5'2 relatively active women maintaining

MeiannaLee

Yep Im 5'1, 100 pounds and if everyday I reach my step goal of 10,000, and I do not workout, then I eat 1800 calories.
On the days that I do an hour of cardio as well, I eat 2000 calories.
And on lazy Sundays, I eat around 1400-1500!

minizebu

sarab260 wrote: »

Hi everyone!

Looking for very specific advice from not MFP or another online calculator.

I'm 5'2 and currently 119.6lb (trying to get to the bottom of my maintenance range of 115 and stay 115-120). I actively burn 350-500 calories 6x a week, on average, between cardio and lifting.

Can anyone with similar statistics tell me what they maintain on?

Thanks!
Sara

While the information might be interesting, it really doesn't matter what other women of a similar height and weight maintain on.

Having a similar height and weight doesn't tell the whole story. Other people may have differing amounts of body fat and muscle mass, they may have different metabolic profiles (e.g. thyroid issues, hormonal changes due to recent history of modest, moderate or severe calorie restriction, relative insulin sensitivity, etc.) and different activity levels.

It really doesn't make a difference what other people are maintaining on, because you need to determine your own maintenance needs specific to your situation.

One way to do that is to keep accurate logs of your calorie intake, exercise activity and weight fluctuations and try to divine your maintenance needs from that.

If you are interested, MFP member EvgeniZyntx's blog is worth a read. He developed a tool for exporting your MFP data and analyzing it to monitor your trends and determine your "observed TDEE": http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/EvgeniZyntx/view/mfp-data-export-tool-the-overview-659927 and http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/EvgeniZyntx?month=201407 (I haven't personally used his tool, because it isn't available for Macs, but I've been keeping track of all my MFP data, exercise data, etc. on an Excel spreadsheet since I started with MFP and it is useful for visualizing trends.)

John Walker's Hacker's Diet has some information about calculating your weight trends and maintaining your weight, too: https://www.fourmilab.ch/hackdiet/

sarab260

minizebu wrote: »

sarab260 wrote: »

Hi everyone!

Looking for very specific advice from not MFP or another online calculator.

I'm 5'2 and currently 119.6lb (trying to get to the bottom of my maintenance range of 115 and stay 115-120). I actively burn 350-500 calories 6x a week, on average, between cardio and lifting.

Can anyone with similar statistics tell me what they maintain on?

Thanks!
Sara

While the information might be interesting, it really doesn't matter what other women of a similar height and weight maintain on.

Having a similar height and weight doesn't tell the whole story. Other people may have differing amounts of body fat and muscle mass, they may have different metabolic profiles (e.g. thyroid issues, hormonal changes due to recent history of modest, moderate or severe calorie restriction, relative insulin sensitivity, etc.) and different activity levels.

It really doesn't make a difference what other people are maintaining on, because you need to determine your own maintenance needs specific to your situation.

One way to do that is to keep accurate logs of your calorie intake, exercise activity and weight fluctuations and try to divine your maintenance needs from that.

If you are interested, MFP member EvgeniZyntx's blog is worth a read. He developed a tool for exporting your MFP data and analyzing it to monitor your trends and determine your "observed TDEE": http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/EvgeniZyntx/view/mfp-data-export-tool-the-overview-659927 and http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/EvgeniZyntx?month=201407 (I haven't personally used his tool, because it isn't available for Macs, but I've been keeping track of all my MFP data, exercise data, etc. on an Excel spreadsheet since I started with MFP and it is useful for visualizing trends.)

John Walker's Hacker's Diet has some information about calculating your weight trends and maintaining your weight, too: https://www.fourmilab.ch/hackdiet/

Thank you! This is good to know

As you recommend, I weigh everything I eat to the gram, use my Apple Watch HR monitor to track activity, and weigh myself at the same time post-workout every morning and track it on my HappyScale app. When it comes time for maintenance (fingers crossed, soon!!), I should hopefully be able to use these tactics to understand what my body needs.

Thank you as well for these links!!! I'm checking them out now.

Any other advice is always welcome — feel free to add me, and give me any tips on my diary, etc.