5'4" Ladies!!! What do your maintanence calories look like?

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  • ExRelaySprinter
    ExRelaySprinter Posts: 874 Member
    ... I am 5'4 and still working on weight loss. Wondering what maintenance will look like.
    My goal was 145... which would put me at the tip of the "normal weight" bmi... but I see so many folks are so many pounds under that... I guess I'll wait and see what 145 looks and feels like.

    It does depend on age, frame size and muscle mass though.
    So 145 may be ideal for you!
  • Alassonde
    Alassonde Posts: 228 Member
    I'm 5'4" and 124 pounds, MFP has me maintaining at 1540 net calories. I have a desk job but do exercise enough to earn some extra calories, most days I average 1700-1800 calories. Any more than that, though, and I gain. I have a TINY frame and little muscle mass, so don't want to gain anything but muscle at the moment.
  • merisaOct3
    merisaOct3 Posts: 197 Member
    Great thread. I am 5'4.5", 31 y/o, and just hit 150 (yay!). I had originally set my goal to 147 (the top of the "normal" BMI range, just to see what that looked like), and have been working out doing a lot of strength and circuit training, with 1-2 more intense cardio workouts a week. I am also hoping to get pregnant soon, but want to be very cautious about weight gain during pregnancy. Maintenance (especially during pregnancy) has me concerned. I am still losing on around 1600-1700 total cal/day, though it's slowed to about a 2 lb per month loss.
  • findingmyw1ngs
    findingmyw1ngs Posts: 107 Member
    I'm 5'4 and my maintenance calories are probably around 1000 when I don't do any exercise. I'll find that I often gain if I go over that net.
  • skylark94
    skylark94 Posts: 2,036 Member
    I maintain at around 2000-2300 per day depending on the day's activity. I walk my dog 3 miles every morning and do P90X or Body Revolution 6 days per week.
  • spoiledpuppies
    spoiledpuppies Posts: 675 Member
    43 years old
    5.4.5"
    Maintaining at around 126 pounds
    2300 calories per day

    Lifting heavy anywhere from 4-6 days per week, some form of cardio at least once per week (either something like a HIIT or a distance run--up to 11 miles this week)
  • TracyV125
    TracyV125 Posts: 100 Member
    thanks for this thread... I am 5'4 and still working on weight loss. Wondering what maintenance will look like.
    My goal was 145... which would put me at the tip of the "normal weight" bmi... but I see so many folks are so many pounds under that... I guess I'll wait and see what 145 looks and feels like.

    Congratulations on moving to Maintenance.

    I'm glad to see I'm not the only one that was working towards this goal! I found I'd be in the healthy BMI at 145 lbs so I set my goal to 140 lbs so I have a little wiggle room.

    I'm with you. I'm going to wait to see how I look and feel. I'm currently 7 lbs from the healthy BMI :)
  • TracyV125
    TracyV125 Posts: 100 Member
    I've been maintaining for six months. My maintanance calories are about 1850.

    mamadon I'm blown away by your profile pic! Wow!!!! You look FANTASTIC!!! Congrats to you on reaching your goal! What an inspiration! :smile:
  • LolaDeeDaisy23
    LolaDeeDaisy23 Posts: 383 Member
    I'm 5'3 and a half! I'm 24 and was eating at 1850 and slowlyyyy gained. I'm sitting at 123 pounds and I'm very sedentary. Just got a new job and haven't quite adjusted yet so I don't exercise much. I'm maintaining at 1750 on average.
  • fiftysixkilogal
    fiftysixkilogal Posts: 10
    I've been maintaining for six months. My maintanance calories are about 1850.

    123 lbs is a champion effort. You look great. Bravo. I had to look twice at your photo - wow, amazing!
  • georgiaTRIs
    georgiaTRIs Posts: 229 Member
    I stay at 1500 or under. I never eat back my exercise calories
  • georgiaTRIs
    georgiaTRIs Posts: 229 Member
    I have a marathon in October and finished a TRI in August. I still stay at approximately 1500 calories. Sometimes I go up to 1700 but rarely

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