Calorie goal for 5'7 ladies???

I am 5'7 (and a half ) 158lbs and 31 years old. Only really walking for exercise. MFP calculated 1350 for me. I double check that on another site and it was similar so I am happy with that, although I do read a lot that it should perhaps be higher. I figure when I start exercising and lifting more (at end of uni semester) then I will up it to 1500.

What is your GW?

I'm at1200 too. I burn about 500 every day and almost always eat them all back. I've lost 14 lbs in 8 weeks. Starting weight 175, current weight 161. I've tried everything for years, this is the thinnest I've been since the early 90s. I'm shooting for 145

I eat plenty, but make good choices. Veggies, fruit and more veggies!

I eat 1200 (though lately I've been kind of inching toward maintenance). I've lost a pound a week or more, and I was already on the lower end of healthy BMI when I started.

I'm a bit shorter, and heavier, but I'm close and I'm at 1700 with a goal of a loss of 2 pounds/per week. I'm 5'6.5" and 298 pounds.

5`7 and 171
I just adjusted my calories to 1400 + exercise (I was eating at 1500 + exercise for a few months). 1400 is what mfp set for me for a 1lbs loss per week for sedentary. I work out 5 days a week plus dog walks 5 to 6 days a week.

I usually eat a total of around 2000 calories a day.

5'7, started at 145, got to 131 eating 1200 a day, started binging bc of the low calories, upped calories and started heavy lifting, now weigh 140, but am two pants sizes smaller, and I eat 1900-2100 daily and have stopped binging. I'm not really trying to lose weight anymore, slooooowwww process of body recomp now.

I'm about 150 now and eat 1670, plus most of my exercise calories.

I'm at 158 right now, I eat 1750 per day. I have MFP set to lightly active, and this is same as my TDEE-15% goal. I have lost 9 lbs so far (since Feb 1 with once a month weigh-ins), first goal of 150, see how I feel maintaining there, but probably wouldn't go much below 145 if at all.

ETA- I do not calculate/ eat back exercise cals I have a full time desk job, work out approx 3 days a week, and have two part time jobs one as a dance teacher and the other as a waitress so I figure that is prob lightly active and this way I don't over estimate exercise cals

I plugges your numbers into fat2fitradio.com's BMR calculator (not as accurate without knowing your BF%, but all numbers are estimates anyway) and this is what I got:

Custom BMR Calculation

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Entered information: 31 year old female, 67 inches tall, weighing 170 pounds, BMI of 26.6 (Overweight).

From the information that you entered, you'd like to weigh 170 lbs.


Harris-Benedict Formula


There are a few different methods to calculating yourbasal metabolic rate (BMR). One of the most popular, developed in the early 1900's is called the Harris-Benedict formula. Based on this formula, your current BMR is 1564 calories.


How Many Calories Should I Eat?


Based on your goal weight, the following chart was generated. The chart shows the number of calories that you should eat on a daily basis to reach your goal weight. At Fat 2 Fit Radio we advocate eating like the thin, healthy person that you want to become. The calorie levels you see in the chart are not extreme, but they do create that all important caloric deficit that is required to get you to your goal weight in a safe manner. Once you reach your goal weight, you will continue eating the same number of calories for the rest of your life to maintain that weight. You'll never be on a diet again.

Based on how much activity you do on an average day, the calories in the right column will be the number of calories that you will be able to eat at your goal weight. If you start eating those calories right now (eating like the thinner you), you will eventually become that thinner person. As you get closer to your goal weight, your weight loss will start to slow down. It is OK to eat a few hundred calories less per day (200-300) to speed up your weight loss at this point.



Activity Level

Daily Calories



Sedentary (little or no exercise, desk job)

1877



Lightly Active (light exercise/sports 1-3 days/wk)

2151



Moderately Active (moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/wk)

2424



Very Active (hard exercise/sports 6-7 days/wk)

2698



Extremely Active (hard daily exercise/sports & physical job or 2X day training, i.e marathon, contest etc.)

2972


NOTE: Please remember that this calculation is just a guideline. Your metabolism may be higher or lower based on the amount of lean muscle you have. Use these numbers a a starting point and tweak them up or down based on your weight loss or gain. It may take a couple weeks to get your exact calorie level.


SO, at lightly active, 2151 calories will maintain your weight (remember, these are estimates and may require some tweaking - for example, mine is atually 400 higher than the calculator suggests, but it just takes trial and error to nail it down).

For weight loss, 2151 -15% deficit = 1828 calories per day to lose weight (almost a pound per week). Do not eat back exercise calories using this method. Try it for 4 weeks and see how it goes - i bet you will be happy