Short females (under 5")? Could you please share your maintainence calories and how active you are?

jrwms714

Just an interesting tidbit: I have a friend who is a weight loss professional at a hospital ... she says that women under 5'4" (us petites!) and especially if postmenopausal have the hardest time losing and maintaining weight loss. So we are at a disadvantage already with our height, but think how strong that makes us when we maintain! We are beating the odds! I find that I can maintain at 1500-1800, but that is only if I am having tons of exercise calories to offset that. Otherwise, it's 1400-1500.

annliz23

hotel4dogs wrote: »

I'm 5'2" so if that's too tall, ignore this.
I'm 61 years old, female.
I have 101# of lean body mass, it's measured monthly and pretty consistent. That's a fair amount for my height.
Activity is about 9 hours a week of intense cardio, plus 7 hours a week of lighter cardio.
Due to medical issues I've been working with a registered dietician at a big University hospital nearby, and she figures my maintenance calories to be roughly 1500-1600 per day.
Based on my weight staying the same, I'm sure she's right.
For macros, about 45% protein, 30% carbs, 25% fats. But I have a medical condition which requires the extra protein.

Wow sound like your doing well.

LivingtheLeanDream

Lillymoo01 wrote: »

hotel4dogs wrote: »

Some of these really make me jealous. I consider 2000 calories a major binge day.

I have to walk around 20,000 steps to eat that amount. I don't know if that is really anything to be jealous of.

yeah same here, alot of steps for not that many more calories

Crafty_camper123

yayhappygirly wrote: »

Height
Activity levels
Calories/macros

I'm not under 5'0, but am 5'3 which is techically still petite. (I think?) Age- 31
My activity level is somewhere between sedentary and lightly active?
I actually just looked at my 1 year average on my fitbit for calories out. And it says my average output for the year is 1736. And I would say that's about right. I tend to maintain at around 1700, and start to gain if I get too sedentary, or start having too many 2000 calorie days. For macros? I think it's just set to whatever MFP gives me. I try to hit my protien goal every day to help curb hunger. For me, weight loss is really slow. Since 1/2 lb a week puts me at 1200 calorie goal. (1700-500=1200). And 1200 is really hard for me to hit without being too hungry. So I tend to gravitate toward abot 1400 or so give or take for weight loss. This means a snails pace loss of .25 a week, lol.

Alia_R

- I'm 29, 5'1 and 155lbs (Currently in the process of recomping; my weight hasn't changed much but I am losing inches).
- I try to be really active now that its summer - weightlifting & cardio during the week, hiking and kayaking during the weekends. I'm thinking of doing "cutting" during the fall months and then "bulking" afterwards.
- I've set my calorie intake around 1700 (rest days) & 1800 (active days). I tend to focus more on my macros which are set at 40% protein/ 40% carbs/ 20% Fat. Seems to be working

weatherking2019

5'2"
46 years old
109 lbs.

My goal for August is to get down to 107, 20% BF.

I have it set at 1200 calories and trying to shed fat% currently.
Not as strict with calories, but I try to stick around that range.

Macros are about Protein 40%, Carbs 30%, Fat 30%. I was doing dirty keto (19%, 9%, 72%) but I felt I needed a little more protein so I am trying it out. My weight got up a pound this month but I look a bit more muscular. SO I figure I will keep it going for a bit.

I do lunch workouts (jog or jump rope) 5x a week, OTF -2-3x a week.
Other than exercise, I have a desk job FT and am not very active--cooking, cleaning, house work driving kids around.

Clairin

I'm 5 2 and weight is 51 kilos or 112 lbs. Fascinating for me to read your posts. I'm new here. I'm seeking to lower body fat % & gain muscle. Its fitness and tone I'm most focused on. I'm learning a lot from this app and these message boards. Thanks!