5 to 10 pounds until goal- how many calories are you eating?

I'm 11 pounds away from goal and I have 1370 calories. I found out I like running distances and now I'm lifting weights, so usually it's quite a bit more than that.

I'm 52 and 5' 41/2" and 1 pound from my goal. I eat roughly 2,000 calories a day, but this also includes my exercise calories from running, elliptical, spinning, and strength training.If I did not exercise, I would be allowed 1640 calories.

I am 11 lbs from my goal and I eat 1500 calories a day, plus my exercise calories.

Right now I'm about 2 kg from my initial goal of 65 kg (ate a ton this weekend and am dealing with some water weight). I am still eating at 1320 calories a day to lose .5 kg a week as I have to eyeball and guesstimate what I eat at work. When I up my calories to lose .25 kg a week it's not enough of a deficit to account for the unknown.

I would love to get down to 60 kg or lighter, but realistically I don't know that it will happen. I would like to get down to 63 kg to give me a few kg to play with.

I'm also 5'6" btw..

i am 5'5" and i'm around 122-24lbs. my goal weight was 120 but now i really dont care about the number i just want more definition. i am finishing up insanity soon and then will start weight trainging hopefully, just intimidated. while doing insanity, i am currently eating 1800 cal + 1/2 my exercise cals. not sure if this is right, this is what i had caluclated for me. i am thinking of dropping a little

I'm 5'5 and two pounds from my goal of 130. I currently eat 2400/day. I do bodyweight training and walking for cardio.

I am 5'7", about 1 pound to go to get to 140, but likely I will lose more. I'm eating 1500 calories a day and eat my exercise calories. On weekends, I don't work out but I often go over my 1500 calories because I know my daily activity is more than it is when I'm at work. It works for me. :-D

In answer to your other question, open your food diary to get some advice on what could be stalling you.

I just readjusted my caloric intake with my new weight and body fat%. I have set MFP to my TDEE -20% and will eat exercise calories back. My calorie goal is 1295 to lose a half pound a week. My exercise calories burned usually ranges between 400-800 per day. So I will be eating 1695-2095 calories per day. Good Luck!

10 lbs from my goal my daily intake is around 1300 someday around 1400 it use to be 1200 and I have had binge days too I try and stay within my weekly net calories , but usually around 1300. I don't work out much these days I don't expect to lose the last bit very fast since I have already lost 32 lbs since jan 1st 2013 . I just try and be active when possible with 2 little ones and being a sahm , I just want to hit my goal by Feb. 9th my 30th birthday or very close to it.

I'm 4ft 10in , my current weight puts me on the very end of being healthy at my height so Id like to be further away from so if I gain a few pounds its not as big of a deal anymore.

I weighed 150.5 January 1st 2013 and now I'm 119

13 lbs away... around 1900-2000 calories.

I'm at the same point as you, and stalled for many months now. I weigh around 132lbs, and I'm 8 away from goal weight. I tried upping the calories, lowering the calories, stopped exercise, changed exercise, restarted exercise... nothing. I'm on some kind of unwilling maintenance now, and going to try for the 5:2 to see if I can shift those last few pounds. I tried on Sunday, but went over a bit.

Ah - to answer your question - I ate 1650 calories while doing exercise, then I stopped doing exercise (weather too cold) but still ate the same amount of cals and I didn't gain any weight. Then I recalculated my TDEE without exercise, it dropped to 1450, and I'm not losing any weight either. Body seems to like this weight *roll eyes*

At 5'9" and age 54, MFP gives me a target of 1370, then I get a 300-600 calorie Fitbit adjustment. So I generally eat 1600-1900. I'm 4 pounds from what is probably my final target of 135.

bump I am at goal and confused. SO I am bumping for later. Thanks for the post.

I'm 55, 5'5", currently one pound from my goal of 150.
Body fat is 27.6%, which is in the middle of the "ideal" range for a woman my age (source: http://www.accumeasurefitness.com/charts.html)
Other than almost-daily cardio, I'm fairly sedentary.

My average daily total calories consumed for November was 1,627.
My average daily net (total minus exercise calories burned) for November was 1,234.
MFP's daily net goal for me is 1,360, based on a goal of losing a half-pound per week.

My longest plateau was 48 days, during which time my average daily total calories were 1,637 and my average daily net calories were 1,245.
Even with the plateaus, my average weekly weight loss was 3/4 of a pound over the course of 66 weeks. Weight loss slows the closer I get to goal.

I am 5'6" and about ten pounds from my goal weight of 135. I started at 180. I just upped my calories from 1200 to 1400 and started doing resistance training in addition to light cardio.
Anyone else in a similar situation? I have been stalled at my current weight for over 2 months and hoping I am on the right track to lose the last 10!

What other people are eating for caloric intake won't effect what you should be eating.

Why did you increase your calories when you went from 180 to 145 and what pace were you losing weight at when you went from 180 to 145? Can you tell me how many lbs per week you were losing in the past ~8 weeks or so prior to you increasing calories?

Are you using a food scale?