5'4" & under ladies... How many calories do you eat?

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ajcmoran2005
ajcmoran2005 Posts: 173 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I know that body frame and height makes everyones intake very different but I still like seeing success with other petite ladies :). I only weigh once a week and I was 131 at my last weigh in. I eat between 1600-1650 calories everyday, which is my TDEE -20%. These last 10 pounds are very stubborn!
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  • dark_angel1554
    dark_angel1554 Posts: 65 Member
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    Around 1600 per day. And yeah...last 10 lbs are stubborn as heck!
  • karenertl
    karenertl Posts: 270 Member
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    Around 1600 per day. And yeah...last 10 lbs are stubborn as heck!

    I'm 5"2 and try to stay between 1200 and 1600 calories. The last 10 pounds definitely are exceptionally stubborn! I would like to lose another 5-10 lbs, but it's just not coming off... yet. Granted, those two doughnuts I just ate aren't going to help.
  • mwilke
    mwilke Posts: 378 Member
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    Without exercise I try to stay around 1490. But am usually over. Usually end up around 1600-1800 cals.
  • miadhail
    miadhail Posts: 383 Member
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    5'2" and eating between 1680 - 2080 :) (Anything below my TDEE really haha.
  • starlite_79
    starlite_79 Posts: 88 Member
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    i'm 5'3" and MFP calculated my calorie goal at 1,460 to lose .5 lb per week. however, i used the calculator at scoobysworkshop.com and they say that my TDEE minus 20% would be 1,793 calories per day. i am nervous about increasing my calorie intake so drastically, but i've been stuck for weeks and got nothing left to lose...except for these last few pounds!
  • connie_messina
    connie_messina Posts: 495 Member
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    5'4 and i eat 1449 cals a day!
  • cenafan
    cenafan Posts: 398 Member
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    totally depends on the amount of exercise I get that day. It can be anywhere from 1200 -1600. I don't eat all my exercise calories back though. I don't trust the MFP calculations
  • amd429
    amd429 Posts: 36 Member
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    miadhail are you losing?

    I have bumped up to 1600 net but find its hard to get there...haven't lost anything in 4 months and am trying to lose 5-10 lbs...

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  • Achrya
    Achrya Posts: 16,913 Member
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    My goal is 1725 but my monthly average is 1617. Once i get better at eating more I may increase again.
  • startheory
    startheory Posts: 63
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    I'm 5'3 and I eat 1500 a day. Also I don't eat back any exercise calories. Doing TDEE minus 80% as well with only 6 lbs more to lose. Very happy about that! But at the same time extremely nervous to increase calories once I'm there..
  • scrook43
    scrook43 Posts: 78 Member
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    5'1" I eat between 1600-1800 a day of clean calories. I weigh 120. I used exercise to get the last stubborn lbs off.
  • Isakizza
    Isakizza Posts: 754 Member
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    5'3, 191 lbs

    I eat 1700-1900 calories on average.

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  • srk369
    srk369 Posts: 256 Member
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    I am 5'2" and 131lbs. I recently switched from -20% to TDEE-15% as an average over the course of a week. Each day is set at 1700 but can be up and down depending on my exercise. I try not to let my NET drop below 1200, so if my exercise calories are higher than normal, I will eat extra. Like today was my long run and I will probably eat around 2500 so that my net doesn't drop below 1200. I use the fitbit on my runs and unlike MFP, it estimates my calorie burn pretty low, so I really try not to have too large of a deficit.
  • jenyowell
    jenyowell Posts: 1
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    5'1" and cant even hit 1200 without feeling over full - my issue sugar - the food I eat has a lot of grams of sugar, I am struggling to find calories that dont contain sugar that is my fat factor.
  • pinkraynedropjacki
    pinkraynedropjacki Posts: 3,027 Member
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    Here I've got it at 1350, I'm 5'3" 38yo 60kg (130lb) but I actually eat about 2500 due to how much I work out. I've not gained, not lost weight but toned up more & lost more fat.
  • Coquette6
    Coquette6 Posts: 158 Member
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    I'm 26 and 5'0" here, also trying to get off about 10 stubborn pounds. I'm currently at 127lb trying to get to somewhere around 117lbs. I eat anywhere from 1300 (rare, sitting on my butt, no exercise at Mom's house) to 1900 (heavy lifting, plus crazy day at work). Basically I shoot for TDEE -15%.
  • jzammetti
    jzammetti Posts: 1,956 Member
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    I'm 5'2" and 123 pounds. I eat 2000 per day every day to lose those last 8 pounds. I burn about 1800 calories per week in dedicated exercise.
  • bregalad5
    bregalad5 Posts: 3,965 Member
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    5'4" and 210. Depending on the day I eat anywhere from 1500-2,200
  • puddlesiam
    puddlesiam Posts: 75 Member
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    5'4" (and a half) weigh 80 kgs (176 pds) and I eat 1663 a day
  • dianeb613
    dianeb613 Posts: 121 Member
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    I'm about 5'4" or 5'5" and eat about 1460 a day. I was eating 1200 and under and not losing. Since I upped my calories I am consistently losing.4 or more a week...Watch me jinx myself this week by writing that.:grumble:

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