Calorific intake for short women weighlifting

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gemmamummy
gemmamummy Posts: 185 Member
in Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
Hi I am 4'11 and weightlift, I would be interested to hear calorific intake examples from other short women who weightlift. Thanks

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  • Brooke4206
    Brooke4206 Posts: 140 Member
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    I'm 5'5 and I eat between 1800-2000 a day.
  • Linnaea27
    Linnaea27 Posts: 639 Member
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    I'm curious about this too. I have heard that weightlifting can increase the amount you burn at rest but I don't know how much or what kind of a difference it makes in the actual amount you can eat. I do know that when I do strength training, I am a good deal hungrier than usual for the rest of the day.

    Hopefully others with real answers will come by, because I want to read what they have to say. I'm 5'1" on a good day and have just started strength training since I'm almost at maintenance.
  • Fujiberry
    Fujiberry Posts: 400 Member
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    Isn't there a macro calc on iifym.com?
    I'm 5'2" and I eat between 2,300-2,600 calories per day.
  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
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    44 yrs old

    5'2/116 pds

    2100-2300 calories
  • MyRummyHens
    MyRummyHens Posts: 141 Member
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    154cm , 96-98lb and I lift heavy 3x per week. I'm reasonably active (12000 steps per day) in everyday life but do no additional or high intensity cardio. I need a minimum of 2000 calories per day to hold my weight.
  • spirit095
    spirit095 Posts: 1,017 Member
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    I'm 5'0, 110.5-113lbs. I lift 3x a week, and do cardio 2x a week. I typically eat around 1500 calories, but I'll probably be increasing the number soon. Some days that just doesn't feel like enough food for me, so I'm testing out the numbers.
  • JagZag
    JagZag Posts: 174 Member
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    I'm 5'2", 63 yr. I am trying to lose about 40 lbs. I lift 5 days, cardio 4 days. I don't really count my calories per se, just make sure I have a 500 calorie deficit at the end of the day. Usually try for a burn of about 1900 and consume around 1400 to get my deficit but it goes above or below sometimes. Trying for a 40p/30c/30f macro.
  • broox80
    broox80 Posts: 1,195 Member
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    5'2
    34 years old
    lift 3 x a week (5x5) and Crossfit or 30 DS 2 x a week
    1800
    Still need to lose about 35 pounds :)
  • eimaj5575
    eimaj5575 Posts: 278 Member
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  • wyattj99
    wyattj99 Posts: 454 Member
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    5'3" 118 lbs weight light daily at home, gym three nights a week, one cardio morning and try to eat 1600 a day.
  • nicfitnesszone
    nicfitnesszone Posts: 115 Member
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    Ht: 5'0
    Wt: 90 lbs
    BF: 10%
    Caloric Intake: 2200
    Cardio (running/elliptical/circuit training/swimming: 60-90 minutes 5-6x/week
    Strength Training/Weight Lifting/Reformer Pilates: 60-90 minutes 3x/week
    Sports and other activities (Kayaking,/soccer/whitewater rafting/hiking/cycling/roller blading): 1x/2 weeks
  • Megmo127
    Megmo127 Posts: 76 Member
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    I am prepping for my next NPC show in June and trying to put on a little bit more muscle (with a little necessary fat gains, of course) and am slowly increasing cals per week. Right now I am at 2,300-2,500. Peaking at ~3,000 hopefully by the end of the month.

    I'm 5 ft 2 ~110lbs probably around 13-14% BF I'd assume right now. Come closer to show day I will probably still be around this but maybe a little heavier (hopefully - want to build my glutes/legs up a bit!)

    I love seeing the variations between us all - interesting! I lift 5/6x a week, HIIT cardio 1/2x.

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