Losing Weight Safely While Eating More Than 1200/1500 Calories Poll

Please post if you are:

1. Female and eating 1200 or more calories a day or male and eating 1500 or more calories a day (or eating fewer but doing so under a doctor's care)
2. Have been losing weight

I'd like to know the average number of calories you eat a day and how much weight you have lost. Thank you!

And since I'm starting this, I'll go first:

Average calories/day: 1700
Weight lost so far: 24 pounds (as of August 9)
       &nb sp;               &nb sp;     30 pounds (as of August 25)
       &nb sp;               &nb sp;     42 pounds (as of October 18)


(edited to update weight loss)

HELP! I don't know what to do. For the past 8 weeks I've been eating healthy, between 1550 and 1650 calories a day. Go to gym 4 times a week, 40 minutes cardio and 20 minutes light weights. I've picked up 2.2 kg. Not lost a single thing! I've now started taking a metabolic booster 3 weeks ago and still nothing. I don't know what to do. Maybe I should go and see a dr., but I'm becoming so despondent, when I see a packet of chips I think - I'm picking up weight anyway, I might as well just eat the chips. I don't want to go back there, but it's really starting to get me down. If there is anyone here that can help me and give me some support I would really appreciate it. xxx Ant

32 yr old female  5'8

Weighed 153 Jan 8th lost 2 pounds that week.

Started CC Jan 14th at 151  and 1350 - 1500  calorie a day adverage

Weight 144  but tomorrow is weight in hoping to be at the 10 pounds lost.

26 year old female, 5'3, started at 195.

Began dieting on 3/2/2007, have now lost 11 lbs.

Try to eat 1300-1500 daily, work out 3 times a week, doing cardio and weight training, also walk in a hilly neighborhood 2 miles, 5 days a week.

Female 43 and I eat 1250 on non workout days and 1500 on workout days.  I have lost 28.6 pounds since 1/13/07.

I used to eat about 900 and was stuck at the same weight for over a year until discovering C-C.  It has paid bigtime to up the calories.

Average calories: 1800-1900 (exercising daily)

Weight loss--30 pounds in about 7 months so far

5'1" 114 lbs approx intake, about 1800 per day, give or take total loss- 10 lbs i look pretty good about now though

1700 Calories per day

105# lost over 19 months.

I wasnt losing any weight at 1,200 cals because I didnt know about adding more cals and adjusting for exercise. I am going to up to 1,400 cals and hope for my 1stlb weight loss in 3weeks! :)

Average 1,200 to 1,300 daily since Feb 8, 2007 ( Contest @ work) loss 28 lbs so far. I walked daily ( 30 to 45 min) and faithfully logged any thing I put in my mouth on my journal. 54 lbs to go.

Eat about 1700 a day during the week and 1200-1400 on weekends. Keep around 1000 cal deficit.  Lost 8lbs in 3 weeks.

Female, pushing 40!, average 2350 cal/day - often up to 3000 p/day on Fri/Sat/Sun and apparently losing weight, slowly, anyway.  I walk nearly 4 km outdoors with the dog and try to run 8 km on the treadmill, on weekdays.  8 lbs in 5 months?  That's really slowly compared to everyone else but I hate being hungry.

Bumping this up for those who need to learn that you have to eat enough to lose and keep it off!

My goal for last year was 50 pounds. I lost it and have kept it off. I'm trying to lose a bit more now, so am eating between 1600-1700 calories/day. A growing teen will likely need more calories than my sedentary ancient self, so those of you who are young, please take that into consideration. (The tools here are for adults, not those still growing up; please take that into consideration, too.)

I've been shooting for around 1500 cal/day but I don't know that I'll sustain that for too long.  I imagine I'll settle more in the 1800 area eventually. 

My doc says I should probably eat between 2000-2500, but I'd like to lose a bit more to get my fbg levels a bit more reasonable.  Lost about 4 pounds so far - goal is about 70.

I'm a guy.  32 years old.

average cals = 1400/day

weight loss = 69 lbs since January

Average cals per day:  1750.

Weight lost:  16 pounds since July 12 (as of last Friday's weigh-in), so about 16 pounds in 6 weeks.

Average cals/day:  1200

Weight lost: 17 lbs (from May-August), so about 1 lb/week.

Female, 22, started at 162.

Average calories per day:  1880 (but it varies a good bit, from 1400 to 2200ish).

Weight lost:  5 pounds since July 28

I am 23 started at 210

Average calories per day:1200-1400 depending on activity.

Lost: 30 lbs. 

36yo F. Started at 1200 but it wasn't really enough so upped it to 1400 whether I exercise or not (15-1700 on heavy exercise days.)

Dieting for four months, weightloss 35 pounds. 

female, 22 yrs old, 5'4.5

Lost 10 lbs on 1500 cals/day