If Only I Were a 6'2" Man !

Linda8989
Linda8989 Posts: 39 Member
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I've been faithfully logging the good and bad on my food diary for over 2 months now. I don't lie to myself or others that read it. But, truth is, it comes out close to 2000 cals daily. I know I need to cut out about 400 of those cals in order to consistently lose weight, but I just don't want to. While reading through my friends food diaries this morning, looking to pick up some new ideas, I realize it's my HEIGHT and SEX that's throwing me off. If I were like my taller, male buddies here, I'd be losing weight weekly! So it's not me, it's because I'm a short female! That's my story, I'm sticking to it . :laugh:
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  • RekindledRose
    RekindledRose Posts: 523 Member
    Amen, I'm right there with you! I'm a 5'1.75" woman.... totally wrong for my caloric desires!
  • Prettypedalpower
    Prettypedalpower Posts: 54
    I'm a 6'2 female and I've lost just over 160lbs. If I eat over 1400 calories I gain. To continue to lose it's 1200. And I workout for more than 2 hours 6x a week. You just need to find the balance that works. Drink heaps of water. Avoid dodgy fats and salt. It will work. ????
  • punkuate
    punkuate Posts: 127 Member
    Yup, I'm not overweight, I'm under height but until they come up with a way to make me 7 foot tall, I'm going to have to stick to my allowed calories.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    I'm a 6'2 female and I've lost just over 160lbs. If I eat over 1400 calories I gain. To continue to lose it's 1200. And I workout for more than 2 hours 6x a week. You just need to find the balance that works. Drink heaps of water. Avoid dodgy fats and salt. It will work. ????

    :huh:
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    I've been faithfully logging the good and bad on my food diary for over 2 months now. I don't lie to myself or others that read it. But, truth is, it comes out close to 2000 cals daily. I know I need to cut out about 400 of those cals in order to consistently lose weight, but I just don't want to. While reading through my friends food diaries this morning, looking to pick up some new ideas, I realize it's my HEIGHT and SEX that's throwing me off. If I were like my taller, male buddies here, I'd be losing weight weekly! So it's not me, it's because I'm a short female! That's my story, I'm sticking to it . :laugh:

    or you could just cut 250 a day to lose half a pound a week?
  • Slinky_BraveHeartBunsOfSteel
    Slinky_BraveHeartBunsOfSteel Posts: 10,916 Member
    I've been faithfully logging the good and bad on my food diary for over 2 months now. I don't lie to myself or others that read it. But, truth is, it comes out close to 2000 cals daily. I know I need to cut out about 400 of those cals in order to consistently lose weight, but I just don't want to. While reading through my friends food diaries this morning, looking to pick up some new ideas, I realize it's my HEIGHT and SEX that's throwing me off. If I were like my taller, male buddies here, I'd be losing weight weekly! So it's not me, it's because I'm a short female! That's my story, I'm sticking to it . :laugh:

    or you could just cut 250 a day to lose half a pound a week?
    And go for an hours walk a day, burn 250 and lose 1lb :)
  • amwbox
    amwbox Posts: 576 Member
    Its not so much the height as the weight and muscle mass. Women have a higher proportion of fat and a lower proportion of muscle mass relative to men. In addition to just being smaller all around, even if they are tall. Makes for a lousy calorie burn.

    Always feel bad in restaurants with women, since they serve the same portion to both. Much easier for me to burn through it. I get to pig out a bit more. Women always have to leave something on their plates in order to account for the difference.
  • umer76
    umer76 Posts: 1,272 Member
    6'3 man here and stuck at this weight for last 8 months. It is mainly your food intake which has 70% effect and the exercise has 30% effect. I have been little high on carbs and every now and then goes over my cals hence no weight loss:(
  • SuperC_85
    SuperC_85 Posts: 393
    I'm a 6'2 female and I've lost just over 160lbs. If I eat over 1400 calories I gain. To continue to lose it's 1200. And I workout for more than 2 hours 6x a week. You just need to find the balance that works. Drink heaps of water. Avoid dodgy fats and salt. It will work. ????

    Oh no thats terrible!
    Im a 6'2 female and I lose on 2000 calories a day. I minimum is my BMR 1750!
    1200 I was dying!! Moody, hangry, shocking. I dont know how the heck you do it! I eat your daily calories for DINNER!

    OP Bump up your exercise then you could eat MOAR!
  • Linda8989
    Linda8989 Posts: 39 Member
    I've been faithfully logging the good and bad on my food diary for over 2 months now. I don't lie to myself or others that read it. But, truth is, it comes out close to 2000 cals daily. I know I need to cut out about 400 of those cals in order to consistently lose weight, but I just don't want to. While reading through my friends food diaries this morning, looking to pick up some new ideas, I realize it's my HEIGHT and SEX that's throwing me off. If I were like my taller, male buddies here, I'd be losing weight weekly! So it's not me, it's because I'm a short female! That's my story, I'm sticking to it . :laugh:

    or you could just cut 250 a day to lose half a pound a week?
  • Linda8989
    Linda8989 Posts: 39 Member
    That's a great idea! I'd be happy with a 1/2 lb vs NO LB loss
  • Linda8989
    Linda8989 Posts: 39 Member
    Its not so much the height as the weight and muscle mass. Women have a higher proportion of fat and a lower proportion of muscle mass relative to men. In addition to just being smaller all around, even if they are tall. Makes for a lousy calorie burn.

    Always feel bad in restaurants with women, since they serve the same portion to both. Much easier for me to burn through it. I get to pig out a bit more. Women always have to leave something on their plates in order to account for the difference.
  • Linda8989
    Linda8989 Posts: 39 Member
    I so agree! I have a male friend who has never seen an overweight day in his life. We eat out together, he eats a huge portion of food then attacks my leftovers...so not fair : )
  • Singlejules
    Singlejules Posts: 55 Member
    I've been faithfully logging the good and bad on my food diary for over 2 months now. I don't lie to myself or others that read it. But, truth is, it comes out close to 2000 cals daily. I know I need to cut out about 400 of those cals in order to consistently lose weight, but I just don't want to. While reading through my friends food diaries this morning, looking to pick up some new ideas, I realize it's my HEIGHT and SEX that's throwing me off. If I were like my taller, male buddies here, I'd be losing weight weekly! So it's not me, it's because I'm a short female! That's my story, I'm sticking to it . :laugh:
    Ha ha Linda. Yep as I am 5ft 3inch Im with you on this one. Did make me laugh, thanks. :-)
  • thesupremeforce
    thesupremeforce Posts: 1,206 Member
    I wouldn't complain about being 6'2" and it has nothing to do with calories. 6'2" > 6'0" I'd give it a shot.
  • demonsheep
    demonsheep Posts: 69 Member
    I feel your pain as a 4'11 woman. Around 1600 is my maintenance! The days I want to eat a lot, I just have to work out longer to balance it out. Seeing my friends' diaries where they are eating 1800-2000+ is like "wow. lucky you!"
  • Linda8989
    Linda8989 Posts: 39 Member
    6'3 man here and stuck at this weight for last 8 months. It is mainly your food intake which has 70% effect and the exercise has 30% effect. I have been little high on carbs and every now and then goes over my cals hence no weight loss:(
  • Linda8989
    Linda8989 Posts: 39 Member
    I'm sorry you're stuck right now, but it DOES make me feel better that it happens to the guys too....sorry, that's an awful thing for me to say! :laugh:
  • tsmom1128
    tsmom1128 Posts: 151 Member
    When I go to sleep at night, I am a 5'7" amazingly curvy woman. Then I wake up to my 5' self and think I am dreaming...
  • leodora1
    leodora1 Posts: 77 Member
    Agreed! lol.
  • cwoyto123
    cwoyto123 Posts: 308
    My girlfriend eats 3000 calories a day and is very, very lean.

    Try exercising.
  • _Waffle_
    _Waffle_ Posts: 13,049 Member
    I'm a 6'2 female and I've lost just over 160lbs. If I eat over 1400 calories I gain. To continue to lose it's 1200. And I workout for more than 2 hours 6x a week. You just need to find the balance that works. Drink heaps of water. Avoid dodgy fats and salt. It will work. ????

    Oh no thats terrible!
    Im a 6'2 female and I lose on 2000 calories a day. I minimum is my BMR 1750!
    1200 I was dying!! Moody, hangry, shocking. I dont know how the heck you do it! I eat your daily calories for DINNER!

    The difference between you two is most likely muscle mass. I am as described in the thread title a 6'2" male. I need 2500 to maintain my weight and 2000 calories a day is what I use to drop weight. All good reasons to use the weight section of the gym right?
    OP Bump up your exercise then you could eat MOAR!
    I need over 5000 calories some days. It honestly gets a bit annoying trying to eat it all back.
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    I'm a 6'2 female and I've lost just over 160lbs. If I eat over 1400 calories I gain. To continue to lose it's 1200. And I workout for more than 2 hours 6x a week. You just need to find the balance that works. Drink heaps of water. Avoid dodgy fats and salt. It will work. ????

    You probably gain because your glycogen stores are refilling themselves. You're not gaining any fat back at 1400 calories a day.
  • neandermagnon
    neandermagnon Posts: 7,436 Member
    I'm a 6'2 female and I've lost just over 160lbs. If I eat over 1400 calories I gain. To continue to lose it's 1200. And I workout for more than 2 hours 6x a week. You just need to find the balance that works. Drink heaps of water. Avoid dodgy fats and salt. It will work. ????

    are you sure it's fat gains that you're seeing, or just a jump in water weight which is inevitable when increasing calorie intake, due to the body storing more glycogen?

    when you increase your calorie intake, even if you're still in a deficit, you may see anything up to a 5 or 6lb gain in scale weight, due to water and glycogen. However, once your glycogen levels are full, you will start to lose weight again at the higher calorie intake, so long as it's still a deficit. If its your maintenance calories, then the water weight gains stop and your weight stabiliises. If you're in a surplus you'll see a *slow* weight gain over several weeks. Fat gain is very slow unless you're eating a seriously high number of calories in a day. You have to be 3500 calories over and above your TDEE to gain just one lb of fat (so if your TDEE is 1600 cals then you'd have to eat 5100 calories in a day to gain one pound of fat overnight).... Overnight gains in weight are water weight fluctuations, not fat.
  • sweetcurlz67
    sweetcurlz67 Posts: 1,168 Member
    :laugh:

    where's the 'like' button!!!

    bahahahaha

    but you KNOW that's not the truth, but still it's funny!
  • Sun_Wukong
    Sun_Wukong Posts: 131
    The comedic attempt of this thread is not lost on me but...

    ...I am kind of sick of hearing about women using "Your a male so it is much easier for you!" excuse" etc etc

    Half the time it is a thinly veiled excuse neglecting to mention that these individuals don't measure their food or exercise accurately, and other times it is a question of consistency with their (honest) logging..Yeah I went there!

    Obviously many factors contribute how to calculate an accurate deficit such as height (obviously your height would contribute to your weight no doubt),weight,age etc but it still boils down to if you are truly at a deficit you will lose No matter what kind of genitalia you have!

    There are a vast multitude of short(er) women on mfp who are extremely successful at losing weight and maintaining.

    Excuses don't burn calories, hard work and dedication do.

    Sarauk2sf is an example of what a petite shorter woman can do...but there are many more and I hope some respond to this thread.
  • msf74
    msf74 Posts: 3,498 Member
    Generally it's not about height or sex or even lean mass but rather overall weight.

    The more you weigh the more energy is required to function and move and the higher the TDEE (again generally.)
  • sbarella
    sbarella Posts: 713 Member
    Well, I'm a short girl too and I lose weight slower than a big man, but 10 lbs lost make a big difference on me and they're hardly noticeable on said big man. Things even out. And I bet I'd be hungrier if I was a big man.
  • JTick
    JTick Posts: 2,131 Member


    Always feel bad in restaurants with women, since they serve the same portion to both. Much easier for me to burn through it. I get to pig out a bit more. Women always have to leave something on their plates in order to account for the difference.

    :huh:

    Actually, us women are totally capable of counting those calories, lifting weights, AND cleaning all the food off our plate. I never take leftovers home...ever. Even on a 1,500 calorie plate of pasta.
  • Sun_Wukong
    Sun_Wukong Posts: 131


    Always feel bad in restaurants with women, since they serve the same portion to both. Much easier for me to burn through it. I get to pig out a bit more. Women always have to leave something on their plates in order to account for the difference.

    :huh:

    Actually, us women are totally capable of counting those calories, lifting weights, AND cleaning all the food off our plate. I never take leftovers home...ever. Even on a 1,500 calorie plate of pasta.
    :drinker:
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