Can someone tell me what is the perfect calorie count for weight loss for me

Hannx93
Hannx93 Posts: 1 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
My BMR is 1657 i’m currently on 1530 calorie count daily. Is it okay should I keep going? My weight is 90kg height 165cm

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  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,598 Member
    What matters is how fast you actually lose weight over a 4-6 week period, on average. At 90kg, something less than 1kg/week would be good - maybe half a kg. (For other USA-ians, OP is around 198 pounds at roughly 5'5". Half a kilo per week would be just over a pound.)

    Put your personal demographic information into your MFP profile/settings, tell it you want to lose half a kilo per week (or slower), and eat that many calories. Stick close to that for 4-6 weeks. like +/- 50 calories. (If you have menstrual cycles, go for at least one full cycle so you can compare body weight at the same relative point in 2 or more cycles.) After you see that average, you can adjust your calorie goal if necessary, using the assumption that 1100 calories per day is a kilo per week, and applying arithmetic for partial kilos.

    If your BMR (basal metabolic rate) is 1657, that means that's what you'd burn in a coma, flat on your back in bed, not even digesting food. Your daily life (job, chores, etc.) and exercise burn additional calories on top of BMR.

    You haven't told us how old you are, whether you're male or female, what your job is, whether you exercise (and if so how often, how long, or what type) - just your height and weight. There's no way we can give you a calorie estimate.

    Fortunately, MFP will give you a better starting estimate than any of us could, anyway. Use MFP's estimate for 4-6 weeks, then adjust based on experience.

    Best wishes!
  • Corina1143
    Corina1143 Posts: 3,797 Member
    No.
    There is no "perfect" number. Experience gets us close.
    Eat at close for long enough and your weight will get close to your desired weight. A pound or two more for a while, then a pound or two less for a while.
    Ann gave you good advice. Start there, learn as you go, be patient, and reap the rewards.
  • tomcustombuilder
    tomcustombuilder Posts: 2,247 Member
    Calorie amounts can be a slippery slope to figure out. As mentioned above, 4 to 6 weeks at a certain weekly calorie amount is standard to really gauge how that calorie amount is working for you.

    You definitely want to figure weekly calories because day-to-day will always vary somewhat so you take seven days worth of calories and divide by seven, and that is your actual daily amount. there are a lot of factors involved, are you counting everything, are you accurate with your data input, are you using the right data entries from the log, so as you can see there are variables and again you definitely want to go with the 4 to 6 week. To gauge what’s going on .
  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 8,657 Member
    edited October 13
    Oh, sweety. “Perfect calorie count”? I’ve been at this five years and still haven’t discovered it.

    It’s a matter of constant tinkering, constant attention, learning your body’s needs at any given moment.

    For example, I’m at the tail end of five weeks holiday- the first two basically being a good tour of a delicious country, and the last two having been in a country of generous portions but….ummmm….not so appealing to Western tastes after the first couple meals. Even by US standards, oily and heavy.

    I’ve been playing with calories the whole time, but still religiously recording and logging. Accuracy is probably not the greatest (so have tried to estimate high), but I’m aware of what I’m eating and know how it will all affect me.

    Don’t worry about perfection. Worry about ramping up and starting. Find a reasonable goal for slow loss. Don’t jackrabbit it. Most people do and quit in frustration. Read the boards. Know and expect fast losses at the beginning and probable equally fast gains right after til things settle down. But it’s always a roller coaster. Two down, three up, 2 down, 1, up, 2 down. It’s that long term net loss that’s the goal.

    You’ll find your happy place, if you stay the course, I promise.

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