2400 Calorie Meal Plan

you can't just ask a vague question like this without any background...

what are your goals? Male/Female? height?
Building muscle? Losing weight?
Strength training?
Any medical issues?

2400 would be way too low for some people and way too high for others depending on all these factors...

What are your goals?

People, that is not necessarily a lot of calories. It depends on several things.

To the OP, I am guessing you are male... Are you exercising daily? What are you doing?

I am doing P90X and shooting for about 2400 per day, which is the recommended intake for me according to the P90X nutrition guide.

That seems like A LOT of calories. I dont think no matter what size you are, you arent going to lose ANY weight that way. Im a 30 yr old female, 257lb, 5'4'' and my DOCTOR has me on 1500 cals a day. I would consult your dr.

I'm a 29 , 6'1" 241 lb male and I eat between 2100 - 2500 every day. I lose about 1lb a week on average.

I have to admit this... *sigh* I'm eating a little humble pie here, okay and it's effin bitter, lol.

I used to buy into lower calorie diets. I reached my goal weight with a baseline calorie goal of 1200. That being said, I would always eat back exercise calories, so often, my day ended with me having worked out and consumed around 1600 total.

This is all new to me and I'm still learning a ton, but I'm in my 2nd week of hardcore resistance training (The New Rules of Lifting for Women). Doing this kind of workout, I could NOT survive on even a 1500 base of calories. I'm supposed to eat right around 2000-2200 calories on a lift day, but I find myself constantly starving, so I've been averaging closer to 2500 calories on lift days.

That being said, I weighed in today and in a week's time, I'm down 1/2 a pound. It seems so crazy to me, but it really feels like I'm getting my metabolism working for me this way.

Now, having said that, I will also mention I'm doing very hard, real work. For instance, when I do shoulder presses, I have a 20 lbs dumbbell in each hand. I can barely finish it without feeling like I'm gonna drop those effers on my head, lol.

So like I said, I'm still learning, but my new motto seems to be.. work hard, eat hard!

I hope it works for you!

As a 5'2" 108 lb girl I eat 2000-2400 to maintain depending if I work out.
2400 for a male is NOT a huge amount.

I don't think they are JUST trying to "sell you stuff", and don't listen to the person who said you can't lose weight on that much. If I can maintain on it, SURELY a MALE who way outweighs me can LOSE on it.

Every body is different.
If you are taking protein shakes and lifting weights, and trying to gain muscle, it is even likely that you may need to take in MORE than 2400 a day since it is very difficult to increase muscle while in a catabolic state.