Women who eat more than 1800 calories a day !!!!
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I am getting confused. MFP has me set at 1450 cals. I'm 5ft 6", 189 pounds, sedentary job and exercise 3-4 times a week. I usually do Jilian Micheals 30 day shred or Chalean Extreme videos. I eat my exercise cals back.
So am I not eating enough?? Why does MFP only give me 1450, if I should be eating more?
But a lot of us are talking about gross, not net. Your net is pretty good (I was netting about 1450 when I was losing too). Some people eat 1200 GROSS and then exercise on top of that and don't eat back those calories, so they're really getting a NET of 600-900.0 -
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can yall add me so i can view yalls diaries!?! lol thank you0
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I am so glad someone asked and someone else explained what bump means! I want to save this string-- it is so interesting!0
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I opened up my diary - if anyone is willing to help me out - I'd appreciate it.0
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If you'd like to see my diary, it's public. I ate over 2000 calories today. I also regularly post my recipes. Feel free to stalk me all you like!0
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Great thread... I have been eating around 1700-1800 since probably Sept 2011. I've lost 35 and am proud of that. The last couple days I have been over and curious how the scale is going to treat me... LOL!! I do Zumba 4x/week for 60 min each and am starting resistance training this week. I think I'll need to bump up closer to 2000 with the weight training? Open to suggestions. My diary is open to my friends - feel free to friend me!0
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I'm 41 yrs. old & my daily caloric goal is 1830 a day; I've been on MFP for @ a month & have lost 6 pounds; I have 146 lbs. to lose before I'm down to my ideal weight of 150. I've been told that i carry my weight well; you can add me as a friend & look at both pictures of me posted.0
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Thanks for this post! I just upped my calories but thinking I need to up them some more! Great read!!!0
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all of these strong women are the reason I join this site. I am 38 years old 5'4" and currently weight 182.
last year I did the 1200 calorie a day --- starving and crabby the whole time but excited because I lost over 20 lbs by summer time....shorts and tanks! then Life happened. I didn't learn anything I quickly gained it all back plus some i went from `180 to 160 then up to where I started over at 190. :devil:
after lots of reading and a consult with a personal trainer and I dropped the $$ to see my actual Metabolic rate based on that I am eating around 1600 on day's I don't exercise and 1800-2100 when I do exercise. lately I have been lacking on the exercise however I have been steadily losing a pound a week. granted I am only 7 weeks into this, however during that period of time I went on a long weekend with friends, ate drank and didn't worry.. and come weigh in day I still lost. so I think I am finally learning how to watch what I eat and still be out in the real world.
yes I loved how fast I lost @1200 a day..... but I really appreciate where I am right now, careful about what I eat--- and still eating!! slow and steady is my motto this time, I do not want to be back here again a year from now0 -
This is really exciting. I have been working on a net of 1300 daily and am lifting weights and running with no real change in the scale since October. This makes me think that maybe I am not eating enough. I would still like to loose about 15#.0
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I am losing better eating more. And I have more energy. It's a good thing. My net goal is 1400 calories but I'm often eating 1800 or more with my exercise calories added in. I have only started working on repairing my damaged metabolism since late October (or thereabouts) when I finally got it through my thick skull that 1200 calories total (at the time I wasn't eating exercise calories) wasn't healthy or sustainable. I hope to continue adding in more calories as I get closer to my goal and increase my strength and endurance through heavy lifting, HIIT and cardio workouts. I'm also one who is losing inches far beyond what the scale loss should indicate. I'm loving it.
MFP has me at 1200 and I really am starting to think that is not enough for me, since I lost 4 pounds the first week, and gone up 2 in three weeks! I exercise everyday and have finally learned to eat back my calories from that. I lost .4 pounds since yesterday, so I decided to try an up my goal to 1350 to see if that makes a difference in getting past this stall I've hit.
Any suggestions are welcome!0 -
Me! I get grumpy if I don't eat enough. I eat at least 1600 net, and that would be a low day. I've always been tiny. All through high school and college I was 5'4 and 105 pounds. My last year of college I grew an inch and gained 12 pounds and grew a cup size, although my pants are all still the same size. I'm definitely a foodie!!0
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any words of advice, im a personal trainer yet for me consuming the calories is a big number thing. i always tell my clients do as i say not as i do for i know my eating is not where it should be.
im 5'5 and only 107 i run a lot but know i need a higher food intake.
any words of advice, feel free to add me as well.
realistically i need to at least gain 5 pounds.
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any words of advice, im a personal trainer yet for me consuming the calories is a big number thing. i always tell my clients do as i say not as i do for i know my eating is not where it should be.
im 5'5 and only 107 i run a lot but know i need a higher food intake.
any words of advice, feel free to add me as well.
realistically i need to at least gain 5 pounds.
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I agree, really try to get more calories in through healthy calorie dense foods. Avocado, nuts, nut butters, coconut oil, cottage cheese/greek yogurt are few things off the top of my head.0 -
I just eat whatever I was eating when I was eating less, but more of it. Or I check my food diary to see where I need the most help, and add accordingly.
When I have a packaged food (Lean Cuisine, Smart Ones, etc.) I tend to add a little something extra to it. Some extra veggies, a sprinkle of cheese, a couple crackers or chips, some rice noodles.
When all else fails, I add protein powder to chocolate milk.0 -
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SO HAPPY to find this thread!
MFP put me at 1200 a day to lose, and I have been doing that for over three weeks plus exercising every day (eating back my exercise calories) and have had NO results.
Now I see that I most likely need to eat MORE!
I've figured my BMR to be 1403, and TDEE (sedentary desk job) at 1686, so If I have understood all this correctly, I should be eating at least 1400 a day (plus exercise calories)?
Am I thinking correctly?0 -
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