Just curious from all of the calorie counters what their Calorie Goal is?
and how did you come up with that goal?
Mine is 1500. It actually ended there because I thought it was 1200 but then I started tracking with an online calorie counter and figured out my true calorie intake was closer to 1500... so I left it there.
Mine is 1650. Given my activity level, etc, if I stick to that it's around a 500-600 cal/day deficit. The problem for me lately has been sticking to it.
I was doing calorie cycling, so it was different each day. I decided to just give myself a range instead. 1200-1600. Every now and then I get close to 1200, a few I go all the way up to 1600, but generally I fall right around 1400 most days. I like this better. On days that I just feel hungrier I can eat my full range and not feel like I'm going over some preset number.
I am at 1650-1850, but lately it's been closer to 1750-1850 and my weight has bounced around between 183 and 185 for the past four weeks. Not happy. I am going to stick to at or below 1700 this week and see what happens. Actually, I'm going to try this for the next few weeks...can't hurt, I guess.
Mine is 1638. I used a calorie calculator I like and got how many I should be taking in to lose 1 and 2 pounds a week then averaged to find what it should be for 1-1/2 pounds a week. I redo it for every 5 pounds lost (which I hope I'm doing this week ).
I try to aim between 1700-1900 but I often find that I'm lower or higher. I keep track of it on a spreadsheet, and so long as it balances out over the course of a week I'm happy.
I'm 1500 just because it was an amount I could live with at the beginning and most days 1500 is just right for me. I really don't want to think of going lower even though two days a week I usually do around 1200.
Look at you almost at a hundred pounds lost! You go girl!
I try to keep it under 1600, though it's definitely getting harder for me to lose at that level these days. I've been slowly cutting back and sticking to closer to 1200. I give myself "permission" to go up to 1600 anytime I want, though - so if I'm extra hungry that day (doesn't happen frequently) or I just feel like having a treat of some sort, I have the room for it.
I just found a calculator on the Boots website that after putting in my information recommends I aim for 1454 calories per day and do 30 minutes of moderate exercise every day. Its a really useful tool. Even told me the waist size I should be aiming for with my height.
I have a goal of 1300-1600. I've been mostly between 1400 and 1500. I don't track calories on a chart or web like I did in 2009 (my 35 pound loss time) where I wrote every single bite in a little fat notebook. Now, I know alot of my favorite home-made meals, I've replaced any restaurant meals with all veggie/tofu dishes, and keep myself primarily to (what I think are) "whole foods". I mostly try to each lots of veggies, a little bit of low-fat cheese or tofu, and substitue a flavorful item (like pickles) for calorie items (pickles for mayo).
I work out consistently four times per week (dvd aerobics and weight combo that I burn 500 minimum cals each). I also walk 4-8 miles per day. My goal is to keep at this pace for a minimum of eight weeks but hopefully make it to June (a business trip that happens to be back to my home town).
What is your Calorie Goal?
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