Tracking calories

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You only need 1200 calories a day if you are trying to lose weight. You'll never get to 140 on 1400 calories a day. Reset the calorie count in your profile...it's under goals or something.

OP here - is eating 1200 calories a day even possible if you are working out every day and walking 5-7 miles? I feel like I would probably pass out if I ate that little.

Yesterday I ate 1480 calories and exercised burned approximately 410 calories. I walked 13,000 steps and lifted for 30 minutes.

Op, if you are working out every day and walking 5-7 miles, then you’re definitely not in “light activity” category. You probably could benefit from an additional 100-200 calories.

+1. I’d put you squarely in the “moderately active” category, especially if you’re starving at 1500. Try 1700 and see what happens.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You only need 1200 calories a day if you are trying to lose weight. You'll never get to 140 on 1400 calories a day. Reset the calorie count in your profile...it's under goals or something.

OP here - is eating 1200 calories a day even possible if you are working out every day and walking 5-7 miles? I feel like I would probably pass out if I ate that little.

Yesterday I ate 1480 calories and exercised burned approximately 410 calories. I walked 13,000 steps and lifted for 30 minutes.

We are all different. I wouldn’t lose weight at all if I didn’t get down to at least 1200 cal a day. Any more than that and I will not lose weight. FWIW, I’m 5’7” and over 200lbs and moderately active.

PP you’ve killed your metabolism by starving yourself. This is not normal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You only need 1200 calories a day if you are trying to lose weight. You'll never get to 140 on 1400 calories a day. Reset the calorie count in your profile...it's under goals or something.

Ignore this lunatic.

[Anonymous]

Yes, you may loose weight at 1200 but your body and mind will rebel.

You get a lot of exercise. You are not overweight; losing weight is just a "nice to have" vs a necessity at your size since you aren't obese or even overweight according to BMI. I'd try eating more good calories.

fwiw, I am 5'7" and currently 150. Without knowing specifics, my exercise seems comparable to yours. I've been trying to get back down to my "happy weight" of 135 but at 52-years-old it has been truly, really annoyingly difficult. I've learned that even if I count calories, it is consistently food types that seem to make a big difference in whether or not I lose each week.

A fiber-rich, vegetable-centric diet; limit fruit to ~ 1 cup berries or an apple or kiwi/day; and the pounds are starting to come off at 1400-1500 cal/day. And I am not hungry, which is lovely.