How many calories women on
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I have been food logging for 5 full days (not including today) and my average calories are 1218. I weigh 214 and im 5'4. I am 20 years old. Is this okay???1
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texascarrot820 wrote: »I have been food logging for 5 full days (not including today) and my average calories are 1218. I weigh 214 and im 5'4. I am 20 years old. Is this okay???
Are you sedentary? MFP would only give you 1200 cals if you are?2 -
I'm 5'5, 41, female, and eat between 1500-2000 depending on exercise.1
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5'3, losing on 1360 before exercise. In reality, with exercise, eating about 1700 a day. (On a maintenance break this week so more like 2,000 with exercise.)2
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5'3", 158lbs and maintain on 2500cal right now- i just did a short cut and i'm slowly building my calories back up - workouts are limited/light, but i start a 9 week cycling plan next week, so calories will jump3
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I'm 5'9", eat 1400 calories. I increase that if I am hungry or have a super active day. I don't do formal exercise at this point in time. I am 39yo, 275lbs and my TDEE is ~ 2400.
Calculators have me maintaining at about 1800 (sedentary, no exercise), for my goal weight of 160, so I figure I can ride 1400 pretty much all the way to the finish line. 👍0 -
I’m on 1650, losing slow and steady. Pleased with my progress and not driving myself crazy with unattainable strictness. It’s all about balance.0
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nicsflyingcircus wrote: »I'm 5'9", eat 1400 calories. I increase that if I am hungry or have a super active day. I don't do formal exercise at this point in time. I am 39yo, 275lbs and my TDEE is ~ 2400.
Calculators have me maintaining at about 1800 (sedentary, no exercise), for my goal weight of 160, so I figure I can ride 1400 pretty much all the way to the finish line. 👍
If your TDEE is 2400, that's your maintenance. I'm confused.5 -
5'2, 1500-1800 with a goal to lose .5 lb per week. I'm at a healthy BMI and 1200 makes me cranky. Nothankyou.1
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quiksylver296 wrote: »nicsflyingcircus wrote: »I'm 5'9", eat 1400 calories. I increase that if I am hungry or have a super active day. I don't do formal exercise at this point in time. I am 39yo, 275lbs and my TDEE is ~ 2400.
Calculators have me maintaining at about 1800 (sedentary, no exercise), for my goal weight of 160, so I figure I can ride 1400 pretty much all the way to the finish line. 👍
If your TDEE is 2400, that's your maintenance. I'm confused.
That was my bad. I edited to add that the 1800 was for my goal weight.0 -
nicsflyingcircus wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »nicsflyingcircus wrote: »I'm 5'9", eat 1400 calories. I increase that if I am hungry or have a super active day. I don't do formal exercise at this point in time. I am 39yo, 275lbs and my TDEE is ~ 2400.
Calculators have me maintaining at about 1800 (sedentary, no exercise), for my goal weight of 160, so I figure I can ride 1400 pretty much all the way to the finish line. 👍
If your TDEE is 2400, that's your maintenance. I'm confused.
That was my bad. I edited to add that the 1800 was for my goal weight.
Got it. I probably just need more coffee. :laugh:0 -
40yrs old, 5ft, 6in, already at a lower BMI working on a few vanity pounds right now, with a .5lb a week goal, and I'm at around 1,400 calories.0
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quiksylver296 wrote: »nicsflyingcircus wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »nicsflyingcircus wrote: »I'm 5'9", eat 1400 calories. I increase that if I am hungry or have a super active day. I don't do formal exercise at this point in time. I am 39yo, 275lbs and my TDEE is ~ 2400.
Calculators have me maintaining at about 1800 (sedentary, no exercise), for my goal weight of 160, so I figure I can ride 1400 pretty much all the way to the finish line. 👍
If your TDEE is 2400, that's your maintenance. I'm confused.
That was my bad. I edited to add that the 1800 was for my goal weight.
Got it. I probably just need more coffee. :laugh:
Me too. I totally missed that until I re-read after posting.
Right now I am super sedentary. I am healing very well and quickly after a surgery last week, but no lifting over 15 lbs, and I wasn't cleared to drive until yesterday (I had to beg, the standard is 2 weeks, oof) and it rained heavily 5 of the 7 days I couldn't drive, so I have been more or less trapped in the house except for grocery shopping Sunday morning (my son drove me). I could climb the walls!1 -
I’m 44, 5’4”. I have been at a net of 1200 since day 1. I eat about 1600 a day (including exercise calories). I maintain at a net of 1600 (eat about 2k including exercise).1
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Maintenance is around 2000 before exercise, +/- depending on season, so can eat something in low/mid 2000s to maintain. I usually go for 1850 net most days, around 2000-2100 gross, to bank calories for occasional more indulge-y meals. I'm 5'5", 136lb this morning, age 63, hypothyroid, and in 3rd year of maintenance after losing around 50 pounds in 2015, most of it on 1400-1600 plus exercise (usually 250-350 of exercise most days).
I ate 1200 briefly when I first got to MFP (that was its estimate for a reasonable loss rate for me then, because I'm old and non-tall), and it was a really bad plan. I got weak and fatigued, even though I corrected very quickly. It took several weeks to recover.5 -
I'm 5'4, gymming five times a week and not exceeding 1200 for the mo. I know this is probably unsustainable long term but I've only just started back and want to get a bit of a running start for a few weeks before I reassess.2
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39flavours wrote: »I'm 5'4, gymming five times a week and not exceeding 1200 for the mo. I know this is probably unsustainable long term but I've only just started back and want to get a bit of a running start for a few weeks before I reassess.
1200 gross or 1200 net? Because if it's the former and you're exercising you're severely under-eating and not doing your body any favours.9 -
I'm 5'4, 44 years old, exercise vigorously 5-6 days a week, and maintain around 1600-1800 and have to get under 1400 to lose. I'm at my goal weight and just occasionally need to spend a few weeks in the 1300s if I've come back from a vacation or other blip, and I will say I was able to eat a lot more when my weight was higher. I think my age and size mean I don't get to eat as much. :-(1
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I'm 5'6 and lose 1lb/week on 1390, plus eating back exercise calories. I'm close to being a 'healthy' weight and when I hit that I am going to drop to .5lb/week until I get to where I want to maintain though.2
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I'm 5'8, 270 and i'm set at 1730, at that rate i've lost 6# over the last 20 days which i'm quite happy with. My first goal is 180, and calculators say at that weight i should be fine at 1850 calories a day.
I used "lightly active" as my setting, and i think in reality i'm somewhere between that and "sedentary" during the winter, sedentary sets me around 1500 calories. So for now i consider 1500 my minimum and 1730 my maximum, and if i occasionally hit 1850 i still consider that a winning day.
In the summer i am a lot more active, and will also record activity & eat back 50% of the calories that MFP gives me. 3 years ago i lost 70# using this plan, and while life intervened & i lost motivation and gained some of it back, it was really relatively easy to do and i think it'll be a good way to go!2
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