Women 5'4 - 5'6 PLEASE READ

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  • gomezlisa
    gomezlisa Posts: 3
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    Height? 5'5"
    Starting weight? 160
    Current weight? 151
    Goal Weight? 130
    Age? 42
    How many calories you eat a day? 1,000-1,300

    I just started back into eating healthy and exercising 3 weeks ago.
  • andiechick
    andiechick Posts: 916 Member
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    Height? 5'4"
    Starting weight? 148
    Current weight? 142
    Goal Weight? 129 (although I might rethink this depending how I feel...I'm more into looking healthy with curves than being thin)
    Age? 39
    How many calories you eat a day? Between 1200-1400
  • gomezlisa
    gomezlisa Posts: 3
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    I haven't really been counting my calories. I put what I ate today in my fitness pal and couldn't believe how few calories I had (900). I ate every few hours. I eat clean mostly. Having only fruits, veggies, fish, chicken, and nuts. I do have a couple glasses of tea a day. lightly sweetened with sugar. That is one thing I'm not giving up yet. I am satisfied and full from eating this way. Three weeks in.
  • meangreen11
    meangreen11 Posts: 42 Member
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    Height? 5'4"
    Starting weight? 148
    Current weight? 124
    Goal Weight? 125
    How many calories you eat a day? Net = 1100 to 1200 during weight loss; 1400 to 1600 during maintenance (6 weeks in)
  • elleloch
    elleloch Posts: 739 Member
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    5'4, started at 140 with a goal of 120. Currently 122. I net 1200 calories. I'm 28 years old.
  • jessicaclairel
    jessicaclairel Posts: 54
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    Height? 5'4
    Starting weight? 297
    Current weight? 292
    Goal Weight? 130
    Age? 28
    How many calories you eat a day? Around 1300.
  • Janet9906
    Janet9906 Posts: 546 Member
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    Height? 5'6"
    Starting weight? 215
    Current weight? 155
    Goal Weight? 145-150
    Age? 39 in a week.
    How many calories you eat a day? 950-1400 depends on how hungry I am.
  • MariaMariaM
    MariaMariaM Posts: 1,322 Member
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    Height? 5'45"
    Starting weight? 155
    Current weight? 113-115 (just came from vacation and I am up 10 pounds according to my scale but I don't believe it. Clothes fit the same)
    Goal Weight? maintain
    Age? 37
    Calories?: 1800 - 2100 (On vacation I estimated around 5000)
  • slkehl
    slkehl Posts: 3,801 Member
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    Height? 5'6"
    Starting weight? 150 lbs
    Current weight? 137 lbs
    Goal Weight? 128 lbs
    Age? 22
    How many calories you eat a day? 1650, and I also eat my exercise cals
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,248 Member
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    The low goal weight, especially on very young women, doesn't concern me all that much. It's the low goal weight coupled with very low calorie consumption that concerns me.

    I was very thin, naturally, but I was that thin because I had very, very low muscle mass. Probably only about 80 pounds. And because, while I ate "whatever I wanted," I really didn't eat that much, or that well. I hit my late-20s, got a desk job, met my husband, and started eating regular meals instead of nibbling and snacking, and my weight "caught up to me."

    Like everyone else, as I gained weight and as I got older, I didn't just gain fat, I gained lean body mass, too. That's everything but the fat. Organs, bones, muscle. Some muscle is always gained with weight, just like muscle is lost as we lose weight. How much muscle you gain or lose depends on your exercise/activity and your eating habits.

    At my high weight of 160, I had about 110 pounds of lean body mass, so if you took every ounce of fat off my body, I'd STILL weigh more than I did in high school. I lost some lean mass as I lost, even trying my damnedest to keep as much as possible. My lean mass is currently between 106-110 pounds... I eat a LOT and push myself hard. So while I was "naturally" 110 pounds as a young'un, that's just NOT going to happen now.

    So I urge everyone to find out their body fat percentage and lean body mass, THEN see if that goal weight is still realistic.
  • SurfyFriend
    SurfyFriend Posts: 362 Member
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    Height? 5'4"
    Starting weight? 140 lbs
    Current weight? 125 lbs
    Goal Weight? 110 lbs
    Age? 20
    How many calories you eat a day? 1800-2100
  • TayPat24
    TayPat24 Posts: 131
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    Height: 5"4
    Starting weight: 221
    Current weight: 205
    Goal Weight: 140
    Age: 19
    How many calories you eat a day: between 1000-1200 depends on the day and the activities being done during the day
  • Kristen_nicole95
    Kristen_nicole95 Posts: 112 Member
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    Height: 5' 6"
    SW: 308
    CW: 240
    GW: 150
    Age: 18
    I'm suppose to eat 1,730
    sometimes i go over
  • sblake204
    sblake204 Posts: 458 Member
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    Height: 5'4.5"
    SW: 167lbs
    CW:160
    GW: 140-145lbs
    Age:31

    Currently consuming 1200-1400 cals per day regardless of activities
  • saratf
    saratf Posts: 49 Member
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    Height: 5'4"
    Starting Weight: 148
    Current Weight: 131 (before Thanksgiving...)
    Goal Weight: 125 (flexible on this one, I'm pretty happy with my size now, but would like to get stronger and just a bit leaner)
    Calories: 1400 a day
    Age: 27

    My lowest weight ever (as an adult) was 117 and I looked awful. I am very curvy, and at that weight I looked very top heavy. Even my then boyfriend said it was too thin. 125 was about the weight I looked and felt the best.
  • Kem42
    Kem42 Posts: 3
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    Height: 5'4"
    Starting Weight:195
    Current Weight: 195
    Goal weight: 150
    Calories: 1500 a day
    Age: 25

    I just got started a little over a week ago and still haven't found my rhythm yet.
  • Luvr2502
    Luvr2502 Posts: 26
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    Height: 5'6
    Starting Weight: 165
    Current Weight: 150
    Goal Weight: 125
    Calories: 1200/ day
    Age: 28

    Let your goal be suited to you and your body.
  • purpl3monk3y
    purpl3monk3y Posts: 10
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    Height? 5'4"
    Starting weight? 140lb
    Current weight? 138lb (last time i checked, last week..i dont have a scale)
    Goal Weight? 125lb
    Age? 23
    How many calories you eat a day? 1200
  • EthanJeremiahsMama
    EthanJeremiahsMama Posts: 534 Member
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    BUMP!!
  • honeysprinkles
    honeysprinkles Posts: 1,757 Member
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    Height? 5'6"
    Starting weight? 185
    Current weight? 140-145 (was 140 but I gained a little over the holiday)
    Goal Weight? 110-120 (not sure yet)
    Age? 20
    How many calories you eat a day? 1200 when I stick to my goal

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