How many calories a day do you eat?

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I'm 33 and average around 2050-2100, but I think it's too much.

I do an hour+ of exercise per day, but despite being 8 and a half stone I have a flabby belly and I'm bloated.

I've had 1800 ISH the past few days and feel a lot better for it, so I'll try and stick to this.

Those on the 1500 (which I think I need to be in to lose) what are your daily foods that you enjoy and feel full on for 1500 please, need inspiration!!!

I’m on holiday so currently about 100,000

I'm 5ft 4 and 10st 4. I'm having around 1200 atm and losing weight.

I'm trying to lose a stone so 1400 with the occasional increase to allow for social life. I'm 52 and lost 7 pounds this way but it's really slow.

86 today - but only because I have a cold.

I try and stick to 1000 during the week.

500 a day to maintain, 250 to lose.

I'm 5'7, or just under. I do feel like it gets harder to eat as many with age, sadly.

Nah, just kidding.
I don't count calories. The amount I eat fluctuates. Sometimes too much, sometimes to little.
I don't do enough exercise, either.
I'm not hugely overweight, although I'm plumper than I'd like.
I'm fine with how clothes look on me and I'm quite energetic, so all good.

I've set my goal to 1600 which is approx 300 less than maintenence to lose weight slowly. I have about 3kg left to go to get to where I would like to be.

However I don't always stick to it, last week I had 3 very bad days so I averaged about 300 calories over maintainance.

I got my figure from a TDEE calculator based on my age (37) height (5'1) and activity levels (I'm classed as active day to day and on top of that I do actual exercise 6 days a week)

About 1400 but losing 1-2lbs per week on that so I think I can go to around 2000 or slightly over to maintain.

Age 54, 5'7 and exercising x 5 per week.

Have lost 39lbs so far and am at 154lbs.

I have a very flabby belly and I weigh 7st 7!

I constantly worry about calories and try not to put on weight but goodness knows how many I actually eat

What kind of exercise do you do? Weights will get rid of the flabby belly, cardio won't.

46, any more and I’m just too full

Of course, there are some terribly competitive under eaters on MN who’ll be along to claim they eat even less. Totally unbelievable.

About 2,400, which I know is too much for me but I’m still breastfeeding and hungry

I am on 1,600 calories per day on a weightloss regime - losing 1lb a week - sedentary!

I have around 1800-2500 a day (depending on the day!) and maintain (I am 5ft 3 and weigh 13 stone and am pretty active with my job)

37 year old, 5 foot 8, 13 stone, currently breastfeeding a 4 month old

i eat 1600-1800/day and have been losing 2lb/week with that. 2 stone down so far, another 2 to go to target weight.

I walk 7-10k steps/day and do a 15-17k step hike once a week. I do a mum and baby circuits style fitness class 1-2 x weekly (err most weeks 😬)

i will balloon when I go back to work 😅 Will start weight training again when I can leave the baby without my boobs and that should kick up my metabolism again to make up for decreasing breast feeding 🤞🏻 I don’t think I’ll be able to eat more than 1800kcal/day to maintain a healthy BMI though

At 8.5 stone you're in the healthy weight range for a 4 foot 10 woman.

I try to inhale -300 on weekdays but at a weekend I eat three sunflower seeds so sadly end up averaging 245 a day

It does as you need less calories as you age, it’s quite depressing to put your age as 21 in the TDEE calculator and see how many more you’d get to maintain if you were 25 odd years younger. Why people gain in middle age as they don’t realise you need less

When I lost 24lbs in lockdown and went down to 7.5 stone I still had a flabby belly too. I mean a lot less flabby than now as I’m 9st 4 ish but it was flabby

About 2400. I'm 5'3" and weigh around 8 stone 5. 46. Perimenopausal. Always snacky.

No idea,I never count them.

Even from age 33 compared to 23 my TDEE is 100 cal less, for exactly the same height and weight :(