5'2 women - daily calorie intake

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  • AllOutof_Bubblegum
    AllOutof_Bubblegum Posts: 3,646 Member
    I'm 5'2" 141#(started at 175) My goal weight is 140# by the 16th of April. ALMOST THERE!!!!
    A year ago I picked up a book called " The Petite Woman's diet." I read it and it had recipes that were unrealistic for a Mom of two. BUT!!!! I did pick up some great tips. 5'4" and under should eat 1100 calories to loose weight and NEVER eat earned calories through exercise. His recommendation was 1100 6 days a week and then pick a cheat day and go for 1300!!!!! I was able to drop 30 pounds at 1200 calories and on occasion I would eat my exercise calories. Now I'm 4 pounds from my goal weight and it's been there for a month. So I dropped my calories to 1150, them 1140...until I am now a pound away at 1100. He also recommends building lean muscle mass over cardio for the petite woman. I'm sure you can find the info on-line! GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!! Keep counting!!!

    Yeeeeah, this is all terrible advice, sorry. That book is a joke, and very, very wrong. 5'4 and under eat 1100 calories? HA! Um, no.

    And you can't "build lean muscle" on a deficit, especially one as extreme as 1100 calories a day WITHOUT eating your exercise cals back, so it's blatantly obvious the author of that book has not one clue in the slightest of what they're talking about.

    Like I said, find your TDEE and eat just under that. You'll lose weight at a safe rate, and you won't be miserable and starving doing it.
  • Achrya
    Achrya Posts: 16,913 Member
    I'm 5'2" 141#(started at 175) My goal weight is 140# by the 16th of April. ALMOST THERE!!!!
    A year ago I picked up a book called " The Petite Woman's diet." I read it and it had recipes that were unrealistic for a Mom of two. BUT!!!! I did pick up some great tips. 5'4" and under should eat 1100 calories to loose weight and NEVER eat earned calories through exercise. His recommendation was 1100 6 days a week and then pick a cheat day and go for 1300!!!!! I was able to drop 30 pounds at 1200 calories and on occasion I would eat my exercise calories. Now I'm 4 pounds from my goal weight and it's been there for a month. So I dropped my calories to 1150, them 1140...until I am now a pound away at 1100. He also recommends building lean muscle mass over cardio for the petite woman. I'm sure you can find the info on-line! GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!! Keep counting!!!

    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:


    But seriously, no.

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