How many calories do you eat per day?

RagenGBrown
RagenGBrown Posts: 47
in Food and Nutrition
Just curious but I weigh 268 and have it set to lose 1lb per week which was recommended and it has me eating 2000 calories. That just seems like a lot to me. Anyone else have the same thing?

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  • NessasMommy081311
    NessasMommy081311 Posts: 122 Member
    I weigh 190 and have my goal to 2 lbs a week, and they say I should be consuming 1220 a day, although I find it hard to reach that, and usually only eat 1000 calories a day or under, which of course everyone says is unhealthy, but really, if you eat low calorie meals and snacks, it is quite difficult to consume that many calories.
  • Starlage
    Starlage Posts: 1,709 Member
    2000's healthy and normal! I've got my diary set according to a 3500/week deficit off my weekly TDEE so about 1800-1900 a day (losing a pound a week or so, i'm 5'1" and 155ish)
  • brittanyjeanxo
    brittanyjeanxo Posts: 1,831 Member
    That's normal for your weight. I weigh 285 myself and I'm set at 2,090 a day.
  • 1996gtstang
    1996gtstang Posts: 279 Member
    my target is 2400 but i have been eating 1500-1900 most days
  • mcilhattonja
    mcilhattonja Posts: 3
    2000 calories a day is the perfect amount to consume for your weight :) you dont need to have exactly that though, give or take a hundred calories its not that serious. That is just a guideline to a healthy rate of weightloss in which youll probably be losing approximately 1.4lbs per week. good luck!
  • hbrittingham
    hbrittingham Posts: 2,518 Member
    I weigh 159 and I give myself 1500 calories before working out. After working out, it can be anywhere from 2000 to 2300. I have absolutely no problem eating pretty much all of them!
  • unicornpoop
    unicornpoop Posts: 178 Member
    That's pretty good. Once you start losing your daily calories will go down. I was doing 1900 a day, now I am down to 1800ish. I usually eat anywhere from 1500-2000 calories a day. If you want to eat less, you will def lose more, but 1 lbs a week is pretty fast if you ask me.
  • jennalink807
    jennalink807 Posts: 226 Member
    I weigh 136-138 (fluctuate) and I have mine set to 1600.

    The slower you go, the higher ratio of fat to muscle loss. If you only eat 1200 a day, you will lose more weight, but you will lose a lot more muscle than if you took it slower and ate more. Either way you will burn off both fat and muscle, but with a smaller deficit and some strength training, you can minimalize muscle loss.

    Generally speaking, a 15% cut off your TDEE is a good range to start with. Other than that, you have to find the balance that works for your body. Also- start lifting now, don't wait until you lose a bunch of weight. The more you strength train and the slower you lose; the more muscle will survive. :)
  • niki23poet
    niki23poet Posts: 36 Member
    To know what your daily caloric intake should be, your best bet is to use a BMR Calculator (Basal Metabolic Rate). That is what your body would burn if you just sat there on the couch never lifting a muscle. It is what your body would burn just breathing, pumping blood, etc... http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/
  • RagenGBrown
    RagenGBrown Posts: 47
    Thanks everyone!! Was just wondering!! I eat about 1800-2000 and don't eat exercise calories. Hope you guys have a great week!!
  • hopefloatsup
    hopefloatsup Posts: 207 Member
    To know what your daily caloric intake should be, your best bet is to use a BMR Calculator (Basal Metabolic Rate). That is what your body would burn if you just sat there on the couch never lifting a muscle. It is what your body would burn just breathing, pumping blood, etc... http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/

    THANK YOU for that link!!! I'm just starting out and figured 2 pounds a week was good - I want to lose it right? I'm a bigger girl. Ok, I'm a big girl LOL....but it had me set at just over 1200 calories per day. So I had done that for a couple days and became EXHAUSTED! So much so that my hubby told me that he didn't think I was eating enough. I told him what I was eating. He said "are you hungry?" I said "YESSSSS!" so his advice was EAT I felt better pretty quickly. He's been on this journey since last June so he's felt the feelings I feel. I now have MFP set so that I can have quite a few more calories. I learned a hard lesson with this, but it's a journey right? You learn as you go :-) So tonight, I was hungry. I ate a banana and felt no guilt!
  • shalomabeth
    shalomabeth Posts: 63 Member
    I am using Ediets and was told to eat no more then 1600 a day as it has a defecit of 600-700 which is good today is lower then i been doing
  • almonds1
    almonds1 Posts: 642 Member
    I find the calulated totals for Cal intake on this site is pretty close to the normal target... I adjust my %'s because I dont agree with them and they are different depending on your goal... but its almost dead on to start
  • KareninCanada
    KareninCanada Posts: 961 Member
    5'2" and somewhere around 195 lb right now.... between 1700-2000/day depending how much I've worked out.
  • CMmrsfloyd
    CMmrsfloyd Posts: 2,380 Member
    I'm 5'4" and currently 127 lbs, I have my goal set to lose 1/2 lb per week and that gives me 1360 calories per day before exercise. I do eat my exercise calories, so I normally end up eating a total of somewhere between 1600-2000 depending how much I exercise that day. Still losing, and never have experienced the dreaded 'plateau' that people talk about.
  • kathyc609
    kathyc609 Posts: 258 Member
    I weigh 190 and have my goal to 2 lbs a week, and they say I should be consuming 1220 a day, although I find it hard to reach that, and usually only eat 1000 calories a day or under, which of course everyone says is unhealthy, but really, if you eat low calorie meals and snacks, it is quite difficult to consume that many calories.

    I too eat less than 1000 a day. Low carb And low fat but all healthy meals - no processed foods or sugar. I weigh 165 now and aim to lose another 30.
  • robot_potato
    robot_potato Posts: 1,535 Member
    I'm 170 and mine is set to 1620. Unless I am starving I can't usually manage that amount without feeling sick. I don't let myself fall below 1350. If I am hungry I eat more.
  • auntiebabs
    auntiebabs Posts: 1,754 Member
    1600 calories

    When I hit my goal of 145 I went onto maintenance for 140lbs so I'd have a little wiggle room when trying to figure out guidelines for a long-term plan.
  • RangerSteve
    RangerSteve Posts: 437
    3500 a day to maintain, 3000 if I want to lose weight.
  • Anayalata
    Anayalata Posts: 391 Member
    140lb here.

    Eating 2000~ a day to maintain, but I exercise so it ends up being 2500-2700~.

    I eat a lot.
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    i'm 209 pounds and i average around 1600 per day and i pretty much just go by when i feel hungry.

    some days i barely make 900 calories because i'm just not that hungry, other days i'll be hungrier and will eat 2000 calories. for the past few days i had been going through a not hungry phase and barely getting 1000 calories, but today when i woke up i was a bottomless pit and have so far eaten 2300 calories :laugh: i'll probably also end up eating a half apple and some almond butter too before i go to sleep :laugh:

    also my workouts are pretty tough with lifting heavy things, doing HIIT, and kickboxing, so there's no way i could do all that on less than a 1600 calories average.
  • lollypops09
    lollypops09 Posts: 21 Member
    1550

    I'm 5'7 - weight 217 and 55 years old. I don't even log my exercise because I don't want MFP to tell me to eat more HA! I started with weight watchers and soon realized although it is a great program I still had to discover what worked for my body makeup. I have type II diabetes, high cholesterol and high triclycerites (sp) It is really a journey to figure out but once you do the weight will start dropping. I started out with small changes and each day/week I go a little farther and learn a little more. Your body is telling you something. For me, although I thought I was eating the right things, I found more protein is working better. MFP has been the secret weapon for me. Logging my food and knowing exactly what nutrients I am getting is magic for me.
  • CUT3ANDS3XIAN0R3X1
    CUT3ANDS3XIAN0R3X1 Posts: 24
    I can eat anywhere from 1,200-1,800 depending on the day and how emotionally taxing it was. Lol.
  • carolann_22
    carolann_22 Posts: 364 Member
    I weigh 241 and I eat around 2200 a day and burn around 500 in exercise, with a semi-active job. I'm losing with that many calories.

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