Short ladies - how many calories do you take in a day?

I'm 5'2 and also work a desk job.I'm sticking to 1200 calories too. It is hard but it's working.

My plan is to only splurge on the actual holiday. Of course this is hard to since people keep bringing this wonderful food in to work. Thank goodness for veggie trays!

Age: 31
Height: 5' 3"
CW: 153.6
Cals: 1250
Desk job

I am 5'3. I take in about 1,200 to 1,300 on most days.

I am 5'3. I take in about 1,200 to 1,300 on most days. Sometimes more because I workout. I burn about 800 calories a day...

I don't know if I'm considered short at 5'5'', but my intake averages 1300 a day before exercise.

I'm at 1800 for a goal, basically maintaining on the scale but shrinking slowly and gradually.

ETA: I'm also 5'2".

50 here @ 5'1 and stay at between 1200 - 1300 a day including days I exercise. I don't really seem to have a problem sticking to that amount. I have my "eating" routine down that may be boring to some..but it works for me.

I've lost 30 lbs since starting on July 5th of this year.

I am 5'3" and currently weigh 132. Right now I am a full-time college student, so I am sitting a lot as well. I do work out almost every day, but I recently reduced my caloric intake to under 1500. I think it depends on what you are eating more than the caloric intake. I find that I can take in more calories if I eat more fruits and vegetables. But I'm a total sugar addict, so I struggle with that. . .

I take in at least 1500 calories a day and sometimes 1800

5'0...49 yrs old. To lose 1/2lb a week MFP has set me to 1300 cals. It actaully comes out to less than half a pound a week when I do the math.

I find it very difficult to hit that target...short folks get ripped off. Bummer!

I'm 5'3", desk job, 27, 1350cals, I usually struggle to get 1200 honestly.

I'm 5ft 2" and eat between 1300-1500. I have a desk job but weight lift, run and do kickboxing. I am also eating paleo. Feel free to add me

I'm 26 and 5'2"...I work a desk job and have about 2.5hrs of commuting every day where I sit on my butt.

I started out by logging without trying to hit a goal, just to see what my baseline was. It was scary and disgusting. MFP told me to eat 1200 calories a day but for fear of pounding a pan of brownies due to the stress of such a drastic change, I started cutting from my baseline instead at first. Once I started to get used to packing my breakfast/lunch/snacks every day, I dropped down to 1300 calories (1200 made me VERY cranky). I didn't really exercise other than walking from the train station and taking the stairs to the 5th floor.

I dropped all my weight by eating at a net of 1300 calories (about 25lbs including what I lost pre-MFP) and not exercising. Once I started exercising, I was starving and felt weak during workouts so I upped it to 1500 (I was doing the 30 Day Shred DVD). Now I net 1670, work out 5x/week at the gym (3 days of cardio & abs, 2 days strength), sometimes go a little over on calories, take weekends off from logging and I've been cycling in the same 3 pound range for a couple months.

My advice is to do what you feel is realistic and manageable. If MFP tells you 1200 but for now, you can only really limit to 1300, do 1300 for a while and then gradually dip to 1200 if you need to. I'd rather succeed at 1300 and take longer than fail at 1200 because it's too restrictive. And look into lower calorie snacks, especially high fiber ones. I'm a fan of 2 wasa crackers with a wedge of laughing cow light spreadable cheese. It's a substantial snack for under 100 calories. There are a lot of ways to cut a few calories here and there and it adds up. For instance, I went from 2 sugars, 2 creamers in my tea down to 1 of each. If I do that every day for a year, that's 9,125 calories. I also cut out soda/juice/beer/etc for the average day. I try not to drink my calories (other than my tea once a day) and it's an easy way to make sure you're getting the most bang for your calorie buck.

I'm 5'3", sit a lot at work, but make myself get up and walk around as much as possible. When I started losing, was just walking the dog most days and working out hard on the weekends (2 hours Saturday and Sunday, mix of cardio and weights). I ate 1650 every day and lost about 1 pound a week (a little more than that at the beginning, a little less near the end). When I had almost reached my goal, upped my workouts to cardio 5 days and weights 3 days (Saturdays and Sundays I did both) with one day off (except for the dog walk) and upped my calories to 1850. Still lost about .8 lbs. per week to goal and beyond.

I'm 47 and in early menopause. If I can do it, anyone can.

1500 - 1600 calories daily