Calorie Intake

I have been experimenting with a low calorie diet and have been able to drop
15 lbs rather quickly, along with exercise. I have been eating primarily
fruit, veggies and fish.
I want to go back to my low carb living, maybe trying induction again, but
wanted to ask what the daily calorie intake is for most of you??
I have read in order to loose weight, you need to eat 15x your body weight
in calories if you are active and 13x your body weight if you inactive. Do
any of you live by that??
J

Janet said:

I have been experimenting with a low calorie diet and have been able to drop
15 lbs rather quickly, along with exercise. I have been eating primarily
fruit, veggies and fish.
I want to go back to my low carb living, maybe trying induction again, but
wanted to ask what the daily calorie intake is for most of you??

you do not have to do induction.

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I have read in order to loose weight, you need to eat 15x your body weight
in calories if you are active and 13x your body weight if you inactive. Do
any of you live by that??

I eat close to 15 calories per lb, but I am a man. The number of
calories per pound is usually less for women.

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I have been experimenting with a low calorie diet and have been able to

drop

Quoted message said:

15 lbs rather quickly, along with exercise. I have been eating primarily
fruit, veggies and fish.
I want to go back to my low carb living, maybe trying induction again, but
wanted to ask what the daily calorie intake is for most of you??
I have read in order to loose weight, you need to eat 15x your body weight
in calories if you are active and 13x your body weight if you inactive. Do
any of you live by that??

I seem to average 1800-2300ish/day; the only reason I know this is because
fitday tells me 🙂 but I don't count them or base my food intake on them at
all...and I'm inactive...if that helps any 🙂.

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low carb since 4/3/05
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Janet said:

I have been experimenting with a low calorie diet and have been able to drop
15 lbs rather quickly, along with exercise. I have been eating primarily
fruit, veggies and fish.
I want to go back to my low carb living, maybe trying induction again, but
wanted to ask what the daily calorie intake is for most of you??
I have read in order to loose weight, you need to eat 15x your body weight
in calories if you are active and 13x your body weight if you inactive. Do
any of you live by that??
J

I don't eat anywhere NEAR 15x my bodyweight and I hit the gym 5 days per
week for close to 2 hours. ;-)

Weight loss is still slow.......
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Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

The only reason to pay attention to calories on low-carb is to make sure
you're getting enough, not trying to restrict them. The beauty of a
low-carb plan will generally mean you're getting less calories by default.

Janet said:

I have been experimenting with a low calorie diet and have been able to drop
15 lbs rather quickly, along with exercise. I have been eating primarily
fruit, veggies and fish.
I want to go back to my low carb living, maybe trying induction again, but
wanted to ask what the daily calorie intake is for most of you??
I have read in order to loose weight, you need to eat 15x your body weight
in calories if you are active and 13x your body weight if you inactive. Do
any of you live by that??

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Bev

One can do low calorie and low carb at the same time.

For most of my diet I averaged around 1400 calories per day. I'm male and
5'8".

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Quoted message said:

I have been experimenting with a low calorie diet and have been able to

drop

Quoted message said:

15 lbs rather quickly, along with exercise. I have been eating primarily
fruit, veggies and fish.
I want to go back to my low carb living, maybe trying induction again, but
wanted to ask what the daily calorie intake is for most of you??
I have read in order to loose weight, you need to eat 15x your body weight
in calories if you are active and 13x your body weight if you inactive. Do
any of you live by that??
J

Bev-Ann said:

The only reason to pay attention to calories on low-carb is to make sure
you're getting enough, not trying to restrict them. The beauty of a
low-carb plan will generally mean you're getting less calories by default.

<boggle>

I suppose that could be true for some people (in fact I'm sure it is), but
I don't believe it to be true for most lowcarbers, esp. as they get closer
to goal.

Once one gets accustomed to adding more fat to one's diet, it is extremely
easy to get calorie creep and the resultant slowing/reversal of the weight
loss. That isn't to say that everyone who low carbs needs to specifically
track their calories. But, whether or not you count them, calories do
still count.

And, I have to say I'm not entirely convinced by the idea that low carbers
generally have to exercise vigilence to ensure that their calories don't
drop too low. While some people might go through phases when their calorie
consumption is perhaps lower than optimal, most people who are low carbing
to lose weight don't seem to have a long term problem with that.

Martha

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Janet said:

I have been experimenting with a low calorie diet and have been able to drop
15 lbs rather quickly, along with exercise. I have been eating primarily
fruit, veggies and fish.
I want to go back to my low carb living, maybe trying induction again, but
wanted to ask what the daily calorie intake is for most of you??
I have read in order to loose weight, you need to eat 15x your body weight
in calories if you are active and 13x your body weight if you inactive. Do
any of you live by that??

-----
Bev

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Janet said:

I have been experimenting with a low calorie diet and have been able to drop
15 lbs rather quickly, along with exercise. I have been eating primarily
fruit, veggies and fish.
I want to go back to my low carb living, maybe trying induction again, but
wanted to ask what the daily calorie intake is for most of you??
I have read in order to loose weight, you need to eat 15x your body weight
in calories if you are active and 13x your body weight if you inactive. Do
any of you live by that??
J

Hi --

I don't count calories. My goals this month are not eating if I'm not
hungry and stabilizing my blood sugar. I'm still working on the first,
and have (so far) accomplished the second. It's still an automatic
reaction to think I need something to munch on if I'm watching TV. I'm
not snacking, but if I think I want something to eat I'm still at the
"are you REALLY hungry?" stage.

Carbs less than 30g daily and my average calories are 1,000 to 1,500 a
day (which is way less than 10x for me).

One day I had almost 2,000 calories (tracking on Fitday) and seemed to
be really hungry that day. The next day was only 500 (and no prob with
BG) and I wasn't hungry at all. But it averaged out at about 1,400
daily for the week.

Female just shy of 6' tall
7 pounds lost in July
FBG < 100

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I have been experimenting with a low calorie diet and have been able to

drop

Quoted message said:

15 lbs rather quickly, along with exercise. I have been eating primarily
fruit, veggies and fish.
I want to go back to my low carb living, maybe trying induction again, but
wanted to ask what the daily calorie intake is for most of you??
I have read in order to loose weight, you need to eat 15x your body weight
in calories if you are active and 13x your body weight if you inactive. Do
any of you live by that??

I seem to average 1800-2300ish/day; the only reason I know this is because
fitday tells me 🙂 but I don't count them or base my food intake on them at
all...and I'm inactive...if that helps any 🙂.

I think the rule of thumb is to eat 10-12 times your current body weight
if you want to lose weight and down to 8 if THAT doesn't work. For
myself, I need to eat between 1200-1400/day in order to lose weight, and
even then it takes some time. I am also more inactive than average.

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Saffire
205/137/125
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

I've seen several people on this ng who claim to have lowered their
calories to ridiculous levels (less than 1200/day) and then come here
asking why they've stopped losing weight, so it does appear to be a
problem.

on Fri, 8 Jul 2005 16:48:04 -0400, Martha Gallagher <[email hidden]>

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And, I have to say I'm not entirely convinced by the idea that low carbers
generally have to exercise vigilence to ensure that their calories don't
drop too low. While some people might go through phases when their calorie
consumption is perhaps lower than optimal, most people who are low carbing
to lose weight don't seem to have a long term problem with that.

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Bev

Sorry, I meant to say "less than 1000/day" in reference to calorie intake.

Bev-Ann said:

I've seen several people on this ng who claim to have lowered their
calories to ridiculous levels (less than 1200/day) and then come here
asking why they've stopped losing weight, so it does appear to be a
problem.

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Bev

It really all depends on metabolism. When I first started lc, I never
counted calories and I lost weight, eating 3-5 meals daily, not
counting anything but carbs, but as I got closer to goal, I had to
watch calories as well. Now I am starting over and like others, I am
fearing the big CALORIE count thing. I know better, but I am less
active now, I have a very bad knee and a desk job. Just eat until you
are satisfied, load in the salads and enjoy.

Gweebles

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I have been experimenting with a low calorie diet and have been able to

drop

Quoted message said:

15 lbs rather quickly, along with exercise. I have been eating
primarily
fruit, veggies and fish.
I want to go back to my low carb living, maybe trying induction again,
but
wanted to ask what the daily calorie intake is for most of you??
I have read in order to loose weight, you need to eat 15x your body
weight
in calories if you are active and 13x your body weight if you inactive.
Do
any of you live by that??

I seem to average 1800-2300ish/day; the only reason I know this is
because
fitday tells me 🙂 but I don't count them or base my food intake on them
at
all...and I'm inactive...if that helps any 🙂.

I think the rule of thumb is to eat 10-12 times your current body weight
if you want to lose weight and down to 8 if THAT doesn't work. For
myself, I need to eat between 1200-1400/day in order to lose weight, and
even then it takes some time. I am also more inactive than average.

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Saffire
205/137/125
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

Saffire,

You look great!! Wow, totally different. A question, though---do you have
more than one size of the same outfit? I cannot believe how different your
side profile is. You don't look like you weigh 137---more like 125.

Good job!!

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"Janet" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> I have been experimenting with a low calorie diet and have been able to
drop
> 15 lbs rather quickly, along with exercise. I have been eating
> primarily
> fruit, veggies and fish.
> I want to go back to my low carb living, maybe trying induction again,
> but
> wanted to ask what the daily calorie intake is for most of you??
> I have read in order to loose weight, you need to eat 15x your body
> weight
> in calories if you are active and 13x your body weight if you inactive.
> Do
> any of you live by that??

I seem to average 1800-2300ish/day; the only reason I know this is
because
fitday tells me 🙂 but I don't count them or base my food intake on them
at
all...and I'm inactive...if that helps any 🙂.

I think the rule of thumb is to eat 10-12 times your current body weight
if you want to lose weight and down to 8 if THAT doesn't work. For
myself, I need to eat between 1200-1400/day in order to lose weight, and
even then it takes some time. I am also more inactive than average.

Saffire,

You look great!! Wow, totally different. A question, though---do you have
more than one size of the same outfit? I cannot believe how different your
side profile is. You don't look like you weigh 137---more like 125.

Wow, thanks for the GREAT compliments! No, I don't have the same outfit
in different sizes (you're not the first person to ask that :-) I'm
handy with a sewing machine and I just keep taking them in, although I
REALLY have to buy some new pants soon because after a certain point,
taking in the bigger ones just doesn't work anymore because they pooch
out oddly where the thighs meet the torso :-) I've been putting it off
for a long time because I REALLY want to get to 125 (or at least less
than 130) before I do that; otherwise I'll just have to take the NEW
ones in. Maybe for my "goal" shots I'll wear something different so
people won't think I'm just PhotoShopping the same photo to make it LOOK
smaller (I AM PhotoShopping it, but that's for cosmetic changes
(literally -- I add extra eyelashes, for instance), not fat manipulation
:-)

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Saffire
205/137/125
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

I strongly suspect that these reports are just plain wrong. A person who is
sufficiently calorie restricted for a time goes a bit crazy. A third party
check of the food consumption would likely show that the period of low
calories was followed by a period of high calories. The measurement method
of the calories is suspect too.

At times there have been calorie claims where there was no measurement at
all. They guess at what they felt they were doing.

Calorie restriction is immensely unpopular. People will rationalize
anything to get more food in their mouths.

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Sorry, I meant to say "less than 1000/day" in reference to calorie intake.

Bev-Ann said:

I've seen several people on this ng who claim to have lowered their
calories to ridiculous levels (less than 1200/day) and then come here
asking why they've stopped losing weight, so it does appear to be a
problem.

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Bev

So you're in the group that doesn't believe the body will go into
"starvation mode" and hold onto fat reserves when calories drop too low for
extended periods of time?

Cubit said:

I strongly suspect that these reports are just plain wrong. A person who is
sufficiently calorie restricted for a time goes a bit crazy. A third party
check of the food consumption would likely show that the period of low
calories was followed by a period of high calories. The measurement method
of the calories is suspect too.

At times there have been calorie claims where there was no measurement at
all. They guess at what they felt they were doing.

Calorie restriction is immensely unpopular. People will rationalize
anything to get more food in their mouths.

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Bev

Right.

I see "starvation mode" as a myth used to rationalize eating more food. It
has some bad science behind it, that seems to be based on a change of T3
(thyroid) levels at an average of 600 calories per day.

The reality is dieters eating 3000 calories per day, and moaning that they
are stalled because of starvation mode.

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So you're in the group that doesn't believe the body will go into
"starvation mode" and hold onto fat reserves when calories drop too low

for

Quoted message said:

extended periods of time?

Cubit said:

I strongly suspect that these reports are just plain wrong. A person who

is

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

sufficiently calorie restricted for a time goes a bit crazy. A third

party

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Quoted message said:

check of the food consumption would likely show that the period of low
calories was followed by a period of high calories. The measurement

method

Quoted message said:

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of the calories is suspect too.

At times there have been calorie claims where there was no measurement at
all. They guess at what they felt they were doing.

Calorie restriction is immensely unpopular. People will rationalize
anything to get more food in their mouths.

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Bev

There's a huge difference between 1000 calories/day and 3000/day. I highly
doubt that's happening.
There are also the reports from people in this ng that got a whoosh when
they added more fat, thus more calories, to their diet.

Cubit said:

Right.

I see "starvation mode" as a myth used to rationalize eating more food. It
has some bad science behind it, that seems to be based on a change of T3
(thyroid) levels at an average of 600 calories per day.

The reality is dieters eating 3000 calories per day, and moaning that they
are stalled because of starvation mode.

-----
Bev

1. Correlation does not equal causation.

2. More fat does not automatically mean more calories.

3. You're an idiot.

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Most people are dumb as bricks; some people are dumber than that. -- MFW

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There's a huge difference between 1000 calories/day and 3000/day. I
highly
doubt that's happening.
There are also the reports from people in this ng that got a whoosh when
they added more fat, thus more calories, to their diet.

Cubit said:

Right.

I see "starvation mode" as a myth used to rationalize eating more food.
It
has some bad science behind it, that seems to be based on a change of T3
(thyroid) levels at an average of 600 calories per day.

The reality is dieters eating 3000 calories per day, and moaning that they
are stalled because of starvation mode.

-----
Bev