Is 1500 calories too much in a day for me to eat while trying to lose weight?

Lauren asked:


I’m 59
I weight 173lbs
i am 19 years old
Is 1500 calories too many?
Oh no I eat healthy. I’m doing Weight Watchers, but on average I eat between 1200-1300 a day and my mom is worried that that is too little. and i exercise daily.

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11 Responses to “Is 1500 calories too much in a day for me to eat while trying to lose weight?”

  1. Malory on June 1st, 2009 at 4:22 am

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    No. My doctor said that is the minimum a female should go for trying to lose weight. So that’s perfect!

  2. Alena on June 4th, 2009 at 4:53 am

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    No because you are so tall.

    I eat 600-1000 calories a day b/c my metabolism is screwed up because i had mono

  3. Steve on June 7th, 2009 at 4:46 am

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    well there are charts for how much you should take in according to weight but you are 27 over? so if your doing any exercise you should go under and lose weight

  4. Rocky on June 7th, 2009 at 10:55 pm

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    Well me personaly, am 13, 5″4 and I weigh 109 – 110.
    I want to weigh 95.
    So Im cutting down to 700 calories a day.

    So I personly think 1500 IS to much, but then again..im not completely sure.

  5. Kelly on June 9th, 2009 at 5:43 am

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    A dietician once told me a good estimate is 13 times the pounds you want to weigh. So if you want to weigh 150, 13×150=1950. So if you had 1950 calories a day you should lose weight to 150 approximately. Everyone is different. But 1500 sounds reasonable.

  6. Sofia on June 10th, 2009 at 2:45 pm

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    no – that is fine

    watch the fat content and drink loads of water to flush out your system

  7. StarMan on June 13th, 2009 at 1:24 pm

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    No but it depends how active you are!

    If you sit on your butt all day watching TV and the 1500 cals are a lot of fats, then yes, you could stay overweight.

    However if you eat healthy foods and you work out, lift weights and do cardio, then 1500 cals might actually be too few to keep healthy. You can easily lose weight on 2000+ cals or more if you are active enough.

  8. heels over head =] on June 17th, 2009 at 12:18 am

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    thats fine. i’ve heard 1200-1600 is fine :)

  9. Peace bro on June 20th, 2009 at 5:50 am

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    No, sounds fine to me, but it does depend on your individual body type and exercise levels. The site below will calculate it for you for free. See the MER it calculates for you. That is the energy your body needs just to keep going. To lose weight safely – drop your calories by approximately 300 per day below your MER.

  10. sixx on June 22nd, 2009 at 10:04 pm

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    thats sounds good well were supposto have 2000 a day so yeah thats really good

  11. applebeans on June 26th, 2009 at 7:31 am

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    No. Less than 1500 calories would not be healthy. If you want to lose weight faster, then you should exercise at least every other day for at least 1 hour. Do exercise bike, elliptical machine, stair master, treadmill, bike outside, jog outside. Also, do strength training.

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