Tall Women?!

It's not about your height though. Being taller or shorter shouldn't affect the amount of food your body needs, though changes in your body appearance are probably less noticeable due to the fact they spread out a little bit more. Either way, maybe you have fast metabolism, or live a more active life and your organism just needs more calories. It also depends on the food that you're eating, as generally you can eat much more veggies and fruit for the same amount of calories as you get in a little bit of 'junk'. Hope it helps a little, either way, your height is not a determining factor in the amount of calories you need to consume.

Sorry, that is not right. Actually your height which you enter in your Settings and Update Diet/Fitness Profile does affect the calories alloted. For example when I enter my stats including 5'8" I get 1390 cals and if I change ONLY the height to 6'1" then I get 1490 cals, so that is just a fact.
Search Community topics "sexy-pants" and that thread gives advice about finding an appropriate caloric deficit to lose weight. Anyway if you want to eat more, either exercise more (which will probably make you more hungry) or change your goal in Settings Update Diet/Fitness Profile to lose less rapidly, eg. to lose 0.5lbs per week- that will cause allotment of more calories. It is good to lose gradually anyway if you want to keep it off permanently.

I am 5'10 and when losing, I net 1500, meaning I total between 2000 and 2800 with exercise calories.
To the person who said height does not make a difference...wrong. Do some research before posting such misinformation.

I am 5'11, I started out weight 326 and a size 26, I have lost nearly 88 pounds, and now I wear a size 16. I am not sure what my goal weight should be? Any suggestions?

im 5ft 5 so around average height I consume 1660 calories and lose 0.5lbs a week so height is deffo a factor I would recommend you chose a number around 1800 and stick with it for a while if you lose weight great if too much higher it if you gain or stall lower it that's how I got my numbers

I'm 6 ft 10 and my calories is 1410......I think it's about right I eat that every day (sometimes over but excercise LOTS)....guessing it will go down as my weight goes down...my 5 ft 5 friend is only on 1200..

I am 6'2" and lose weight at 2350-2500 calories a day.

My suggestion would be to try using the equation thingys to make sure MFP is calculating correctly. Your daily activity level (desk job vs on your feet all day) and how much you want to lose per week (I'd say no more than .5 per week since you don't have much to lose) are important. Your height, age, and current weight are also in the equation and will effect the output.

The more you exercise the more you can eat (however you will also be hungrier, that one gets me all the time). Choosing healthy food, drinking enough water, getting enough sleep and reducing stress can effect your body's ability to lose weight and the hunger feeling more than you might realize.

kitaemma wrote: »

Are there any other tall women out there struggling to settle on a weight and calorie goal?? I'm 20 years old and 6'1" and mfp had me on 1300 calories which seems like wayyyy too little for me, so I upped it to 1500 but I'm still feeling hungry a lot and often go over my daily limit. I weigh 190 pounds but have very little fat left to lose, maybe 10 pounds. Are there any other tall women out there with advice?

Age has a lot to do with setting your daily calories just as much as height - witch is why ALL calculators ask you for that information! Also, someone else gave me great advice - if you have very little to lose (you say maybe 10 lbs?), then you should set your loss goal at 1 lb/week. Yes, you may be tempted to do 2 lbs/week, but that's for people with more than 50 lbs to lose! Cutting calories too aggressively will throw your body into starvation mode.

Good luck, from one Tall Girl to another!