Women 4'11"-5'2"

I am 5'1 and had my calorie deficit at 1200. My initial weight loss about 5 years ago was from 128-30 to 105. It took me close to a year, but I purposely had my loss set low because of my low caloric need.
Cheers, h.

4'11 and I lose on 1700 slowly. Although I'm on 2100 for bulking now

I'm 5'2. In the beginning I set my calories at 1300. After I lost the first 100 lbs I changed my goals a little and added lifting to my running schedule. I eat around 1500-1700 now.

I am 4'11.5", initially I set my goal at 1200 calories, since I have been working out I eat close to 1300 calories. I have lost 61 pounds since April 2014, also, I did not start working out until June 2014 and that was a big change for me. Once I started working the weight came off quicker. It takes time though, even though I started MFP in April I didn't see the big results for months, and once I started working out it took like three months before anyone noticed my weight loss. Since we're so short it takes at least 30 pounds before someone thinks you lost 10lbs.. sometimes it's hurtful, but that made have more motivation. I went from a size 16/17 to now a whopping 3/4! I am sooo excited! Now, I am not sure where you are starting from but my frame is nowhere where I want it to be, the weight I don't really care about anymore, its my stomach that I have issues with and so do many women here. Remember the number on the scale is just a number the inches on your body are what count. Add me if you would like.

4'11 here - for weight loss, my daily calories were set to 1200. Weight loss was slow and came in spurts - I HAD to work out every single day in order to actually lose. I started at 190, my original goal was 125, and it took me about 2.5 years to get there. I am now between 105-107 (it took me a year to get there from 125). I went from a US size 14/16 to a size 0. Now I focus on health - eating healthy and working out/fitness.

I'm 5'2" and I have Pcos, which plays into my calorie needs. I was at 1200 and lost 20 lbs on that...but I stalled and after talking with my doctor last week, I dropped it to a 1000-1100 range. I've lost 3lbs on that so far. But I am monitored on that low intake. I workout 3-4 days a week and only eat back calories if I am truly hungry. Most days, I am satisfied on my current range.

I am 5'1'' and 1200 calories a day with exersize. I recently, 2 or 3 days ago actually, hit my original goal weight of 135. I am now at 134, trying to get down to 125. I started April this year at 173, so it took me 7 months to get to my goal weight.

I'm 5'2 and started at 211 lbs.

This time last year I was eating 1400-1800 calories depending on how much I exercised.

I switched to the TDEE method (-20% of my maintenance) In February. It helped streamline my calorie intake. I ate ~1770 calories everyday.

I lost 58 lbs in a total of 10 months. 211 lbs down to 155 lbs.

I'm 5'2" I originally set my calories to 1200 because thats what worked last time (forgetting that was when I was younger and 30 lbs lighter) I lost lbs then stalled then started creeping up...I upped it to 1250 down a lbs then stalled and creeping up. After throwing in the towel for a few months...I went to a dietician and she put me at 1500...seems to be working because I'm now down 8 lbs.

Oh and it took me 5 months to go from 183 to 170 (13 lbs). Then 3.5 months (after joining MFP) to go from 170 to 151 (19 lbs).

Everything I have lost so far (32 lbs) has been without exercise. When I was losing, it was when I ate 1200 cals on average. Watching my sodium intake, by keeping it around 1200-1500 helped also, to keep water retention at bay. Drinking lots of water has also helped. Depending on your TDEE (based on age and activity level and present weight), I would think you should be able to lose without exercise. I have the recent "okay" from my physiotherapist to start exercising, so I'm going to start lifting weights, to build lean muscle mass. It will certainly help my weight loss progress. Best of luck to you . You can do this

I joined mainly to keep better track of nutrition, so I didn't really have a goal weight in mind, just to get healthier/eat better. I ended up losing 10-15 lbs. over 3 months (I had previously lost about 15 pounds through just exercise). I'm 5'0", and maintain on 1850 (net) daily. I also have a very physical job, and exercise often. Wishing good luck to all in your goals!

Can i ask ..do you eat whatever you want as.long as it fits in ur daily cals or do you eat more healthy type food? As i tried eating 1200 calories and didnt.lose despite weighing foods and counting cals as accurate as i could. Which iz why i wondered if ppl had lost with diet alone. I.might have been doing something wrong but.i still dont.know wat it could be lol!

Try replacing your pop with soda water, ElizabethMaryam. I was a big soda drinker and the change to soda water ment I got my 2 litres of water a day, my love of fizz taken care of, and had hundreds of calories for food.
I don't like pop anymore, I find it has no flavour except sugar!
Aniqa1009, I am not keen on deep fried food or fast food and make most of my meals from scratch, so eating at 1200 is quite easy because I know exactly what I am having and most times it is quite healthy. That being said, you can eat whatever you like within your calorie allotment.
Cheers, h.