159cm/5'2 girls maintenance cal?
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Wingg_
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I'm always wondering if I've got my maintenance cal right so I wanna have a rough idea of how much you all are eating and see if I should adjust my maintenance cal to test out.
So can you girls share with me your maintenance calorie with your height, weight and activity level.?
Thank you!
So can you girls share with me your maintenance calorie with your height, weight and activity level.?
Thank you!
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Well, I'm a bit different than you, but close so here you go:
Height- 5'3"
Weight - 102
Maintenance calories - 1460 (net)
Activity level - Sedentary (full time desk job)
I also workout 5 days a week and I eat back the exercise calories for those days. Anddd... before anyone freaks out over me being underweight, know that I am doing a slow gain to get back up to 104.5-108lbs. The calories I listed above though are my maintenance calories. I'm actually eating about 150-200 calories more than that a day (equaling around 1610-1660) until I get back to my goal weight. Hope that helps!0 -
5'2" here and 107-108 pounds. I average 1700-1800 calories per day and would consider myself lightly active. I technically have a desk job, but my work environment is such that I do get to move around some during the day. I'm not a heavy exerciser but I am consistent and shoot for 30-45 minutes of walking at least 3-4 times a week. And I have a three year old, which definitely counts for something!0
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For me, I'm maintaining a much higher weight than previous posters...
height: 5'2
weight: 135
maintenance calories: 1580
activity level - sedentary
My workouts vary so much, I find it easier to eat back my activity calories. I use a HRM to determine my calorie burn during a workout and a FitBit to determine my daily burn (because even though I have sedentary job, I make sure I walk a lot throughout the day).
Maintenance has been hard for me, so I'm still learning exactly what does and doesn't work for me. I think the trick to maintenance, is patience. It may take a while to find your "sweet spot" but once you do, then it makes all the work worthwhile!0 -
158 cm/5'2 and 95 lbs (43 kgs)
I usually eat around 1400-1500 kcal. I have a sedentary job, I work from home at my desk all day so I have to make sure to move every day. My goal is to walk between 30 min and 1 hour and to do Blogilates between 30 min to 1 hour everyday. My Fitbit helps me also to stay on track.0 -
Well, I'm a bit different than you, but close so here you go:
Height- 5'3"
Weight - 102
Maintenance calories - 1460 (net)
Activity level - Sedentary (full time desk job)
I also workout 5 days a week and I eat back the exercise calories for those days. Anddd... before anyone freaks out over me being underweight, know that I am doing a slow gain to get back up to 104.5-108lbs. The calories I listed above though are my maintenance calories. I'm actually eating about 150-200 calories more than that a day (equaling around 1610-1660) until I get back to my goal weight. Hope that helps!
I don't think that you're underweight at 102. It would depend entirely on your build.0 -
Hey! I am...
5'3"
115 pounds
And maintain at around 2850/day total. I have a very active job and lift heavy and am training to run 13.1 miles. I am abnormally active and have to eat a lot to compensate.0 -
I don't think that you're underweight at 102. It would depend entirely on your build.
In general, my build (medium-small) would allow for the weight I'm at, but I'm not too happy with it (BMI aside, since that one is the technical part of being 'underweight'). I don't really have a lot of bones showing (my hip bones show, but they've been showing since around 112-115 and my ribs only show if I raise my arms or suck in). The slow gain I'm doing is because the last few pounds that came off were in my 'lady-curve' zones, haha, so I'm looking to get those returned.
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I am 5/2 and around 450. I am a big girl that being said I am on a 1,200 cal diet. I am looking to lose at least 5lbs a week if not more. I can not walk right now due to having arthritis in my knee and just can not step on it with out the worst pain ever, so at the moment the only exercise I can do and do do is sitting down. I have been on my diet for almost a month now and even tho I can't weight my self I can feel around and know I have lost weight. I am guessing I have lost around 15lbs or more. If that helps you at all . Good luck with everything.0
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5'2". 5-6 days a week- HIIT boot camp and progressive weight lifting. 144 pounds; size 4-6; 2000-2400 cals per day for about 10 months now. I will go down to 140 in certain times of the month but hover at 143-144 at the most.
I am 44, have three daughters, married, work full time.0 -
I'm 118 pounds maintaining (5'4", though) and eat about 1500/day. Sedentary job.0
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Hey I'm 5' 2". Currently maintaining around 116 give or take a llb! I'd say I'm lightly active and am generally always on my feet on the go. I don't have a set workout routine, some weeks none other weeks 5 days! So I aim for 1500 cals a day without exercise! Although I have more on Saturdays but find I make up for that at beginning of week!0
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Hi! I am 23 years old, size 5 pants, 5'3, 134lbs and mfp says that at sedimentary, I should eat 1660 a day. But I am also getting back into weight lifting and walking a lot, but I count that separately and eat back calories if I am hungry.
Also, I have had a lot more energy lately because I just recently upped my calories from losing weight, but 1600-1800 calories is feeling like a lot of food without eating fried stuff :happy:0 -
31yrs
5'0ft
112lbs
Size 0-2
I waitress 4 times a week and teach aerobics 5 times a week. I also walk with friends. I have been slowly getting leaner on about 2000k a day. Average daily burn between 2300-3000k.0 -
Thank you for sharing with me your informations! I will definitely use them as references!0
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I work out 7 days a week but 2 of those days I consider pretty easy days. I weigh about 125 lbs atm. I mostly strength train, so a lot of me is muscle. I eat 1200-1500 cals daily.0
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I work out 7 days a week but 2 of those days I consider pretty easy days. I weigh about 125 lbs atm. I mostly strength train, so a lot of me is muscle. I eat 1200-1500 cals daily.
1200-1500cal including exercise cal?0 -
I work out 7 days a week but 2 of those days I consider pretty easy days. I weigh about 125 lbs atm. I mostly strength train, so a lot of me is muscle. I eat 1200-1500 cals daily.
1200-1500cal including exercise cal?
Yupp!0 -
5'1, roughly 2000 calories a day. I have a pretty active job and I strength train at the gym 3-4 times a week.0
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I work out 7 days a week but 2 of those days I consider pretty easy days. I weigh about 125 lbs atm. I mostly strength train, so a lot of me is muscle. I eat 1200-1500 cals daily.
1200-1500cal including exercise cal?
Yupp!
Are you losing or maintaining? I'm 5'2 43kg(I'm my underweight btw. I calculated my bmi using my country health promotion board bmi calculator) 159cm working out 7days a week all pretty low intensity(but I do climb the stairs instead of taking the elevator&lift) and eating 1640 daily...0 -
5'1, roughly 2000 calories a day. I have a pretty active job and I strength train at the gym 3-4 times a week.
What kind of training do you do??0
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