How many calories do you eat a day?

RanHerOver

RanHerOver

New member
Joined
Aug 20, 2026
Messages
4
Reaction score
0
Location
Imported archive
Hey!

I've found myself reaching 1200 calories a day (66kg, 172cm) on average.

Honestly it's not too bad, I have energy, I am not losing lean mass (mostly because I still eat lots of protein) and I am not hungry at all. Still, in these three weeks, I've lost 3kg. Not too bad 🙂

So I was wondering: what are your caloric intakes? How much did you lose?
 
I'm currently eating about 1450 -1500 calories a day. I started 11 months ago and have lost 65 pounds on Tirz. Weight loss has slowed down since I should be eating less than 1350 for a 1 pound/week weight loss. Even with the meds I find it hard to go under 1500 calories. I've gotten down to 200 pounds several times in the last 12 years, but always got stuck and eventually gained weight because I couldn't stay under 1500 calories. With tirz I made it to 186 pounds, but I'm probably going to up my current dose to keep losing.
 
51 year old male. 5 fot 9, 200lbs. Currently i eat 2500 calories a day, with 190 to 210 grams of protein. This leaves me in a small 100 to 150 calorie deficit. My weight has stayed pretty steady the last 2 months since I ended staying at maintenance. But, I have clearly been getting leaner and my waist has gone down 2 inches, Im in size 31 jeans now. I lift weights 3 days a week, treadmill 5 days and bike 2 days a week. Im also on TRT. I previously lost 70lbs and while doing that I ate 1200 to 1500 calories a day.
 
Currently eating 1900 calories per day. Weight lifting 5 days per week, 20-30 minutes of cardio on weightlifting days, 60 minutes of light cardio on rest days. Deficit should be anywhere between 400-600 calories depending on what tool is used to calculate that. Aiming for a minimum of 165g of protein per day.
 
Most days I'm between 1200 to 1600 as a 5'5" woman in my early 30s. In the first few weeks of tirz I had a number of days where I struggled to even reach 1200 but as I'm not having the nausea any longer I make sure to at least get around there as my bare minimum.
 
1600-1900 kcal/day since late 2022 , 167cm 58yo male. Started at 145kg got to 75kg late 2023.

Started GLP's in 2024, now 65kg. Pretty inactive , but even walking 3 hours a day versus zero made no obvious difference to calorie requirements.
 
5'7, lightly active male currently 165lbs down from 195lbs beginning of February with steady 3lbs/wk loss and good energy.

I too try to hit around 1200 calories.. not always easy TBH since everything I'm eating is protein isolates or nutrient dense. Could I eat a cookie?..sure, but I really don't care to. None of my calories go to sugars or hollow carbs.
 
Currently consuming 2600kcal. also on Reta 7.5mg, sermorelin 400mcg, tesamorelin 2mg, CJC/Ipamorelin 250mcg each.

My trainer knows I m taking reta, and told me that we are going to work on recomposition instead of pure fat loss. I m not gaining weight with the current calorie intakew hich is surprising.
 
6'4" 303lbs down from 330 end of March. 1800-2000 calories per day. 150g minimum protein per day, but goal is 200g. Tirz 2.5mg Reta 1mg, soon to be 2mg.

Walk 5 miles per day, gym 3-4 times per week.
 
lastresort said:


Currently consuming 2600kcal. also on Reta 7.5mg, sermorelin 400mcg, tesamorelin 2mg, CJC/Ipamorelin 250mcg each.

My trainer knows I m taking reta, and told me that we are going to work on recomposition instead of pure fat loss. I m not gaining weight with the current calorie intakew hich is surprising.

Click to expand...
Click to expand...
How do you eat that much while on reta? Does it not make you feel nauseous?
 
RanHerOver said:


Hey!

I've found myself reaching 1200 calories a day (66kg, 172cm) on average.

Honestly it's not too bad, I have energy, I am not losing lean mass (mostly because I still eat lots of protein) and I am not hungry at all. Still, in these three weeks, I've lost 3kg. Not too bad 🙂

So I was wondering: what are your caloric intakes? How much did you lose?

Click to expand...
Click to expand...
curious, what is your goal? Single digit bodyfat?

36M 172cm 77kg. I maintain at around 1800-2000kcal, which is what I've been eating for the past month, and for the next 4-6 weeks I plan to start another deficit at around 1500kcal.
 
6"2, 162lbs. Maintenance right now is about 3000. Its a lot of food after cutting weight for close to two years. Plus Tirz boosted my metabolism by 15% ish. I'm very active and for the first time in my life, my calorie burn actually makes sense with my level of activity. It weird eating around 1000 calories a day more than I have for years.
 
banditchewy said:


How do you eat that much while on reta? Does it not make you feel nauseous?

Click to expand...
Click to expand...
I have no clue! I guess I am one of "under-responders",.....if that makes sense.

I do feel fuller than usual. Also I consume 230g protein and 340g carb or so, and depend a lot on concentrated protein milk like fairlife 42g protein, so the volume of consumption isn't that much.
 
Back
Top