What are YOUR cutting calories?
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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
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