NUTRITION QUESTION: Recommended Calories per Day?

Do you find that the Recommended Calories per day is grossly overestimated?

yes definitely , In one of my nutrition books it says that for someone of my weight 45kilos , the recommended daily calorie intake is 1760 calories , and then says to add 480 calories on top of that if you exercise that day .

That's over 2000 calories. I have an underactive thyroid and if I was to consume that many calories a day I would be huge .

I think 1200 calories a day is plenty enough for me , and that's with exercise too .

What is your weight , height and age ?
Calorie requirement differs according to your age, sex, BMI and lifestyle. Obivously, people doing labour work require more energy that that required by people with calm, quiet and sedentary life.

Calories required per day :

Men
sedentary work 2300
heavy work 3200

Women
sedentary work 2000
heavy work 2500
pregnant 2500
lactation 3000

Infants upto 12 months 100/Kg body weight.

Children upto 12 years 1000

Teenagers
Boys 2000
Girls 1200-1500

Forget Calorie Counting and buying expensive foods, try this.

A diet they give to patients needing to lose weight for heart bypass surgery works. I lost 6 lbs in 5 days. It's a fat burner.

Breakfast: 1/2 Grapefruit, 2 pcs bacon and 2 eggs any style
Lunch: 1/2 Grapefruit, any meat any style and a salad with any dressing
Dinner: 1/2 Grapefruit, any meat any style and either a salad with any dressing or vegetables (must be green or red).

Notes: you have to eat your 3 meals and eat till you're stuffed. one caffeine free diet soda per day, limit coffee to 1 cup (no creamer) per day. All veges must be green or red but you can season them with lots of butter and seasoning.

Fat burns Fat! Drink lots of water and make sure to eat the bacon.

I was hungry for the first 2 days but I am doing it with a friend for support and it's working. It's plenty of food and healthy. You won't/shouldn't lose any weight for the first 4 days and then should lose 1 1/2 lbs every 2 days. You can possibly lose 52 lbs in 2 1/2 months.

Email me with addtl questions. Oh, No Snacking, you have to eat at mealtime and until you are stuffed. Try not to eat 3 hours before bedtime.

Good Luck!

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Good luck!

yeah i dont suggest a woman to eat 2000 calories a day unless she has a super speedy metabolism i would probably stick to around 1500 calories.

Completely. 2000 calories a day is outrageous... that's like 4 whoppers (guesstimate)

yeah i try the whole day out to meet my required calories but i never succeed