Weight loss girls...

Jamaica_Bride

Anyone ever hear of the theory of your ideal weight x 10 for the number of calories you should consume during the day.

So, say you ideal weight is 130 you should consume 1300 calories a day.

kittycarr

I've never heard of it just that you need to burn more than you consume in a day in order to lose weight.

joy143dh

That will give you a *very* rough estimate of your RMR.   Then, you need to multiply that with an activity factor (which will be about 1.5 for not much exercise/day to 2.5 for 3-5 hours of extreme working out daily).   If you really want a true calculation of caloric needs, go to a gym and get a true RMR test.  

amanda&rob

Here's a site that I started using.  And I don't know if this is for my weight, or with anyone  but I read that I lose 1 lb for every 3,500 calories burned.  Which seems like a lot! /

ETA the dang website link: https://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/cbc

Brewster

I've never heard that, but seems to make sense.  I'm not calorie counting, but have really been watching portions and eating a lot less and probably in that range of calories.  I've lost like 27 pounds since the beginning of January.  I'm shocked at how fast it is falling off.  I've got about 10  more to go to get to my pre-Maren weight and then another 10 to get to my wedding weight. 

Angela814

That sounds way too low to me. Back when I was in great shape and working out consistently, I was doing a 1500-1800 calorie diet and losing weight slowly. My ideal weight is not 150-180 lbs.

hopefulmom

Sounds about right to me.  Although...if you are exercising daily you could probably increase the calorie count.  A lot of "diets" (low cal) refer to 1,200 cal diet.  Personally I couldn't do that.  I like fried foods too much.  lol