My calorie intake ranges from 1400-1600 there are days when I may eat 1200 it depends on how I feel. If Im sticking to this I lose consistently! I used my daily plate to start
I was trying for 1200, but what I have been achieving is about 1350. I wanted to loose 2 lbs a week, but I am no where near this - probably less than 1 lb a week.
My calorie range is 1300 - 1800 cals per day. Why? 1) It is a range that is healthful and completely satisfies me, there are some days I am hungrier than other days, so some days are closer to 1800 cals and some days are closer to 1300 cals. 2) This is the calorie range I can imagine eating at for the rest of my life...it is how I plan on eating at maintenance.
I am currently losing an average of 2lbs a week. That is an average, because my scale certainly does not move down in a logical and linear fashion but if I look back over a month, it averages to 2 lbs a week.
1,800-2,000 . . . enough so that I am never starving, just normal hunger before mealtimes, and have plenty of energy for work, exercise etc. It's probably about what I would need to maintain my ideal weight, strangely. I may reduce in a few months time, or up my exercise, depending on how I'm doing, but I very much see this as a change in lifestyle for good, so don't see the point for me in "dieting" per se. Everybody is different, though.
I'm a bit like you, Northernrose. I eat 1,600-1,800 a day. Usually, I aim for 1,600, but I allow myself to go over; the average probably ends up around 1,700. For me, this is also not a "diet." The weight is coming off slowly, but that's OK. I want my body to adjust. As I add in physical activity, that number will probably go up. And I agree, everybody's different.
My range is 1200-1500 per day, based upon personal experience, hunger threshold, and the bodyweight simulator from the NIH. It would be best for the rate of weight-loss I'm hoping to achieve to stick closer to 1200, but that's unrealistic for me.
My range is 1200-1500 per day, based upon personal experience, hunger threshold, and the bodyweight simulator from the NIH. It would be best for the rate of weight-loss I'm hoping to achieve to stick closer to 1200, but that's unrealistic for me.
Gosh, that's nifty! It seems I am spot on with the calories. I shall bookmark for future reference.
1200-1500 depending on my activity level that day. it works out to 900-1000 calories a day in deficit. I adjust it according to how much weight ive lost the last few weeks. for example if i *think* im getting 1000/day deficit but ive only lost 1.5lbs on average a week then obviously my metabolism has slowed or im not burning off what i thought and i either increase exercise or lower my calories until im at 1.8/2lbs a week again
I'm averaging 1200. That has given me a 2.2 average since last October. They key word in both those sentences is average. Like others have said, weight loss does not tend to be linear. I've had 5lbs weeks and 0lbs weeks.
I've also had 3000 cal days. (which probably coincide with the 0lb weeks)
My bare bones minimum intake to maintain is 1800-2000, but if I hit 1800 I have to make it up by eating more the next day. I always try to shoot for 2000+, especially on lifting days.
I'm in maintenance mode and my daily allotment is 2,000 calories. I like the "round" figure because it divides easily into four groups of 500 (breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks/drinks). I keep track very loosely (in my head only) and one meal at a time. So far it's working.
what's your daily calorie goal and why?
