Short girls 1200 calories just not enough?

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  • speedy740
    speedy740 Posts: 141 Member
    I'd punch a baby before I ate that low. I'm 5'3 and lose at 1800 calories a day (usually more; sometimes 1800 is just not enough) with little to no cardio and 2-3 hours of lifting a week.

    That's just my experience though.

    That is the funniest thing I have read on here lol Too cute!*
  • neandermagnon
    neandermagnon Posts: 7,436 Member
    Your post is full of MFPisms (myths). 1- You can't eat below BMR. 2- People come in 3 frame sizes. 3- There is such thing as 'net calories'.

    If you can lose weight on 1800, more power to you. But you're not the average 5' tall woman, if you can. MFP spits out that number based on averages and simple math, not because it's trying to be mean and make short people starve.

    so wait, people don't come in different frame sizes, yet the amount of calories I burn is unnaturally high for a woman of my height. Now, that wouldn't be because of having extra lean mass due to having a larger frame now, would it? :huh:

    ETA: I presume you weren't responding to my post because my post doesn't contain 1 or 3
  • nancybuss
    nancybuss Posts: 1,461 Member
    I'm around 1200, often a bit more, although I eat back workout calories. I've slowly increased but I've gained almost 3 pounds also. I'm 'waiting' to see if that will look like more belly fat or what.
    Both my TDEE and MFP show me at 1200 to 1300 for Staying Even with wait, but my fat % is still high. at least according to the hand held machines. Being short has many disadvantages

    I'm 4'10" 95 - 97 pounds.

    I need to gain muscle so I can eat more!
  • Cheeky_and_Geeky
    Cheeky_and_Geeky Posts: 984 Member
    I'm 5'1" & eat 1450 calories a day but I workout 30mins per day. I did 1200 calories & lost 2 pounds a week, increased to 1350 & still lost 2lbs a week. Now I eat 1450 & am gradually moving to maintenance.

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