What are YOUR cutting calories?
MDC2957
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Probably pointless but I'm just curious, what are your cutting calories?
State your age, M/F, height, weight, activity level, and body fat % along with the calories you take in during a cut.
I'm 39, male, 6'1" 181.2 lbs, weights 3x per week, no cardio, 14.8% body fat according to the calipers, and I'm taking in about 1,750 cal as I try to get the body fat down a little more.
State your age, M/F, height, weight, activity level, and body fat % along with the calories you take in during a cut.
I'm 39, male, 6'1" 181.2 lbs, weights 3x per week, no cardio, 14.8% body fat according to the calipers, and I'm taking in about 1,750 cal as I try to get the body fat down a little more.
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Damn that’s low. My maintenance is 2750 ish and the lowest I’ll get to at the end is 2000 and that’s brutal. 38 years old 5 foot 8. Currently probably 16-18 % . Will cut down soon been coasting and super stressed lately. Not a good time to be in any deficit4
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Currently on 2250 a day (TDEE) to lose a pound a week. 33, 5'11", 195 pounds, 25%ish body fat. Exercise 3-5 times a week. Mostly martial arts with some weight lifting.2
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At my lowest, 1800 a day.
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Damn that’s low. My maintenance is 2750 ish and the lowest I’ll get to at the end is 2000 and that’s brutal. 38 years old 5 foot 8. Currently probably 16-18 % . Will cut down soon been coasting and super stressed lately. Not a good time to be in any deficit
16-18% now, or in your photo? No way 16-18 in that photo - you look leeean!
Now. Honestly that level of bf in the photo is difficult for me to sustain. I’m a bit fluffier now then usual for a variety of reasons but going to lean down again soon0 -
I have no idea, but last time I was cutting while exclusively nursing (which I am now) I was eating around 2900-3000, losing around 0.5+lb per week. I am 35, female, 5'7", 142lbs, I lift 4x per week, lightly active, bodyfat is higher right now, 23-25%? Maybe 77% who knows haha.
But normally they aren't that high... I would say 2200 cal to lose 0.5lb per week. I haven't tracked consistently in a long time though, and I was a lot lighter back then.5 -
Female 5ft 8.5. Sedentary/ lightly active. I lose .5lb week on 1800isg but I’m lazy at logging so it may actually be higher than this.
No idea of my body fat, last bia measurement was 23%. I’m hoping that’s a bit high but it might not be!1 -
220lb at 6ft and ball park 12% bf
Currently cutting on 4500 cals
Due to heavy work load, I cut usually around
3000cals, that will get me single digit bf1 -
37 Yr Old Male
169 lbs @ roughly 16-18%
5'11"
Cutting Calories ~2200-2500
I lift 4-5 days a week although, it's been lighter loads lately while I recover from some injuries.1 -
I'm curious how you guys come up with your numbers compared to using the site calculator.
IE the site tells me to eat 1650 calories to lose 2lbs a week but I can barely make my protein requirements alone on 1650. What does someone use (outside of personal XP) to gauge.0 -
I aim for 1800-2000 calories.
44 yoa female, 5'9, 180 lbs3 -
Tedebearduff wrote: »I'm curious how you guys come up with your numbers compared to using the site calculator.
IE the site tells me to eat 1650 calories to lose 2lbs a week but I can barely make my protein requirements alone on 1650. What does someone use (outside of personal XP) to gauge.
I would do it by hand using the Miffler St. Jeor formula, which is the same formula MFP uses but doing it by hand leaves more flexibility for the activity level. I put myself between lightly and moderately active1 -
54 year old male, 6'1", 195 lbs, base calories = 1860 plus eating back exercise calories. I exercise 7 days a week, alternating between full body weight training and cardio. I'm eating on average 2300 calories a day. I've dropped 85 lbs so far and I'm still cutting to ultimate goal of 100 lbs.2
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I am 27F, 5'8'', and 139 lbs.
I've lost 61 lbs, it took about 1.25 years.
I figured out my maintennance to be about 1,880 net calories BEFORE exercise calories (MFP thought it was about 1,750).
I am currently cutting at 1,630 net, adding my exercise calories back and eating them, too.2 -
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I run a heating engineering company.
This time of the year it’s solid 12-14 hour
Days,
Bulking wise depending on the time of the year, anywhere from 4500 up to 6000+
I adjust daily depending on work load
After 25 years of lifting I’m pretty much at my genetic limit, as a rough guide I’ve probably
Gained 1-2lb of actual muscle in the last
18months and that’s with every aspect of diet, training, recovery , supplementation
As close to optimal as i possible can
My garmin has me at 5742 maintenance cals for the day without and cardio or gym work
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I run a heating engineering company.
This time of the year it’s solid 12-14 hour
Days,
Bulking wise depending on the time of the year, anywhere from 4500 up to 6000+
I adjust daily depending on work load
After 25 years of lifting I’m pretty much at my genetic limit, as a rough guide I’ve probably
Gained 1-2lb of actual muscle in the last
18months and that’s with every aspect of diet, training, recovery , supplementation
As close to optimal as i possible can
My garmin has me at 5742 maintenance cals for the day without and cardio or gym work
Cool, thanks for sharing.0 -
5'10 male, 41 years young, gym 6 days week, lifting on 4, slow solid state cardio on the others. Generally walk dog around 10 miles per day.
Current weight 169lbs. Current body fat around 12%. Cutting calories on average 2300, I never really go below 2000.0 -
44 yr old female, active, lift 5xweek. 155bs 24-26% bf (guessing), I dunno, I wear a size 4.... Mfp wants me to cut at 1300 but I usually do 1450-1500. Currently maintaining at 2200 but thinking of a bulk maybe? This scale weight is messing with my head but I want muscles...plus I love food1
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Nice thread, neat idea OP
33 male, 5’7” 166~lbs and 23%~ bf. I’m slowly recomping. From a high of 28% in the summer at maybe 160-161
I’m not doing anything drastic and I’m seeing results in the 2300 range for my activity level. Not a fan of undereating so 1900~ might be my lowest1 -
Female, 21, 5'4 140lbs. I cut on 1800cals0
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5’4”, lightly active, powerlifting training, 34 years old
Don’t know my weight now but I usually cut if I hit 148 lbs and I’ll eat 1500 with 10k steps. I like to have an aggressive two weeks in there around 1300 as well.1 -
Tedebearduff wrote: »I'm curious how you guys come up with your numbers compared to using the site calculator.
IE the site tells me to eat 1650 calories to lose 2lbs a week but I can barely make my protein requirements alone on 1650. What does someone use (outside of personal XP) to gauge.
Well - frankly the site tells you to eat 1650 based on YOUR selected non-exercise level - and that would only apply on days with no exercise.
If you exercise it would be more than that on those days.
If you are using it wrong though, like you have family household duties nights and weekends and therefore are Lightly-Active but you picked Sedentary - then extra deficit.
If you don't log your workouts in order to eat more when you do more - then extra deficit.
If that 2 lbs weekly is more than reasonable - then extra deficit.
Do some combo of those things causing extra deficit - you could be causing some really sucky workouts compared to what you could do.
And encouraging body to adapt in some negatives ways ruining the whole 2 lbs weekly desire.3 -
Male - 50yrs, 6'1 - lift 4 days a week, cardio 5 days a week, with 2 being HIIT.
Currently @ 225lbs (winter weight). Cut to 205lbs in the spring (12 weeks) takes me to 10-11%Bf - 1800 cal for cutting, eating approx 2/3 earned cals takes me too average of 2400+ cals for cutting. I weigh all my food.0 -
Oh my god that's cute you guys think 1750 is low. If I were to go on a cut this instant I'd have to be on about 1400 calories. Some calculators are even saying I'd need to go below 1200. :')1
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I hate to bring gender into it but it does apply, generally speaking3
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Male- 50yrs, 6'3", 240, 14-16% bf, train 4x week, retired with minimal activity.
I'd hazard 3000-3350 would be my cut range if I logged.
About two years ago I was very active and would eat 6-8k a day on average and barely maintain weight around 225lbs.2 -
5'5" female 145. gym 5 days a week with a mix of weights and running. cut is between 1500-1700 depending on how agressive I want to be. I have gone lower but my BF was higher at that time.2
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