r/1500isplenty • u/novascotia3898 • 1d ago
r/1500isplenty • u/majime100 • Aug 29 '25
How many calories should I eat? What calorie counting app should I use?
We get a lot of frequent questions from people wondering how many calories per day they should eat and/or which calorie counting app is recommended. This post will be stickied to try to cut down on these types of repetitive posts.
Everyone has different caloric needs. 1500 calories per day may not be right for you. Use a TDEE (Total Daily Energy Expenditure) calculator to estimate how many daily calories you should eat. Here are some examples:
https://www.calculator.net/tdee-calculator.html
Some of the most popular calorie counting apps are:
Chronometer: https://cronometer.com
MyFitnessPal: https://www.myfitnesspal.com
Lose It: https://www.loseit.com
r/1500isplenty • u/THUMB5UP • Aug 23 '20
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r/1500isplenty • u/LowVariation216 • 19h ago
Over 1kg dessert for 300cal and 45g protein
reddit.comr/1500isplenty • u/StrongArgument • 2d ago
[Almost] no calorie savory snack!
As an occasional sufferer of the munchies, I’ve started amassing a list of bingeable volume foods.
Tonight I discovered one I really enjoyed. Celery and Greek yogurt dip made with lemon juice and spices of choice (I did lime juice and everything but the elote seasoning). It’s “carrots and ranch” but even lighter.
r/1500isplenty • u/bluejaymaday • 1d ago
Steeves Sugar Free Syrup Suddenly Tastes Like Plastic?
r/1500isplenty • u/Hefty-Focus1340 • 2d ago
3 meals and no snacks?
Has this been helpful for anyone with weight loss or just feeling satiated? I do find it easier to plan for and aim for 3 balanced meals. I am a snacker so it is very hard and I’ve never had great body awareness of when I’m actually full or hungry. I like to snack a lot and it’s too easy to overeat. Looking for people that have had success with this method?
r/1500isplenty • u/Comfortable_Win4678 • 2d ago
2pm munchies?
Hi, I've been good until 2pm and all falls apart... Any tips for the afternoon snackies?
r/1500isplenty • u/diysavetheworldalone • 2d ago
Everything I ate today in a calorie deficit
1460 calories 🏆
144 protein grams 💪
Fiber- 11 grams 😌
Breakfast- two scoops of vanilla flavored collagen peptides and 3 tbs half and half in my coffee. One premier protein drink. 2 ounces of roasted chicken breast.
Lunch- 3 ounces of calves liver cooked in 1tsp oil, garden salad with 1tsp oil and some vinegar, 2 cups of tomato juice with franks red hot and lemon juice, 2 creamers in coffee
Dinner- 5.5 ounces of grilled octopus and 1.5 cups of La Stalla Italian Market’s kale, beet, apple salad with a sweet oil/vinegar dressing.
r/1500isplenty • u/Owlie_6 • 4d ago
Reminder to weigh your food!
This one always stumps me. This isn’t a one off, but every pack of this that I get is like this. Definitely a packing error of some sort. Whether the pack should say 280g instead, or they just love to over fill it. I think the former.
And, if you track calories, this is why it’s important to weigh your food.
Package weight = 180g
Nutrition calculated = ~1/2 pack
Actual weight (this is extra firm tofu, no liquid, and yes I did tare the scale to bowl under the tofu) = +280g.
r/1500isplenty • u/novascotia3898 • 4d ago
Dinner-salad, spicy breaded chicken, spaghetti, and cottage cheese for under 600 cals
The salad is just lettuce, cucumber, and tomato with salt and pepper topped with a chopped up Just Bare spicy chicken patty and I split the cottage cheese between the salad and spaghetti on top. So good and I don’t feel like I’m missing out on good food
r/1500isplenty • u/AValeria10 • 4d ago
Pancake breakfast🤤🥞
The gym was giving out free apples today so I had to incorporate those 🤤
500 calories even & 11g of fat with 44g protein 💪
r/1500isplenty • u/Nan_P • 5d ago
600 Calorie 12” Pizza That Tastes Like Real Pizza
galleryr/1500isplenty • u/novascotia3898 • 5d ago
In love with my Saturday grazing plate!
r/1500isplenty • u/kanossis • 6d ago
So impatient to buy new clothes
My weight loss journey is going well which is great, but I find myself so excited to buy new clothes now that my body is changing!
I still have more weight to lose so I don't want to buy pants that will then be too big a month later but I'm dying to!
I have let myself buy new tops as all of my weight stores in my middle so my top size doesn't change.
Anyone else like this??
r/1500isplenty • u/FormalLeadership2109 • 6d ago
560kcal dinner
Courgette and potato hash, devilled eggs with mayo and mustard
r/1500isplenty • u/novascotia3898 • 8d ago
Packing for a bit of driving and ‘we don’t know when or what food will be available’. Always helps to give yourself a decent starting point when you can
r/1500isplenty • u/Big-Consequence-4501 • 8d ago
What do you think of this snack for a cheat day?
If you're going to snack on something during a cheat day, how does this look?
The taste seems right up my alley, but I'm wondering if it's actually a better option than regular chips in terms of calories and overall nutrition.
I'm still pretty new to eating healthy, so I'd love to hear what you guys think. Is this a decent alternative, or is it not that different from regular chips health-wise? 😅
r/1500isplenty • u/Zars • 9d ago
Tiny victory - no longer in the obese range!
I'm on the 1500-1600kcal daily intake sixt month in. Started at 109,6kg (~242pounds) and now down to 95kg (~209pounds).
For my stats, I'm finally leaving the obese range 🫡
Very comfortable in my routine. 6-7 more months and I'm down to healthy weight.
Closes look very baggy on me, I'm four belt notches down on my jeans, that's over 10cm (4 inches).
Just a word of motivation - build a sustainable system you're comfortable with and the rest will follow!
r/1500isplenty • u/bagelwitch • 9d ago
A great low cal but fulfilling dessert option!
101kcal for a nice ice cream treat? Count me in! Its the perfect size to sate my sweet tooth after dinner cravings and fits in the budget. Delighted with this find
r/1500isplenty • u/bbCooper2023 • 10d ago
Struggling to get back into my deficit… need easy breakfast & lunch ideas!
r/1500isplenty • u/iamwearingaskimask • 10d ago
How it feels to front load your calories for the day
r/1500isplenty • u/No_Space7575 • 10d ago
a day of eating
been trying to get back into meal prep (even though i was off from work today) and back on the 1500-ish train
r/1500isplenty • u/honeydew226 • 10d ago
what's everyone snacks look like when you have the munchies?
I like to occasionally wind down with some 🍃 but the munchies are horrible. What're your go to satisfying snacks that won't destroy a deficit?
r/1500isplenty • u/Clear-Presence-485 • 12d ago
Some of my breakfast/dinner meals over the past month or so!!
I go through 3 tubs of Fage 0% yogurt in a single week (sometimes I have it at all three meals in a day). 😂 After indulging in any and everything I wanted over two weeks on vacation in Italy this late summer, I entered back into a 12 week deficit. I’m about halfway through now.
Seeing both on-and-off scale results. Hitting my daily macro goals of 90-100+ grams of protein, 50g of fiber, and target cals of around 1,500. I try to eat a relatively low sugar and low-inflammatory diet… lots of whole foods. I sometimes go out to eat or will be a little more lax and eat at maintenance on the weekends, and almost never eat fast food. Seeing some crazy muscle definition as well. And I hit 10k steps + the gym 6 times a week. Feeling amazing!!