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How many calories are you eating?

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  • NovemberJune
    NovemberJune Posts: 2,525 Member
    about 1600 on rest days and 1800 on gym days
  • runfatmanrun
    runfatmanrun Posts: 1,090 Member
    Not counting exercise cals, and yes I eat as many of them as possible, 2590. Workout days add 400-1600 depending on running distance.
  • confettibetti
    confettibetti Posts: 405 Member
    I'm 6'1 and I eat between 1500 and 1800 depending on my exercise for the day.
  • soontobesam
    soontobesam Posts: 714 Member
    I'm 5ft3 (and a smidge extra). I have my daily goal set at 1350 and on days I workout I burn anywhere from 200-400 calories and I typically eat them all (most) back.
  • iwantahealthierme13
    iwantahealthierme13 Posts: 337 Member
    between 1400 and 1900 per day usually depending on exercise. I have the rare "maintenance day" thrown in there as well (2000-2100)
  • FrugalMomsRock75
    FrugalMomsRock75 Posts: 698 Member
    I'm 5'2, and my base is 1470 (my approximate BMR). I eat exercise calories, so that puts me at anywhere from 1800 to 2100-ish depending on my exercise for the day. I've been walk/jogging in the mornings in addition to doing a boot camp DVD lately, so I have been burning off between 650 and 800 a day, so I've had a lot of peanut butter this week. :love:
  • corinne1977
    corinne1977 Posts: 142 Member
    I'm 5' 2" and I try to not eat over 1350-1400/day before exercise.
  • alexbusnello
    alexbusnello Posts: 1,010 Member
    I'm 5'1 too ! and i try to eat under 1,000 calories too :D

    Under 1,000?! That's not good.....
  • beckylawrence70
    beckylawrence70 Posts: 752 Member
    I'm just under 5'6", 123, I eat around 1800-2000 a day, I workout 4 days a week burning approx 2000-3000 a week......eating under 1000 a day? Sorry, no good........
  • harlychic
    harlychic Posts: 58
    Im female 5'3" I eat a total of 1,700 calories a day based in the Insanity formula. I was eating too few at first around 1000-1200
    Im doing better now only on week two. Im losing inches now but I only want to lose @ 23 pounds so in the end the pounds will come off after the muscle is built.
  • soontobesam
    soontobesam Posts: 714 Member
    1380 right now because I'm sedentary.. But I eat back most of my exercise calories.
    If I were to just stick to 1380, I would probably rip someone's head off and splash around in the blood.

    :laugh: I'm with you on that one
  • Bssh
    Bssh Posts: 123
    I'm 5ft 4in and eat 1800 (2000 on exercise days). I'm losing a good amount. I chose higher calories because I needed the diet to be sustainable for the longterm. I also didn't want my body to get used to lower calories ad gain weight when I increased them. Works for me.
  • HulaHips83
    HulaHips83 Posts: 129
    Between 900 and 1200. Usually right at 1000 or 1100.
  • moonlightturk
    moonlightturk Posts: 398
    I'm 5'7 and I eat roughly 1400-1650 a day. I have a tendency to eat more when I'm running and on my days not in the gym I tend to eat lower...
  • AngelaKoder
    AngelaKoder Posts: 24
    500 aday. Lunch and dinner. It's actually big portions just completely unprocessed, only healthy food. I eat either grilled chicken, steak or fish, one large veggie and one fruit for each meal. Lost 15 pounds in four weeks!
  • FitForLife81
    FitForLife81 Posts: 372 Member
    I eat 1900-2000 to maintain =)
  • kilasumowrestler
    kilasumowrestler Posts: 6
    5'9" and 1200 a day. Unless I exercise then I eat more.
  • HeidiMightyRawr
    HeidiMightyRawr Posts: 3,343 Member
    Woah under 1000?! I really wouldn't advise eating that low, there's no need!

    I eat 2,300 a day (including exercise) so probably 1600-2300 NET depending on what I do that day. It averages out at around 2000 net a day.

    I'm 5'8 and 142lbs. Losing slowly, but still losing AND my body is changing faster than the scale (more definition, loss of inches, etc)
  • longhairpokem
    longhairpokem Posts: 10
    Keeping @ 1200 cal. net .... with or with out exercise
  • vtmoon
    vtmoon Posts: 3,436 Member
    6'1 and I normally am around 1200 but since I started P90x been hitting my 1600 mark more.
  • Rae6503
    Rae6503 Posts: 6,294 Member
    About 2000 on average.
  • magerum
    magerum Posts: 12,589 Member
    I'm 5'10" and eat 3200+ a day on maintenance.
  • paulaviki
    paulaviki Posts: 678 Member
    500 aday. Lunch and dinner. It's actually big portions just completely unprocessed, only healthy food. I eat either grilled chicken, steak or fish, one large veggie and one fruit for each meal. Lost 15 pounds in four weeks!

    Seriously you only eat 500 calories a day? That's really not good, you are going to give yourself serious health problems if you carry on like that!

    I'm 5ft5 and eating 1500-1800 a day including eating back my exercise calories and have lost 7lb in a month. Eating my calories is definitely working!!
  • moxiecowgirl
    moxiecowgirl Posts: 291 Member
    5'5" and I average around 1300 daily. I'm on a strictly supervised medically-endorsed diet, and my doctor would have a FIT if I went below 1000 calories a day! When I dropped down to around 1100, just to try it, I almost immediately stopped losing.
  • munny_p
    munny_p Posts: 73 Member
    5'2 and was doing 1200 but not losing...upped it to 1,500 and I exercise daily. I feel better already than I did eating 1200.
  • UpEarly
    UpEarly Posts: 2,555 Member
    5'9', 40, female, 137 pounds - I eat about 2200-2400 calories a day.
  • llpleslie
    llpleslie Posts: 53
    I'm 5'8 an only eating 1,000 and I have to push to do that.
  • joecollins9385
    joecollins9385 Posts: 355 Member
    im 6' and eating 2000-2600 calories per day. always under my goal for the day thanks to exercise
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    I'm curious.
    How many calories are you ladies/gentlemen eating in a day? :p

    2000+ while on a deficit.
    I'm 5'1, and I try to eat below 1,000 every day :p hah

    sorry to hear you find undereating humorous.
  • MrsSorenson
    MrsSorenson Posts: 450 Member
    1330 to 1530 cals a day.

    I used to eat less than 1,000 a day and it made me very sick. That is not recomended at all. I wouldn't advise. Even my doctor said that isn't good.
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