Page 5 | Can I ask how many calories you eat on a glp 1?

Croseu · 2026-05-31T17:44:00+00:00

Just curious. I’m also on my own non glp1 weight journey. No judgement around it whatsoever. Please can you disclose how many calories you consume. My issue is that I genuinely just eat out of boredom and having not made good choices post motherhood. I’ve lost 15 pounds very slowly. But I have made some good changes. Ie getting ready (bit of lippy) and walking to the local coffee shop instead of eating a packet of biscuits in front of the telly when bored. Just seen a lot of friends who have always struggled with weight and had issues like pcos and thyroid issues lose weight very effectively. I can definitely keep to a deficit.

ChunkyMonkey36 · Yesterday 15:55

Macaroni46 · Yesterday 15:46

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.

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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!

Safarisagoody · Yesterday 15:56

ChunkyMonkey36 · Yesterday 15:02

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?

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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,

ChunkyMonkey36 · Yesterday 15:58

Safarisagoody · Yesterday 15:56

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,

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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.

JHound · Yesterday 16:34

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)

Patientlywaitingforbye · Yesterday 17:44

LaurieFairyCake · Yesterday 08:34

youtookyourtime

Thats the other difference in last few years, menus now all have calories on it. I pretty much always have whatever’s highest protein. No one has ever noticed I’ve eaten anything or done anything different, people are far more interested in their own food.

I never turn down socialising because there’s food, when I’m out just with my partner I have a starter and dessert.

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

Patientlywaitingforbye · Yesterday 17:47

Gardenflowering · Yesterday 06:22

11 months. Nausea for the first 2-3 days (& headaches and feel very unwell) hence not moving up the doses.
Quality of life is impacted.

Weight stalled for the last 8 weeks. (On 800-900 cals a day) But I can’t face the side effects by moving up, in fact I have to prepare myself every week to jag myself because some weeks I just can’t face the next 3 days of feeling so unwell.

I also do not want to drop cals any more so here I am stuck.. if I stop the jags, I will gain a shed tonne of weight again and I don’t want that either.

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That sounds bloody awful @Gardenflowering

Proteinpudding · Yesterday 17:48

ChunkyMonkey36 · Yesterday 15:02

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?

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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.

Safarisagoody · Yesterday 17:56

ChunkyMonkey36 · Yesterday 15:58

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.

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I don’t think it’s recommended by anyone.

Zempy · Yesterday 18:01

Delatron · Yesterday 13:18

For those on 700-800 calorie diets -
you will not be getting enough protein,
nutrients or energy from this diet for healthy functioning. You will not be hitting basic daily energy requirements. Of course you will lose weight! But you will completely mess your metabolism and your endocrine system in the process.

Why do you think you seem to be only able to eat 1000 calories after doing this without putting on weight? It’s because you’ve slowed your metabolism, messed up your hormones and lost muscle.

Please listen to some of the posters on here who have lost weight sensibly without going too low on calories. They then built muscle and now eat a decent amount! Without putting it back on. That is sustainable and healthy. Love those on 2000 plus calories! The muscle needs this.

A diet of 800 calories and less should be done under strict medical supervision - what does that tell
you?

My consultant endocrinologist disagrees with you.

I am disabled so my “calories out” side of the equation is impacted slightly. Also I am sixty, so my metabolism is working at a very different level to when I was in my forties.

Just because that level of calorie intake would be too low for you doesn’t mean you can extrapolate that to a general consensus.

Safarisagoody · Yesterday 18:06

Zempy · Yesterday 18:01

My consultant endocrinologist disagrees with you.

I am disabled so my “calories out” side of the equation is impacted slightly. Also I am sixty, so my metabolism is working at a very different level to when I was in my forties.

Just because that level of calorie intake would be too low for you doesn’t mean you can extrapolate that to a general consensus.

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I think the poster can, a general consensus means most people and they will be correct. It doesn’t mean every person.

yes disabled people. Very short people etc maybe fine on this,I don’t think anyone is saying otherwise but for the majority then it is not a healthy enough consumption to maintain density and health long term.

Delatron · Yesterday 18:34

Zempy · Yesterday 18:01

My consultant endocrinologist disagrees with you.

I am disabled so my “calories out” side of the equation is impacted slightly. Also I am sixty, so my metabolism is working at a very different level to when I was in my forties.

Just because that level of calorie intake would be too low for you doesn’t mean you can extrapolate that to a general consensus.

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Well yes I said only for people under medical supervision. So if you’re disabled then it is obviously very different. And you have been advised by a medial professional.

For most people 800 calories is too low and will cause issues. I stand by that barring anyone inactive or ill.

Delatron · Yesterday 18:34

Safarisagoody · Yesterday 18:06

I think the poster can, a general consensus means most people and they will be correct. It doesn’t mean every person.

yes disabled people. Very short people etc maybe fine on this,I don’t think anyone is saying otherwise but for the majority then it is not a healthy enough consumption to maintain density and health long term.

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Thank you.

daffodilandtulip · Yesterday 22:53

Viviiene · Yesterday 13:51

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?

Yes but without the WLI balancing our hormones and blood sugars, eating less was impossible.

daffodilandtulip · Yesterday 23:02

Delatron · Yesterday 13:18

For those on 700-800 calorie diets -
you will not be getting enough protein,
nutrients or energy from this diet for healthy functioning. You will not be hitting basic daily energy requirements. Of course you will lose weight! But you will completely mess your metabolism and your endocrine system in the process.

Why do you think you seem to be only able to eat 1000 calories after doing this without putting on weight? It’s because you’ve slowed your metabolism, messed up your hormones and lost muscle.

Please listen to some of the posters on here who have lost weight sensibly without going too low on calories. They then built muscle and now eat a decent amount! Without putting it back on. That is sustainable and healthy. Love those on 2000 plus calories! The muscle needs this.

A diet of 800 calories and less should be done under strict medical supervision - what does that tell
you?

My BMR is 1013 and my TDEE is 1370. I lost over 6 stone on 800 calls and have never felt healthier.

I ate 75g of protein today, which is over my daily target. I always hit my macros and have always taken multi vitamins even before weight loss. I have a job where I move all day, I walk 10,000+ steps a day and I can lift 70lbs. But ok.

daffodilandtulip · Yesterday 23:12

Sartre · Yesterday 09:35

This thread is really quite frightening. There’s no way anyone’s maintenance calories are 1000, even a small child requires more than this a day to stay alive. Eating 800 calories every day is an eating disorder. You’re unwell and need help.

An adult should be consuming absolute minimum 1500 to survive. That’s just if you don’t move around at all. Obviously when trying to drop weight people reduce down to 1200-1300 or something and feel ok. There’s just no way anyone feels sustained on 800 cals unless you literally don’t move at all.

I lost a lot of weight years ago pre jabs and I did it initially through the 5:2 diet. Fast days were super hard for me, I felt moody, had headaches, would shake etc but I persevered for a few months till my appetite reduced overall. On non fast days I’d eat about 1400-1500. I also exercised every day- either a YouTube HIIT video, dumbbells or running. Lost the 7 stone in a year and kept it off. Now a perfectly healthy weight and long distance runner, I’d guess I eat 1800 a day.

Oh, the BMR calculators must all be wrong then.

Bones101 · Today 00:49

Crazy to see the amount of under eating. I'm a physician and lost 3 stone on MJ eating 1850 cal. Maintained now.