Women 5'4 - 5'6 PLEASE READ

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  • kstrunk1
    kstrunk1 Posts: 463 Member
    Height: 5' 4 1/2"
    Starting weight: 305 (March 11)
    Current weight: 207
    Goal weight: 122-130
    Calories per day: 1590 is my goal
    Age: 43
  • courtneylee31
    courtneylee31 Posts: 178 Member
    Height: 5'3 1/2
    Starting weight: 230
    Current weight:194
    Goal weight: 140 (I hold my weight real well at this weight)
    Calories per day: Between 1500-2000 a day (But Im also on a low carb, high protein/high calorie diet)
    Age: 25
  • saltedcaramel86
    saltedcaramel86 Posts: 238 Member
    Height? 5'5
    Starting weight? 156lbs
    Current weight? 133lbs
    Goal Weight? 133lbs (happy with this as I'm naturally curve so suits my frame)
    Age? 26
    How many calories you eat a day? Anywhere between 1600-2000. Varies a lot due to my shift/exercise patterns but usually eat back my exercise calories.
  • katz22
    katz22 Posts: 116 Member
    5'6
    starting weight (2011) :150
    current :138
    goal : around 130, I will not go lower than 9 stone (126) as I had done previously and I was not healthy.
    age : 27
    total (not net) calories average 1600-1800 per day. I exercise 35-40 mins 4x a week, I have a desk job so don't move much the rest of the time.
  • campi_mama
    campi_mama Posts: 350 Member
    Height: 5'5"
    SW on MFP: 202 (Highest 232)(Highest Pregnant:245)
    CW: 150 (26% bf)
    GW: 134(?) 20% bf is really what I'm shooting for...
    Age: 30 (Mom of 3)
    Daily Calorie intake:1380(ish)
  • mfoutch86
    mfoutch86 Posts: 87
    Height : 5'4
    SW on MFP: I think 130? or 132?
    CW:128
    GW: I don't have one, I have body fat goal of 18%, I'm at 20% right now
    Age: 26
    Calories: Base of 1700, plus a percentage of exercise calories

    In high school I was 113 lbs at the max and wore a size 6, now I'm 15 lbs more than that and my high school pants are so big I can hold them up. Muscle is key, the scale paints a small picture of fitness.
  • SMJ1987
    SMJ1987 Posts: 368
    Height? 5'6
    Starting weight? 170
    Current weight? 138
    Goal Weight? 130
    Age? 25
    How many calories you eat a day? 1500-2000 a day. Work out 6 days a work burning an average of 500 cals.
  • Nacho12
    Nacho12 Posts: 164 Member
    Height 5'5"
    Highest Weight 180
    Starting Weight 165 (August 2012)
    Current Weight 150
    Goal Weight 140
    Age 63
    Calories: 1200 to 1400
    Exercise: 2 hrs per day, weight lifting, yoga, spinning, treadmill workouts. I aim for 1200, sometimes go over it and "eat back"
    part of calories burned in exercise. I am trying to lose body fat which is currently about 38%.
  • LottieLou13
    LottieLou13 Posts: 574 Member
    Height? 5'5
    Starting weight? 201lbs
    Current weight? 170lbs
    Goal Weight? 130-150lbs
    Age? 30
    How many calories you eat a day? 1700+ (I eat my TDEE -20%)
  • lisalocum
    lisalocum Posts: 15
    I find it disturbing to see so many young people think that 110 lbs is an ideal weight. That scares me.

    Yes, very disturbing indeed. This thread is just plain scary.

    It sounds scary to me too, until I remember that my 5'4" daughter graduated HS at 106. She was very healthy and ate normally, she was just naturally thin at that age. When the young girls get to college they will put on their Freshman 15 and be a more 'normal' size. Some girls are just naturally that thin. What is bad is when girls that aren't naturally that thin, starve themselves or purge to get there. Health is more important than a number on the scale. Find a healthy weight for your frame and be happy with yourself.

    ETA There are also girls/women older than teenage, that 110 is a healthy weight for them. There are apple and pear body shapes, and also a banana shape, which is a small slender frame that is naturally thin.

    Yes this^ people come in all different shapes and sizes. Isn't this an 18+ site, so aren't we all adults here? I'm not trying to encourage anyone to eat below 1200 (net) but some people have mentioned they are doing this under their doctor's supervision---that seems responsible to me. We can't possibly know where everyone is coming from. There may be some people who are on the younger side, or inexperienced regarding diet, or just plain new here, and/or yes there are even folks who actually do have (or are recovering from) EDs but I don't think that is the majority. We are all here because we are dealing with our weight. I sort of trust that most adults can figure things out without me meddling (unless of course they ask). I see people here my height with GW I personally would find very high, but I trust they know their body best. We don't get this same kind of outrage on the threads where people might be considered dangerously overweight so why here? GW is just that, it is not set in stone it is something to work towards. And weight is deceiving, 112 and pure muscle is different than 112 no/little muscle. The way I see it is if someone asks it is fine to give advice otherwise what is the point of trying to control others/lecturing? If you are genuinely concerned with someone be a friend and send them a PM.


    I completely agree. All hell would break loose if we pointed out to larger ladies how unhealthy we felt their current, or even goal weight is, yet it seems to be open season for people to criticise those who may be naturally smaller, based on their goal weights, without any knowledge of that person. BMI has a large range of normal ratios, because people vary naturally in their size and shape. 110 pounds is just two pounds lighter than 8 stone. Many people of similar height to me have goal weights of 140 pounds, which is 10 stones. At age 31 the heaviest and unhealthiest I have ever been is 9 st 4. If I gained to reach a "healthy" 140 pounds, I'd be far too large for my frame. I'm sure that you all don't think it acceptable to tell larger people they have an eating disorder, so it also shouldn't be acceptable to insinuate that everyone lighter has an ED. yes, people at both ends of the weight spectrum may indeed have an ED, but that really isn't for you to decide, based on the tiny amount of information you have before you here. I know from experience that I am strong and healthy when I am at 7 stone 7 and, hey, I even have a large *kitten* and big boobs at that weight, so I'm hardly going to be malnourished even at 105 pounds!
  • Jillian2128
    Jillian2128 Posts: 71 Member
    Height? 5'6
    Starting weight? 198
    Current weight? 155
    Goal Weight? 155 ish? 145?
    Age? 27
    How many calories you eat a day? varies, but my goal is 1320
  • luppic8
    luppic8 Posts: 580 Member
    5'7
    186
    162
    150-145
    48
    1200 or less
  • Mischievous_Rascal
    Mischievous_Rascal Posts: 1,791 Member
    Sat 11/24/12

    Height? 5'5"
    Starting weight? 162
    Highest weight? 235+
    Current weight? 142
    Goal Weight? 125
    Age? 44
    How many calories you eat a day? I cycle calories depending on lifting days (3x2000+) or not (2x1825) or "fasting" days (2x700), but my weekly goal averages 1575/day.
  • shammxo
    shammxo Posts: 1,432 Member
    height: 5'4
    starting weight: 168
    Current weight: 130
    Goal Weight: 120
    Age: 21
    Eat: 1300-1500
  • ShiraDarling
    ShiraDarling Posts: 232 Member
    Height: 5'4
    Starting weight: 163
    Current weight: 155
    Goal Weight: Hmm ..140-145? I'm more concerned about body fat percentage- I would like to get to 18-20%.
    Age: 25
    Eat: 1500 cal
  • Aviva92
    Aviva92 Posts: 2,333 Member
    I find it disturbing to see so many young people think that 110 lbs is an ideal weight. That scares me.

    I'm 5'4" and was under 110 through much of my 20's, sometimes as low as 103. I wasn't starving myself to get there either. I was just naturally skinny then. Not that disturbing really.

    I actually don't have a narrow frame at all either. I'd consider myself big boned since I have a wide frame. I just did not gain weight when I was younger. So if someone has a narrow frame and has a goal weight of 110 I wouldn't consider that to even be so outlandish.

    At my age now, my metabolism went to **** and I'm not there anymore, but back then it was just natural.
  • gnr123
    gnr123 Posts: 173
    Height? 5ft 4
    Starting weight? 136
    Current weight? 126
    Goal Weight? 119
    Age? 22
    How many calories you eat a day? 1300 no exercise, 1600 exercise
  • _Tay_
    _Tay_ Posts: 95
    Height? 5'6
    Starting weight? 166
    Current weight? 132
    1st Goal Weight- 130
    2nd Goal Weight-125
    Goal Weight? 120
    Age? 20
    How many calories you eat a day? 1000
  • thegeordielass
    thegeordielass Posts: 208 Member
    Height: 5'4
    Starting weight: 204
    Current weight: (last time I weighed myself) 162
    Goal Weight: Somewhere in the 130-135 area probably. More concerned with look/feel then weight.
    Age:27
    How many calories you eat a day: 1350ish net. I work out 5/6 days a week and tend to be eating 2000ish total on those days. The days I'm not working out I spend 95% of the day in bed or sat at a desk so 1350 is plenty.

    I can't believe how many people are eating so little! I tried 1200 and not eating back exercise cals for a while and had no energy and strength.

    I'm never going to be a low goal weight 5'4 either. I'm one of those who is larger framed and just bigger! According to body fat sites I'm about 107lbs lean mass at the moment (I'll take that with a pinch of salt but people do normally guess my weight as 10lbs or so less then it is). I'd just love to get down to about 20% body fat - wherever that takes me on the scale. At the end of the day though, a number is just a number and health matters more.
  • Aviva92
    Aviva92 Posts: 2,333 Member
    I find it disturbing to see so many young people think that 110 lbs is an ideal weight. That scares me.

    Yes, very disturbing indeed. This thread is just plain scary.

    It sounds scary to me too, until I remember that my 5'4" daughter graduated HS at 106. She was very healthy and ate normally, she was just naturally thin at that age. When the young girls get to college they will put on their Freshman 15 and be a more 'normal' size. Some girls are just naturally that thin. What is bad is when girls that aren't naturally that thin, starve themselves or purge to get there. Health is more important than a number on the scale. Find a healthy weight for your frame and be happy with yourself.

    ETA There are also girls/women older than teenage, that 110 is a healthy weight for them. There are apple and pear body shapes, and also a banana shape, which is a small slender frame that is naturally thin.

    I probably graduated high school at that weight. I never gained the freshman 15 either. Didn't catch up to me until I hit my 30's

    also, knowing that I was that weight once naturally will result in me keeping it in mind when I set my goal. I don't think I want to go quite that low now, but maybe 10 pounds heavier at 115 would be okay.

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