5 feet tall needing to lose 100 pounds!

Sharonlynn06021963
Sharonlynn06021963 Posts: 3
in Health and Weight Loss
Was looking for women like me 5 feet with 100+ pounds to lose ...
wondering if you would share how many reg calories a day you
all eat not including exercise calories...im doing 1500 a day but not sure
If thats right I have been on here awhile but just now really getting started.

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  • Sharonlynn06021963
    Sharonlynn06021963 Posts: 3
    Forgot to say I weigh 198 pounds
  • Psychgrrl
    Psychgrrl Posts: 3,177 Member
    Welcome! :) I'm 5'2 and have 25-30 to go. Lost 45. And we also have the same first and middle names! :)
  • loriq41
    loriq41 Posts: 479 Member
    I think that sounds about right..I started out at 164.4 at your same height and tried 1200 with exercising 5 days per week...NOT GOOD..I was starving, cranky and tired. See how that goes for you and you will find that throughout this journey there will be alot of tweeking and adjusting. My biggest piece of advice I can give to you regarding exercise calories is to be VERY conservative with what you think is your calorie burn...I see people ALL THE TIME putting up these huge numbers and end up eating them all back..then they wonder why they are not losing...duh..lol
  • cherrymei
    cherrymei Posts: 23
    I am currently 188lbs and is 5'3.
    MFP suggested I do 1,200cal per day but since I 'vowed' to exercise 4x a week, it increased to 1,220cal.
    Since I have been exercising 4-7x a week, the caloric allowance ranges from 1,300-1,500cal~
    I am actually doing well with my allowance, IDK maybe because I had been in extreme fad diets before I started healthy diets seriously.
  • Sharonlynn06021963
    Sharonlynn06021963 Posts: 3
    Thanks al for helping me your info helped me alot.

    Im walking 60 to 120 mins on the treadmill @ speed
    2.0 no incline at this time or I stroll the babies in my class
    At the day care I work at aroud for an hour to snd hour and a half..
    Thats all im doing for now going to add something else later.I do it 7 dsys a week.
  • jenny181111
    jenny181111 Posts: 163 Member
    hi I'm 4ft 10.2 lol feel free to add me :)
  • jenny181111
    jenny181111 Posts: 163 Member
    hi I'm 4ft 10.2 lol feel free to add me :)
  • LFDBabs
    LFDBabs Posts: 297 Member
    Hi. I'm 5'2.5" looking to hit ONEderland soon and have about 45-50 more lbs to hit my first goal. I started at 255, now hovering between 207-210 on any given day. Short girls unite! :laugh: Add me if you'd like.
  • hotjodels
    hotjodels Posts: 118 Member
    HI there! I'm about 5'1 and my over all goal when I started here was to lose 65 lbs so I don't really fit in your 100+ lbs to lose category. (depending on how I look and feel when I reach that goal will determine if I make my overall goal a lower number since I would be at the higher end of my BMI at current goal.) as of right now I try to eat between 1200-1500 cal per day (I'd be lying if I said I didn't slip up once in a while) and try to burn around 250-300 off per day. I'm not going to say the weight is coming off fast, but its working so far for me at a decently steady pace. (1-2 lbs a week on average, the holidays messed me up a little) I've been on here for about 9 weeks and I've lost 15 lbs so far so I'm not complaining. you can feel free to add me if you would like, I have my food diary open to friends and its always good to have buddies to help you stay motivated along the way.
  • _HeartsOnFire_
    _HeartsOnFire_ Posts: 5,304 Member
    Read this...
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/975025-in-place-of-a-road-map-short-n-sweet?hl=short+sweet+<span class=

    And most definitely read this!!!
    http://www.vicmagary.com/blog/fitness-motivation/#comment-10883
  • 1princesswarrior
    1princesswarrior Posts: 1,242 Member
    Hi all, I'm not new but want to chime in here. First, depending on your settings MFP gives everyone 1200 calories. Hardly anyone is actually sedentary, most people are lightly active, especially those working out. Also, MFP is designed so you should eat your exercise calories back.

    Now with that being said. Be sure you are weighing and measuring all of your food. Get a food scale for solids, a tablespoon of peanut butter does not equal 16 grams. Measuring cups and spoons are good for liquids and recipes but not when measuring by weight. MFP, gym machines and many other databases are not accurate for calorie burns. To be more accurate try a Fitbit or heart rate monitor.

    Many people will add a buffer by eating around 100-200 calories under their goal and only eating back 1/2 to 3/4 of their exercise calories. Remember to that as you lose weight you will need to cut calories so if you start at 1200 you have no place to go. I know that being short means you start out lower than someone six feet tall but you'd be surprised what you can eat and still lose. I say this as a cautionary tale. I started with low calories and was inadvertently not fueling my body right and it was ugly.

    I'm happy for you OP for starting at 1500. Good luck to you!

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