caloric intake help needed! Thanks!

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housewife40

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Hi everyone!

I'm new here and have a question. I'm a 40 y/o female. Current weight 189 lbs 5'3 1/4". Sedentary lifestyle, no formal exercise, just basic ADL's, some light housework, due to a recent back injury.

I've been searching online for a calorie calculator to try to determine my daily caloric intake to maintain weight and to lose weight. Unfortunately, there are so many web sites and the numbers seem to vary quite a bit. For example, to maintain my current weight, the calculators range from 1800-2100 calories a day. I understand in order to lose weight I need to lower my intake 500 a day to lose 1 lb per week. But how am I to know which one is reliable? Is there another method of knowing if my intake should be 1300 or 1600? To me this is a huge difference (another entire meal for me each day) and I'm wondering if I should just stick to the low end just to be on the safe side?



Any help would be appreciated.
 
housewife40 said:
Hi everyone!

I'm new here and have a question. I'm a 40 y/o female. Current weight 189 lbs 5'3 1/4". Sedentary lifestyle, no formal exercise, just basic ADL's, some light housework, due to a recent back injury.

I've been searching online for a calorie calculator to try to determine my daily caloric intake to maintain weight and to lose weight. Unfortunately, there are so many web sites and the numbers seem to vary quite a bit. For example, to maintain my current weight, the calculators range from 1800-2100 calories a day. I understand in order to lose weight I need to lower my intake 500 a day to lose 1 lb per week. But how am I to know which one is reliable? Is there another method of knowing if my intake should be 1300 or 1600? To me this is a huge difference (another entire meal for me each day) and I'm wondering if I should just stick to the low end just to be on the safe side?



Any help would be appreciated.
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trial and error!

start with one number and if you feel it's too hard -or- weight doesn't really come off, tweak it until you're happy with both the calories and the progress.

then, as you lose weight, occasionally readjust this number whilst staying on healthy limits.
 
It pretty much is trial and error. The numbers are nothing more than a basic guideline.

What I would start with is multiplying your current weight by 10 - so about 1900 calories. Go with that for 2-3 weeks and see where it gets you. If it's not low enough, drop it by 200 or so calories for another 2-3 weeks.

Currently I'm 170lbs and I lose fairly steadily on about 1600 calories a day, if that helps any.
 
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