what is your calorie level?

carlobuff
carlobuff Posts: 39
edited October 1 in Health and Weight Loss
How did you choose your calorie level?

Have you changed it since being here?

I was at 1300 and I changed mine to 1200. then if I go over by less than 100, I don't feel guilty.

Mental thing.
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  • Amo_Angelus
    Amo_Angelus Posts: 604 Member
    Mines at whatever the automated thingy ays, but I rarely eat more than 1200 net
  • deadstarsunburn
    deadstarsunburn Posts: 1,337 Member
    1500

    I've bopped around a lot lol I upped mine because I was too tired and read a lot about 1200 or less being way too little. I feel great and have lost more this way.
    =]
  • bry_all01
    bry_all01 Posts: 3,100 Member
    I chose it based on the macros I need to hit and don't count the calories
  • chevy88grl
    chevy88grl Posts: 3,937 Member
    How did I choose my calorie level? Well, I did a bunch of research and then I played around with the numbers until I got the results that I wanted.

    I currently consume 2200-2500 net calories a day and I am maintaining 143-145lbs (today I was 145lbs).

    I've changed it many times in this journey while trying to hit on the right numbers for ME.
  • jamiesadler
    jamiesadler Posts: 634 Member
    My trainer set mine I am between 1100-1200 per day.
  • mrau719
    mrau719 Posts: 288 Member
    it has me at 1310 here. trainer told me below 1350 so that's what I aim for whether I exercise or not
  • zaiikaa
    zaiikaa Posts: 112
    1400 net.
    i eat my exercise calories.
  • ltlane
    ltlane Posts: 120
    doing some research and looking at the what my body needs to maintain was between 2100-2300 calories a day. so from there i figured if i wanted to lose 2 pounds a week if have to have a 1000 cal deficit. so i try to have 1200-1400 cals a day and if i exercise i try to eat half the cals back.
  • ayesha30
    ayesha30 Posts: 43
    Mines was set to 1300 at one time and I changed it because I found myself hungry all the time and later found out that based on my activity level, size, and the amount of weight I wanted to lose I could eat 1590 and thats been working fine for me!:happy:
  • baisleac
    baisleac Posts: 2,019 Member
    I've kept mine from just above my BMR to, now, 200 cals under maintenance. So my range has been 1400 - 1650.
  • stephyy4632
    stephyy4632 Posts: 947 Member
    mine is 1440 before exercise (I do eat my exercise cals.) and is what mfp suggests to loose 1pound per week for me and yes I have changed it when I first started I had it set to loose 1.5pounds per week but since I have dropped 30pounds and am within a pound or two of being out of the obese catagory I desided it was time to up my calories and change to the 1pound a week as that seemed more relistic at this point I will mostlikly change it to .5pounds per week when I get closer to hitting a healthy BMI
  • NewVonnie
    NewVonnie Posts: 683 Member
    I still have a TON to lose..well..actually 70 maybe. I'm only 5'1" and I'm at 1200. I also eat my exercise calories.
  • MinnieInMaine
    MinnieInMaine Posts: 6,400 Member
    Coming from having done the old WW points system, I had it in my head that going over a bit here and there wouldn't impact me much because they had a weekly allowance built in which took care of little slip ups. So when I first set up my account with a 1 pound per week goal (which gave me 1600+ per day), I found it wasn't quite right for my way of thinking. I lost a few pounds initially but stalled out after a few weeks.

    After a little thought and research, I upped my goal to 1.5 pounds per week so my daily calories were a bit lower (about 1300 per day) and I could still lose about a pound per week if I did go over a bit here and there. It's kind of like when you set your alarm clock to show the time 20 minutes faster than reality so it allows you to hit snooze a few times wihtout cutting into your morning routine. Just a mind game I need to play with myself so I don't feel too restricted.
  • CatMauro
    CatMauro Posts: 225 Member
    My trainer set mine I am between 1100-1200 per day.

    My nutritionist would smack your trainer. Is that gross or net calories??
  • sandy2006
    sandy2006 Posts: 483 Member
    1350 and I workout 6 days a week and I eat every bit of my exercise calories.
  • shandibrooke
    shandibrooke Posts: 20
    mines low but its gone up since i joined. yay. :)
  • shandibrooke
    shandibrooke Posts: 20
    How did I choose my calorie level? Well, I did a bunch of research and then I played around with the numbers until I got the results that I wanted.

    I currently consume 2200-2500 net calories a day and I am maintaining 143-145lbs (today I was 145lbs).

    I've changed it many times in this journey while trying to hit on the right numbers for ME.

    how do you eat this much?!
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,432 MFP Moderator
    mines low but its gone up since i joined. yay. :)

    that is nothing, I top 3000... And from all the post about plateau, you will realize that all those people don't eat enough. It is extremely rare to actually only need 1200 calories. People do it because they don't know better. And I can provide the math to prove this theory.
  • Rae6503
    Rae6503 Posts: 6,294 Member
    I try to net 1750 but end up averaging around 2000 net. So yeah, I eat between 1800 and 2500.
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,432 MFP Moderator
    My trainer set mine I am between 1100-1200 per day.

    My nutritionist would smack your trainer. Is that gross or net calories??

    I agree. most trainers are actually fairly dumb and uneducated. Most don't realize the science behind this.
  • czarkeri
    czarkeri Posts: 16
    Mine is at 1200 a day. I'm only 5' tall and I'm finding that this is the perfect amount of food for me.
  • sting9902
    sting9902 Posts: 22 Member
    1500 seems to be working out very well
  • uclown2002
    uclown2002 Posts: 79 Member
    2060 net in maintenance mode. Quite often burn 1200+ on a 2 hour cycle ride so have some difficulty actually netting those calories on those days.
  • Tegan74
    Tegan74 Posts: 202
    My trainer set mine I am between 1100-1200 per day.

    My nutritionist would smack your trainer. Is that gross or net calories??


    BAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA something about that just struck me as funny (pardon the pun)

    I try to eat 1200 calories ~ I go back an forth between eating back what I exercise out and not. Just depends on whether I'm hungry or not
  • losgan
    losgan Posts: 26 Member
    Mine is set at 1870 by the powers that be (computer), I generally take in 1200-1400 and I eat some of my exercise calories back.

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  • nas24
    nas24 Posts: 880 Member
    mine is set at 1430 before work out. I struggle to make it to 1200, but im trying my best. I think my body may need time to get use to having to eat so many calories. It was higher, but i changed some things around so that it would drop. Help a lot, but im wondering if i can get it to drop lower. I just cant eat this much, funny because looking at me, you would think differently, lol
  • curryinahurry
    curryinahurry Posts: 83 Member
    I eat 1750 and do some exercise...
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,432 MFP Moderator
    mine is set at 1430 before work out. I struggle to make it to 1200, but im trying my best. I think my body may need time to get use to having to eat so many calories. It was higher, but i changed some things around so that it would drop. Help a lot, but im wondering if i can get it to drop lower. I just cant eat this much, funny because looking at me, you would think differently, lol

    it's easy to eat more calories, you just have to eat higher calorie foods. For example, If you like hamburgers and use 95/5 meat, bump that to 90/10. Also stuff liek nuts, avocado's and cooking with olive oil helps. Stuff liek protein shakes and bars help as well.
  • naveej
    naveej Posts: 73 Member
    bump
  • soozy84
    soozy84 Posts: 118
    How did I choose my calorie level? Well, I did a bunch of research and then I played around with the numbers until I got the results that I wanted.

    I currently consume 2200-2500 net calories a day and I am maintaining 143-145lbs (today I was 145lbs).

    I've changed it many times in this journey while trying to hit on the right numbers for ME.

    how do you eat this much?!

    Quite easily I'd imagine.

    I'm at 1300 a day plus most of my exercise calories.
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