Eating 1250 calories is less ?

rajikaurbajna · August 2019

I am 5 feet 4 inches, 35 year old and weigh 144 lbs. my goal is 130lbs and I am following 1250 calories per day. Just want to make sure if I am eating enough or it’s too less and hence unhealthy.

apullum · August 2019

Set your MFP goal to lose 0.5 lb/week and eat that number of calories.

If you exercise, you should eat back exercise calories in addition to that. If you use estimates of exercise calorie burn, like the MFP database or the readout on gym equipment, then eat half those calories to account for possible overestimates.

kshama2001 · August 2019

Yes, with only 14 pounds to lose, do set your MFP goal to lose 0.5 lb/week.

Luke_rabbit · August 2019

My calorie goal on MFP (.5 lb/week goal) is 1240. For good health, I believe it is important to try harder to eat mostly nutritious foods at low calories. I do better on some days than others, but I do attempt to get fruits, veggies, good quality proteins, healthy fats, and whole grains. While I could still lose weight by eating 1240 calories of cookies, candy, and ice cream, my overall goal is to care for my body, not just lose weight.

VioletRojo · August 2019

rajikaurbajna wrote: »

I am 5 feet 4 inches, 35 year old and weigh 144 lbs. my goal is 130lbs and I am following 1250 calories per day. Just want to make sure if I am eating enough or it’s too less and hence unhealthy.

It wouldn't be enough for me at all. I'm 53, 5'4", and lost weight eating an average of 1720 per day. Even if I wasn't working out, I could lose on a lot more than 1250.

gallicinvasion · August 2019

VioletRojo wrote: »

rajikaurbajna wrote: »

I am 5 feet 4 inches, 35 year old and weigh 144 lbs. my goal is 130lbs and I am following 1250 calories per day. Just want to make sure if I am eating enough or it’s too less and hence unhealthy.

It wouldn't be enough for me at all. I'm 53, 5'4", and lost weight eating an average of 1720 per day. Even if I wasn't working out, I could lose on a lot more than 1250.

Same. I don’t work out very much at all, but I’m lightly active in my job. I’m 5’4”, 29 yrs old, and I lost about a .5 lb per week while I was eating 1800 calories a day. You don’t have much to lose, so you should pick a slow rate of loss to make sure you’re not losing muscle along with the fat.

Luke_rabbit · August 2019

And both of the previous posts show how you have to do what's right for your body and experiment on what calorie goal works for you. I absolutely gain weight if I eat over 1600 calories.
I am currently at home, so lightly active during the day (cleaning, laundry, errands, etc) plus I do 30-90 min of exercise most days (nothing too strenuous, just walking, yoga, etc). I am 54, 5'3", and 134 lbs (trying to get back to 120-125 lbs which is what I weighed 5 years ago).

montyeva1114 · August 2019

1250 calories a day is not sustainable. You end up being hungry all the time. I’d start with 1500.

SueSueDio · August 2019

montyeva1114 wrote: »

1250 calories a day is not sustainable. You end up being hungry all the time. I’d start with 1500.

That's completely individual - some smaller, shorter people (especially when sedentary) do fine on that amount. The OP should do as suggested, set up her profile correctly and eat the amount of calories given for a 0.5lb/week loss. She can adjust in a few weeks based on her results if she's not losing at the expected rate.

It's entirely possible that some people would not lose weight on 1500 per day, so blanket statements like that are unhelpful.

rajikaurbajna · August 2019

Thanks everyone for replying. After considering all the feedback, I think I will do .5/week and follow my new calories goal. Will keep you posted . Again thanks

apullum · August 2019

montyeva1114 wrote: »

1250 calories a day is not sustainable. You end up being hungry all the time. I’d start with 1500.

This is bad advice. 1250 may not be sustainable for you. That does not make it unsustainable for everyone.

Many people who are sedentary, very short, and don't have much to lose need to go down to 1200 in order to lose weight. I am very short and have maintained in my optimal BMI range for 2+ years at 1400 calories when I am sedentary. On 1500, if I was still sedentary, my weight would slowly creep up. Obviously, when I am exercising, I eat more.

Whether or not a calorie level is sustainable for someone depends on things like that person's height, current weight, goal weight, and activity level. It doesn't have anything to do with whether that calorie level is sustainable for someone else.

rajikaurbajna · August 2019

So when I adjust MFP for .5/ week with lightly active style, I get 1650 calories to eat. This number seems big....any thoughts? So far I customized MFP and went or 1350 from 1200

guitargirl55 · August 2019

I am 5 feet 2 inches, 26 years old and weigh 135 lbs (goal 125). I used to eat 1200, but I found that was too little for me. Now I eat 1350, which seems to be a good number for me to lose weight and not feel hungry so much. I don't think that eating 1250 for people as short as you or me is necessarily unhealthy short term. It is more that it is really difficult to maintain. I found myself cheating a lot because I was hungry.

Here is the calculator I used in case you would like to try it:

https://www.calculator.net/calorie-calculator.html?ctype=standard&cage=26&csex=f&cheightfeet=5&cheightinch=2&cpound=135&cheightmeter=180&ckg=65&cactivity=1.375&cmop=0&coutunit=c&cformula=m&cfatpct=20&printit=0&x=84&y=22

Duck_Puddle · August 2019

rajikaurbajna wrote: »

So when I adjust MFP for .5/ week with lightly active style, I get 1650 calories to eat. This number seems big....any thoughts? So far I customized MFP and went or 1350 from 1200

It looks like you changed yourself from sedentary to lightly active and changed your weight loss goal to .5 lbs/week?

Both of those will increase your calorie goal.

If you’re lightly active (not including exercise), and you’ve set yourself at .5 pounds/week-then that’s a good number to start with.

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