5' ladies what's your daily caloric intake?

fitktn

I'd love some help from the other tiny ones. I'm 5', 150 lbs and my goal is 115. I've set my daily caloric intake at 1200. Just wondering what other 5' women have found success with. What is your daily intake, do you exercise, if so do you eat the calories burned. How long has it taken you to lose? Thanks so much!

mackemom

I'm 5'4" and eat 1200 cals

Marie_25

http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/

Hi There

I recommend you try the tools on the page above. It will help you work out what you should weigh, and what is a heatlhy amount of calories to eat per day. I'm 5'4, and my BMR is 1439, so this has become my total daily intake as science suggests itn't not wise to eat below your BMR.

Take care

Marie

msrootitooti

I am 5' and have my calories set at 1450 and almost always go over. I eat back at least half if not all my exercise calories. For awhile i was at 1610 calories. I have lost 25 pounds.

jh12262002

I am 5'3 and currently weigh 150 SW was 163 and GW is 135 or so. I started January 13 on here and MFP had me set at 1200 calories and did great at first, but started feeling horrible. Was very moody, hungry all the time, and got headaches, took almost a month before my body started reacting this way, but within the month I did lose 10 pounds. I started resaerching bmi and TDEE calculations, so I have increased my calories to 1380 which is a little under my bmi, basically I did the tdee activity level minus 20%, II do eat back most of my exercise calories. I also might add that I feel so much better, and have tons of enegy. I have only been doing this for last two weeks seem to have went down a pound and half, and then going back to up a half pound, then down again. Thinking my body likes the zig zag technique better.. Hope this helps, good luck

Alyssah09

I am 5'5'' and my caloric intake is 1500 a day. My goal weight is 160 and I am 219 right now

Rose_bee

5'2"
calories are 1400 net
goal weight is 120 - 125 lbs
current weight is 143 lbs

xilka

I am 5'0, currently 118 lbs.

I eat between 1800-2300 minus 400 exercise calories = around 1600 NET.

Exercise is usually 60-80 mins a day,
but when I'm not exercising I'm a "lightly active" lifestyle.

sally_jeffswife

I am 5 ft and I have my fitness pal set to 1200 but I usually am anywhere between 1200-1450 and am still losing weight

LSotham

I have mine set to 1600, and normally eat back 1/3 or 1/2 of my exercise calories.

I was set at 1200 but wasn't seeing any results, so I used a few different calculations, and everything said I needed to be higher based on the amount I am working out. So, I bumped it, and in 10 days lost 2 lbs. Figures.

lin7604

it took me a year to lose 20 lbs. i am 5.2 ft. it has been slow, i started out at 1200 and ate exercise cals back then after a few months i upped it and i eat between 1340-1400 daily and eat my exercise cals back. I have hit a stall all of this year so far so i changed it this past monday to 1400 cals and no exercise cals.... i am so hungry, i don't think i can hack only 1400 gross... my goal has been 115 and i have yet to hit it

briannadunn

I was eating between 1400 and 1600 or more and not losing so I am eating between 1200 and 1400 and started losing again. I am eating low but also doing low impact exercising. As I get closer to my goal I am going to up my intensity of my work outs and start eating more.
I am 5' 4.75

shutterbugtn

I eat 1000 a day. I am not very active at all. No tiredness or moodiness at this level. Have only had 1 cold in six months. I lose about .75 pounds a week. I am 5 foot 2.

Sparlingo

5'0", very inactive outside of the gym due to being on mat leave in the dead of winter with my cute daughter. Still losing eating between 1300-1700 a day usually (1300 + some of my exercise cals).

bjean1964

5' 2 and eat around 1300 calories a day. dont eat my exercise calories. Good luck!

leann74016

I'm 5'2'' and i have set my intake to 1600 with doing active workouts 6-7 times a week. I just started really working out about 12 days ago and have lost 2 lbs and inches plus toned areas I didn't think was possible. (I'm doing the 30 day shred)

kitty_764

I'm 5'2 and I just checked and my BMR is 1579 .. I'm scared to eat that much.

MommaChocoLatte

I am 4'11 and just under 150lbs (149.8 as of today). I started out at 1200 and was doing ok at first but have recently been really hungry so this week I increased my cal to 1350. Today, I netted about 80 under goal and I feel ok so far.

haley255

I'm 5'1
I started around 130 and worked my way down to 115 eating around 1200 plus cardio. I am not extremely active though, so it would vary based on that.

bunbunzee44

5'3'', I set my calories to 1550 but I don't log like everything (coffee, spices, cooking oil etc) so I probably eat about 1700 kcal actually. I'm trying to maintain my weight, so I may need to up it more once I 'get used to' this..

to lose weight I ate 1200-1350 kcal (plus the unlogged calories).

SoberAlley

I am 5'3 and the last time I weighed I was 160lbs (2 weeks ago). I started at 1290 calories and would eat back exercise calories but I weighed in and the lb that I'd lost, I'd gained back! So I took the advice on MFP and raised my calories and I lost a pant size and am definitely smaller (weigh in is Monday morning).

I currently set my MFP status to "lightly active" and I still log exercise calories. My net is now 1660 but I usually log about 1500 per day. I feel so much better with more food in a day and I'm still losing weight.

jadethief

I'm 5'1" and my bmr is 1516. I eat between 1550 and 1700 calories daily and have lost an average of 2 lbs per week in 10 weeks. I try for 30 minutes of cardio each day.

fitktn

Thanks so much ladies! This is very helpful. I've had in my mind that I should only be eating 1200 calories and that I should never eat back my exercise calories. Perhaps the reason I'm having a hard time sticking with it. It's so inspiring to hear that others my height are able to eat more and still lose. Thanks again!

fireant777

You should figure out your TDEE. look it up on google and you can find a calculator that you plug in some info..

Your TDEE is how much you body expends in a day.. minus about 300-400 calories from that and I'm sure you will lose the lbs..

So many women.. like lots on here, think you only need 1200 calories a day.. IDK why women think this and if they eat less they will lose weight. that's not the case. If your body doesn't have enough fuel, how can it work to burn fat? It can't because it's in starvation mode and storing every last bit of fat, in case it needs some energy..

Dont be afraid of food. hope this helps and all you ladies START EATING!!

and to answer your question, I am 5 ft. and to maintain my weight i eat roughly 2200 cals per day..

Itza85

Hi, I'm 5'2". I started at 125, now I'm at 117. My current intake is set at 1290. I run between 40 and 60min a day, and do the 30 day shred everyday, plus on Sun started with power yoga. I lost 8lbs in a month. I don't usually eat back my workout calories.

Maribabewhich

Bump

luckygohappy

I'm 5'3, and I usually eat about 1400 calories a day, sometimes a bit more if I put in a hard workout.

redraidergirl2009

I aim to net 1200-1400. Seems to work, one days I work out and burn 500cals or something I still will not eat over 1400 so I may net 1000. I was netting 1600-1800. didn't work.

gemmaleigh1989

Mine is 1200 net, meaning I eat back all of my exercise calories!

I'm 5 foot and weigh 110. Mine is 1200 because I worked out my bmr and tdee and then subtracted 300 calories from my tdee, not because 1200 is the magic number every one should use (which is false! Sense my sarcasm)

I suggest you find out your tdee and then subtract from that to create a deficit. And always go by net calories, not gross.

seekingfittoday

I am 5'1/2" and 102 pounds currently. Aim for anything below 1,200 when I'm not exercising. When I am, I usually eat SOME of my workout calories at least and sometimes all depending on how hungry I am. I try to eat low though because I am a heavy drinker and don't log my drinking calories. So if I only eat 900 or 1000 one day, I make up for it in drinks that weekend, etc.

sparklelioness

5'2"
Start weight 262
Current weight 198
Goal weight 130

Cals are set at 1200, i usually burn 500 cals a day & eat back half (tho one or two days a week i wont eat back any, and occasionally i eat them all bac). I usually eat about 1450 cals a day. I lose between 1-2 lbs a week, sometimes 3. I'm usuallynothu gry, tho i do crave sweets sometimes even after dessert