Calories per day.

Yes. Netting 1500 is fine. Its refreshing to see someone just starting out that isnt starving themselves in an attempt to drop all their weight in a week.

How many calories are you eating per day? I started off at 196 over 3 weeks ago and I am only at 187. If i eat more than 1200 calories per day, I will gain weight! So, I try to stay under 1200 calories a day in order to lose 2lbs a week. However, I do not exercise much because I am in school and have a 3yr old........Add me as a friend if you like!

1500 is a good goal. It's obviously working, keep at it. As long as you're eating the right stuff, you're getting plenty of nutrition, you're fine.

Keep On Rockin'!

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1200 is fine too. Same as above.

Okay, my rambling is awful. Haha.

I have a Net Calorie goal of 1200, which I think is unbelievably low. Everyone else seems to have 1500+ which seems to be the appropriate. I'm losing weight, but I don't think 1200 is healthy.


Sorry, I should have specified my net calories as well.

Change it to 1500! I was at 1200 and plateaued pretty quick

I set my goal at 1 lb / week and I am happy to be able to over achieve that on a regular basis. I've considered setting it at 2 lbs / week but I don't want the negative reinforcement of having MFP tell me that I went over my target. Plus, on days when I exercise heavily I could wind up in negative numbers and that always leads to a bad day the next day. My number is in the 1700's and I frequently total out in the 1500's.

I don't eat back exercise calories so I want a moderate number that gives me a buffer on heavy exercise days and still recharges me on refractory days.

As they say on Wall Street: Under Promise and Over Achieve.

I'm doing one pound a week. I'm 5'10", started at 187 and going to 165. I've lost a pound a week for 10 weeks.

I started at 1470. I'm now at 1370, as my calories recalculated when I lost 10 pounds. I eat back my exercise calories when I'm hungry - usually when I'm doing heavier work like carpentry or yard work, but not when I just walk.

I am going to make a very basic suggestion: read your diary.

Find out where those extra calories are. Frankly, I learned a lot about where I was gaining a few hundred calories that I didn't really care about dropping. Things like whole milk v. skim, two cups of rice v. one, a heavy beer v. a martini.

I learned that the extra capuccino and croissant was more calories than my lunch and breakfast combined.

I learned the handful of candy I picked up leaving the restaurant was an extra hundred calories.

Now that I've got a good baseline, I'm full all the time and usually 1000 or more calories under my net for the week. I'm not trying to do that, it just happens.

It seems as though everyone I stumble upon has a goal of at least 1500 net calories per day. It's probably due to the fact that I'm trying to lose 2 pounds per week instead of 1. But I was wondering if anyone else is/was in the same boat(or has advice) and thinks this is unhealthy?
I try to eat healthy and stay under my calorie goal. I started out at 200 pounds about a month and 2 weeks ago, and now i'm down to 186 so I know that it's working in the scale weight sense. I just don't know if this is healthy or if it's going to cause a plateau later on.

Any advice? (if my horrible rambling hasn't already driven you away/confused you all)

You're doing great. Keep it up. We all have slow periods of loss. It doesn't mean you need to try some new plan. If you truly lose nothing for 4 weeks, no scale weight, no inches, then maybe consider trying something new.

There is no real minimum calorie intake needed. What you eat and timing is far more important. Being in a deficit is the goal, but it can be obtained several ways.

I use Keto, Intermittent fasting, and only 1 meal per day. I'm having amazing results.

Advantages: Insulin control, appetite control, hormone balance, clarity of the mind, lots of energy, less sleep needed / sleeping better, constant weight loss, and the big one, FREEDOM.

I don't count my calories. I just eat until I'm full and then I'm done. 37lbs on MFP and over 50 lost since I started.

It seems as though everyone I stumble upon has a goal of at least 1500 net calories per day. It's probably due to the fact that I'm trying to lose 2 pounds per week instead of 1. But I was wondering if anyone else is/was in the same boat(or has advice) and thinks this is unhealthy?
I try to eat healthy and stay under my calorie goal. I started out at 200 pounds about a month and 2 weeks ago, and now i'm down to 186 so I know that it's working in the scale weight sense. I just don't know if this is healthy or if it's going to cause a plateau later on.

Any advice? (if my horrible rambling hasn't already driven you away/confused you all)

I think that you're doing really well, I've not lost a lb...haha I started at 201 but I'm not disheartened!

Okay, my rambling is awful. Haha.

I have a Net Calorie goal of 1200, which I think is unbelievably low. Everyone else seems to have 1500+ which seems to be the appropriate. I'm losing weight, but I don't think 1200 is healthy.


Sorry, I should have specified my net calories as well.

I have a net of 1200 and i find it hard to reach it. Matter of fact, i havent reached it yet! Check out my food diary if you like! Add me! I just weighed for the first time today, and ive lost 7.4 pounds in 5 days! and im not hungry at all!