Depending on activity, I eat about 1600-1900 cals. I always keep around 500-700 cal deficit, no more. My body begins to freak out when I have huge deficits and I get intense urges to binge.
Today I walked 3 miles to the gym, did 20 minutes of intense cardio, and 60 minutes of weight lifting. I ate almost 1900 cals today with a 600 cal deficit from all the exercise.
1200 is the absolute bare minimum any woman should ever eat but it's actually very unhealthy. Your body's hormones get out of whack and your metabolism gets messed up when you aren't eating enough food. You should always eat over your BMR, which is the base amount of calories your body needs to keep all your organs functioning. 1200 is way below most peoples' BMR. Never eat below BMR!!
Also be sure to eat enough protein and fibre. They keep you filled up and in the case of protein, helps build and maintain muscle. Fibre fills you up and keeps your digestion flowing properly. I personally watch my salt and sugar intakes as well. If I have salty food then I'm sure to drink at least 10 cups of water to help flush it out. I severely limit added sugar and prefer to get my carbs from whole grains (mostly oats), fruit, veggies, and dairy.
I stay at about 1200 kcal a day. And I try and go to the gym 4 days a week, and I play softball 3 days a week as well. So I'm doing some kind of exercise every day!
I may be a tad on the unhealthy range, but I'm one of those that are freaked out about gaining, once I've been so successful at losing. I have only recently upped my calories to 1300, but since the beginning of my weight loss journey in January, had it at 1200 (occasionally up to 1400). For the last 4 months, I work out about 6 days a week, very moderately, for about 2.5 hours. I think if I can make my diet very low carb, I could probably up my calories like everyone else, but I'm still learning and trying not to screw it up at the same time Anyway, this is a good question you posted!
I eat (or try to at least) 1260-1800. I try to stay at the lower range, generally around 1300-1400. I try to exercise everyday, but at least 5 days a week. My workouts vary, but I try to get in at least 2 weightlifting sessions/wk, cardio everyday, and I'm now adding (alternating) yoga & Pilates every other day.
I'll burn between 500 - 1200 calories with 1 - 2 hour total workout time. I try not to eat them back but obviously with a bigger burn I need more calories.
I eat between 1300-1700 every day more mid of all that tho and I don't eat the calories I've burned off thru exercise and I exercise 4-6 times a week with anywhere from 20-35 min of cardio, 15 minutes of core, and 20 minutes with the weight machines at the gym... I'm currently in a plateau and I hope to get thru it soon, I changed my calories and had a bad meal on Monday to confuse my body, let's hope it works and I get thru this soon
generally between 1200-1700... I prefer to keep it around 1500 considering I'm probably going to have to cut further eventually. Yesterday i way overestimated and was under 1000, today I am doing 1800ish. not low carb at all, but incorporating plenty of protein, veggies, fruit.
Anyway, this is a good question you posted!
