ATTN: ALL WOMEN APPROX. 5'0"

Hi All,
I have not been using this website in a while but would like to start monitoring my eating again.
My Stats:
HW: 117
CW: probably 117 but haven't gotten on the scale in a couple of weeks
LW: 97 last spring (due to a stressful event in my life - not due to healthy eating/exercise)
Goal: used to be 99 but I think 105 is a healthy weight for my size/build

Age: 44 - I think this is important to note...it seems to be harder to maintain/lose after 40 before 40, I never had to "work" at maintaining my weight

Workout: not currently working out consistently, I have an active job as an itinerant teacher and use a Striiv Play device to document my steps daily

Calories: probably too many - I'm going to start monitoring it again...I eat healthy but I do like to eat!

This is a very interesting forum for us shorties...thanks for starting it...I look forward to following.

I'm 4 foot 11

HW: 140
LW: 115
CW: 120
GW: 100/105 (I'll see what I look like when I get there)

I also have a VERY large bone structure. I feel like such a cop-out when I say "I'm big-boned" but I truly am. "They" say the lowest I could really be is 109 or so...I haven't been there since I was 7 with no boobs so I wouldnt know lol.

My calorie goal is set at 1,200 a day (when I'm sedentary, i'm SEDENTARY) but on my workout days (5 or so times a week) when I burn a good 500-1,500 calories- I eat more.

Yesterday I burned almost 1,500 and ate 2,500 at my gym's Zumba, Sweat, Spa, Sangria Night.

I'm still trying to lose, but I took a break for 3 months over the summer and "maintained" until vacation where I gained a few pounds back.

Overall, you seem really good where you are! I'd say keep up the good work!

4ft 11

If you are a teen and already have a healthy weight you shouldn't be trying to loose weight. Your body is still growing and developing and you can cause damage if you are not feeding your body. Your weight is already very low.

CW: 126
HW: 145
LW: 92 (ew ew ew ew ew)
GW: IDGAF but I think I am quite hot right now

HOW MUCH DO YOU WEIGH? 126
HOW TALL ARE YOU? 5'1
WHEN/HOW DO YOU WORKOUT? 5 days of serious f*cking heavy lifting per week
ARE YOU MAINTAINING OR LOSING? Actually cutting right now but I'll give you 2 answers below...
HOW MANY CALS DO YOU EAT? 2000-2400 to lose weight. 2800+ to maintain.
HOW MANY CALS DO YOU NET? Uh wut?

For the OP and also one other poster on the site, weights in the 90-95 lb. range are underweight or very close to it even for someone only 5'0". It's a little concerning. Many of us 5 footers are trying to lose, but we are at higher weights, overweight or obese. Someone who is at low normal weight or near underweight who is trying to lose is at risk for an ED. I'm 5'1.5" but was 5'2" as a teen and college age girl, and when I was at those weights, I was constantly sick, sometimes being laid up for a week or more with any flu that came down the pike. And I was eating "normally", just an overstressed high school/college student. I also looked like a bag of bones -- guys didn't even look at me until I was around 105 and had a little meat on me. OK, I'm an old broad, but when I look at pictures of myself at that age, I see two things -- that young people are beautiful (even me!) and that I needed to have a healthier body, not a skinnier one.

That being said, here are my stats

HW 126
CW 120.5
GW 115.

I exercise 5 days a week, usually doing some cardio for 30 to 60 minutes (either walk, stationary bike, or class like kickboxing and zumba) and 30-60 minutes strength training. On my days off, I walk a mile and a half a day.



ARE YOU MAINTAINING OR LOSING? I am losing, but slowly, 3 lb.s in 2 months.
HOW MANY CALS DO YOU EAT? Between 1200 and 1500 depending on whether I work out.
HOW MANY CALS DO YOU NET? 1200

STATS:

HW: 127

CW: 101.5


I exercise 6 days a week, cardio and strength and HIITs too... 45 minutes to 75 minutes a day

HOW TALL ARE YOU? 5"3
WHEN/HOW DO YOU WORKOUT? Morning! At around 6:30 AM
ARE YOU MAINTAINING OR LOSING? Maintenance
HOW MANY CALS DO YOU EAT? 1950 + exercise calories (from 150-500 calories of exercises per day)

I have a desk job but I manage to walk around a lot.

Very similar stats to OP
STATS:

HW: 120

CW: 98.8

LW: 93

Goal: 95



HOW MUCH DO YOU WEIGH? 98.8lb
HOW TALL ARE YOU? 5'0
WHEN/HOW DO YOU WORKOUT? 6 days a week. Mornings 20 minutes strength training (weights), afternoons 60 minutes walk or 30 walk and 30 run. Evenings 60 minutes situps,pushups etc.
ARE YOU MAINTAINING OR LOSING? trying to lose
HOW MANY CALS DO YOU EAT? 1200-1500
HOW MANY CALS DO YOU NET? 900-1200 depending if I eat back exercise calories.

HOW MUCH DO YOU WEIGH? 124 lbs

HOW TALL ARE YOU? 5'1"

WHEN/HOW DO YOU WORKOUT? Daily walking, strength training, planks

ARE YOU MAINTAINING OR LOSING? Losing

HOW MANY CALS DO YOU EAT? 1200-1300

HOW MANY CALS DO YOU NET? 1250-1300

HW 160
CW 124
LW 96
GW 116

I am 53 yrs old and I have no desire to weigh less than 115 lbs. I am post menopausal and my goal is to be fit and healthy not thin and frail.

33 years old. 4'11", 96 lbs, bmi: 19

I average around 1100 calories daily

I am a stay at home wife, so I'm pretty sedentary unless I exercise, which I I log

I work out around five days a week. My usual routine is 25 min elliptical, about 20 mins treadmill with 2 or 3 lb weights (to work my arms), three sets of 30 leg presses with 80 lbs, and about 50 squats. I also play some tennis a few days a week.

I've losta total of about ten pounds since I started in January, and about 6 since I joined MFP in mid February. I'd like to trim a bit more thigh fat, but my main goal is to follow the calorie percentages suggested in Dr. Fuhrman's, Eat to Live, diet.