5'3 women,how many cals are you eating?

kristenlarkin

I don't count calories. I'm eating low carb and stay under 20g

Started July 21, 2014
SW:267
CW:173
GW: 135ish

Datarn

5'2.5" CW151 Goal wt 125 Sedentary with exercise - 1200 cals - but usually more since I exercise most days.

tgoila

5'3",
SW 176 lbs (80 kgs)
CW 143 lbs (65 kg)
GW 130 lbs (58 kgs).

I dont count calories and try to eat by intuition and hunger. So far I have lost ~15 kgs...lost more inches and went down several dress sizes. When I started, I logged for a few days and came out to be between 1500 and 1600 calories.

SwankyTomato

5'3"
SW 148
CW 136
GW 120
Calories 1450
set to lose .5/week

I will be 50yo next week!

ZhaoWei76

I'm a little over 5'2", 38 years old...

SW: 250+
CW: 182
GW: Not specific, but let's say 130 to 140?

I strive for 1250 per day... Been having a hard time of it this past month, since going off the rails around the Holidays (not going super crazy, but having days where I'm over)...

So it's going more slowly this year so far...

Edited to add: Sedentary... Hardly get any exercise in...

kimoyu

I am a 55 year old who has been trying since 2001 to take off 20 unwanted steroid induced pounds. I am trying again by eating around 1000 calories/day. I read that trying to keep your sugar intake to 30 grams a day really helps with weight loss/maintenance. So far after 11 days on MFP and maintaining low cals/sugar the weight is dropping faster than ever.

swaistle

GW: 130lbs-ish give or take. I wanna hit the high end of my healthy weight range basically then adjust from there

I have it set to 1410 cals

newknoxchick43

I'm 5'3
current weight is 170
my goal weight 155
and I'm eating 1,200 calories
I already lost 12 pounds in 41 days

jmnicholas

5'3" (1.6m), just about 38 yo (birthday this week).
SW 73kg
CW 62kg
GW 59kg

Currently aim for 1340cals (net). Actual intake varies a bit, and loss tends to be stalled completely for weeks at a time, then I'll drop a kilo in one go. As I'm so close to GW, and am within the healthy BMI range, I'm rethinking what my goals are- and whether the number on the scale is really important to me or whether I'm more concerned with my shape.

Zumba_Luvah

SW- 212 (just after having baby #2)
mfp SW- 189
CW- 169.4
GW- 150
I'm 5'3" and I got down to 147 once, but 150 is my ideal weight. I eat between 1200 and 1400 calories a day. I also exercise 4-6 times a week. If I don't exercise for at least 45 minutes 4-6 times a week and eat between 1200 and 1400, I don't lose weight. I don't eat back exercise calories either, I wouldn't lose any weight if I did.

Jolinia

I'm 5'3, 119 pounds, goal weight of 110 (a bit less actually, since I'm in ketosis so no glycogen water weight).

I'm eating around 1300 calories after taking off exercise calories. I have to eat those back or my next workout won't be any fun or very vigorous.

lizek316

mypilgrimsoul wrote: »

I'm 5''4
current weight is 130.4lbs
goal weight is 115lbs
MFP is allowing me 1240 cals in order to lose 0.5lbs a week.
I haven't lost any weight since joining but can see the reason why

Your age makes a difference too.
Also, are you doing intense training? Like interval and weights since you are so close to your goal weight?

lizek316

I'm 5'4"
36 yo
my current weight is 170
my goal is 130
My cal intake is 1330 cals in order to lose 1lb per week
I have lost 5lbs so far since January 12th (had a couple bad weeks)

shsgrant

I'm almost 5'2" Weight is 138 Goal 115 eating right now 1250 calories with 30 minute exercise 5X week. Just started hope it works . 46 years old

revival15

1980 cals to lose

torizia

5'3
CW: 108lbs
GW: 108lbs
Eating 1450 net calories a day - trying to do a gradual recomp. Only started a few weeks ago and my weight has stayed the same so far so I'm assuming 1450 is my maintenance amount (it was suggested by a few different websites)

estherlion

I am 5'3", 39 years old.

SW 159
CW 137
GW 125

I am eating 1150-1200 calories a day. When I work out which is about 5 times a week, I do give myself a cushion and eat 100 to 200 calories more a day. This is an experiment to see if eating back these calories will work to still lose weight.

SueInAz

A goal weight, if you want to set one and I don't, needs to take into account bone structure and muscle mass as well as height. My mom, sisters and I are all about the same height but they are all very small boned while I am medium-large. For comparison, I can barely wear their wedding rings on my pinky finger. I also am much more muscular than they are. As a result, my mom weighs somewhere around 105 while I would look skeletal at that weight.

I'm lifting weights this time around. While I'm ranging in the mid-130s I'm wearing the same clothes I was wearing when I got down to 122 pounds a few years ago and wasn't lifting.

txlawyer87

5'4"
Age: 27
SW: 275
CW: 253
GW: 150

Cals: 1200, and have lost all 22 lbs in less than 6 weeks thru not just staying within my calories, but eating clean/healthy and doing 40 carbs, 30 protein and 30 fat.

her4g63

28 years old
5'2"
SW: 170 on MFP
CW, GW: 128.8

I maintain around 2525 calories (I do breastfeed a 14 month old).

mscheftg

I'm 5'3" - 5'4", 30 years old.

My current weight is 225-230 (haven't weighed in 10 days).
I have a lot of goal weights... right now, it's to get below 200 pounds. Ultimately, I want to get to 160-170 and see how I feel then. My "happy weight" was 133 about 6 years ago, but I haven't been below 170 in 15 years, so I'm not sure where I'll truly be healthy.

Anyway, my calorie goals range from 1300-1500... sometimes I drop down to 1200 when I need to "cleanse." A cleanse for me occurs after several days of eating fast food, junk, or just eating too much... I call it a cleanse because I intentionally eat more fruits, veggies and no eating out, plus I restrict my calories. Too much information?

KylaDenay

5'3
CW 165
GW Eh whatever makes me happy. I have it set to 145 for now
I eat around 1500-2000 depending on activity that day.

Jolinia

torizia wrote: »

5'3
CW: 108lbs
GW: 108lbs
Eating 1450 net calories a day - trying to do a gradual recomp. Only started a few weeks ago and my weight has stayed the same so far so I'm assuming 1450 is my maintenance amount (it was suggested by a few different websites)

I think that's about my maintenance without exercise too!

healthybodyhealthylife

1200 calories a day but eating back exercise calories
CW 140lbs GW 120-125lbs

Mywitnessfitness

1200 with moderate exercise. 230 trying to get to 130.

IGotThis1992

SW 252
GW 150-160
CW 183

I currently eat between 1200 and 1400. I burn around 150-200 calories through walking 5 days per week on my treadmill. I do not eat back my exercise calories.

goblue8426

5'3"
SW (What is SW?)
CW 175
GW 130
Calories 1340
set to lose 1lb/week
activity level - sedentary
age - 33

As I increase exercise, I plan to eat half back (if I'm hungry enough).

im_simply_karen

SW: 160
CW: 141
GW: 110
I currently consume 1200 calories a day. On weekends I consume 1000 calories.

smalls9686

SW:207
CW: 144
GW:??? *some where BTW 125-130ish
HT: 5foot¹ and some change

My goal weight will be whatever I can realistically maintain with moderate exercise and allows me to comfortably fit in Misses size 6. I currently am wearing 8's and 10's. I eat between 1050-1250 calories a day.

Eileen_T

SW 160
CW 160 (first week weigh in on Thursday aaaarghh....)
GW 120 a bit ambitious but thats the plan

MFP allows me 1200 cals a day. Haven't made it so far, but I am monitoring carbs anyway, so cals not important to me.

Oh and 5' 2.5"