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    Default how many calories

    do you eat in a day to keep yourself in shape? I'm struggling here. Like, for an average height person, around 5'5"
    I'm looking for number answers here, not "calories don't matter" answers.

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    Default Re: how many calories

    I'm around 2000ish but I'm taller than that.

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    Default Re: how many calories

    To lose weight or maintain ? how much do you exercise and how many calories do you burn when you do?? What's your body type, ectomorph , endomorph..? You can also go on a calorie calculator online
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    Default Re: how many calories

    1200 cals a day - plenty of water.

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    Default Re: how many calories

    I am 5'4 and eat around 2000. But that is ONLY when I am working out consistently. If sedentary, I keep it around 1500 to not gain. But it really varies because everyone is so different. Just knowing your height I can't say. Never go below 1200, though.

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    Default Re: how many calories

    between 1200-1400.
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    Default Re: how many calories

    ˆˆthis is a good rule of thumb! I like to think of it in terms of meals... two small meals and one large.
    Like breakfast: yogurt and a bit of granola, or a croissant with a piece of ham and some spinach ~ 350 calories
    Dinner: eat like you're hungry but eat slowly and drink lots of water so you don't over do it.
    2n dinner: veggies and dip... soup... something small but healthy... salad...

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    I love myfitnesspal for calculating this and keeping up with it. You can even scan skus and it keeps up with food that you eat often making food easier to input. Combine this with fitbit and it's a great way to track health and weight loss. The trick is sticking to it...Also both apps are kind of slow on older phones. I just got a new Galazy7 and they work beautifully.

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    Default Re: how many calories

    Usually around 2000 and I am extremely active. I work 40+ hours a week on my feet at my day job and dance one to two nights a week and try to work out as much as I have time for.I'm 5'5" and around 135 right now which is heavier than I like but I'm also extremely muscular.

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    Default Re: how many calories

    im a mesomorph, right now im dieting down (1300kcal a day, working out 6x a week really intense workouts but otherwise my lifestyle is pretty sedentary). When im bulking or just more focused on lifting, i can go up to 3000 kcal but with that the workouts get more intense and weights i lift get heavier also. right now im at 154lbs and im 5'8". i reccommend you calculate your TDEE and go from there.

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    Default Re: how many calories

    You're going to want to look up your BMR and your TDEE. If you are fairly active (as in you get up to go pee instead of peeing in bed, someone who is not bedridden will expend more energy than their BMR), and eat at your BMR you will certainly lose weight. Your TDEE would be the calories your body uses in a day taking your activity level into account. If you eat at your TDEE you should maintain your weight, but will likely not lose weight.

    Edit to add: A pound of fat lost = 3500 calories below your TDEE. If you eat 500 calories below your TDEE every day for a week you will lose a pound of fat a week (and in my experience two more pounds of water weight as well).
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    Default Re: how many calories

    Quote Originally Posted by Rispy_Girl View Post
    I love myfitnesspal for calculating this and keeping up with it. You can even scan skus and it keeps up with food that you eat often making food easier to input. Combine this with fitbit and it's a great way to track health and weight loss. The trick is sticking to it...Also both apps are kind of slow on older phones. I just got a new Galazy7 and they work beautifully.
    Totally agree on My Fitness Pal ... also there are cute water apps that send a reminder to your phone for you to drink some more ... which for me is helpful to get my daily quota down lol.

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    Default Re: how many calories

    Maintenance level for someone your size and active is around 1800 calories per day. Google Mifflin St. Jeor, put in your data, and use a multiplication factor of 1.5.

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    Default Re: how many calories

    Around 1200 to lose weight, but I'm a designer and stay at my desk almost all day long (except 1 hour walk when I go out with my dog).
    I am currently on a keto diet and finally not counting anymore


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    I follow guide régime for healthy food.

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