5ft -5ft 3 ladies how much are you eating?

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  • wick3tgirl
    wick3tgirl Posts: 47 Member
    27 years young :disagree:, 161.5 cm (5'3"), this week at 55-56 kg (121.5-123.5 pounds).
    losing weight at 1200 cals.
    3-5 hours a week of mostly cardio, some body weight exercises, eating back cca half of extra calories (which I take from scoobys webpage calculator - calories used by exercise, since the mfp database and my hrm monitor suck at estimating).
  • rachylouise87
    rachylouise87 Posts: 367 Member
    so much variation its brilliant. i am trying to get rid of my inner thigh fat, hips and c section belly. my arms are coming along nicely doing T25 beta i am thinking about doing it all again when i have finished Gamma Hybrid and including some lifting and more strength programs in. i like the newly formed muscle definition i am getting
  • urloved33
    urloved33 Posts: 3,323 Member
    I am 5ft and eat 1200 but on the 5 days a week I work out I earn more calories to eat daily depending on how many I burn at the gym/
  • wannabefitgirl25
    wannabefitgirl25 Posts: 44 Member
    Age: 24
    Height: 5'3
    SW: 157
    CW: 155
    GW: 135-140

    Trying to lose 2lbs per week
    Targeting my thighs, lower stomach pooch, upper arms, and back fat

    1,000-1,200 cals a day
    Cardio Sculpt 30-45 mins/4x week
    Power walking 30mins/2x week
  • Terrymichelle
    Terrymichelle Posts: 49 Member
    5'1 starting weight 162 currently 146.6. Eating 1210 calories a day and burning 400-600 calories per hour of cardio(racquetball) 2 or 3 times a week. I try to stay low carb with very little bread, rice, potatoes ect. I eat LOTS of veggies and fruit throughout the day. Losing about 1.5lbs a week currently... only set to lose 1lb on MFP.
  • ncfitbit
    ncfitbit Posts: 1,058 Member
    edited March 2015
    I'm 5'3.5" and had been losing about a 1lb. a week on about 1700 for a few months, but I started to stall out this past month so I had to reassess and lowered my daily to 1625 and have started losing again. I do mostly cardio 3-5 days a week with a strength DVD once in a while.

    Edited to add: current weight 176 lb; starting weight 198 lb
  • MB_Positif
    MB_Positif Posts: 8,897 Member
    edited March 2015
    2300-2700

    ETA: 5'-2" 142 pounds, lift about 90 minutes 4 times per week. No cardio.
  • exstromn
    exstromn Posts: 176 Member
    44 yrs old, 5'3, 1525 calories, loosing 1.5 on average per week.
  • JazzFischer1989
    JazzFischer1989 Posts: 531 Member
    5'3" and currently about 88 lbs. Upped my cals to 2000 to gain (recovering from anorexia).
  • _Terrapin_
    _Terrapin_ Posts: 4,301 Member
    MB_Positif wrote: »
    2300-2700

    ETA: 5'-2" 142 pounds, lift about 90 minutes 4 times per week. No cardio.

    Turd...part 2. You're awesome MB. . . . .no cardio. . . .giggity.
  • goblue8426
    goblue8426 Posts: 41 Member
    5'3", 1340 calories per day to lose 1lb per week, have about 45-50 pounds to lose. Just yoga and walking for exercise right now. It's working nicely!
  • speedoftheshire
    speedoftheshire Posts: 2 Member
    At 4'11" and 107, and pretty much trying to maintain at this point, MFP tells me to be around 1,300 - based on my shortness and sedentary occupation. I just can't sustain myself on that with a busy half marathon schedule and lifting a few times a week (depending on my mileage for the week). I go over my calories pretty regularly, but have still dropped a pound or two since I started logging again a few weeks ago.

    I think it's all trial and error. Start with what MFP gives you, then work up or down from there after a couple of weeks. Everyone's body is a bit different.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    1400-1500 a day.
  • 20Grit
    20Grit Posts: 752 Member
    5'5 , 145lb, 40 years old.... 2400cals a day, I lift, little cardio, if any.....I keep talking about adding it, I have yet to do so on a regular basis.
  • Original_Beauty
    Original_Beauty Posts: 180 Member
    I'm 5'2" and I am eating 2200 calories

    I oft, do classes, and cardio
  • EHisCDN
    EHisCDN Posts: 480 Member
    5'1 and I eat 1600 a day to lose 0.5lbs/week
  • steff274
    steff274 Posts: 227 Member
    Always over 2000.. I am 5ft 2 and 7st 7 (105 pounds) if I just eat 2000 I will actually lose weight so need to eat a proportion of my excersize calories back I average between 2300 and 2500 to maintain ;)
  • mgalsf12
    mgalsf12 Posts: 350 Member
    5' -2.5" I am eating between 1200 - 1600 calories a day. I am fairly active and I went from 141.5 pounds to 133.5 pounds since the beginning of January. Damn yummy holiday's. :) My goal is 128.
  • muffinsquee
    muffinsquee Posts: 8 Member
    edited March 2015
    4'11", I've got 3kg left to lose and I'm eating an average 2000 cals.
  • mirrim52
    mirrim52 Posts: 763 Member
    5'0", 130 lbs. Eating 1670ish calories a day and losing an average of 1 lb a week. I have 5 hrs of roller derby practice and 3 sessions of StrongLifts 5x5 per week.
  • wick3tgirl
    wick3tgirl Posts: 47 Member
    I cant even with the different calories here :D . cant wait till I get to goal weight and begin to experiment with the numbers. too scared to touch a thing thats working right now :)
  • Delenaandjohnlock
    Delenaandjohnlock Posts: 2 Member
    edited March 2015
    5 foot, eating around 400-800 calories per day, losing around 3-5 pounds a week, along with doing the 30 day ab and squat challenge, but I am going on a super crash diet and wouldn't necessarily recommend it to anyone. I am also currently 104 pounds, if that makes a difference
  • katiejanecollins
    katiejanecollins Posts: 236 Member
    5 ft 3
    20 y/o
    120.6 lbs
    workout 5 days a week for minimum of 30 minutes
    eat between 1600 and 1800 calories a day
  • rachylouise87
    rachylouise87 Posts: 367 Member
    Delenaandjohnlock wrote: »
    5 foot, eating around 400-800 calories per day, losing around 3-5 pounds a week, along with doing the 30 day ab and squat challenge, but I am going on a super crash diet and wouldn't necessarily recommend it to anyone. I am also currently 104 pounds, if that makes a difference
    400-800 per day?
  • 20Grit
    20Grit Posts: 752 Member
    Delenaandjohnlock wrote: »
    5 foot, eating around 400-800 calories per day, losing around 3-5 pounds a week, along with doing the 30 day ab and squat challenge, but I am going on a super crash diet and wouldn't necessarily recommend it to anyone. I am also currently 104 pounds, if that makes a difference



    You wouldn't recommend, but you are doing it to yourself, this doesn't make sense to me.
  • dagnus
    dagnus Posts: 7 Member
    Yay short ladies thread! I'm 5' and still working out what is my best calorie range - I'm at about 1300-1400 now, but really just got myself to the point where I'm consistent. I started at 142.6 and am down to 138.6 now - 4 lbs in just over a month - and it's been slow because it took me several weeks to work on getting consistent, lowering calories, logging accurately, adjusting goals, etc. I've always been most comfortable in the past anywhere between 105-115 so my goal is to get to about 110 or 115.
  • jenlo1971
    jenlo1971 Posts: 49 Member
    5'2 on 1200 calories a day- no exercise due to back issues- have lost every week
  • Iamnotasenior
    Iamnotasenior Posts: 235 Member
    I'm 5'2", 55 years old and don't exercise much at all other than walking the dog because of a back problem. I'm on 1,200 calories a day and I have a steady weight loss so far of 1 pound a week.
  • vchan000
    vchan000 Posts: 38 Member
    edited March 2015
    5'0
    Start 250
    Current 202lbs
    Exercise is 3-5 days a week cardio at the gym and a desk job and sedentary hobbies the rest of the time.

    I eat 1200 on the days I don't get any exercise in and 1400-1600 on the days I do get moving.

    *edit* Another thing to note is I'm not super strict about measuring everything so the numbers might be a bit higher. I'm not going to sweat it until the weight stops coming off, then I'll tighten up the measuring/logging.
  • brynnsmom
    brynnsmom Posts: 945 Member
    I'm 5'2" and weigh 108; 38 years old. My average daily intake is around 1750. I eat more than that on the weekends, slightly less during week to compensate. I will vary it somewhat based on activity for the day but I work out most days for about 45 minutes. Obviously am not trying to lose weight.
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