Know Your Number! (how many calories to eat for weight loss)

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  1. Joanna Clark on December 29, 2022 at 4:17 pm

    May I check this is pounds? Apologies but in the UK we use both 🙂

    • CityDucks on December 29, 2022 at 6:19 pm

      Pounds would be correct, kilos would be way too few calories.

  2. Suzie Ferguson on December 29, 2022 at 4:42 pm

    Hi, 130lbs equals 1300 cal per day? Yikes!

    • Barbie c on December 29, 2022 at 5:06 pm

      To lose weight.

    • Dawn Santacroce RD on December 29, 2022 at 5:07 pm

      Exactly yikes. 1300 calories is appropriate for a 5 year old. Not an adult woman.

    • Pam Spencer on December 29, 2022 at 10:38 pm

      @Dawn Santacroce RDmy calorie count was 1340 with the 5 different sites and would be 1330 with adding a zero. Pretty close. And I’m a grown woman…😂😂😂😂

  3. Sheri Anne on December 29, 2022 at 4:47 pm

    sigh…..why do I hate counting calories so much…….

  4. Pauline Boccuzzi on December 29, 2022 at 5:11 pm

    Keeping it simple is good when there’s so many hurdles in weight loss!
    TY Pahla 😊

  5. Anna on December 29, 2022 at 5:18 pm

    Ok …super confused..what weight am I weighing myself in OR am I picking a number? You said both? Don’t make sense…😵‍💫

    • canuckgal on December 29, 2022 at 6:40 pm

      Add a zero to your current weight.

  6. CityDucks on December 29, 2022 at 6:18 pm

    Seems like this readily applies to those of us who may need to lose weight. I have been tracking calories using Cronometer and before that MyFitnesPal for a couple of years. For me, right now, adding a zero means 2,000 calories. Even though I’ve had a lower goal of 1800 calories, I tend to eat well above 2,000. I do lose weight when I get 2,000 calories regularly. As Pahla says, we are our own experiment of one. Closer to goal weight and more active, more muscle mass may may afford more calories and still lose weight. Consistent tracking can help us know what’s working.

  7. Sara Black on December 29, 2022 at 8:54 pm

    So that means I can only eat 1,300 calories a day? Nope not doing that! That’s not right for an active adult woman.maybe 2days out of five but not for a week or month etc
    You would lose weight but prob too much too fast not sustainable for me.i think 1,700 is realistic.

    • Raeann Diers on December 29, 2022 at 8:58 pm

      So easy I actually think I am under eating

  8. Sandra Jackson on December 30, 2022 at 1:53 am

    I currently weigh 125lbs. I have lost 30 lbs and am trying hard not to regain. I typically eat 1000 cal/day. Why am I not loosing? I would like to be around 120. I will be 66 in Feb. Moderate to very active. I follow you 4 or 5 days a week.

  9. Michelle Carlbert on December 30, 2022 at 2:57 am

    Wow interesting. I’m using a different calculation and eating much less calories than if I do this one. I may try this since my other calculation hasn’t been working that well. It’s definitely worth a shot. Thanks for this!

  10. Joy To The World on December 30, 2022 at 10:19 am

    So, if im 70 kilos,I have 750 calories? it seems low

    • Pahla B, Weight Loss Coach for Women over 50 on December 30, 2022 at 11:20 am

      My apologies for not clearly saying that it’s your weight in pounds! At 154 pounds, your target is 1540 calories. 💛

  11. Amy Proctor on December 30, 2022 at 11:01 am

    My calories would be 980!!

  12. Anne Jenkins on December 30, 2022 at 12:49 pm

    That’s pounds not kilos! Haha xx

    • Pahla B, Weight Loss Coach for Women over 50 on December 30, 2022 at 6:28 pm

      Yes, definitely pounds! A regrettable oversight on my part to not make that clear verbally. 💛

  13. Gloria Martin on December 30, 2022 at 8:56 pm

    And then if you loose weight you then need less calories. So if I currently weight 125 that would be 1250 and if I loose to 120 I then only need 1200 calories. Not sure this really works!

    • Pahla B, Weight Loss Coach for Women over 50 on December 31, 2022 at 1:09 am

      Sounds like you’re already a healthy weight, my friend! So this calculation doesn’t apply to you. 💛

    • A Broussard on December 31, 2022 at 6:15 pm

      ​@Pahla B, Weight Loss Coach for Women over 50 Not only that, when you reach your target weight, you ADD calories until you find the balance to maintain the weight loss.

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