5'6'' ladies (or thereabouts)

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  • peopletalk
    peopletalk Posts: 519 Member
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    jemhh wrote: »
    5'6", 152 lbs., 38 yo. I eat 2075 3 on days I lift weights (3x/wk.) and 1825 on days I don't. I'm losing about a half pound a week right now. My goal is 150. I've lost 50.5 pounds since January 1.

    wow, you're awesome :smile:
  • xyrnyth
    xyrnyth Posts: 11 Member
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    5'5" , 154 lbs , 18 years. I try to eat between 1300 and 1800 calories a day. It's a big gap, yes, but my Basal Metabolic Rate says I burn around 1500 calories/day with basic human functions. My weight fluctuates because I don't eat the right foods.
  • arhoney
    arhoney Posts: 27 Member
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    5'7", 266.6, 41yrs. I'm a little more extreme than the rest of the ladies on this message board. I stay within 1100 cal/day and I try to workout for 30 min/day 4xwk. I have a lot more to lose and I'm looking to lose more than 1lb a week. I need to see progress. No progress, no motivation, no continution. I just know me.

    I love putting in my food/drinks/exercise into MFP. To be totally honest, when I don't, I've fallen short or way too much.
  • farberry
    farberry Posts: 71 Member
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    5'6", currently around 128lbs. My calories are set at 1150, but I probably go over this by quite a bit around once a week so it evens out to more. I wear a fitbit and sometimes I'll eat a hundred or so calories over my allowance if I've earned it according to fitbit
  • JLCrunch
    JLCrunch Posts: 46 Member
    edited October 2014
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    5'5''+, 29 y/o, currently 215.2lbs

    My calories are set at 1200, I normally burn about 600-700 calories a day through workouts and end up eating back about half of those burned calories landing me at the 1500 mark. It has worked fairly well thus far. I'm averaging a loss of about 4lbs a week.
  • tbt280
    tbt280 Posts: 5 Member
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    I'm 5'5 and my goal is set to 1272. I go over sometimes, and I eat if I'm hungry (though I try not to snack mindlessly) and always stay under 1500. I maybe go up to 1800 on days when I want a dessert, or some drinks, etc. I do not eat back exercise calories and don't even log exercise.
  • nikkit321
    nikkit321 Posts: 1,485 Member
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    I'm 5'6, 45 years old, and weigh 142. Very slowly losing at 1500; some days I'm under 1500, occasionally over.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,565 Member
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    5'6", 199, and I eat between 1600-2000 a day (goal is 1570) to lose 1.5 pounds per week. But I also have a fairly active job, so I generally eat a lot of my Fitbit calories back (trying to leave ~50-100).
  • galprincess
    galprincess Posts: 682 Member
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    Im 5ft5 and weigh 142lbs I eat 1670 calories and lose about 1lb a fortnight-month
  • galprincess
    galprincess Posts: 682 Member
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    i sometimes eat them all back sometimes none and sometimes under goal by 200-300 but i listen to my body
  • zeal26
    zeal26 Posts: 602 Member
    edited October 2014
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    I'm 5'6'' and eating at 1370 right now. I started back in January and for the first few months ate at 1200 and ate my exercise calories back, then switched to 1400 and didn't eat my exercise calories back. Both worked equally well. Right now whether or not I eat them back depends on how hungry I am. I don't do loads of exercise at the moment anyway.

    At 1370, when I properly stick to it, I lose 1lb a week.
  • otter090812
    otter090812 Posts: 380 Member
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    I'm 5'7" and weigh 148lbs (from 215lbs a year ago). Target is 145lbs and I think I'll look and feel about right at that weight. My calorie target is 1700 per day and I do eat my exercise calories back (measured with a HRM, not MFP). I'm set to lose 0.5lbs/week, and am actually losing a bit more than that on average.
  • JGonzo82
    JGonzo82 Posts: 167 Member
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    I'm 5'5" and ~145lbs, typically eat 2000-2500 cal/day
  • lunalee84
    lunalee84 Posts: 372 Member
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    5"6, weigh around 130. I'm eating around 1400-1800 depending on the exercise I'm doing and have been losing slowly but steadily.
  • Rose6300
    Rose6300 Posts: 232 Member
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    5'6", weigh 128, 51 years old. In maintenance, eating 1750 a day. Eating all my calories back.
  • Daydreamangel
    Daydreamangel Posts: 127 Member
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    5'6, 135.4 pounds and eating around 1200, I find that I cannot lose weight if I go over that...I am working from home at the moment so pretty sedetary. Trying to exercise few times a weeks with videos but still my TDEE is not very high. Curse slow metabolism....I gained 25 pounds last year from eating 1500 a day.
  • alisonw1551
    alisonw1551 Posts: 4
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    I'm 33, 5'6 and went from 145 to 125 lbs last year in 2 months with the 1200 calorie diet. Back at 129 now but its been pretty easy for me to shed weight, around 1-2 lbs per week if I stick close enough to the calorie limit. I don't exercise enough (not recommended!) and don't generally eat back these calories if I do. I think MFP works well for me because I also limit myself to 50-80 carbs per day. Women can be very carb sensitive so while a lot of carbs are low in calories they counteract the work you are doing. I limit my carbs to only vegetables and low sugar fruits and it works well. I also generally cut out cheese since it adds a lot of calories. I go over by a couple hundred calories sometimes and am hungry a lot but it does really work. When I am really hungry I will often drink a green tea which has no calories and helps your metabolism. While its tough sometimes to stick to 1200, if you get to your ideal weight you get to go back up to a maintenance calorie allowance quicker which is easier and doesn't draw out the weight loss process any longer than you have to. You might feel starving in the beginning but you will adjust.
  • ylvak94
    ylvak94 Posts: 32 Member
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    5'5.5" and I eat about 1000-1200 calories a day depending on how hungry I am and what is served at work. Sometimes I eat my exercise calories back, sometimes I don't. Just depends on what kind of day I'm having.
  • pinkstp
    pinkstp Posts: 220 Member
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    5'4", approximately 162 lbs, I eat at 1550 and even though it says I'll lose 0.5 lbs a week, I think this is closer to my maintenance, personally. I don't exercise as much as I used to, but I don't eat back calories for strength training logged (because I don't think it's an accurate calorie burn); I muddle with eating back cardio cals burnt though :)
  • arrrrjt
    arrrrjt Posts: 245 Member
    edited October 2014
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    5'5'', 26, currently weigh 204 down from 245.

    I'm currently using the TDEE - 20% because I found it hard to quantify my lifting 3x a week and horseback riding. I'm sedentary but relatively active for an hour a day. My calories are set to 1775 (I underestimated it as working out 3x a week - so if I go over I don't beat myself up), and I do not eat back "exercise" calories - it's included in the TDEE - 20% calculation. I also like that it's consistent every day, so my lazy days I don't have to starve myself ;)

    Previously I was using Fitbit (till it kicked the bucket) and usually got 1200 + 500-800 cal back a day, so it evened out. I'm losing about a lb/week.

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