5'0 ladies: how many calories do u eat

jardimgirl
jardimgirl Posts: 522 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I've been eatin 1800 lately when I should be eating 1250 :blushing: so id like to know, how many calories other shorties like me eat :)
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  • smplmr1
    smplmr1 Posts: 2
    I'm vertical challenged as well! I've been eating around 1200 calories a day and not eating my exercise calorie. :happy:
  • Courtney066
    Courtney066 Posts: 25
    Well I'm 5ft3in (which is kinda close to your height) and I'm 125.5lbs and I eat 1200 calories a day, you can look at my diary if you like. I also work out 5 or so times a week and burn around 300-500 calories. Also I haven't been losing weight really fast though, but that's probably because I really don't have much to lose. Hope this helps!
  • amindyleigh
    amindyleigh Posts: 17 Member
    I'm 5"3 and I eat 1200 per day but I usually come in a little lower than that. I also don't eat extra if I exercise.
  • karenfallison
    karenfallison Posts: 30 Member
    5'2 I eat 1200 calories or less daily. I exercise and don't eat my exercise calories. I've lost 21 lbs since 11/13
  • Branstin
    Branstin Posts: 2,320 Member
    Eat to loss weight or maintain?
  • nicolemontagna22
    nicolemontagna22 Posts: 229 Member
    I'm 5'2 and at 1200. I heard shorter people are in the toughest category or weightloss. We should only lose about a half to one pound a week. Any faster and we could wreck out metabolism by eating too little. Weight watchers had me at 950 calories when I checked against MFP and my body wasn't losing ad I was hungry all the time. My body went into starvation mode.
  • giggitygoo
    giggitygoo Posts: 1,978 Member
    1800 a day, and no exercise calories back.

    Highly active, 5'1", 110 lbs

    Started at 1200, lost 30 pounds, plateaued and realized I needed more fuel.
  • mereditheve
    mereditheve Posts: 142 Member
    I'm vertically advantaged like you (I rarely hit my head on anything and on planes, every row is first class) ... I eat around 1250-1300 calories per day.
  • JoanneLynn
    JoanneLynn Posts: 156 Member
    I'm a little under 5'2 and eat 1200 calories and don't eat back my exercise calories. I lose an average of 0.7 pounds a week.
  • aqualeo1
    aqualeo1 Posts: 331 Member
    I'm 5'2 120 lbs and just going into maintenance. I eat around 1400 and one day a week I'll go up to 1900. I don't eat exercise calories back. I've been pretty much maintaining for a few weeks now.
  • gloriaeffe
    gloriaeffe Posts: 75 Member
    I'm almost 5'1'' , 110lbs and I eat around 1,200 cal/day.
    I exercise quite heavily (resistance training and intervals mainly) 6 days/week. I eat back almost all of my exercise calories though.
  • asianrunner
    asianrunner Posts: 42 Member
    5'1", eating about 1900 cals a day and losing steadily. I work out 5-6 days a week either running or boot camp and tend to eat back almost all my exercise cals.

    Granted, I only started tracking three weeks ago but it's been good so far!
  • ihateroses
    ihateroses Posts: 893 Member
    5'0, I have my cals set at 1400 but I eat my exercise cals back.

    125lb right now
  • glassgallm
    glassgallm Posts: 276 Member
    5'0", 1200 calories, I eat all my exercise calories.
  • Junebuggyzy
    Junebuggyzy Posts: 345 Member
    5'1. The recommendation here was 1200, so that is what I am doing. I have a question, though. If I burn 500 calories from Zumba or riding my stationary bike, does that mean I only had 700 calories that day?

    I also agree about losing 1/2 pound a week. That's typically what I lose. Right now I am losing 1-2 pounds a week just because I am trying like heck to get to 130 for my son's wedding in May.
  • ccb2004
    ccb2004 Posts: 16
    I am 5'2" and I eat 1900-2000 calories a day (I weigh 119right now). Losing about a half pound or less a week, but that is what i am aiming for :-) Trying to get to goal weight of 112.
  • domitom
    domitom Posts: 10 Member
    I'm 5'1 and 135 and I have mine set at 1450 based off my TDEE. And when I exercise, I usually eat back most of my calories, so 1700-1800 on those days.
  • BrownSugar1217
    BrownSugar1217 Posts: 5 Member
    I'm 5'0 @ 147 and I eat 1410 cal a day and try to eat back exercise calories at times
  • hollystensrud
    hollystensrud Posts: 10
    I'm 5'2" about 126lbs. I eat 1900-2000 and eat back half my exercise calories. I'm very active on a daily basis and am shooting for a 1/2 lb loss per week
  • balvis3919
    balvis3919 Posts: 60 Member
    im 5'1'' and 175 pounds. i eat about 1200 calories a day and only eat half of my exercise calories back, but i dont work out much as i have 3 toddlers and am too worn out by the end of the day. but i do lose and average of 1-1.5 pounds a week. when i do work out i try to go every-other day and i do a 40 minute brisk walk.
  • Star_1234
    Star_1234 Posts: 123 Member
    I eat between 1200 to 1350 cals a day to lose weight. Im 4ft 8. I was worried i was noy eating enough but it looks like im eating ok for my height range.
  • pinkachuu
    pinkachuu Posts: 8
    I'm 5'1 and 108lbs; maintained at my original goal of 110lbs eating at 1500. Currently working on losing the last few bonus pounds eating at 1400 and exercising, though I'm more focused on body composition now.

    Being short and losing weight sucks tbh...10lbs really makes a world of difference on us.
  • michellemybelll
    michellemybelll Posts: 2,228 Member
    Being short and losing weight sucks tbh...10lbs really makes a world of difference on us.

    QF mother f'en T
  • carinthea
    carinthea Posts: 97 Member
    I am 5ft (just, well actually 1cm below that but for the sake of argument!!!). I currently weigh 229 and oh boy is that hard (it wasn't hard to get to, medication and a sedentary lifestyle...) anyway, I am currently under the doctor and eat 1000kcal a day and struggle with that (not because I need more but because I fill my diet with veg and low-fat proteins and am stuffed). I am only in my second week back on MFP - find that now I am actually using it properly it's really motivating - but last week I lost 5lb, but as you can see from my start weight I have a LOT to lose...I know that later on I will put the calories up but right now I can't really exercise (reason I am under the doctor)...really pay when I do. I think that you have to listen to your body and hear what it is telling you.
  • adorable_aly
    adorable_aly Posts: 398 Member
    I'm 4"11 and 116lbs, I eat 1400 a day and don't eat exercise calories, and have one day where I eat a few hundred cals more. I can lose on 1200, but I was too hungry and tired, so I bumped it up. To be fair I'm working on dropping body fat and weight train 6 days a week, and do cardio on top. I am not sure how much I'm losing per week yet because I only recently changed it, but even if it takes longer eating more, I can be more consistent, which is what will get results in the end.
  • Star_1234
    Star_1234 Posts: 123 Member
    Im looking to be friends with petite ladies like myself for support and motivation so please add. X
  • Jlmervin03
    Jlmervin03 Posts: 152 Member
    I'm 5'1 and 150 lbs, I eat 1400 calories a day, and eat about 50% of my excercise calories. Still losing weight.
  • Blokeypoo
    Blokeypoo Posts: 274 Member
    I'm 5'2.5 and lost 28lbs on 1400 cals a day. I was using Biggest Loser site then so didn't eat cals back and I was exercising but nothing hard core. Been maintaining over a year now so it seems to have worked for me.
  • sola24
    sola24 Posts: 334 Member
    5 ft tall and eating 1650 calories per day :) doing mild exercise like pilates and light walks so not logging my exercise calories and not eating it. still losing around 0.25lbs per week
  • ninav1980
    ninav1980 Posts: 514 Member
    5'1 here, I eat about 1000-1200 and I try not to eat back my exersize calories.

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