My Caloric intake is wrong...

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  • HeealthyMee
    HeealthyMee Posts: 62 Member
    Kimmers, I learned most of what I now know from the women of the Eat more, weigh less group.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/3817-eat-more-to-weigh-less
  • WildcatMom82
    WildcatMom82 Posts: 564 Member
    Good luck! I never lost eating 1200 net cals, my "sweet spot" before kids was 1500-1700. Now that I'm nursing my son I eat 2400 net and am losing 1.5 lbs a week (profile set to 0.5 lbs). It's not an exact science, you only learn by experimenting :)
  • happythermia
    happythermia Posts: 374
    Rule of thumb for women: Base calories: 1000 calories for the first 60 inches. Add 100 calories for each additional inch, give or take depending on activity levels.

    Wow! So 1200 is actually a good number for me? I go back and fourth thinking that it's all wrong, but at the same time really being ok with it! Hell. It's working for me (because I'm a shortie lol) so far
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    Rule of thumb for women: Base calories: 1000 calories for the first 60 inches. Add 100 calories for each additional inch, give or take depending on activity levels.

    Wow! So 1200 is actually a good number for me? I go back and fourth thinking that it's all wrong, but at the same time really being ok with it! Hell. It's working for me (because I'm a shortie lol) so far

    Not necessarily - you should look to calculating your TDEE and taking a reasonable deficit from there rather then relying on a very generic and average based multiplier.
  • PinkKitty724
    PinkKitty724 Posts: 179 Member
    Rule of thumb for women: Base calories: 1000 calories for the first 60 inches. Add 100 calories for each additional inch, give or take depending on activity levels.

    Wow! So 1200 is actually a good number for me? I go back and fourth thinking that it's all wrong, but at the same time really being ok with it! Hell. It's working for me (because I'm a shortie lol) so far

    Not necessarily - you should look to calculating your TDEE and taking a reasonable deficit from there rather then relying on a very generic and average based multiplier.

    Then I should eat about 1350-1375 calories. That's not too scary. I am literally afraid to eat too many more calories.

    And, what is "TDEE"? I've seen it a few times today and am not familiar with that term. Maybe "Total Daily Expended Energy"? haha, totally a shot in the dark! And not sure about the deficit compared to the calories for height thing. :)
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    Rule of thumb for women: Base calories: 1000 calories for the first 60 inches. Add 100 calories for each additional inch, give or take depending on activity levels.

    Wow! So 1200 is actually a good number for me? I go back and fourth thinking that it's all wrong, but at the same time really being ok with it! Hell. It's working for me (because I'm a shortie lol) so far

    Not necessarily - you should look to calculating your TDEE and taking a reasonable deficit from there rather then relying on a very generic and average based multiplier.

    Then I should eat about 1350-1375 calories. That's not too scary. I am literally afraid to eat too many more calories.

    And, what is "TDEE"? I've seen it a few times today and am not familiar with that term. Maybe "Total Daily Expended Energy"? haha, totally a shot in the dark! And not sure about the deficit compared to the calories for height thing. :)

    Total Daily Energy Expenditure, yup, so you knew :D

    The height thing is crap as it completely disregards weight, lean body mass, age or activity.
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