How many calories do you eat a day?

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  • vonnywaft
    vonnywaft Posts: 182
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    I eat between 1200 - 1500 per day but I try and burn about 1500 - 2000 per day

    So your net calories are negative? You may want to speak to a professional about this. This is equivalent to not eating. Aka eating disorder. :(

    I was assuming that was a typo, if they meant it, it's not sustainable.
  • LabRat529
    LabRat529 Posts: 1,323 Member
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    Good gravy. Eat people :(

    It makes me sad to see how many people on here net very few calories every day either because they're not eating or they are exercising themselves to death. Just eat. Food is not the enemy. You can lose weight without killing yourself.

    I eat 1800-2000 net. I am maintaining, but not intentionally. I'd like to lose more weight, but I'm going to wait and see if I start losing again after I've eliminated a few stressful things from my life. If I don't start losing after the grant/paper are done and after I start getting 8 hours of sleep a night, then I'll cut calories to 1600 to 1800 and see what happens.
  • SmartAlec03211988
    SmartAlec03211988 Posts: 1,896 Member
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    1440 per day.
  • tjpinch
    tjpinch Posts: 87 Member
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    I try to net about 1700. I'm a nursing mother, and 500ish goes to milk production, so I guess a net of 1200 is more accurate.
  • SergeantSunshine_reused
    SergeantSunshine_reused Posts: 5,382 Member
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    Ahh I agree rebekah!

    You do not have to starve yourself to be happy and beautiful people :(

    I eat about 1500 net, and am still losing. Bumping it up more to save my muscle mass as much as I can :]
  • BobbyClerici
    BobbyClerici Posts: 813 Member
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    I am at 3000 [+-] -
    That accounts for my activity and exercises. Considering what I was consuming, this feels like starvation - lol

    I was such a fat pig and ate like one as well.
  • chickybuns
    chickybuns Posts: 1,037 Member
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    Instead of calorie intake,I would focus on deficit. If you're trying to lose a pound a week then make sure you have a 500 calorie deficit. So how much you eat should depend on how much you exercise, but around 1500-1600 seems reasonable to me, and eat exercise calories back.
  • Nerdy_Rose
    Nerdy_Rose Posts: 1,277 Member
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    I eat about 1700-1900 on days I exercise. 1300-1400 on days I do not exercise. 5'3" 125 lbs.
  • _GlaDOS_
    _GlaDOS_ Posts: 1,520 Member
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    Goodness folks. Many of you are really doing yourselves a disservice by eating so little. It is truly not the way to go.

    My net is usually around 1750-1900. I eat a total of about 1900-2300 calories per day, depending on exercise. Except this week, I'm trying to take a break from exercise and eat at maintenance. Maintenance for me, without exercise, is 2200-2400 calories per day, depending on activity level.
  • dimpleschick
    dimpleschick Posts: 85 Member
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    This is very bad! but since I've been working I only eat about 600-700 cals a day... I should be eating around 1300

    Your body is going to think you are starving and you will lose muscle mass. Drink protein shakes to keep your calories at 1300.
  • angel79202
    angel79202 Posts: 1,012 Member
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    It depends on the person..these threads never end well...
  • lin7604
    lin7604 Posts: 3,019 Member
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    Goodness folks. Many of you are really doing yourselves a disservice by eating so little. It is truly not the way to go.

    My net is usually around 1750-1900. I eat a total of about 1900-2300 calories per day, depending on exercise. Except this week, I'm trying to take a break from exercise and eat at maintenance. Maintenance for me, without exercise, is 2200-2400 calories per day, depending on activity level.

    BUT when your maintenance is 1700-1800 a day and you are TRYING to lose weight, they tell you have to eat 500 cals less a day, so for me that would in the 1200 range.. correct....
  • SergeantSunshine_reused
    SergeantSunshine_reused Posts: 5,382 Member
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    1200 net yes. My maintence is around 1700. Then you IMO you should try for a 250-300 calore deficit since you are already close to goal weigh (assuming if not well it is different :D)

    But she was talking more to the people eating 500-1000 a day
  • beduffbrickie
    beduffbrickie Posts: 646 Member
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    June through September, I ate around 500 calories per day. Now I'm eating 800 or so, but I usually end up closer to 1,000, because I have less self-control these days. I don't really exercise much these days, but I work fast food 5 days per week (however much that burns).

    anybody that was on my friends list that only eat 500 calories a day would be chopped from the friends list. Having a calorie intake that low is stupid and dangerous!
  • thelovelyLIZ
    thelovelyLIZ Posts: 1,227 Member
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    1300 net, so with exercise sometimes I'll eat up to 1500-1600.
  • junekmoore
    junekmoore Posts: 25
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    how the heck are you burning so many calories a day. I wish I could get there. I was excited with my 1100 yesterday.
  • servilia
    servilia Posts: 3,453 Member
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    My net is generally between 1200-1500, but there are some days I go under or over, depending on how hungry I am.
  • bwilliams93
    bwilliams93 Posts: 19 Member
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    i eat 1400-1500 and burn 500-600
  • _GlaDOS_
    _GlaDOS_ Posts: 1,520 Member
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    Goodness folks. Many of you are really doing yourselves a disservice by eating so little. It is truly not the way to go.

    My net is usually around 1750-1900. I eat a total of about 1900-2300 calories per day, depending on exercise. Except this week, I'm trying to take a break from exercise and eat at maintenance. Maintenance for me, without exercise, is 2200-2400 calories per day, depending on activity level.

    BUT when your maintenance is 1700-1800 a day and you are TRYING to lose weight, they tell you have to eat 500 cals less a day, so for me that would in the 1200 range.. correct....

    Yes, but that is 1200 NET calories per day. And I definitely was speaking to those eating a total of under 1,000 calories per day.
  • _GlaDOS_
    _GlaDOS_ Posts: 1,520 Member
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    1200 net yes. My maintence is around 1700. Then you IMO you should try for a 250-300 calore deficit since you are already close to goal weigh (assuming if not well it is different :D)

    But she was talking more to the people eating 500-1000 a day

    Thanks, sunshine. :D And yes, if you are close to goal weight, I would try for a smaller deficit.

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