Dear short people -- we don't need to starve ourselves!
FitFabFlirty92
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I'm 5'3, and have been able to lose steadily eating 1600 calories a day, sometimes more. if you're short, your calorie goal will be smaller than someone who's taller, but not by the huge amount some people think. People who are 5'2 or 5'3 do not HAVE TO eat 1200 calories to lose. If you do that, and it works for you, great! But it's misleading to make people think that if they're short they have to set their calorie goal incredibly low to make any progress. It's simply not true for everyone.
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I agree!0
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Yup. I'm 5'3'' and I eat 1400-1700 a day and am losing.0
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same height. I lose weight eating between 1300-1600 a day. The weight loss has be consistant for 5 months now.0
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So true!! I'm 5'8 so I don't fall into the "short" category, but I want to share this post. It helps to explain how to calculate how many calories you need for a good FAT burning program. Yes....yes....yes....it's a long read, not too long though. But totally worth it.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-120 -
Dear God Almighty - this needs to be said. I have a sedentary job and am only 5'1". I canNOT eat only 1200 calories a day - even netting that is difficult. But, 1400 - 1500 calories a day is entirely do-able and still keeps me slim. I think the important thing to know is that just a couple of hundred calories can make the difference between feeling dizzy and starved and feeling healthy and strong. Just because 1200 is too hard doesn't mean you have to chuck out the entire idea and be eating 2000 a day. :)D0
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I tried the 1200 and was starving! I am 5'3" and now I'm at 1480. Much better for me! Still losing .5 lbs a week.0
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I'm 4'10' and keeping it near 1200 or less and don't seem to be getting anywhere....maybe I should increase my calories...thanks for the tip0
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I'm 4'10' and keeping it near 1200 or less and don't seem to be getting anywhere....maybe I should increase my calories...thanks for the tip
You're welcome! Try upping it in small increments and see what happens...maybe do 1300 calories consistently for a few weeks, and then if you're still not seeing results, make it 1400. Often when weight loss stalls, the problem is that we're eating too little rather than too much.0 -
I'm 4'10' and keeping it near 1200 or less and don't seem to be getting anywhere....maybe I should increase my calories...thanks for the tip
You're welcome! Try upping it in small increments and see what happens...maybe do 1300 calories consistently for a few weeks, and then if you're still not seeing results, make it 1400. Often when weight loss stalls, the problem is that we're eating too little rather than too much.
for awhile there I went out to dinner every night (about 1800 cals per day) and gained 5 lbs over 2 weeks (I did have more energy after eating that dinner out ,also, which is why I did that)...then went to what I am now and lost it all but am stalled right now
I will try your tip, thanks0 -
Do you work out to build up extra cals that you can eat? Or just eat that much and no fitness and still lose?0
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Woohoo go shorties!!
We are not "short", so much, as we are "FUN SIZE"!!! :-D
I like to say we are concentrated awesomeness. Fitting, isn't it? :-)0 -
Do you work out to build up extra cals that you can eat? Or just eat that much and no fitness and still lose?
I can eat 1600 a day with no exercise and lose each week. If I exercise, I eat back at least half of my exercise calories, so on those days I'm eating 1700-1800 calories depending on how much I'm burning.0 -
I eat 1300 when on a rest day but I eat some of my calories back when I work out sometimes..It all depends for me. I am 5'40
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I'm 5'2. My doctor said he wanted me go down to 1000 calories a day. But I thouht that was ridiculous. So, I went up to 1200. I had more progress when I was eating 1600 months ago. But now that I have trained myself to stay around 1200- 1300 I don't think I could eat much more. But I'm not seeing the weight loss like I used to. So, I'm confused.0
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I'm 5ft3 and eat 2200 calories to lose.
1200 would kill me xD0 -
I'm 5'3 1/2 and I consume 2000 calories a day due to me breastfeeding. But my daily calories is at 1580 before I add the breastfeeding0
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I have a sedentary lifestyle(office style and besides working out) so I try to balance out the days when I am less sedentary.0
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TRUTH!!! I have eaten majority of my journey 80% of my MFP Cals and exercise...IT is about WHAT you eat..I am not going to say eat them back of whatever you want...because it won't work successfully...Eating healthy loses weight...
OH BTW...5'4 came from 207 now to 152-153pds....still finding the balance... been here 595 days today...It can be done0 -
I'm 5'2. My doctor said he wanted me go down to 1000 calories a day. But I thouht that was ridiculous. So, I went up to 1200. I had more progress when I was eating 1600 months ago. But now that I have trained myself to stay around 1200- 1300 I don't think I could eat much more. But I'm not seeing the weight loss like I used to. So, I'm confused.
Maybe you could gradually up your calories and see if it helps? If eating at 1600 worked for you in the past, there's a good chance it can work for you again. You may see a slight uptick on the scale at first, but after that there should be a steady loss again.0 -
I'm 5ft3 and eat 2200 calories to lose.
1200 would kill me xD
O.O Wow, that's amazing! I don't think I've ever seen someone our height on here who is able to eat that amount. Lucky you!!!0
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