5'2... 220 Lbs. How many calories should i consume daily to lose weight?

Pls dont say ask my dr... i've done that and she isn't any help at all. Seems like anymore doctors wait until ur almost dead to try to help u!

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1200 to 1550.

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Unfortunately, there's no magic number of calories we should all eat each day. You'll need to assess your own caloric needs based on several factors.

First you'll need to figure out how many calories you can eat to stay the weight you're at right now.

To estimate how many calories you should consume in order to maintain your weight, you'll need to do a little math. By using a simple formula called the Harris-Benedict principle, you can assess your basal metabolic rate -- also known as your BMR.

(Then, to lose weight, you'll need to cut calories or burn extra calories and shoot for a level lower than the results you get with this formula.)

Your BMR is the amount of energy your body needs to function. We use about 60 percent of the calories we consume each day for basic bodily functions such as breathing.

Other factors that influence your BMR are height, weight, age and sex.

Step one is to calculate your BMR with the following formula:

Women: BMR = 655 + (4.35 x weight in pounds) + (4.7 x height in inches) - (4.7 x age in years)

Step two: In order to incorporate activity into your daily caloric needs, do the following calculation:

If you are sedentary : BMR x 1.2

If you are lightly active: BMR x 1.375

If you are moderately active (You exercise most days a week.): BMR x 1.55

If you are very active (You exercise daily.): BMR x 1.725

If you are extra active (You do hard labor or are in athletic training.): BMR x 1.9

In order to lose weight, you must create a calorie deficit. It is easier and healthier to cut back your calorie intake a little bit at a time. Every 3,500 calories is equivalent to 1 pound.

If you cut back 500 calories a day, you will lose 1 pound per week. If you exercise to burn off 500 calories a day you will also lose 1 pound per week.

Ideally, you should do a combination of both, (e.g. cut back 250 calories; burn an extra 250 calories).

A healthy weight loss goal is to lose .5 to 2 pounds per week. Losing more than 2 pounds per week will mean the weight is less likely to stay off permanently. Never cut back to fewer than 1,200 daily calories without medical supervision.
depends on if you work out or not..with excercise and a low carb low fat diet and excercise the weight should melt off.. i use a meal replacement shake in the morning full of protein and only 230 calories,, fruit for mid day snack.. lunch chicken brown rice steamed vegetables water with lemon,.. dinner seafood preferably salmon or orange roughy, or mahi mahi,, black beans brown rice steamed vegetables..
1200 calories, low fat diet. it works if you stick to it, start an excercise program, give it a try, it is not easy you really have to work on it, but you can lose weight.
depends how much you are exercising. there is an amount of calories that is too little.
try about 1000 to 1200 calories a day, spaced about 2-3 hours apart. drink lots of water, avoid sugars starches & alcohol.
Eat only complex carbs & try for more protein.
Good luck.
1200-1500 PER DAY TO LOSE WEIGHT.

GOOD LUCK.
round 1200 -1500 a day.
- minimal pasta
- lots of fruts
- keep active
- drink lots of water
- eat fish
- little to no butter/margarine
Several diets, properly worked out, totally walk you through this.

The full atkins (4 stages), the zone (4 stages), and the south beach (4 stages) all take you through this.

Heres the problem: everyones metabolism and diet are different. I could give you a number or a diet, but without understanding your body, metabolism, and diet it may or may not work.

You are in fact asking a question that has a TON of assumptions behind it that you probably dont know about. Not all calories are created equal.

A better way to work this out, and what these diets suggest is that you INITIALLY take a major chunk out of your diet. You keep enough to keep the essentials working, and everything else has to run on stored resources. This is a short phase, and it sets the groundwork. It doesnt require you, or me knowing anything at all about your metabolism. It requires your doctor helping you set the minimums safely, then you living there for a short time (measured between days and weeks). Then slowly you ramp up, controlling portion sizes, until your weight levels off.

At that point, you will know what amount of weight sustains your weight. Anything more than that and you gain. Anything less than that and you lose.

I highly recommend talking to a dietician and having them work out with you the best diet for you, and the boundaries where you can be safe, but also get the most benefit. Its hard at first, but like many things in life: it works if you work it.

Good luck.
Try Weight Watchers. It's very helpful.
I completely agree with LOVEISNOCOLOR. Though, let me add that because of your weight right now, as you begin to lose weight, it may drop rapidly. You may lose up to five pounds or more in one week for a few months until your body regulates itself out. Once your body begins to adapt whatever routine you plan on doing you will lose the weight slower, maybe at a rate of two to five pounds a week, so don't get discouraged at that time. Keep on routine and you will see whatever results you're looking for. Just whatever you do, be healthy and be patient.
As for your doctor, change to another one. If your doctor doesn't listen to you, find someone that will.
Good luck.
Why don't you try and find out? You can't expect us to know, it's your body, and your activity level that decides what is right for you!

But, if you are going to loose this much weight, I'll bet you are going to feel hungry a lot of the time. Lower daily caloric intake, increase number of meals, increase exercise. Find out what works for you.
You need to consume fewer calories than you burn. If you are a couch potato, then probably you need a very restricted diet, on the order of 1,000 calories a day. If you are moderately active, you can lose weight on 1200 to1500 calories a day. And if you are very active, you can loose on 1800 to 2000 cal, daily. Please remember to drink at least 2 liters of water every day to maintain hydration and help your body to wash out the toxins that accumulate during weight loss. Be patient, lose weight slowly, 1 or 2 pounds a week is the goal. Lose it faster than that and the metabolism will slow down and make weight loss that much harder to achieve. Good luck.
about 800 to 1000. if u burn more caleries then u take in.u wil lose the weight
I'm 5'7" and started out at 235 lbs. My dietrician told me to try to get at the most 1200 calories a day and to drink 120 ounces of water a day (thats a whole lot of peeing). But its been two weeks and I'm down to 223, and I've stuck to the water for the most part well (if I dont get all 120 a day, I get at least up to 80), and since I'm full on water all day, I'm barely hungry so I probably only have about 800 calories a day. I mean, its different for everyone, but maybe aim for about 1000 calories, and it would be really good for you to try to have 100 ounces of water a day as well.

Make sure you don't skip your meals, either.

Another thing I've been doing is not eating after 7 PM, and if I do, its fruit or something very low and quick to digest.

Oh! If you do the water thing, don't have more than 2 grams of sodium a day, because it will pretty much cancel out the work of the water. I probably have 2 grams or less a day, because I haven't really gone a bought a bunch of low-sodium things quite yet, but it would be good anyway to watch that, and also watch your sugar intake.

Good luck!
multiply 11 by your current weight.this will be how many calories you need to eat per day to maintain your current weight. If you want to know how many cal. you need to be a certain weight (120lbs. for ex.) multiply this by 11 and you should not consume over those cal. in order to lose weight.
No less than 1200 calories a day, but here's a formula to help you determine how many calories a day you need to maintain your current weight, then subtract 500 calories a day to lose 1-2 lbs. per week.

655+(4.354xyour weight in pounds)+(4.569 x your height in inches)-(4.7 x your age in years)
(This gives you your metabolic rate)

Take this total and multiply it by your activity level:
1.2 if you get no exercise
1.4 if you exercise 1-3 days per week
1.6 if you exercise 4-5 days per week
1.8 if you exercise 6-7 days per week
1.9 if you have a physically strenuous job

Take the last total and multiply by 0.2 and subtract that value from the second total you got. This gives you how many calories you need to maintain your current weight. Then subtract 500 calories from that and you will get the amount of calories you need to lose approximately 1-2 lbs. per week.

Good luck!
The answer to that question is a tricky one! It truly depends on your lean body mass. I used a plan called Shapeworks to lose 95 lbs in 8 months and my coach used a lean protein estimator on me to figure out my calorie intake needed to lose. She can do the same for you. Here is her website: www.loseweightnow.com/tfward
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