How many calories do you eat or TRY to eat per day?
Weight: 190 lbs
Age: almost 15
Height: 5'5"
Frame: large
Calorie goal: 1000
Goal Weight: 120
add any other stats u may like. x3
Weight: 200 lbs.
Age: 26
height: 5'9"
Frame: LARGE
Calorie Goal: 1730
Goal weight: 170
Age: 20
Height: 6'0"
Frame: dunno, not really sure about the whole wrist thing, so either small or medium.
Calorie goal: 1600-1700
Goal Weight: 160
*On a side note I did weigh 160 (or more precisely 158.4) a few days ago, but I had a really nasty binge attack 2 days ago, and i havent gotten on the scale (I'm gonna wait until a few weeks from now). So im just guessing at around 165.
You are aiming to eat way too few calories for your height and weight! The minimal number of calories ANY female should eat is 1200 calories - merely to keep the body functioning properly. Your body needs at least 1200 calories per day to survive. Here is a very rough scientific break down provided by a dietician for a 5' 2", 19 year old female weighing approximately 100 pounds, sitting around all day and doing nothing:
-The heart needs 12% of the calories (144 cals)
-The kidney needs 12% of the calories (144 cals)
-The Liver needs 23% of the calories (276 cals)
-The brain needs 23% of the calories (276 cals)
-The skeletal muscle needs 30% of the calories (360 cals)
Reference: http://www.calorie-count.com/forums/post/3178 .html#6
If you continue to eat 1000 calories you will end up doing long-term damage to your body and will not lose the weight you want to in a sustainable manner.
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Since you are only 15, here are some links with a calculator and lots of information for teenagers:
Have you inputted your stats into the tools on this website? The calorie expenditure and allowance tools? They are SO HELPFUL in deciding what is the proper amount you should be eating in order to lose.calculator and website with calorie information for Teens Nutrition, Exercise & Weight Management for Teens More Nutrition & Health for Teens Dieting & Metabolism (explains starvation mode and why undereating is counter-productive) The Body Neglected (explains what happens when you undereat a long time)
I hope the links above help and that you find the positive, healthy support you need to lose weight in a healthful and sustainable manner.
And to answer your question specifically, I just stopped calorie counting myself 1 week ago but prior to that I was eating 1450 calories a day, I am 5'1" and 107lbs. In fact, since I stopped calorie counting and upped my intake to probably about 1700 I am still losing! Amazing, if you eat more you LOSE MORE (within reason of course as you still need to intake less than you expend)
I'm 22, female, 5'6", and 158 pounds. I maintain on a little over 2000 a day, as far as I can tell, so obviously I'm aiming for less than that in order to lose weight. The site picked 1600 as my goal, but that seemed a little low to me (I'm all about making small changes over time; I know if I make a drastic change, I won't stick to it, and I'll gain all the weight back). My personal goal is around 1800, but I've been averaging about 1900 lately. (I also burn 200-300 daily in the gym.) I just figure as long as I consistently eat less than what it takes me to maintain my weight, I'll eventually be fine.
Listen to nycgirl. 1000 calories is too few for you to function well. 1200 is the minimum recommended for any woman. I plugged your info into a calculator (http://health.discovery.com/tools/calculators /basal/basal.html), and it said your BMR (basal metabolic rate--the number of calories your body needs to function if you just sleep all day) is 1709. So you should not eat any less than that, or you risk your health. (The 1200 number is for really tiny women; you or I would be starving ourselves at that point.) One good way to figure out how much you should eat is just to log everything you currently eat (without trying to diet) for a while (a week or so), and figure out how many calories that is. If you're currently not gaining or losing weight, then that number is the number of calories it takes you to maintain your weight. To lose weight, you want to create a deficit of 500-1000 calories a day (no more), either by cutting what you eat or by adding exercise (or both). If you do this, you should lose 1-2 pounds a week (the doctor-recommended healthy amount). If you haven't played around with all the tools on this site, I highly recommend it. There are also a lot of really good articles, and the other threads are full of good info too.
Good luck!
Thank-you for your informative post. It was good to see in numbers what a woman's body needs to keep organs healthy and everything running properly!
Rachel
sw: 151.2
cw: 136.2
gw: 115
heightest weight: 210
height:5'1"
calories i aim for:1200
i know what eating 1000 will do to the body, and you'll never lose weight that way. it will be gained back and then some. been down that road many times.
Age: 22
Height: 5'3
Frame: Small
Calorie Goal: well, I know its wrong but it was 500 or fewer, but after reading nycgirl's post, I have increased it to 1200 : )!!Thanx
Goal Weight: 105 lbs.
What is very hard to understand about teenagers is that the desire of being thin is so strong that many of them dont care much about their health, I know because, when I was a teenager, I was anorexic @ a weight of 90 lbs and honestly I knew all the rules about being healthy, my mom even had me talking to a psycologist, nutricionist and a lot of doctors, but I just didnt care, I wanted to be thin so bad, I would see a fat girl in the mirror(and I still do), then I got pregnant, however I did care about my baby being healthy so I started to eat right cause my family and the doctors would force me, eventually I went up to 160lbs at my 9th month of pregnancy (that is the most I have ever weight) but now my daughter is 4 yrs old my weight varies between 115 and 120 and I still cant loose that baby weight...lol
society has a big role with unhealthy teens, I just think they need to expect less from girls and make models eat...:)
age: 26
height: 5'11"
frame: medium
calories: 2000 - 2200 when working out / 1800 on a regular day
I'm trying to eat back my calories after working out this is especially easy when the breakfast is my eat back meal :)
age: 17
height: 5'4"
frame: small
calorie goal: 1200
goal weight: 112
i used to eat 600 calories or fewer a day, but it was just too difficult for me to function properly, and i'd binge at least twice a week. it was terrible. plus, once i was on vacation, i gained a lot of the weight that i had previously lost. now, i'm eating at least 1200, and i feel great! i'm losing weight at a healthy pace, and i never binge anymore. i hardly ever feel hungry either.
weight : 126.7
age : 22
frame : med/small
Calorie goal : between 1200 and 1400 per day
goal weight : 117 to start, probably between 110 and 115 overall.
I've tried eating more, I've tried eating less, and this seems to be finally the right amount of cals for me. When I ate less than that I felt tired and hungry all the time. When I ate a little more, I was stuck at the same weight for almost 2 months. This may seem low to lots of people but according to CC at my current level of activity, 1500 is my maintenance number. Its either more excersize or less cals, and with a new job there is just no more time for working out :( Just make sure not to eat less than 1200, its bad for ya, just like nycgirl said above.
Age: 15
Frame: Small/medium
Calorie Goal: 1400, give or take 200 or so.
Goal Weight: 120
I learnt that the hard way, as soon as I got off my 800 - 1000 calorie diet I gained all the weight back.... Ive taken a new approach and am eating 1800 - 2000 and exercising 1-2 hours a day... Its workign really well and I feel better than ever.
Age: 25
Height: 6'2"
Frame: large
Calorie goal: 1600
Goal Weight: 180
I too started at like 1250 - it really doesn't work - this is still a little low I know but it's worked and as a goal ot's one of you don't hit but come close 1700 - 1800 hey I still win
I'm currently 143 lbs (last time I checked, I've not weighed myself in a week or so)
Age: 23
Height: 5'3"
Frame: small
Calorie goal: 1200-1600 depending on how much a burn through exercise
Goal Weight: 120 (this is kind of arbitrary, as I'm going more my measurements.)
I am 5'6", medium frame, 178.2 lbs and looking to be 145-150. :)
Age: 14
Height: 5'8'' (or a really tall 5'7''...XD)
Frame: small i think. but it feels big.
Calorie goal: 1200-1400
Goal Weight: 115 ultimately, but 118 for now
Age: 17
Height: 175cm
Frame: pretty large ;)
Calorie goal: 3100kcal
Goal Weight: 110kg
age:17
heigh:5 ft or 5 ft 1 (not sure)
frame:small but feels so big =\
calorie goal:800-1000 (bringing it slowly to 1200)
goal weight:90 lbs but 92lbs would do
age: almost 16
height: 5'5"
frame: small-medium
calorie goal: 1000-1200....but i normally end up eating only 800ish..i find it extremely hard to eat enough to get me there
goal weight: 110
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