Question for those 5' and under

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  • sazzyp1973
    sazzyp1973 Posts: 517 Member
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    I am 5ft. I eat at least 1200 calories a day. If I exercise well then I will eat more if I am hungry. I don't eat all the exercise calories back though. I don't go hungry but I don't force feed myself either.
  • BigDaddyBRC
    BigDaddyBRC Posts: 2,395 Member
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    Im over 5', but let me say this...have you found your BMR? if not, I highly suggest that you do. You may need more, or possibly less. Just depends on your overall body needs.
  • Barbellerella
    Barbellerella Posts: 1,838 Member
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    I am BARELY 5'0"... and my BRM is almost 1400, so YES I would NEVER eat 1200 calories anymore. But I learned my lesson the HARD way. Hopefully you will take others advice and learn from their mistakes.
  • loveflowers4
    loveflowers4 Posts: 21 Member
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    Thank you for posting this question. I'm 4'11 and I'm in the same boat as you.
    I'm SO excited to see what has worked for others!
  • ItsCasey
    ItsCasey Posts: 4,022 Member
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    I'm 5'0. I generally eat 1400 to 1600 calories and net around 1200.
  • WilliamsPeggy
    WilliamsPeggy Posts: 440 Member
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    I try to stay between 1200-1500 per day.
  • mrsheu
    mrsheu Posts: 30
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    5'0, eating 1000-1200 calories. My bmr is around 1440, and if I ate that, I would only be losing 1/2 a pound a week, if that. Eating an average of 1100 allows me to lose one pound a week.
  • mrmoustache
    mrmoustache Posts: 17
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    I'm 4'10" and ~100 lbs. and a I maintain around a NET of 1500-1600. I'd say a healthy loss for someone around my size is .5 lbs/week so a deficit of 250 a day would bring me to a net of ~1250-1350.
  • ZugTheMegasaurus
    ZugTheMegasaurus Posts: 801 Member
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    I usually eat 1200-1250 at 5' tall and it works well for me.
  • arw4
    arw4 Posts: 51 Member
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    I'm 5 feet even and I try to net around 1000-1200 per day. Lately I've been going way over that though....
  • EBBlue10
    EBBlue10 Posts: 16 Member
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    This was really great to read, nice to know that there are others out there in my situation.

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