If Only I Were a 6'2" Man !

I'm a 6'2 female and I've lost just over 160lbs. If I eat over 1400 calories I gain. To continue to lose it's 1200. And I workout for more than 2 hours 6x a week. You just need to find the balance that works. Drink heaps of water. Avoid dodgy fats and salt. It will work. ????

I've been faithfully logging the good and bad on my food diary for over 2 months now. I don't lie to myself or others that read it. But, truth is, it comes out close to 2000 cals daily. I know I need to cut out about 400 of those cals in order to consistently lose weight, but I just don't want to. While reading through my friends food diaries this morning, looking to pick up some new ideas, I realize it's my HEIGHT and SEX that's throwing me off. If I were like my taller, male buddies here, I'd be losing weight weekly! So it's not me, it's because I'm a short female! That's my story, I'm sticking to it . :laugh:

or you could just cut 250 a day to lose half a pound a week?

And go for an hours walk a day, burn 250 and lose 1lb

6'3 man here and stuck at this weight for last 8 months. It is mainly your food intake which has 70% effect and the exercise has 30% effect. I have been little high on carbs and every now and then goes over my cals hence no weight loss:(

I've been faithfully logging the good and bad on my food diary for over 2 months now. I don't lie to myself or others that read it. But, truth is, it comes out close to 2000 cals daily. I know I need to cut out about 400 of those cals in order to consistently lose weight, but I just don't want to. While reading through my friends food diaries this morning, looking to pick up some new ideas, I realize it's my HEIGHT and SEX that's throwing me off. If I were like my taller, male buddies here, I'd be losing weight weekly! So it's not me, it's because I'm a short female! That's my story, I'm sticking to it . :laugh:

Ha ha Linda. Yep as I am 5ft 3inch Im with you on this one. Did make me laugh, thanks. :-)

I feel your pain as a 4'11 woman. Around 1600 is my maintenance! The days I want to eat a lot, I just have to work out longer to balance it out. Seeing my friends' diaries where they are eating 1800-2000+ is like "wow. lucky you!"

Agreed! lol.

I'm a 6'2 female and I've lost just over 160lbs. If I eat over 1400 calories I gain. To continue to lose it's 1200. And I workout for more than 2 hours 6x a week. You just need to find the balance that works. Drink heaps of water. Avoid dodgy fats and salt. It will work. ????

Oh no thats terrible!
Im a 6'2 female and I lose on 2000 calories a day. I minimum is my BMR 1750!
1200 I was dying!! Moody, hangry, shocking. I dont know how the heck you do it! I eat your daily calories for DINNER!

The difference between you two is most likely muscle mass. I am as described in the thread title a 6'2" male. I need 2500 to maintain my weight and 2000 calories a day is what I use to drop weight. All good reasons to use the weight section of the gym right?

OP Bump up your exercise then you could eat MOAR!

I need over 5000 calories some days. It honestly gets a bit annoying trying to eat it all back.

I'm a 6'2 female and I've lost just over 160lbs. If I eat over 1400 calories I gain. To continue to lose it's 1200. And I workout for more than 2 hours 6x a week. You just need to find the balance that works. Drink heaps of water. Avoid dodgy fats and salt. It will work. ????

are you sure it's fat gains that you're seeing, or just a jump in water weight which is inevitable when increasing calorie intake, due to the body storing more glycogen?

when you increase your calorie intake, even if you're still in a deficit, you may see anything up to a 5 or 6lb gain in scale weight, due to water and glycogen. However, once your glycogen levels are full, you will start to lose weight again at the higher calorie intake, so long as it's still a deficit. If its your maintenance calories, then the water weight gains stop and your weight stabiliises. If you're in a surplus you'll see a *slow* weight gain over several weeks. Fat gain is very slow unless you're eating a seriously high number of calories in a day. You have to be 3500 calories over and above your TDEE to gain just one lb of fat (so if your TDEE is 1600 cals then you'd have to eat 5100 calories in a day to gain one pound of fat overnight).... Overnight gains in weight are water weight fluctuations, not fat.

The comedic attempt of this thread is not lost on me but...

...I am kind of sick of hearing about women using "Your a male so it is much easier for you!" excuse" etc etc

Half the time it is a thinly veiled excuse neglecting to mention that these individuals don't measure their food or exercise accurately, and other times it is a question of consistency with their (honest) logging..Yeah I went there!

Obviously many factors contribute how to calculate an accurate deficit such as height (obviously your height would contribute to your weight no doubt),weight,age etc but it still boils down to if you are truly at a deficit you will lose No matter what kind of genitalia you have!

There are a vast multitude of short(er) women on mfp who are extremely successful at losing weight and maintaining.

Excuses don't burn calories, hard work and dedication do.

Sarauk2sf is an example of what a petite shorter woman can do...but there are many more and I hope some respond to this thread.

Well, I'm a short girl too and I lose weight slower than a big man, but 10 lbs lost make a big difference on me and they're hardly noticeable on said big man. Things even out. And I bet I'd be hungrier if I was a big man.

Always feel bad in restaurants with women, since they serve the same portion to both. Much easier for me to burn through it. I get to pig out a bit more. Women always have to leave something on their plates in order to account for the difference.

:huh:

Actually, us women are totally capable of counting those calories, lifting weights, AND cleaning all the food off our plate. I never take leftovers home...ever. Even on a 1,500 calorie plate of pasta.

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