Calorie intake

Laura in Texas
on 6/20/19 10:21 am

If you are maintaining with what you are doing then keep on doing that.

Unfortunately most people subtract exercise calories to give them an excuse to eat more. Then they complain about gaining or not being able to lose and that's when there is a problem. Personally, I do not subtract exercise calories.

I eat around 1800 calories to maintain and cut back to 1500 when I need to lose weight.

The average here seems to be 1400-1600 calories a day to maintain, but some have to eat less, and some more. We are all different.

Laura in Texas

53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)

RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis

brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco

"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."

vpstang
on 6/20/19 10:52 am

I dont subtract my exercise calories from my total calories, I eat basically the same thing every day during my work stint. Im out of town 11 of the 14 days (DFW), so its pretty easy to stay focused on eating well, and regular exercise.

Everyone has an opinion, im not on here to argue, was just looking to see what others do for calorie intake

supershopper
on 6/21/19 7:18 am

if you would like some hard numbers you could have a caloric test done. I had one last Nov. it told me what to aim for calorie wise to lose.

HW 305 SW 278 Surgery weight 225 GW 160 LW: 118.8

RNY 12/15/2015,

GB removal 09/2016,

Twisted bowel/hernia repair 08/2017

M1 Dec 2015-13.0, M2-7.0, M3-14.5, M4-9.4, M5-7.1, M6 9.8, M7-7.6 ,M8- 7.6, M-9 5.5, M10-6.4, M11- 2.2, M12 Dec 2016- 5.8

ooh-lala
on 6/21/19 6:00 pm - Great Bend, KS

Where do you go to get this kind of test?

Ooh-lala

supershopper
on 6/26/19 4:31 am

the place that did my dexa scan offered this.

HW 305 SW 278 Surgery weight 225 GW 160 LW: 118.8

RNY 12/15/2015,

GB removal 09/2016,

Twisted bowel/hernia repair 08/2017

M1 Dec 2015-13.0, M2-7.0, M3-14.5, M4-9.4, M5-7.1, M6 9.8, M7-7.6 ,M8- 7.6, M-9 5.5, M10-6.4, M11- 2.2, M12 Dec 2016- 5.8

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