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Short ladies, what's your daily calorie goal?

spunkypug100
spunkypug100 Posts: 20 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Just looking for input from other shorties. I'm 5'1" and MyFitnessPal set my calories to 1670 to lose a pound a week. I'm not in a hurry, I just want to find something I can stick with long term so I didn't want to cut my calories way back. I'm curious what everyone else has theirs set to and what results they are seeing?
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  • twofingerspeacepeaceforever
    twofingerspeacepeaceforever Posts: 6 Member
    I'm 5ft and my recommend according to my weight is 1,200
  • WildePillar
    WildePillar Posts: 120 Member
    I'm 5'2" and 102 pounds. I maintain this weight at about 2200 calories a day.
  • cnbbnc
    cnbbnc Posts: 1,267 Member
    I'm 5'4. Currently weigh 145 and set to lose 1lb a week. As "lightly active" it has me set at 1350 calories.
  • PinkPixiexox
    PinkPixiexox Posts: 4,142 Member
    I'm 5ft 2, 127 lbs and lose 0.5 - 1lb a week on 1500! :)
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    I'm 5'4 and I maintain a weight of 113 on 1,800-2,000 calories a day (depending on how much exercise I do).
  • suziecue20
    suziecue20 Posts: 567 Member
    I'm 5ft and MFP has recommended 1200 which I am doing. I have only been doing calorie counting for 6 weeks but have lost 10lbs so far.
  • missblondi2u
    missblondi2u Posts: 851 Member
    I'm 5'2" and MFP weight is set at 185 (I track my weight with an app and only update MFP every 5 pounds or so). With my goal of 1 pound/week, MFP gives me 1400.
  • 89GermanG
    89GermanG Posts: 73 Member
    I'm 5'2 and 177lb. To lose 1.5 pounds a week MFP gives me 1350 calories.
  • awildmiri
    awildmiri Posts: 18 Member
    I'm just under 5'1'', I lost 30 pounds at 1230 a day. I'm still trying to find my maintenance level, it's probably going to be about 1600-1700 not including the gym.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,150 Member
    edited September 2015
    5'2", 1800 calories, haven't lost anything this month. Been doing this 3.5 years and 163#. inb4 "u need patience gurl"
  • aniqa109
    aniqa109 Posts: 364 Member
    im 4"11 im not sure if im doing it right but when i started mfp it gave me 1200 calories..but since getting my fitbit without exercise im burning over 2000 cals daily so i eat around 1700 and have lost 1.6kg in 2 weeks
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    edited September 2015
    5'4", 112 lbs and i maintain on 1750 a day... i can eat more on heavy active days or exercise days..

    MFP set me up at 1200 calories to loose ... I never lost 2 pounds in a weeks time though..
  • charliejenny
    charliejenny Posts: 79 Member
    Im on 1200 and eat back all exersize....I'm just under 5.1. Feel free to add a fellow shorty like me :)
  • MarcyKirkton
    MarcyKirkton Posts: 507 Member
    5'2" and the suggestion is 1200. I'm logging 1000.
  • minties82
    minties82 Posts: 907 Member
    4'11" and having about 1600 to lose about 1-1.5lbs per week.
  • jdleanna
    jdleanna Posts: 141 Member
    edited September 2015
    5'2, 128 pounds, losing half to 1 pound a week on 1450 (plus about 75% of my exercise calories).
  • urloved33
    urloved33 Posts: 3,323 Member
    5' 1200 cals per day. plus a portion of my exercise cals 5 days weekly/
  • Eunoia81
    Eunoia81 Posts: 3 Member
    I'm 5'2. My limit is 1200 calories a day. I just started this journey trying to lose about 15 lbs. :) Good luck!
  • Whitezombiegirl
    Whitezombiegirl Posts: 1,042 Member
    5ft0. Age 39. 98lbs. Between 1000 to 1100 per day without excersise. Looking to lose a couple of pounds.
  • Jessyd76
    Jessyd76 Posts: 539 Member
    5'2, 214lbs. I'm set as slightly active with a goal of losing 1lb per week. I get 1750 calories a day. I'm trying to stay under that and not eat back my exercise calories.
  • mrsnazario1219
    mrsnazario1219 Posts: 173 Member
    I'm 5'2.. 1350 and eating most, if not all, of my exercise cals. I'm trying this out this weeke to see if I lose. I'll know tomorrow at weigh in. I'm 189lbs and have been finding it impossible to lose. I started with 1200, sedentary to lose 2lbs a week to 1350, sedentary to lose 1lb. It's been an uphill battle.
  • kdz526
    kdz526 Posts: 210 Member
    5'2 and 153. i actually use Lose It for the food and its set to 1 lb a week at 1400. I have it down as sedentary and do not eat back exercise calories (but I don't do anything hard core). I think for maintenance I will be around 1800 calories. I figure I go over and under often enough that it will even out. I tend to lose a 1 to 1.5 lb a week (when I am on track).
  • PeachyCarol
    PeachyCarol Posts: 8,029 Member
    5'1", 144.2 pounds and I'm losing weight too quickly right now (still getting the hang of Fitbit calorie adjustments) on anywhere from 1450 - 1700 calories.
  • spunkypug100
    spunkypug100 Posts: 20 Member
    Thank you all so much, such good info!
  • spunkypug100
    spunkypug100 Posts: 20 Member
    I'm currently not weighing my self because it always get me discouraged, but I have a drs. appointment in a week so I will get weighed there. I may adjust after. I have about 75 +/- lbs to lose. I have always been very muscular and I had a Bod pod test and it said I had 117lbs lean mass, so for now I have decided 1200 is to low. We will see :)
  • holly_roman
    holly_roman Posts: 116 Member
    Hi, first time writing on here. I don't see many (if any) short ppl who weigh as much as me..i am 5'2 and 245lbs(goal is 140-150)..i just started on my weight loss journey. I am restricted to 1200 cals, which is very hard but i am starting to get used to it. Since I am classified as morbidly obese (yes, i know how could i let that happen, trust me it wasn't intentional more like I wasn't paying attention, I married, had children, got a job sitting 9 hours a day and then i stepped on the scale and went WTH! what have I done to myself after putting myself on the back burner for so long) I am set for losing 2lbs a week(or more, under doctors care). It goes something like this 60+ lbs to lose - 2lbs a week, 40lbs to lose-1.5 lbs a week, 20lbs - 1lb a week. any less and you should try for .5 lbs a week. This is just to maintain health and overall muscle. Hope that helps. Good luck on your journey.
  • redwingsfan6712
    redwingsfan6712 Posts: 81 Member
    I'm 4'11" and it's set at 1200
  • hekla90
    hekla90 Posts: 595 Member
    5'3/98 maintain around 2000-2200
  • Karen_can_do_this
    Karen_can_do_this Posts: 1,150 Member
    I'm 5'1" and I eat about 1500. I've lost about 12kgs so far
  • wintersyve
    wintersyve Posts: 29 Member
    I'm 44, 5ft 1in and was 156lb when I started 3 months ago. I started on 1200 a day and I lasted a week. Then I switched up to 1450 a day with weight lost I took it down to 1402.
    I have lost 20.5 lbs so far and am on my last 14lbs.
    I have mfp set to sedentary with a Fitbit linked and negative adjustments enabled.
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