5'6 females

jacquiroxx

Mine's set at 1270. I'm 5'5" and weigh 141.8 and work out everyday. I always eat my exercise calories back

ETA: I have it set to lose 1.5 pounds a week.

HolsDoinIt

Mine is @ 2200 (cause of my weight) activity level set at sedentary (I sit at work for 12 hours a day) to lose 2lbs a week.

patricac

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TONYAGOOCH

I'm 38 yrs old 5'6" and 171lbs. I have my MFP set for 1lb a week but put in that I am sedentary (I hav a desk job) and didn't add that I do any exercise because I don't want those calories already accounted for. MFP put my calories at 1340. Then when I workout my added calories are accurate and I knw what I should be eating. I just changed it to this by the way. Gonna see how it works out.

mattiematilda

Mine is at 1200. I think the lower your weight is, the lower the calorie goal. I weigh 135 lbs. I think the calorie goal won't go below 1200 because that's the lowest amount anyone should consume each day. I'm curious about something else... Since you guys are 5'6" like me, what is your goal weight? Mine is 120. I'm just curious to know what other people are aiming for??

fypspirit

Mine is at 1230

SchollinJ

1200, and I weigh 148, goal of 137 lose on avg. 2 lbs per week

cf0506

1500 per day and trying to lose 20#. I've been at this a month and am down 6 pounds. I currently weigh 169.

Skeebee

1623. Got this from metabolic testing I did a while back.

twoscimitars

1500, sedentary, 279 pounds. gw: 150. That's for 2 pounds a week. 1500 is kind of low, but as long as I stay within the 1500 - 1700 range, I feel ok, and it's still good enough to lose weight.

Jessicapages1

I have mine set at 1540 with 40,40,20 I am 155 and want to get down to 135-140!

jmv42

i'm 150, and mine is set to 1260.

Smuterella

1270, sedentary, but then I use my HRM and eat back the exercise calories so usually I end up eating 1600 - 1700 I think...

JoniBologna

Most women 5'6" working out 3-5 times a week should be between 1800-2300 daily.

Doesn't this vary greatly by weight?

skinnybysummer24

I'm 5"7 and mine is 1200.. It literally hurts me to eat anymore than even that. I can barely make it in the 1,000's sometimes. anyone wanna help me?

luvlyjanny

mine is set to 1770

nersgirl

when i joined and added my goal weight, it set my calories at 1200 daily. Starting weight 197lbs.

beezbee

I increased my net calories from 1,200 (1lb loss/wk) to 1,400 (0.7lb loss/wk) because I was perpetually hungry on 1,200 - especially on non-workout days. It also seems to have given my metabolism a boost as the numbers on the scale have started moving again... I work out 5 days a week but not for very long, which translates into an extra 250 calories (give or take), and I eat those calories back.

SW 169
CW 155
GW 130

debbiepa

MFP set mine to 1200, but I feel best if I eat around 1700-1800cal/day. I also run/cross train 3-4x/wk, so the net is usually around 1200-1300cal/day. I'm 5'6, 168. I recently gained due to thyroid problems, but fighting to lose it again!

KathieSwenson

I'm 5"7 and mine is 1200.. It literally hurts me to eat anymore than even that. I can barely make it in the 1,000's sometimes. anyone wanna help me?

I feel your pain. I'm 5'6 191 as of today and it took me a long time to get used to eating anything above a 1000. I was normally stuffed at a 1000. I'm just now trained my self to get withing the 1200 range after exercising because I feel like I'm just stuffing myself full. But it's working. I started taking a multivitamin and eating what mfp says I should eat and of course taking my victoza and I dropped 4 lbs since Thursday. If I knew I could manage to eat what I need to in cal I would up it but afraid I wont be able to eat that amount of calories without a really bad tummy ache

DawnVanSlim

1200 - Im 5'6 and 133.5. I workout about 5 times a week. I eat about half my calories back. On days I don't exercise and I don't get extra calories I struggle to stay under goal. Im happy eating between 1400-1600

clewis628

Mine is at 1670 and set to sedentary. I'm a bigger girl though so I assume that is partially why it's so high. I did just drop though so that was a nice thing to see. Means I'm doing something right!

Libby81

I'm at maintenance at 133 and mine was at 1700 till today but since I still lost weight the last two weeks I'm upping to 1900 on non workout days to trial that out

my macros are set at 40/30/30 too

amandafirst

I started off at 163 lbs. and I have my calories set at 1460 and I've lost 13 lbs. so far. I try to include some sort of exercise daily. Even if it's just walking for an hour, which can be done easily at your local mall. I also keep an eye on my sodium intake. Hope this helps!

Takes2long

My calories are set to 1590. They were 1350, but it wasn't really working. I wasn't really losing. It's been one week since I upped my calories, and it seems better. I exercise at least 4x/wk.

christibam

I'm like 5'6 1/2'' and 259. Mine is set to 1480.

Edit* I do 4-5 hours of cardio and 4-6 hours of weights and strength training every week.

farberry

I put mine up from 1200 to 1460, but I'm no longer logging/eating exercise calories

christibam

I put mine up from 1200 to 1460, but I'm no longer logging/eating exercise calories

I just hate to say that I love your main picture. It made me giggle.

iqnas

I'm currently 146 lbs, and I eat 1500 a day with light exercise 2x a week.

vonalj

I have mine manually set at 1600 as a base and exercise. I eat my exercise back if I'm hungry if not then I don't.

Take your goal wt and "x" that by 10 then add 200 if you live a sedentary lifestyle or 400 if your really active (lifestyle does not include exercise)

I took mfp advice and had my calories at 1200 and I was starving! I'm def. ALOT happier at 1600! Best of luck!