Can I ask how many calories you eat on a glp 1?

I'm mid forties, same height as you. I do a lot of strength training. Five years ago I would lose weight on 1800 calories. I still strength train, I haven't consciously changed anything about my lifestyle other than I get more steps in, now I need to be on 1300 or less to lose weight.
If I didn't strength train and do a sport on top i could well imagine it would need to be 1000. I can't tell you why that is, and five years ago I wouldn't have believed you, but it's the reality. I'm not even confirmed peri, let alone taking into account the difference post meno.
I wish it were different but I've been trying to fuel my workouts, eat high protein, lift heavy, and the reality is I was just gradually gaining weight and it wasn't muscle, I was just slowly getting fatter and fatter.

That sounds bloody awful @Gardenflowering

But if you’re utterly disinterested in food… doesn’t it impact your enjoyment of dinners with friends? Christmas lunch with family?

Recommended by Nutracheck is 1600 for me. But I have not been tracking. Which is why I had has abysmal results (1 stone, 1lb over 4 months)

Yeah that makes sense, as above - I’ve got (at least a basic) understanding of BMR & TDEE.

My surprise is that anyone’s pushes them to that low calorie a diet, on a long term basis.

I know people do short term low calorie diets, but I’m (genuinely) surprised that it would be recommended for anyone to consume 800-1000 calories on a long term sustained basis.

It’s based on height and weight, as well as activity levels. The shorter you are the less you need to fuel your body, the heavier you are the more you need to sustain that weight, hence why bigger people can go into a defecit but still eat a lot and drop weight fast. Then your activity levels also factor in in terms of how much you burn,

Yeah I believe that to be the case too, my TDEE is definitely lower because of my height.

I am just surprised that it can be so much lower that to be in meaningful deficit you’re capped at 800-1000.

I’m at least fairly short, and at those calories I’d be in a circa 1000 deficit, which feels.. large!

The way I understand it is that the shorter you are, the lower your daily allowance is. I’m glad your weigh loss has been fast. I can only go on my own experience and mine’s been slow but I’ve lost nonetheless. I also am menopausal and have lipoedema which may well affect my progress.

Where have we been hearing for years that eating less and calorie counting doesn’t work? I have known since at least the 80s about counting calories and have never heard anyone say it doesn’t work?

In terms of finances I probably don’t save as much as expected by some as I buy far better quality food now.

I lost slowly on MJ, my weightloss averaged 1.8lb per week. To lose, I was on 1100-1300 calories a day. To maintain, I am on 1300-1600 calories a day. For maintenance, I look at that as a weekly average, as there are some days when I eat out, where I will consume more and then the next day, I will make sure I consume less.

Everyone will be different and will find their own level. My calorie intake matches fairly well my energy expenditure, according to my watch/health app, now that I'm maintaining.

@Viviiene I think everyone knows that consuming less calories is a proven way to lose weight! Most people who take WLI will have tried many diets and lost weight. But what most haven't been able to do is stick with it long-term, change their eating habits and then maintain. For a whole variety of reasons WLI seem to make this more doable for many users.

I don’t get that, genuinely don’t.

I’m 5ft2 and have lost just over 1st in 9 weeks, on around 1200-1400 calories a day.

(Not on WLI, but the deficit would be the same either way)

What does being short have to do with it? How short does a person have to be to genuinely need less than 1000 calories?

GPL-1 also impact your blood sugar and the efficiency with which you burn fat so the weight loss isn’t purely down to calories in/calories out.

@LaurieFairyCake , are you taking a maintenance dose and if so how much please? I am at my goal weight and titrating down the doses, presently at 7.5mg. My weight fluctuates a bit usually between 107 and 108.5Lbs; I’m 63 and 5’1”. I estimate my average daily calorie consumption is approximately 1800 which to be honest I can’t understand because in theory I shouldn’t be able to have that much especially since I also have hypothyroidism. I can only imagine the medication is making my metabolism work particularly efficiently, I would like eventually to get to 5mg but I’d rather not have to consume less.

Yes ..the less active you are ,the less you can eat
I've recently bought a rowing machine,and I'm starting to build up using it each day .
I do hope very much to be able to eat like a normal person one day

You’re right, I was utterly fed up with it, I was eating the same stuff every day just to hit my calorie and macro targets. Recently, I’ve made more effort to learn new recipes and now have a much more varied and tasty diet. All part of the learning process!

Those who are now counting calories are you making massive savings as eating probably half what you used to?

Does it surprise you how much you used to consume compared to what you eat now? Genuine question, I'm not being goady we've just heard for years that eating less and counting calories didn't work. Can you now see that it does?

I didn’t even intimate that, I was very clear. It’s rhe people eating very low cals. The 800 odd a day we are seeing, even up to 1000. These are very low cal diets. It’s great youre firm and muscular on that, I would not be, and I’d suggest it’s unusual,

I aim for 1500 a day or thereabouts and am on the lowest dose. I did worry about making it too easy for myself and then going back to old habits eventually so I'm hoping this will be more sustainable for me. I've also upped my exercise.

Fully agree, I think you never feel hunger your dose is likely too high.

Any chance of doing some weights? I do think the key to being able to eat a decent amount long term is to put some muscle on.

I concur if for reasons out of your control you have to be inactive then you will need less calories

As a shortie I’ve only been able to lose on 800-1000 per day. Any more than that and I maintain. That’s with 10mg of mounjaro. And the loss has been slow. 11 months to lose almost 3 stone.

I'm stuck at home , little chance to get steps in
Having done yoyo diets my entire life ,my metabolism is shot to peices ,I'm in menopause and I just don't burn fuel efficiently
I have tried eating more and I just put weight on .
I'd love nothing more than to be able to eat 2000 calories a day
But if I did ,I'd be right back at where I started,12 stone heavier

I know you didn’t ask me but I’m just jumping it to say feeling hunger is absolutely normal and apart from the very early days I have felt hungry often. The difference is the WLI stops me from eating everything - I do not want it to stop me having hunger cues as I want my eating to be as normal as it possibly can be which means having an appetite.

I've lost nearly 12 stone
Never gone over 1000 a day
Currently it's quite low about 800 as I'm a bit fed up with what I'm eating