what is your calorie level?

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  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    I think it originally had me set at 1220 but now it's at 1400. I haven't changed any of my settings because I pretty much eat what I want anyway. I usually come pretty close on the calories, though.
  • eatnbetter
    eatnbetter Posts: 105
    Mine is set at 1500.
  • knittnponder
    knittnponder Posts: 1,953 Member
    My counter is set at 1530 but lately I've been between 2000-2600. I'm not really that concerned with the calories right now since I'm a carb watcher. It's a little tough mentally to see that red number all the time but I'm still losing so I won't be changing it anytime soon. If it slows down as I drop the weight I'll dial in the calories as necessary but for the moment I'll keep the status quo. Oh, and those numbers are with and without exercise. The exercise days tend to have a slightly higher number. :)
  • LovingMyselfAgain
    LovingMyselfAgain Posts: 35
    Mine is set at 1570.. and that is without the exercise.. just based off of what i plugged in when i started yesterday! :D
  • JJLive
    JJLive Posts: 88 Member
    My first week I was at 1.2k, I felt super weak so went up to 1.5k, was losing weight.
    Bumped it up to 1.9k and lost weight faster.
    Bumped it up to 2.1k and lost weight even faster still.
    Then I went on a weekend seminar and came back eating like 1.9k again and I think I stalled for a couple days. When I bumped it up to 2.4k I started losing weight again, today wasn't an official weigh-in but my scale said 197.6 and a few days ago it was 201.6 so maybe I will set a new personal record for pounds lost per week! (old record not including the first week with all that water weight, was 5 lbs in a week. I was doing 3-4 lbs per week at 1.5k.)
  • GB333
    GB333 Posts: 261 Member
    MFP set mine at 1200 and I've gone with that, and it's been working so far! I am somewhat tall but have a very small frame and I sit at a desk all day - so 1200 is very reasonable for me. I am easily able to stick to it without ever feeling hungry or deprived.

    My diary is open if anyone is curious. I always forget to record my water so don't look at that. =P
  • mkupartist
    mkupartist Posts: 79 Member
    My cals are 1500 to 1800. If i eat around 1500 or less, the scale doesn't move. So I try to stay closer to 1800 to see progress.
  • h0taru
    h0taru Posts: 43
    Net is 1430, under my BMR. Thanks to exercices, I usually eat 1800-1900. And if I cannot exercice, I do not respect the Net goal.
  • em1976
    em1976 Posts: 119 Member
    1320 recently up from 1200,I was struggling to stay around the 1200,always blowing it by tonnes and always hungry so i changed to less loss per week,eat my exercises and blow out perhaps once a week big time.Still losing.Is a rare day I go under.200 plus over without exercises.
  • PlumLovin
    PlumLovin Posts: 42
    My doctor told me I needed to be at about 1200 & when I signed up on here it gave me the same number. It seems to be pretty accurate with the amount of weight I want to lose each week which is 2lbs.
  • webdiva1
    webdiva1 Posts: 326 Member
    I still have a ways to go, and my goal is currently set to lose 2 lbs. a week. 1200 (MFP's recommendation) left me hungry, so I futzed around with my settings some and am at 1400 per day right now. Seems to be working just fine for the time being.
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