5'3" women and daily caloric intake (add yours)

Heartlight441
Heartlight441 Posts: 278 Member
edited May 2016 in Health and Weight Loss
Curious what others are aiming for.
I am 42, 30 lbs to lose. My job is sedentary. I workout 6 days a week (mostly steady state cardio, but will be adding weight training and more HIIT). So far lost 16 lbs in 66 days. I keep changing my caloric goal so curious what is working for other shorter women.

Set currently at 1300.

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  • NicolaMichelle93
    NicolaMichelle93 Posts: 685 Member
    Currently set mine at around 1900, to lose 10 pounds or so. :smile:
  • 12Sarah2015
    12Sarah2015 Posts: 1,117 Member
    1200 34 years five foot two. Do eat back some exercise calories. 15 pounds min to lose
  • TxTiffani
    TxTiffani Posts: 799 Member
    5'1 with 20-25mote pounds to lose. Also sedentary and ride my exercise bike for an hr most days. I chose to chg my loss on MFP to .5/week. I get 1330 cals some days I eat less and others I eat some of my exercise cals...depends on my hunger. I've lost 11 lbs in the last 60 days:)
  • Meganthedogmom
    Meganthedogmom Posts: 1,639 Member
    1530
  • Maxematics
    Maxematics Posts: 2,287 Member
    I'm 31 and 112 pounds. I came off a bulk and I'm doing my final cut to 108 pounds. I aim for half a pound per week and I eat between 1700 and 2200 calories depending on my activity for the day and how hungry I am. I exercise six days per week, mostly weights but cardio once or twice per week, and I have an active rest day once per week. I walk 15,000 to 25,000 steps per day.
  • Pixie0516
    Pixie0516 Posts: 3 Member
    I'm 5'2" with 11 pounds to lose. I eat around 1100 calories per day.
  • sbl1881
    sbl1881 Posts: 213 Member
    5'3, 36 years old. Calories set at 1525, really aiming for closer to 1450. Have 25 lbs to lose. Workout 6 times a week.
  • autumnblade75
    autumnblade75 Posts: 1,661 Member
    edited May 2016
    5'3" 145 aiming for 0.5 lbs per week, with my settings at sedentary, my goal is 1390. My Fitbit reports that over the past 30 days my calorie burn was an estimated 2848 and my average intake was 2611. My weight remains unchanged over that period of time, though. It appears that the Fitbit *may* slightly exaggerate my calorie burns (which are totalling nearly as much as MFP is estimating my BMR) or I'm not logging precisely enough. Possibly a combination. I know I had slipped a bit in my logging, but I'm working on that, and trying to do a better job of keeping the intake under the output level. I'll finish up the month of May at this level and if I still see no changes, I'll try for a slightly larger calorie deficit.

    Edit: I went and hopped on the scale, and I spoke too soon - I'm down 1.2 lbs. I'll probably just keep doing what I'm doing. :smiley:
  • Heartlight441
    Heartlight441 Posts: 278 Member
    I'm amazed at how much variance there is! Of course we're all at different levels of fitness and body mass and activity levels but wow so much change!
  • cws93
    cws93 Posts: 56 Member
    5'3 at 1200 a day approx. lost 4.5kg and got another 5 to go :)
  • madisonagarcia
    madisonagarcia Posts: 9 Member
    edited May 2016
    1200, I do HIIT 4x a week and one hour on the elliptical, sometimes two. I've lost 9 lbs in 6 weeks. 20 more to go! Oh and I'm 5'3!
  • stephchadz
    stephchadz Posts: 143 Member
    I'm not 5'3 but, 5'4 and I typically eat 1350 a day. Lost 25 already and about 10-15 to go.
  • NicolaMichelle93
    NicolaMichelle93 Posts: 685 Member
    Heartlight441 wrote: »
    I'm amazed at how much variance there is! Of course we're all at different levels of fitness and body mass and activity levels but wow so much change!

    I agree! It's interesting to see the amount of difference between each individual. It varies so much!
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    edited May 2016
    I'm 5'4" and my weight varies because I cut and bulk (my low end is 128 and my high end is 144, currently somewhere in the middle), but basically to lose weight I need to eat 1500 calories for about a half pound per week. Maintenance is 1800-1900. I'm lightly active with 10k steps per day, no cardio, and 4 days of weight training.

  • ObsidianMist
    ObsidianMist Posts: 519 Member
    1250, but I usually only eat about 1000 calories a day, more on workout days.
  • SoulOfRusalka
    SoulOfRusalka Posts: 1,201 Member
    I'm 5'3.5" and I eat about 1000 calories a day but I don't exercise very much. I have about 15 pounds to go.
  • Mouse_Potato
    Mouse_Potato Posts: 1,512 Member
    5'3.5" and 42 years old. Trying to lose that last 8-10 pounds. I usually eat around 1900 a day. I have a desk job, but I am quite active when not at work.
  • Trinique34
    Trinique34 Posts: 53 Member
    Wow I'm only 5 feet and eat 1350 a day. Makes me wonder if I'm not eating too much since I haven't lost a lb for 6 weeks. I work out 5 times a week, 3 times doing HIIT, twice with a trainer and the other two work outs are 20-30 mins cardio.

  • ummijaaz560
    ummijaaz560 Posts: 228 Member
    edited May 2016
    5'3, 34 y/o calories set to 1510 to lose 1.5lbs a week. I workout 5 days a week, 3 days lifting strong lifts 5x5, 2 days riding my stationary bike for 90 minutes.

    Edited to add I've lost 15 pounds in 50 days.
  • GettingThere62
    GettingThere62 Posts: 83 Member
    5"3', 54 yo, 162lb. 1200 plus part of exercise cals. Losing slowly, total around 32lb down. 30 more to go i think...
  • Maxematics
    Maxematics Posts: 2,287 Member
    Trinique34 wrote: »
    Wow I'm only 5 feet and eat 1350 a day. Makes me wonder if I'm not eating too much since I haven't lost a lb for 6 weeks. I work out 5 times a week, 3 times doing HIIT, twice with a trainer and the other two work outs are 20-30 mins cardio.

    I'd get a food scale if I were you. If you haven't lost weight in six weeks you're overestimating your exercise burns, underestimating your food intake, or a combo of both. If you're not losing weight on 1350 calories, eating more wouldn't make you lose weight.
  • 10ssmith
    10ssmith Posts: 33 Member
    edited May 2016
    I'm 5'2 and started out at 165.8 pounds(& I'm 24) . I eat 1200 calories a day and eat back some excersize calories . I have currently lost around 6 pounds in 30 days.

    **had to edit put the wrong weight lol
  • kristieshannon
    kristieshannon Posts: 160 Member
    I'm 5'3.5", 46 y.o. I'm set at 1400 cals/ day. I've lost a little over 30lbs, 84 to go. I'm losing at about 2 lbs/wk. I walk at least 10,000 steps/ day, with one day a week hitting closer to 20,000. On days my Fitbit gives me exercise calories I either don't eat them or at the most eat only 1/2 back.
  • redmaryclare
    redmaryclare Posts: 33 Member
    I am 5' 3" and am set for 1350 but eat more than that, average about 1450. Have been losing at 1 lb per week for last 14 weeks, from 168 to 154. I do a lot of walking - 30 miles per week and so I guess I'm eating back a bit for that.
  • trina1049
    trina1049 Posts: 593 Member
    I'm 5'2.5" and 66 years old. I eat 1,750ish to 2,000+ calories per day. Lost 52 lbs. at 1 lb per week then .5 lb over a 15 month period and currently at maintenance. Holding steady at 127 lbs. I have a Fitbit HR and walk 25,000 steps per day total activity which includes weight training & cardio 3x's per week.
  • Trinique34
    Trinique34 Posts: 53 Member
    synacious wrote: »
    Trinique34 wrote: »
    Wow I'm only 5 feet and eat 1350 a day. Makes me wonder if I'm not eating too much since I haven't lost a lb for 6 weeks. I work out 5 times a week, 3 times doing HIIT, twice with a trainer and the other two work outs are 20-30 mins cardio.

    I'd get a food scale if I were you. If you haven't lost weight in six weeks you're overestimating your exercise burns, underestimating your food intake, or a combo of both. If you're not losing weight on 1350 calories, eating more wouldn't make you lose weight.

    What makes you feel I don't weigh and measure my food? I have weighed every single thing I've consumed. When I first started MFP my cals were set at 1200 and the first two weeks I gained 4 lbs. My Trainer told me I'm not eating enough since my workouts were becoming harder, so I increased it to 1420 and lost 5 lbs in 3 weeks. Since then the weight loss as stopped, so I lowered it to 1350.

    I even weigh my fruits and vegetables. I don't believe that is the problem. Most days I do not consume my exercise calories, even on the days when I do an hr of HITT with my trainer. I may eat an extra 100 on those days. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, but this week I'm going to try lowering my carb intake and see if that helps. I have done low carb before, 50grams a day, and lost weight, but since working out so much I didn't want to resort to that.
  • Trinique34
    Trinique34 Posts: 53 Member
    BTW if you're looking at my journal I've become discouraged over the last two days and sort of pigged out. This is the most "cheating" I've done in the last 6 weeks, so don't judge me based on those days please:)
  • Heartlight441
    Heartlight441 Posts: 278 Member
    aw @Trinique34 no judgement here!! Maybe try increasing calories a bit if you say workouts are harder!

    I am about to begin more intensive workouts this week and this post is making me wonder if I can as many are successful on higher calories. I know as I get closer to goal, I may need to reduce so would rather have my body burning fat at higher cals now... hmm
  • Trinique34
    Trinique34 Posts: 53 Member
    I'm always afraid to post on MFP because I see a lot of people judging others and criticizing them so I don't normally post much.

    I can't give anyone advice on whether to eat more or less because nothing has worked for me. My trainer said I should be eating 1600 a day....if that helps. I'm going to try eating 1400 this week again and lower my carb intake, we'll see where that takes me when I weigh on Friday morning, sighh LOL

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