SHORT LADIES (I'm 5'3") What's your daily calorie intake???

Behxo
Behxo Posts: 1,190 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
So I just updated my fitness profile since I haven't reset the calorie goal in awhile... At first it was set to lose 1 lb a week and it changed my calorie goal from 1,320 to 1,280. My eyes widened and said :noway: "F*** THAT!" so I went back and changed it to lose 0.5 lbs a week. It has now updated from my original 1,320 to 1,530. That's the highest MFP has ever suggested for me and makes me kind of nervous since I've been at the same intake for a few months now... just curious to see what others at my height are taking in :]

Side notes: I'm 23 years old, currently at 155 lbs working out about 3-5 times a week

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  • Behxo
    Behxo Posts: 1,190 Member
    Awesome, thank you
  • Behxo
    Behxo Posts: 1,190 Member
    I chose a number and told myself I'd stick with it for a month and re-evaluate. I knew I'd never know for sure if I tried a different number each week. It's summer so my habits changed. In the spring I was still teaching and walking all day and I looked at my total calories and was losing at around 1700 then...

    Just keep swimming.

    Will do, I'm starting kickboxing next week so I'm sure I will need more calories anyways :flowerforyou:
  • caracrawford1
    caracrawford1 Posts: 657 Member
    Interesting. I am somewhat shorter than you are--5'2. I lose at around 14-1600, granted I do workout more than an hour a day 6 days a week, no less than that and losing at about 1.5-2lbs a week. I'm also 36 and weigh 10 pounds more than you.
  • BombshellPhoenix
    BombshellPhoenix Posts: 1,693 Member
    I'm 5'3.5 " 120 lbs and maintain my weight around 2100 calories. Lost most of my weight at 1650 net. So, most days I'd eat 1900 ish. I've lost 53 lbs. Current eating 2300 for a very snail's pace bulk

    I lift 3x a week for about an hour and play disc golf like 4 days a week for about an hour or so...it's like walking with some throwing mixed in. I take care of two little ones and clean part time for like a few hours 3x a week
  • Behxo
    Behxo Posts: 1,190 Member
    wow thanks guys, makes me feel a bit better about eating more then
  • SquishyLaughter
    SquishyLaughter Posts: 124 Member
    I still have a lot to lose (80lbs), but I've set my intake at a solid 1500 every day, and will stay at that caloric goal for awhile, since 1500 is a good place when I weigh less too.
  • shortntall1
    shortntall1 Posts: 333 Member
    Im 5ft 2 inches and I try to stay around 1300.
  • k8blujay2
    k8blujay2 Posts: 4,941 Member
    I calculated out my TDEE and went from there to manually set it. I'm 5'2". I am much happier at losing at 1600ish than at less than 1500.
  • alice_schmalice
    alice_schmalice Posts: 283 Member
    5'2" 37 y.o. 30lbs to lose. Sedentary job sitting all day. I set mine at 1 lb per day and got 1280 cals. The last 2 days have been rough! I think it's PMS but I feel like I could eat everything in sight.

    Looking for support and encouragement. Friend me if you'd like.
  • roxywho42
    roxywho42 Posts: 165 Member
    I'm 5'2" and currently have my limit set at 1700. Some daysi eat less, some days I'm a bit over. I'm losing just fine.
  • srd_23
    srd_23 Posts: 43 Member
    I'm bigger (229 lbs at 5'3) and my goal was to loose .5 pounds per week by eating 1700 calories per day and excercising 30 mins per day 5 days per week. I usually eat almost all my calories, but I have also been excercising more than I expected to (about an hour per day 6 days per week). I have been loosing 2 pounds per week on average. Its not a perfect science, but I am loosing more than I expected, and I am eating my fill; I am just careful about WHAT I am eating.
  • Fit_Mama84
    Fit_Mama84 Posts: 234 Member
    I'm 4'11" and eat between 1400-1500 per day
  • NotJustADieter
    NotJustADieter Posts: 229 Member
    5'2, and I take in a minimum of 1450 a day!
  • Nuly2014
    Nuly2014 Posts: 4
    My current goal is 4 workouts per week, minimum..
    Height 5' 4''
    Wt 168 lbs

    My personal trainer calculates 1,580 calories a day.... so along with high protein diet and exercise this should be more beneficial for body fat loss...my previous attempts with a restrictive diet were not very successful.. and made me feel tired...

    Everyone is welcome to add me as a friend, I love to share thoughts and experiences!

    - NULY

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  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    I'm 5'2. At 155 lbs I was using the TDEE method on Scooby and losing about 1lbs/week eating 1780 cals, working out 5x a week. I'm pregnant now, so I'm not really in the same place as before, lol. I've gotten alot less active, thanks to summer vacation. But right now I'm 156.6 lbs, 16 weeks pregnant, and eating 1900-2100 calories. I walk at least 2x a week. I'll up the exercise and calories in about 4 weeks when I reach 20 weeks and daughter starts kindergarten.
  • teagirlmedium
    teagirlmedium Posts: 679 Member
    I have mine set to maintain, I am 5'4 and I am taking in about 2000 a day usually, but I have not been feeling well lately so have only been taking in about half of that. MFP has me set at 2,130 currently, but I do not usually get that high.
  • Fat2Fit_imready
    Fat2Fit_imready Posts: 363 Member
    So I just updated my fitness profile since I haven't reset the calorie goal in awhile... At first it was set to lose 1 lb a week and it changed my calorie goal from 1,320 to 1,280. My eyes widened and said :noway: "F*** THAT!" so I went back and changed it to lose 0.5 lbs a week. It has now updated from my original 1,320 to 1,530. That's the highest MFP has ever suggested for me and makes me kind of nervous since I've been at the same intake for a few months now... just curious to see what others at my height are taking in :]

    Side notes: I'm 23 years old, currently at 155 lbs working out about 3-5 times a week

    I'm 5'3, 26 years old and 187 lbs! i eat 1510 and i pick that myself! I think its a good number for me~ goal weight 155 lol
  • MsBetteDavis
    MsBetteDavis Posts: 118 Member
    I'm on maintenance (I'm 5'3'' and 121 lbs). I normally eat about 1500 (sometimes it's a bit less) a day and exercise about four times a week (I generally have fruit after I exercise). However, I can eat about 1760 and maintain the weight that I'm at right now.
  • lucii06
    lucii06 Posts: 7 Member
    I am at 1310 Calories a day. And I eat less calories than that. Work out 6 days a week with insanity. But on day 4 . So I guess I will see how this goes on sunday :) I am 5'3 and 21years old and weigh 122lb.
  • Greenbomb
    Greenbomb Posts: 89 Member
    I'm 5'3" but as I'm "over 40" it gets harder to lose weight. On days that I have bootcamp, I allow myself 1500 calories (though I don't always use them). On days with no bootcamp, I try to keep it to 1200.

    My ideal weight is 130- that might sound high, but I'm curvy and again, as you get older everything kind of shifts. Right now I'm at 157 and feel enormous...the most I've ever weighed in my life!
  • americangirlok
    americangirlok Posts: 228 Member
    1650
  • BlueInkDot
    BlueInkDot Posts: 702 Member
    I'm exactly 5'3"

    I have my caloric intake at 1650/day.

    I recommend using this website to determine your numbers more accurately:

    http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/

    It gives you your BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) - How many calories your body would burn in one day if you don't move a muscle all day)

    Your TDEE (Total Daily Energy Expenditure) - An estimate of how many calories you burn in one day based on your average daily activity.

    My BMR is about 1540 (the MFP calculator gives me 1570 calories - just slightly above the BMR,) and my TDEE falls somewhere between 1800 and 2200 calories on an average day with a workout, and higher if I'm more active than usual.

    Anyways as long as I eat MORE THAN my BMR and LESS THAN my TDEE, then I'm good. I chose 1650 because it seems like a nice happy in between spot between 1540 and 1800 - and I know from experience that if I have a particularly active day, I can eat a few extra hundred calories, but not if I've been sitting all day and don't work out. :tongue:
  • BlueInkDot
    BlueInkDot Posts: 702 Member
    Also if you're not already lifting, I recommend adding a bit of weight-lifting to your regimen. It feels great and the the burn doesn't JUST go on during the workout, it continues afterwards and into the next day. Then you have more muscle to work for you during your cardio. It's good stuff.
  • sagreenious
    sagreenious Posts: 64 Member
    I'm 34. I aim for 1450 a day if I'm not exercising. Between 1800-2200 if I exercise.
  • meridianova
    meridianova Posts: 438 Member
    mine is set at 1780, and set to drop 1lb per week. i try not to eat back my exercise calories because my weight loss has been disgustingly slow and painful so far.
  • manicautumn
    manicautumn Posts: 224 Member
    I'm 5'0 and I eat 1500 to 1900 calories a day.
  • doctorregenerated
    doctorregenerated Posts: 188 Member
    5'2'' as 1200. Not losing that fast.
    I'm not that active. I go shopping and do a little housework, but mostly I sit at the computer a lot.
    I burn 100 calories at night doing a dance video.

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