Females: How many calories are you eating daily?

1200 daily calories...I WAS NOT eating back my burn (cardio 3 - 4 x week, 60 min each) and only lost two pounds in the first month or so. It was discouraging that the scale wasn't moving, but I felt better and my clothes fit a little better. This past week, I decided to eat back my burn and lost three pounds so far this week! So, I WILL be eating back most of my burn if not all! I'll just need to plan my daily menu (eat more during the day) since most of my workouts are in the evening and I don't plan on cramming in 300 - 500 calories before every night!

I eat 1500 calories a day and sometimes I eat what I burn.

I eat 1600-2000 calories daily and yes I eat back a good portion of my exercise calories.

sw: 303.4 (1/1/11)
cw: 201.4
Lost 102lbs
Height 5'6''
age 29 (for another 2 months!)

i'm 31 274lbs eating 1300 net. MFP sets me to 1430, but i custom lowered to 1300, but always eat my calories back

I am 5'8 and 183 lbs. I have my weight loss set to 1 lb a week at lightly active (I run a home daycare and still breastfeeding a couple times a day) my calorie goal is 1680. I usually zig-zag my calories anywhere from 1480-2180 and I usually eat back most of my exercise calories. I have been steadily losing 2 pounds a week. Not sure how because sometimes I seriously think from how much I'm eating I would have ended up not losing anything. However it's working so that's how I'm going to keep doing it. The lowest I've ever net in a day was 1380 cals. and that was HARD for me. I had to go to bed early because I was so hungry.

I'm 59, 139lbs - 5'6" eat 1200 per day and i do eat back my burned calories

27, 5'10", 184 pounds. My goal is set to 1590 kC to lose 1 pound a week, but I'm really netting between 1200 and 1500 as I'm trying to lose more than 1 pound a week right now. I eat back some of my exercise calories.

Goal of 1350. Eat back everything I burn (~400-500 cals/day). Lost 1.4-2 lbs per week. I am prego now so I have stopped dieting but that is what I WAS doing.

I am 5'8
Starting i was 154 lbs
Currently I am at 140 lbs

my current calorie intake is 1200, typically I burn 400-600 calories a day and I eat very little back typically.
If I skip the gym a few days i'll eat anywhere between 1200-1400 and I am still able to maintain.

I eat 1800 calories per day on non-workout days and at least 2000 on workout days (usually bet 2000-2500). I eat 40% carb, 30% prot and 30% fat and no less than 30gr fiber per day. I have been eating this way for now 8wks and have lost an inch off my waist and a solid 6lbs of serious fat while gaining muscles. I used to eat 1200, then went up to 1350 and just wasn't loosing any weight....and was way more fatty looking. I then tried 1500 and bounced around the same 3lbs for over 6 months. Then read New Rules of Lifting for Women and it changed my life. I decided to start eating what was calculated as my maintenance calories, but that is just what my body needed because I immediately starting loosing weight. I workout hard, lift heavy, never feel hungry, stopped carb binging and just overall feel great. I also have a cheat day where I don't worry about ratios or calories. So no more starving myself, I EAT, and I am LOOSING WEIGHT and am leaning out very nicely. I am five pounds from goal and I know I will be there in a few weeks.

Between 1800 - 2200. Most of the time over 2000. Losing nicely!!

I tend to eat around 1900 a day give or take 50 or so but I burn around 800 a day giving me a net of 1200, I do this 5 days a week and don't count calories on Sat/Sun however I still try and stay healthy on Sat/Sun just not calorie counting. I reckon my Sat/Sun average is probably about 2500 a day but again I burn 600 or so doing cardio.

I am 5'10" male currently I weight 178lbs but that is down from 185lbs 3 weeks ago. The aim is to hit 168 lbs.

Apparently not enough. (Go easy on me - it's still week 1!) I'm so used to doing weight watchers that I don't know where I should be. I know what my calories converted to (approximately) there, but from what I'm seeing, I need to be eating more. And I wasn't a regular exerciser then, and I am now (5 days on average. 0-1 on average before), but I just completed my first month of that much activity.

I am not trying to starve myself...I stop eating when I'm full, and I try to eat pretty healthy 85% of the time. But MFP says I'm 3,172 net calories under my weekly goal. Oops. It's 'easy' this week because I've been at home all week, cooking. I am normally traveling 3-4 days of the week. Much harder when I'm eating out every meal!

But to answer the question, my target is 1500 calories. I'll eat back my exercise calories if I'm hungry. I'll try to at least some of them today because I had a big burn (nearly 700 calories). But I've tracked everything today, and it says I'm only netting 1075. :frown: So I guess I better eat some more at some point! Maybe 2 turkey burgers for dinner!

destiny_727 wrote: »

I’m 140.8 1200 per day. I’ve never lost a pound in a whole year. I do 30 minutes exercise most days and 76 years old female. I’ve tried every type of plan . LOW CARB Intermittent fasting everything except low fat. Why can’t I lose!

To get an answer to this question, I suggest you start a new thread with this topic, but change your diary settings first:

There are mistakes that people commonly make that cause them to not lose weight that we might be able to spot if you change your Diary Sharing settings to Public. In the app, go to Settings > Diary Setting > Diary Sharing > and check Public. Desktop: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings

For those eating back exercise calories, are you losing any weight?