Hello All,
I am doing OA (over eaters annonymous) and my food plan is to chart my calories, fat, carbs, and protein. I write down every bite I eat. I stay between 1,200 and 1,500 calories a day. I try to eat lower fat, whole grains, good carbs, lean meats, and lots of veggies and fruits. I just wanted to see how many calories each of you allow yourself for the day?
I also want to mention that I am under supervision of a nutritionist on my calorie amount. It is low for most people, but I struggle with weight loss and produce no results on a 2,000 cal/day diet. This is the amount the nutritionist set for me and finally i am loosing some weight.

My calorie range is around 2000 - 2200 for weight loss. although it varies because of the program I'm on. Nutritionist or not, that's not many calories for someone over 300 pounds. Anyway good luck with your weight loss goals, and post often so we can keep up with you, yummymummy!

You are probably right. She had me doing 2,000 calories and I didn't loose, then 1,500 calories and still didn't loose. Maybe I didn't give it enough time? 1,200-1,500 does seem way too low. My main fear is that I will loose lots of weight at this then hit a plateau and have no healthy range of calories to drop to.

Have to agree with kimmieone on this one. I just looked at 2 different publications, and they both said 1800-2000. The more you weigh, the more you should eat to lose weight in a healthy way. Have you been to a physician about your weight loss?

I know that it is your decision, but please reconsider going so low on the calories. Slow and steady is the name of the game.

How were you tracking your calories, just curious? Is it possible you were consuming more calories then you think? 1500 calories per day really should have resulted in weight loss. How long were you doing this for? What types of food were you eating?

Were you doing any sort of exercise?

Robin asked some important questions to consider. I think when we're used to overeating we train ourselves to underestimate our true consumption.

I'm currently losing at 1500-1700 cals per day (on average). When I weighed close to 190 I was losing at 1800-2000 per day.

I currently aim for 1800-2000 calories. I was put on that by my nutrition coach at the gym. At first I thought it was way to high but I am losing with that. Though I do burn 400-700 calories a day, 6 days a week working out. When you were on the higher calorie plan did you try to add in some exercise, like some walking? That may help you lose and still be at a more heathly calorie range.

I have always stayed consisently around 1350-1500 although I am closer 1500 these days and still losing.

Lori

Then I was using food lables and books and working out 3x a week. I may have not been very accurate as suggested. I did this for about a month. Now I use a website that I'm not allowed to type on here....something about Spark...if you know which one I"m talking about. Every time I type that one it deletes the word. I use it to track my calories. I think I need to go up on calories as suggested though. I am feeling weak some and shaky before meals.

Remember that food is fuel for your body - if you are feeling weak or shaky, your body is clearly telling you that it needs more calories.

Lori

I try to stay at about 1200 calories. This may seem low, but I am currently 139lbs and am not very active. If exercising, I will increase it in order to give myself more fuel.

hi

i've lost 12 lb in a week....800-1000 cal/day...i also exercise about 30-45 minutes a day, drink plenty of water.....and spend a lot of time reading succes stories form 3fatchicks.com to encourage myself....

Michelle, have you seen a doctor to see how many calories you should be eating? 1000 and below is way too low. Losing 12 pounds in a week is great, but at first you are losing water. If you are exercising, you will still lose at a higher amount of calories, but it will be slower and probably a longer lasting loss.

YummymummyOA, that site that shall remain nameless was sending spammers over to 3FC for awhile, so their name got banned.

I agree with others that you (a) need to track more carefully, and (b) see someone else about how many calories you should be eating, e.g. a doctor. And, it could be that you didn't give it enough time--I don't know.

We can only guess... which is a good reason to see someone else in the real world.

Jay

I'm 5'6 and 130 lbs and I maintain at the same calorie intake as you - that just can't be the case. You should deffinitally be losing at a higher calorie intake. I'm surprised your nutritionist lowered you to that small of an amount? It is possible that there are other health issues involved in your lack of weight gain - my mom was dieting and was not loosing the weight she should have been loosing. Turns out I think she had something wrong with her thyroid? I'm not really sure but once she got treated for her medical problem she dropped like 10 lbs instantly.