5'10 women - how many calories do you intake?

I just started back a couple weeks ago after a shattering my ankle last summer. Doctor won't let me do high impact yet, so most cardio is spinning or elliptical & body resistance high intensity callisthenics. I am close to 6 feet tall, and my BMI says 1700-1900 if not active and around 2200 if working out, but right now I am starting at 1230, a little more on workout days to lost those first few pounds. I haven't really weighed yet, but my clothes are fitting better and I've already gotten back into a pair of jeans I couldn't get buttoned before I started so something is working. Once I get some pounds off and my workouts intensify, or I plateau, I will make some adjustments. We are all different, I think we just have to find what works best for us and go with it so long as you're not constantly hungry, etc....Good luck!

I NET 1800. So most days I eat around 2300.

I'm 5'9 and I eat average 1500 to 1600 a day and I've lost 21lbs in 2 months

I wear a BodyMedia Fit and my average calories burned with NO workout is 1800 a day, and on gym days, 2200. Can be upwards of 2500 depending on if I run or not. Right now, I am trying to create an 800 calorie deficit per day because I want to be at 155 or so, so I have ten pounds to lose. Once I start building muscle again (30 days, hopefully) I'll go back to eating 1800-2000 and adjust as necessary for maintenance.

At 155 lbs and about 20% body fat, I feel fine and can wear a size 8 and sometimes a 6. That is where I want to be. I am currently 10 lbs up from that and some of my 8's are tight.

I don't really base my calories on a daily method. I may eat 1185 one day and 1500 the next and 2000 one day a week. I just look for my average to be in the range to lose for now.

I'm 5'10'' and I net 1400 calories.

I'm 5'9, started at 180, currently sit at about 150.

I ate between 1500-1800 calories a day while losing.. and maintain on about a little bit more then that.

My question is, why the rush to lose the weight? Losing it that quick, is going to cause loss of muscle if you are not strength training and thus the re-gain of weight. Better to lose it slower, and have more of a chance of keeping it off.

I'm 5'10"...in August I started eating 1600 cals a day, never going over/eating back my cals...and swimming a hour 3 times a week. By November I lost so many inches!!! And about 35 lbs..then xmas/new years/valentines came and I'm up 10 lbs..time to get back to it at 1600!!

I'm 5"11 and just started eating 1900 last week to see how it goes. Before I was eating 1300-1500 a day.

I'm 5'10, and I burn about a 1000 calories everyday at the gym. My BMI says 1800-2200 but I eat about 1500 calories a day because of the way I exercise.

Now on the day I don't exercise which is Sundays I only consume 1200 calories.

I'm not sure you understand how this site works, because going by what you're saying you're only netting 500 a day, which is far too low.

That aside, I'm the same height as you OP and right around the same weight and I'm losing on 1830 net cals a day. On workout days I eat 2100-2200. It can be done, and there's no rush.

Okay, to be honest I am shocked to see so many fellow tall women here eating so little. 1200-1500 at our height? That is so little, and tiny 5 ft women are eating that to lose weight. Your body is naturally larger and you need more calories than that. Of course you are going to lose weight for awhile with that calorie intake, but there's no way that you can sustain that healthfully. MFP has set me at 1810 net to lose 1 lb per week (I'm 5'10, 175 with 22% body fat), and if I eat that, I definitely lose 1 lb per week. Since I burn 600-800 calories 6X per week, I often eat 2400-2600 calories per day. I would be very careful about going below 1600-1700 net calories at your height.

If there is anything I've learned in the last 2 years on MFP, it's that small sustainable changes are what last, and I have been able to slowly lose and make small changes without feeling miserable or giving up a social/work life.

5'11'', take in 2100 calories. More important than height, I think is current weight and weight loss goal.

5'9 - 52 years old - lost first 100 lbs by eating 1500 to 2000 calories (depending on how much I had exercised that day)

Stalled, and upped my calories - lost 12lbs so far eating between 2000 and 2300 calories a day......burning 500 to 700 calories 4 or 5 times a week .....weightloss is much slower - but it is going down slowly :-) On the days I am not lifting I still make sure I power walk 30 to 60 minutes

You dont have to eat 1200 calories a day - there are other options - just saying!!

Yes.

I do understand how the site works. I eat 1500 calories a day and it is hard for me to eat that. I drink a lot of protein shakes etc. It works for me I can't speak for anyone else I was just saying what I did. But now since I see you can't respond on the posts and not be insulted or criticized I will keep my stories to myself.. Thank you

You mistake concern for your health for insult. I know that a lot of people say that they can't reach their calorie goal, but it really is not hard to throw in some peanut butter, nuts, avocado, yogurt etc which are all healthy high calorie options. And in all honesty since we are all here trying to lose weight, it means that at some point we were eating too much.

I assume that your goal is to eventually maintain a healthy weight for your frame. and I'm afraid that with eating so little now, once you switch to maintenance, your metabolism will be wrecked. I would love to be good support and appreciate good friends in return, so friend me and we could work on this journey together.

5'9, 161lbs netting about 1350, eating between 1500-1700. Losing just over 1/2 a pound a week.

I'm 5'9" and eat 2000/day (gross, no eating exercise calories back). My TDEE is about 2400.