little more on the five days I do work out. I'm losing the 10lbs I gained after having surgery, plus adding five more so 15 total but I'm not being overly aggressive about it and it's working just fine for me.1
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I weigh everything religiously to try to get up to the recommended 1200 but find it so hard and dont get there most days. Medication im taking makes me not like much food and i dont get hungry. I still have around 15kg to loose so I'm ok until then but am going to have to try a bit harder after that2
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This answer varies so much from person to person so I'm not sure how helpful post is...
but for me, I maintain on 1950-2000 cals, I'm 5ft 2, 125lbs and 48.1 -
1200 to 1600---starting maintenance1
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2200 for maintenance. 1700-1800 to lose about a pound a week.0
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My TDEE is 2400 - 2500 calories, currently averaging around 1850 calories (1400-2000 depending on the day and how hungry I am) and losing about 1 - 1.25 pounds a week. I'm 5'5", 179lbs and 35.0
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1420 cals/day and aiming to lose 1lb. per week. I'm a 5'3" female.1
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I'm curious what, if anything, people are getting from this thread? Aside from the post-count increase.5
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Oh why not. I looked at all of yours so I will share mine.
Maintain 2100. Currently losing .5 a week on 1850. If it helps, I'm just under 5'4", 49 yrs old.1
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