Cals per day to lose weight, and what is your weight?

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  • sarahharmintx
    sarahharmintx Posts: 868 Member
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    Does my calorie allowance seem right then?

    I think so.
  • vivideloquence
    vivideloquence Posts: 41 Member
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    Height: 5'8"

    Start: 216lbs
    Current: 165lbs
    Goal: 140lbs

    I was eating 1500 or less a day but then I plateaued for TWO MONTHS so I recently upped my calories to 1750 a day and when I work out I eat back about half of those calories too. Last week I lost a pound! :D It was so awsome to see the scale finally move again!
  • CazLovesCalories
    CazLovesCalories Posts: 144 Member
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    thank you everyone xxx
  • sarahmoo12
    sarahmoo12 Posts: 756 Member
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    im about 5ft6 and 147lbs.
    My cals are set to 1000 /day I should be eating 1288 but if I put it up il go over and its not so bad when I go over my 1000 im still in my limit 90% of the time. Prob silly but works well for me :)
  • Umeboshi
    Umeboshi Posts: 1,637 Member
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    I'm 5'2" and 235lbs, eating 1230 a day with a 'cheat' day once a week (when I feel like it).
  • Ahluvly
    Ahluvly Posts: 389 Member
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    I'm currently at 86.3kg, and I've lost 8.3kg since January this year. I eat 1900 cals a day, have Saturday and sometimes Sunday as a cheat day, and work out 4 nights a week (4-6 classes). I'm averaging around 0.5kg weight loss a week :)
  • MelanieAG05
    MelanieAG05 Posts: 359 Member
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    I'm 5ft 3, 39 and currently weigh 162lbs, my goal is 1540 cals per day and I eat back some exercise cals to ensure I NET my BMR which is about 1400. I lose about 0.4lbs per week. I was on a plateau so have been trying to get the loss moving again and have been playing around with the numbers! I workout 4-5 times per week.

    Here are a couple of links to websites which may be of use to calculate what you should be eating according to your activity level - if you do go with numbers on these then you don't eat back exercise cals unless your NET is under your BMR:

    http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/bmr/

    http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/

    The main thing to remember is that you need to eat at a level you can maintain and consider it to be a lifestyle change rather than a "diet".

    Feel free to add me if you like.
  • k2charmed4u
    k2charmed4u Posts: 282
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    I was 272lbs now 258lbs (14lbs down so far). My target is 160lbs which means I need to shift 112lbs total (98lbs to go). My cals are set at 1540 per day and i'm losing about 2lbs per week. I'm 5' 11".

    P.S. I got down to 216lbs on this diet in 2010 so I know it works for me :smile:
  • Mummyadams
    Mummyadams Posts: 1,125 Member
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    I am 5 ft 8
    39
    Current Weight 63.5 (140 lbs)
    Goal Weight 60kg (132 lbs)
    Set my cals at 1200 but after plateauing have increased to between 1400 / 1500 and now feeling bloated all the time.
    After much reading I realise I should be more around 2200 but I am struggling to get my head around this.
    Hard cardio 2 x week & 4 x very heavy weight sessions a week
  • Baurus
    Baurus Posts: 27
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    Current weight 74kg.
    I'm used to net 1200 kclas everyday , but i do a lot of sports so i'm used to eat 2000 kcals then netting 1200
  • goldengirl28
    goldengirl28 Posts: 130 Member
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    1688 per day

    204lbs 5ft 7............first goal is 28lbs loss

    started at 1350 lost 4lb first week and plateaued for 3 weeks, upped my cals a week and a half ago and lost 4lb the first week of eating more cals.
  • jessienmiller
    jessienmiller Posts: 73 Member
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    I am 5' 2 30 years old and my starting wt wa 117lbs current wt is now 114. I was reading up on my calorie intake and by them i should be eating 1200- 1600 but everytime i would eat that much i would either sit at he same wt or would gain so i usually get in anywhere between 1160 - 1380 cals a day depending on if i work out .My goal wt is to be 105-107 lbs and toned.
  • Flab2fitfi
    Flab2fitfi Posts: 1,349 Member
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    I'm 5ft5 and my weight is 229

    My target is 1870 and I normally try an eat back my exercise calories - especially if I net under 1200 ( my exercise calories depend upon the day) I normally eat around 1700 a day and in the last 5 weeks lost 15 lbs.
  • jessienmiller
    jessienmiller Posts: 73 Member
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    Good for you congratulations and keep up the good work!!

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