How many calories should a 235 pound 5' 7 female eat per day and how many calories per day to lose weight?

Answer 1

It depends on your metabolic weight and what you want to weigh. The average metabolic rate is about 10 calories per pound per day. Thus, the average 250-pound person eats 250 x 10 = 2500 calories per day. Of course, your metabolic rate may be different. Let's say your metabolic rate is 7 calories per pound per day. Then at 250 pounds you'd be averaging 7 x 250 = 1750 calories per day. If you want to weigh, say, 200 pounds, and your metabolic rate is, say, 10 calories per pound per day, then you should eat 200 x 10 = 2000 calories per day.

Answer 2

I am 5' 3" and 90 pounds and I only eat between 1,300- 1,800 calories a day. I try not to go much higher than that and I have been maintaining my weight even losing a little bit but I don't want to lose any. You should probably be eating about 2000 per day.

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Answer 3

IT does help to get a smaller plate at all meals and not each as much. Cut your portions in half and you will trick your body into thinking that you are eating as much as usual. A lot of exercise is great. Eat less junk food and don't watch as much T.V. or play Video Games. Also, if you're a person who eats depending on if you're depressed, try to eat healthier things than ice cream, chocolate, and stuff like that. Eat more veggies. Cutting down on junk, exercising, and eating smaller portions is a great way to lose weight. I am 14 and i did weigh 140 and now i am down to 125 because i did cut down on junk, exercise, and eat smaller portions. It's just a matter of will power.
Hope this helped!! Good Luck!!

Answer 4

I think that all you need a day (if you are loosing weight) is a banana in the morning, have a big lunch, and then a yogurt for dinner. And, if you need any extra tips, pray. Ask God what you should do, and then go to The Bible. It's your answer book to life!

Answer 5

It depends (as always).

A good first step would be to determine your BMR or Basal Metabolic Rate. There ara a number of ways to obtain this information and the source/method determines the accuracy. Your BMR is the calories burned to simply keep you alive (keep your lungs operating, heart pumping, brain functioning, etc) and nothing more. If you sat motionless in a chair for an entire day your body would require, for example only, 1200 calories. This number will vary primarily based on your body's composition (as well as age, gender, genetics, etc). The greater your % lean muscle mass, the greater your BMR because muscle requires more energy to sustain that fat, bone, etc. Hence the benefit from weight training. In your case however, and without knowing your body comp, you should focus on cardio and diet as a means to remove excess weight.

From here you can add additional calories required to help you move about in your daily life like driving a car, working, walking here and there, etc. Lets say that adds another 800 calories.

If you exercise, you can add that in as well. For example if you walk for 30 minutes burning 200 cal/hour then you can add the additional 100 calories from that.

So now your total is 2100 calories (remember this is an example only...use the internet to determine your exact amounts for BMR, excercise burn rates, etc).

If you eat food that provides 2100 calories per day and you burn 2100 calories per day, you neither gain nor lose weight (aside from water weight, bowel movements, and monthly fluccuations).

So the obvious answer is to put yourself into a safe caloric deficit by burning more calories than you consume.

For another example, if you realize that you must burn an EXCESS of 3500 calories to lose 1 lb of body fat, then if you want to lose 1 lb of body fat per week (a good, safe, and realistic goal) then your caloric deficit for the WEEK should be 3500 calories.

Using a table for a 190lb person, walking at 2mph is 216 cal/hour. Dividing 3500 calories by 216 cal/hr give you 16.2 hours per week of cardio. A lot huh? That is over 2 hours per day, 7 days per week. Now you see why claims of 10 lbs lost in a week is BS. So is Bowflex (20 minutes per day, 3 times per week...c'mon...1 hour!?).

However, this concept should get you started anyway.

Review:

1. BMR

2. Add calories from daily life

3. Add calories from exercise

These equal the calories require to maintain your exact weight.

Next, determine your weight (lb of body fat) loss goal per week x 3500 calories.

Either subtract the number of calories above from your weekly food intake, burn that amount via excercise or get there by a combination of both (recommended).

Answer 6

This question is too vague without some information about your calorie intake and expenditure. In general, to lose 1 lb of body fat you need to create a calorie deficit of 3500 Calories. For example, if you intake 2000 calories a day and expend 2500, that's a deficit of 500 calories a day. At that rate you will lose 1 pound of fat a week (7 days x 500calories/day = 3500 Calories) You need to consider your natural body metabolism and how much you exercise, and compare that to how much you eat.

Answer 7

You should consult with your doctor or nutritionist about this as caloric intake is very individual. Someone might be able to lose weight eating 3000 calories whereas someone else might only be able to eat 1500. Most nutrition facts base their daily value percentage on a 2000-calorie diet (and some list it for 1500 as well), so that might be a good starting point; however, a doctor can always help Taylor your diet much better than just guessing.

Answer 8

If you wish to stay at 148 times that by 10 then add your weight again and that sum will be your daily caloric intake. I just read this on how to rev up your metabolism online. Good luck!!