Calories

cdgibby5163
cdgibby5163 Posts: 3 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hello I am 55 years old female postmenopausal. My current daily calorie intake is 1300 however I find Myself going Over 1300 daily. I Am definitely at a plateau & I think I need to work on my calorie intake (portion size and types of food) that could be part of my Problem but my question is is what is the correct calorie intake daily for someone of my age? Thanks!

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  • spiriteagle99
    spiriteagle99 Posts: 3,766 Member
    What did mfp say when you set up your profile? How tall are you and what do you weigh? How active are you? Do you do any intentional exercise? It all makes a difference.

    FWIW, I am 66, 5' 5" and 123 lbs and mostly sedentary. MFP says I need 1400 calories to maintain my weight, without exercise. I do a lot of exercise (walking, running, biking) and eat back all my exercise calories so I eat a lot more than that. My metabolism burns a bit higher than average, so reality is my actual base is 1600-1800 to maintain my current weight, plus exercise calories.

    If you are consistently going over your goal, you have 3 choices: 1) change your goal as it may be too low for you, 2) make different food choices and reduce portion sizes, 3) exercise more.
  • sollyn23l2
    sollyn23l2 Posts: 1,855 Member
    cdgibby5163 wrote: »
    Hello I am 55 years old female postmenopausal. My current daily calorie intake is 1300 however I find Myself going Over 1300 daily. I Am definitely at a plateau & I think I need to work on my calorie intake (portion size and types of food) that could be part of my Problem but my question is is what is the correct calorie intake daily for someone of my age? Thanks!

    How many weeks has it been since you've list any weight?
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,467 Member
    and.... are you using a weight trend app to gauge your weight trend as opposed to relying on less frequent sampling of your weight?

    If you have/had an excess weight problem a year losing 10lbs is a better result than a year gaining 10lbs--says someone who has done both!

    Slow progress is still progress; but you can't always see it AT THE TIME.
  • cdgibby5163
    cdgibby5163 Posts: 3 Member
    I am 4' 10" and weigh 154. My goal is 140. I excercise 5 - 6 days per week some is moderate, some with higher intensity. Mostly walk on average 2 miles or bike 6 miles. Trying to get in some weights as well. I do have a desk job so try to move hourly.

  • sollyn23l2
    sollyn23l2 Posts: 1,855 Member
    cdgibby5163 wrote: »
    I am 4' 10" and weigh 154. My goal is 140. I excercise 5 - 6 days per week some is moderate, some with higher intensity. Mostly walk on average 2 miles or bike 6 miles. Trying to get in some weights as well. I do have a desk job so try to move hourly.

    How do you know you have plateaued?
  • cdgibby5163
    cdgibby5163 Posts: 3 Member
    I haven't lost any weight in a month
  • sollyn23l2
    sollyn23l2 Posts: 1,855 Member
    cdgibby5163 wrote: »
    I haven't lost any weight in a month

    Try really focusing on your tracking. It's possible you're not losing at 1300, but make sure you're logging every bite. You could take it down to 1200, but like I said, I'd really look closely and make sure you're logging accurately.
  • zebasschick
    zebasschick Posts: 1,067 Member
    Are you weighing and logging all your food? Did you make sure to choose accurate database entries? There's a lot of inaccurate ones in the database. And are you also measuring everything you drink that has any calories at all?

    Also, keep in mind that most exercise machines and apps give you a higher calorie count than you actually burn. I had to experiment a little to figure out how much I could eat of my exercise calories because e amount MFP gives me for exercise was about 33% higher than I was actually burning, so I didn't lose weight until I started eating anywhere from went through to 1/2 of my exercise calories most days.

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