short ladies - 1200 cal/day?

Im 5.00" and 182lbs, ive been eating 1200 a day for the last 2 months and have lost 18lbs. I find it ok most days to be honest and some days I find I am under. Other days I might be over by 100 to even 300 but I dont sweat it ;D Sometimes I eat back around half my exercise cals sometimes none. To be honest I think it just depends what im eating on the day, not that im eating bad on the days im over just what I am eating has more cals! Though I think I will be upping this soon as I have just started trying to lift and the trainer said she eats 4000 cals a day o_o

I'm 5'3" and started at 170 lbs. I lost all my weight at 1650 before exercise, so days I did exercise I was closer to 1900. I maintain 120 lbs at around 1900 before exercise. Took me 9 months to lose 53 lbs.

I am 5'3" and my calorie goal is 1400 after speaking to a nutritionist. At this point I am just getting back into eating right and exercising regularly. I have started Leslie Sansone walking videos and do them at least 5 days a week.

crys_aintgivingup wrote: »

Thanks so much for all the encouraging and super helpful replies here. After reading your posts, I think I will give 1300-1400 a try instead. It might mean slower weight loss but at least it would feel more doable and I wouldn't be as obsessed with food as I currently am.

This has been really helpful. Thanks so much once again :flowerforyou:

SUCH a good idea! Wishing you success

5'2.5" and have lost 43 out of 50lbs over the last year and a half with MFP set at sedentary for 1200 - 1275 (current setting) calories. I'm 65 years old and went from 179lbs to currently 134lbs; US size 16 to 6/8 Petite, and now, finally, a normal BMI.

I eat back most of my exercise calories burning sometimes as little as 100 to as much as 600 exercise calories taking Body Pump (resistance training) 3 to 4xs per week plus 30 minutes of cardio (elliptical machine) after two or three of the classes.

Total exercise time is about 4 to 5 1/2 hours plus 8 to 12 miles of slow walking over each week. I use a heart rate monitor at the gym and a pedometer for walking to guesstimate my calorie burn. On gym days I eat all but 150 to 200 calories; on rest days I eat as close to 1275 as I can get, but never under 1200.

I've set my macros at 35% protein, 35% fat, and 30% carbs eating every 3 to 4 hours which keeps me from feeling hungry. I also limit my sodium intake to 1500mg per day for health reasons (doctor's orders) so hardly ever eat restaurant food. I weigh and measure as accurately as possible.

MFP has worked really well for me with these settings and exercise levels; I've always had a downward trend even though there's been weight fluctuations.

So MFP forever!

Im 5ft 5 and weigh around 10 stone (140 pounds). My calorie intake is 1200 a day but sometimes I struggle to stick with that. Not because I eat over, but I eat under. Bran flakes or apple for breakfast, Caesar salad or porridge oats for lunch and then a normal meal in the evening. If you find you're usually hungry, try eating slower. I know it sounds ridiculous, but it takes some time for the signals in your stomach to tell your brain that you're full and you're usually left with that "Holy Cow, I have a food baby" feeling. Take a bite of your food, put your cutlery down and wait until your mouth is empty before you take grab your knife and fork again. Look at Paul McKenna - I can make you thin

It does work, I used to be 14 stone and a size 14 and now I'm a size 10 (UK)

stick to 1200, definitely don't go under it. It is slow on us shorties, especially if there isn't much to lose. I'm 5'3'' and 1470 cals seems to work for me the best. I eat some exercise calories back but usually not all.

We all are different but I do reconize the guilt if you are slightly over your goal. And the problem for me is that guilt is one of the stress factors that can make me grab lots of junk food, so needs to be avoided. So I ened up using MFP calories a little differently. But it works for me

I am 1.58m which is about 5 2 or 3
What I have done is set my target on maintenance at my goal weight (net 1750) and then eat less than that. As you loose weight your maintenance level slowly decreases as wel hence I know that this target is lower than my current maintenance leve. My own (not in MFP) goal is between 1000-1500 (net) per day That way I have a range in which I feel OK and which I know I will loose weight on.
It is not the fast method and based on losing xkg per week but to keep myself sane.
Most days my net will be around the 1200 mark with this.
Also I am in it for a long period (been logging over 400 days now) and hope that this way I can get into a soft landing when I do reach my maintenace goal. The best part is that I do not feel guilty on the days that I go over 1200 as long as the 1750 is not exceeded.

I'm 5 foot 1 inch and on a 1200 cal plan since Jan. I am exercising 5-6 times a week with a minimum burn of around 350 cal per session (sometimes more). I don't aim to eat back my exercise cals necessarily, but I don't stress if I am around 100 cals over my 1200 goal.

Going pretty well so far, lost 23.5lbs since 5 January this year.

My diary is open to friends, so feel free to add me if you want ideas of what 1200 looks like. One warning, I live in the UK and a fair bit of the pre-prepared food might not be available elsewhere.