5' ladies what's your daily caloric intake?

fitktn · March 2013

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 · March 2013

I'm 5'4" and eat 1200 cals

Marie_25 · March 2013

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 · March 2013

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 · March 2013

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 · March 2013

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 · March 2013

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

xilka · March 2013

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 · March 2013

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 · March 2013

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 · March 2013

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 · March 2013

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 · March 2013

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 · March 2013

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 · March 2013

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

leann74016 · March 2013

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 · March 2013

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

MommaChocoLatte · March 2013

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 · March 2013

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 · March 2013

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 · March 2013

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.

5' ladies what's your daily caloric intake?

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