Calling 5'2" girls

My BMR is approx. 1485 so I try to net above that most days.

I'm 30, 5'25, and I weigh between 145-150. I've been in the 130's and I have to be too restrictive to maintain. I'm active -- in both job and I do try to workout for 30 minutes 5 times a week. I'm not trying to lose weight -- and I tend to zigzag calories, 1,400 on the low days, upwards of 2,400 on my high days.

I eat 1600, I am 5 1 and weight the same as you. I workout 3-4 times a week.

Well the way I am losing weight is extremely restrictive, I know this is unhealthy please don't tell me =/

Well, you admit you know it's unhealthy, but do you know you will gain the weight back when you eat 'normal' again? Right? Also, you are lacking proper nutrition, so be prepared for your hair to start falling out.

Hey, at least she won't have to worry about ever getting pregnant since her body will stop her reproductive cycle! Plus, her nails will be brittle and won't grow much, so she won't have to worry about getting them done.

Wow - didn;t someone say this poster was 15 years old? Why are we all being so mean? She needs guidance, not nastiness.

She said she KNOWS it's unhealthy and doesn't want to be told it is. I don't think it's 'mean' to tell her what can happen from lack of proper nutrition. Just like telling someone that smokes they may have to speak through a hole in their throat one day. I hope other people here don't read how 'easily and quickly' she lost all of her weight and follow suit!!!!

I'm 5'3", 115-120 pounds, and low 20% body fat. I maintain on 1800. I just started my cut at 1500 two weeks ago so we'll see how that goes! Lost 3 pounds first week, gained one the second week, so so far it's 1lb/week. I do three full body workouts a week. Since my cut I've added two 15 minutes cardio intervals. This week I'll be adding two thirty minute cardio sessions.

hi, am almost the same height as you and started my fitness program at 130 pounds exactly 13 months ago and lost 17 pounds with strength training and intervals, plus 45 mins cardio 4 to 5 days a week. it feels great. also, lost 19 inches fat since then.

I, am probably an exception, but I am 5'2", so will give you my answers anyway. I have MS and am off my couch/bed about 4 hrs out of each day, not always by choice and sometimes I am ok to be up and around more often. That being said, I started out at 130 in Dec and am at 122 now. It has been slow, I work out with a personal trainer 2x/wk and do at least 3 hrs of cardio a week. I eat 1300 + calories per day and eat back approx. 75% of my exercise calories. Follow no special rules as I cannot. I am more concerned about body fat and will recheck that by the end of this month. My goal is to be at 24% by June 30, as I will be 49 yrs old.

I am 5'2 and 3/4" and started at 170 lbs. I was set at 1200 calories a day and exercised 3-4 times a week and ate all of my exercise cals back. Around 141, I started plateauing for a while and it was quite annoying so I upped my cals to 1450 a day and upped my workouts to 5-6 times a week (lessening cardio a little and adding weights and ab workouts because I was losing too much muscle mass) Last weekend I went over my calories on both friday and saturday from drinking too much, but it seemed to have help my plateau because I was at 138 this morning. Sometimes your body needs to be reminded that 1400 cals a day is not the normal and it will jumpstart your metabolism. The last 2 days I have eaten around 1300 cals a day and exercised but have not eaten back my exercise cals. It's good to switch it up a bit. I go over some on the weekends so I stay under during the week. Most days I eat my exercise cals, but some days I don't. I have 13 more lbs to reach my first goal of 125 lbs and 19 more lbs to lose to get to 119 lbs. :bigsmile:

Great thread!

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