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Becca21
Becca21 Posts: 361 Member
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can you eat 2000 calories and be very active and still lose weight?

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  • koosdel
    koosdel Posts: 3,317 Member
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    I can eat 3,000 calories a day and still lose weight.
  • dls06
    dls06 Posts: 6,774 Member
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    What are your goal calories? If your exercise and intake of calories match your goals, you should lose.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
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    can you eat 2000 calories and be very active and still lose weight?
    Depends on who "you" is. Some people can.
  • goldfinger88
    goldfinger88 Posts: 686 Member
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    Depends on whether you're male or female, your size, etc. Some people can. Many can't. I'd weigh 500 or more if I ate that much.
  • FaugHorn
    FaugHorn Posts: 1,060 Member
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    Sure, only your deficit matters, not your intake
  • Rompa_87
    Rompa_87 Posts: 291 Member
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    Some days I eat up to 5000 calories and while I haven't lost weight for years I continue to lose body fat. To me that is more important than a silly number on a scale
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
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    Why not? You can lose eating 5000 calories a day if you burn more than that.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
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    can you eat 2000 calories and be very active and still lose weight?

    i maintain on around 2000 cals per day - but thats just me - 5ft5, 123lbs, 29 years old, working out around 5 times per week 20-50 mins per session.
  • keiraev
    keiraev Posts: 695 Member
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    Yes I have- I can easily eat over 2000 if I have exercised. If you eat 2000 and burn off 600 you still have a defecit and still lose weight.
  • LoveLifeToday
    LoveLifeToday Posts: 20
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    Yes I still lose and I eat around that amount. I do activity everyday, whether it is running, cycling, gym or even just walking. I'm working on around a 500 cal deficit every day x
  • robin52077
    robin52077 Posts: 4,383 Member
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    We even have a group for us!

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/17-women-eating-2-000-calories-per-day

    Feel free to join!
  • GilesGuthrie
    GilesGuthrie Posts: 11
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    I think the key to this is in the definition of "very active". You'd probably need to burn 500cal per day through exercise
  • HeidiMightyRawr
    HeidiMightyRawr Posts: 3,343 Member
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    Yes. I maintain on around 2300 and that's before any exercise. My daily life (not including workouts) includes around 1 and a half hours walking, about 5 x a week. I'm 5'8, 21 years and 145lbs.
  • Becca21
    Becca21 Posts: 361 Member
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    5days i week i do 3 40+ min walks a day
    Comes Upto about 548calories a day burned.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
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    5days i week i do 3 40+ min walks a day
    Comes Upto about 548calories a day burned.

    so are you losing weight?!

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