A little help please? About calories...

I read some where that if you want to lose weight a little quicker and can handle eating less calories... you could try eating 200-400 calories less than you should a day. I hope that helps I haven't tried it just yet, I am still trying to get myself use to the set amount I need to eat daily.:happy:

Best of luck

Are you trying to lose weight, or just maintain it? Ok based on your ticker I'd guess you are trying to lose... Next question is how fast? 1300 calories will make you lose fast if you can maintain it. Your daily recommended intake if you were at rest the whole day would probably be around 1600-1800 it depends on your metabolism.

You have a wide range you could eat within and lose weight so there is no magic number. What is your goal weight? Is the 1300 per day based on a 2lb per week loss?

One way to do it is TDEE - 10-20%. For you that would be 1890 to 2133. This would include your exercise calories. If you eat at the low end of this, you are at about a 500 cal daily deficit so should expect to lose about 1lb per week.

Try entering a 1 lb per week loss into MFP. If you do that and eat you exercise calories, the number should be about the same.

If you want to try to lose faster, do what MFP is telling you to do now. Personally I think 1 lb per week is a more reasonable and sustainable goal, but it partly depends on how much you need to lose.

Hope that helps.

Don't eat less than your BMR. That's how much your body needs in order to function properly.

Thanks for the input BigDaddy....if it annoys you, why did you come in here? I was asking for help from someone who didn't mind. Honestly, I'm having trouble with my weight loss and wanted some input.

I'm trying to lose weight.

I am helping, just bluntly. Here's a thought...open your diary and ask for help. If you have your BMR and set your settings for 1-2 pounds per week, which is THE HEALTHIEST way to lose, and eat 95-100% of that and not losing, then you are eating wrong. But everything is pure speculation because you dont give enough information. I have posted plenty in order to help....and there is a TON of information, as well as the guided information through MFP. I believe you may be over thinking what you are doing.

I am 5' 4" 193. I eat 1100 *try to* and I'm losing just fine.. Honestly there are days I eat all my exercise cal's back and some days, like today, where I have a hard time netting close to that.. Get as close to 1300 or 1600 as you can comfortably.

150g cho
72g pro
32g fat
1176 k/cal/d
thats with no ex.

at a burn rate of 120k/cal/mile you could add 360 k/cals on your run days...i cant look back right now, but i thought you indicated you ran 3 miles on your run days. reguardless, 120k/cal/mile and thats being conservative. i'd add most of those calories as cho, but 10g pro each day wouldn't hurt. remember thats a conservative burn rate, if you go above that slightly (as i imagine your fat k/cals may raise a little) don't sweat it. good luck

Which chobani yogurt? Some of them have a ton of sugar. You shouldn't be worrying about fat, worry about sugar and bad carbs instead. Bad carbs = everything on high glycemic index. Lose the cheese, lose the popcorns, popcorns are exploded carbs that digest very quickly and do not have any nutritional value. Eat natural unsalted almonds and walnuts, peanuts, and othe types of nuts for fats. Eat fish for omega 3 and antioxidants. if you are stuck at a certain weight for a few days it could mean that you just retained a bit more water than usual, after you lower sodium intake your weight drops like a rock after that.