CANNOT get under 130

ebaymommy

What's these shenanigans about having to eat less than 1200 calories to weigh less than 130lbs? I'm 5'2", 125lbs and I eat waaaaaay more than 1200 calories a day!

SHENANIGANS!

Love you Armaretta!!! You rock girl and you said it all!

I'm 5'5", 121.5lbs and eating 2000-2800/day depending on my workouts. Being a small girl does NOT have to equal starving. Fire up those metabolisms ladies and eat some good food!

heybales

1297 x 1.45 = 1880 - 10% = 1692 as everyday goal, and do NOT eat back exercise calories because it's already in that estimate.

MFP can be tweaked in settings to follow either of those goals - let me know if interested and I'll spell it out.

Thank you sooo much! It means alot to me that you figured this all out. So in short you are saying I should set 1692 as my everyday goal, but included in that is the exercise cals. Would 1400 be my goal on days I don't work out?

Nope, everyday 1692. Your exercise burn is being balance across the week, so eating should be too. So hard workout days may NET under BMR slightly, light above, rest days above enough to balance.

If you want to have MFP get you close to this, so that it automatically lowers the goal as weight goes down, you can do the following setup.

Settings - Diet/Fitness Profile
Activity Level - Active
Weight loss goal - 1/2 lb weekly.

Should create a daily goal of 1630, which is close enough. If you want to log workouts just for easy review of time and days done, you can log calories as 1 so it doesn't change that daily goal.

Or you can log the calories, and keep in mind the daily goal MFP changes to include credit for exercise calories should NOT be eaten, so leave in green for the day what the footnote says the credit is, and just remember 1630 is daily goal.

I prefer using 1 cal, so if workout is early, I can easily plan rest of day, instead of having fun with math.

keiraev

What's these shenanigans about having to eat less than 1200 calories to weigh less than 130lbs? I'm 5'2", 125lbs and I eat waaaaaay more than 1200 calories a day!

SHENANIGANS!

How many do you eat? WHAT ARE YOUR SECRETS!! lol. What do you for workouts?

I eat anywhere from 1600-2300 cals/day, depending on my activity that day. My net is usually 1500-1900. I maintain NETTING 1900 quality calories a day. No need to starve yourself to skinny. My net is set at 1700 right now to cut some bodyfat%. My TDEE is 1900-2700+ per day via BodyMedia Fit.

I run 15-20miles/week broken up over 3-4 days, and I lift heavy 2-3x week.

Chances are, even if you do starve yourself to your goal weight, you won't look the way you think you will. What most people want is the nice, fit athletic, but slender look. Without properly training and feeding your body to preserve your muscle mass, you'll just look like a smaller version of a fatter you. Harsh, but true.

Good luck! Feel free to friend me if you want after reading my "about me" disclaimer on my profile! :flowerforyou:

this post!

LindsayE007

I am 5'4" and also stuck in the 128-131 range!! It's driving me crazy! I want to get down to 120.

hippiechel

i'm 5'5.5" and i have been hovering in the 130-140 range for over a year. partly because i don't exercise so i have started exercising about 2 weeks ago - i can report back to see how this goes. i've been trying to get below 130 for the longest time. this is NOT the weight or shape my body wants to be at.

i've been at 121lbs 2-3 years ago and still had some flab, so i want to go back to that weight but be more toned.

would love to see success stories and people's progress.

heybales

I am 5'4" and also stuck in the 128-131 range!! It's driving me crazy! I want to get down to 120.

Not sure if you read all the posts - some good advice in the majority along the same lines.

Smuterella

You know, I'm starting to get really jaded. Perhaps because I moved my calories back down after 3 weeks of eating more not working and getting confused with how my fitbit works.

I wish I could just find something that works. Sigh.