TEENS!!!! How many calories do you eat per day??

do you also exercise, what do you burn on average

1500-2500 calories maybe but I don't really count. I just listen to my body. The most exercise I get is going shopping :P No sports or anything. I'm compulsive about eating only healthy food though.

1200-1400 with occasional splurges of like 1800 or more..... on the weekends sometimes.

I made a post asking the same question a while back: http://caloriecount.about.com/forums/post/514 31

To answer your question, I'm 16 and don't do much exercise as I'm trying to gain a few pounds.. but to maintain around 100 pounds I intake about 1600 calories a day.

I'm 17, female, 5'7", started out at 159 lbs. in August, CW 143, trying to get to 130 by April! 

I generally try to work out in some way once a day, I go to the gym probably 3 times per week, and do yoga or pilates DVDs on the days when I don't go to the gym. This is kinda inactive for me, during the fall I run 6+ miles 5 days a week on my cross country team, but since my season's over I'm trying all kinds of new exercise...

I *TRY* for 1500-1600 kcal per day... I think my daily average for the last week was a little over 1700...

I've calculated that I burn about 2100 just going to school and doing whatever, and when I exercise it generally jumps up 100 (for yoga/Pilates) or 500 (hard workouts at the gym) and I try to compensate for the hard workouts with an extra slimfast or protein shake or something. Then I still get an extra 300 kcal deficit for the days I work out, but it keeps my energy up and *I think* helps me build lean muscle! I try and keep my deficits around 500-750 because I don't want to slow my metabolism by shocking it into starvation mode with too low a deficit!

Good luck with whatever fitness/health/whatever goals you have!

I have been eating around 1200-1250 cals a day, exercise 3-4 days a week, normally taebo using resistance bands. don't know how much i burn but do know that i need to up my cals much like half the people who have replied to this post.

I'm sixteen, a girl & I eat 1200-1300 a day.

(Absolutely no exercise, haha. )

Just a note: teens should be getting at least 1800 a day. They also should be gaining weight. If you never gain weight, you'll never grow. So don't een try to "maintain" your weight at a specific number because you'll end "maintaining" your height and never growing.

That's not to say that you should gain tons of weight. But usually, you have to gain a few pounds before you can grow.

• Female
• 18 years old
• 5ft8inches tall
• 117lbs
• I consume 1900 calories to maintain
• But right now im eating 2300 to gain weight
• i exercise (cardio & strength training) 5-6 times a week.

2000 calories a day..

Not due to dieting..
I just really like to eat.

Im 19 and i am trying to lose like, 30 lbs at least. being a mom of a 2 year old and a 3 month old, it is had to find the time to eat right and exercise as much as i would like.

i was taking in 800-1000 calories a day, but just tonight i learned that that is why i have not been losing weight. i thought less was better, but i guess not. finally, i know why i am not losing weight this way!

600 - 1000 ?

I'd die ..



Not healthy woman !


Try at least 1500.
People say 1200 but that's all starvation nonsense.

15 1/2 years old, 110 lbs. i'm eating about 1600 calories a day... trying to up the number because i'm about 7 lbs underweight. i exercise 6 days a week (track team, gymnastics team) i burn around 800-1,000 calories a day when i work out.

Original Post by snotbubblez:

600 - 1000 ?

I'd die ..



Not healthy woman !


Try at least 1500.
People say 1200 but that's all starvation nonsense.

 

yeah seriously. I agree.. I mean, you need 1200 for your body to function..and teens claiming they're eating enough because they eat "at least 1200 a day" and don't exercise are in need of some disillusionment!

I'm 18, female, 5'9, and around 160 right now and I eat 1400-1500 cals a day, run 30 miles a week, bike 18 miles a week, and do resistance training 4 hours a week. I'm trying to lose another 20 pounds so that's why it may seem a little much...

I don't understand how you can maintain on 1400cals, women and teens should be getting 1800 cals to maintain. You burn calories every second.. it is not healthy to be eating 1000-1300 cals a day.

I eat anywhere from 1800 to 2300 cals a day, I am 117lbs and 5'5. I work out 3-4 times a week, as well as lifting weights, dancing and yoga. If I eat 1700cals for a few days, I tend to lose weight. Thats why 1800 cals is a good number to maintain.

for some people it's harder to lose weight and sometimes eating 1800-2300 just doesn't get us anywhere...

yes this is true, but eating 1200-1300 calories is not any better. It will put your body into starvation, and therefore lead to a slower metabolism. When you slow that down, your body tries to store as much as it can everytime you eat. (been there, done that)

If you eat right, and have plenty of veggie, fruits, nuts, good fats and workout 3-4 times a week, or 30 minutes a day, then thats heathly.

I'm 17, female, and 5'5", and I'm maintaining my weight eating anywhere from 1500-1800 calories generally. My main exercise is walking, 20-60 minutes a day.

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I eat about 1800cal/day.  I'm losing 1lbs a week to get down to a healthy weight.  I don't do any intentional exercise, but I am on my feet a lot at work. :)  I'm fifteen, female, 5'6-5'7, and currently 179lbs.