Anyone 5ft 8 tall?

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  • tropiz9
    tropiz9 Posts: 54 Member
    red99ryder wrote: »
    What does being 5 ft 8 inches tall have to do with weight loss ? Just curious

    Good luck

    Oh, I just find out if they r all same or similar on their calories goal and lose weight too! I'm interesting to know that's all.

    Thanks :)
  • ShammersPink
    ShammersPink Posts: 215 Member
    edited December 2016
    red99ryder wrote: »
    What does being 5 ft 8 inches tall have to do with weight loss ? Just curious

    Good luck

    I'd assume that she's interested to know how much women of a similar size need to eat in order to lose weight at a sensible rate.

    The answer, for many of us, is considerably more than the 1200 than a smaller woman might need.

    Build, activity and starting weight will cause that to vary quite a lot, of course.
  • red99ryder
    red99ryder Posts: 399 Member
    Thanks guess I have been so focused on weight and calories I didn't think of different height people . That would effect your weight range I guess ..

    Merry Christmas everyone
  • Leaz947
    Leaz947 Posts: 69 Member
    I'm 5'8", female, 18 years old and I eat about 1500/1700 calories per day and I am losing weight without doing anything besides walking.
  • subakwa
    subakwa Posts: 347 Member
    5'8" female, lost about 80lbs since the start of March this year. I do about 1200 per day, and that's given me an average loss of just a touch under 2lbs/week, starting faster and very gradually slowing (as you'd expect).

    I am pretty sedentary with sporadic activity.
  • tropiz9
    tropiz9 Posts: 54 Member
    Leaz947 wrote: »
    I'm 5'8", female, 18 years old and I eat about 1500/1700 calories per day and I am losing weight without doing anything besides walking.

    Well done! Keep going! :) this dieting like flexible not like strict diet this good thing
  • tropiz9
    tropiz9 Posts: 54 Member
    subakwa wrote: »
    5'8" female, lost about 80lbs since the start of March this year. I do about 1200 per day, and that's given me an average loss of just a touch under 2lbs/week, starting faster and very gradually slowing (as you'd expect).

    I am pretty sedentary with sporadic activity.

    Wow! Since March this year?! It amazing and well done you big loss 80lbs! mfp dieting simple as enjoy the food while lose weight whichs good!
    Well done again :)
  • CactusCat58
    CactusCat58 Posts: 19 Member
    terbusha wrote: »
    It's going to depend on your metabolism. I know some ladies that can lose weight at 1900 cal/day and others that eat 1300 cal/day to lose weight. Go by trial and error. If you are trying to lose weight, eat so you drop 1-2 lbs/week. This assumes an average calorie burn from you getting in all of your workouts. This will be different for everyone, so you'll have to do some trial and error to figure it out. I'd start ~1600 cal/day. Hit this goal, along with your macros and getting in your workouts, for 2 weeks. If you lose 1-2 lbs/week, you're good to go. If you lose too much, increase your intake and repeat. If you don't lose enough, reduce your intake a bit and repeat. After a few cycles, you'll figure out what works for you in your situation.

    Your calories per day are based on other factors besides just your height so you can't go by what another person is doing because even if they are the same height, age, gender & weight your base metabolic rates are different. MFP and all programs like it are a general guideline, but you'll need to do a little trial and error to figure out what works best for you.

    I am 5'8", workout for 2 hrs a day 5 days a week but struggle to lose a pound a week even when I'm showing a calorie deficit of 1500 a day because I am hypothyroid and have a metabolic disorder. Everyone is different.
  • CactusCat58
    CactusCat58 Posts: 19 Member
    CactusCat58 wrote: »
    terbusha wrote: »
    It's going to depend on your metabolism. I know some ladies that can lose weight at 1900 cal/day and others that eat 1300 cal/day to lose weight. Go by trial and error. If you are trying to lose weight, eat so you drop 1-2 lbs/week. This assumes an average calorie burn from you getting in all of your workouts. This will be different for everyone, so you'll have to do some trial and error to figure it out. I'd start ~1600 cal/day. Hit this goal, along with your macros and getting in your workouts, for 2 weeks. If you lose 1-2 lbs/week, you're good to go. If you lose too much, increase your intake and repeat. If you don't lose enough, reduce your intake a bit and repeat. After a few cycles, you'll figure out what works for you in your situation.

    I agree with the Your calories per day are based on other factors besides just your height so you can't go by what another person is doing because even if they are the same height, age, gender & weight your base metabolic rates are different. MFP and all programs like it are a general guideline, but you'll need to do a little trial and error to figure out what works best for you.

    I am 5'8", workout for 2 hrs a day 5 days a week but struggle to lose a pound a week even when I'm showing a calorie deficit of 1500 a day because I am hypothyroid and have a metabolic disorder. Everyone is different.

    I meant to say that I completely agree with terbusha's post!!! Sorry about that!
  • Ryokat
    Ryokat Posts: 168 Member
    I am 5' 8" and set at sedentary and to lose a half pound per week and MFP gives me 1330 calories/day. I have lost about 25 pounds since July. One more pound and I will change my goal to maintenance!
  • Asher_Ethan
    Asher_Ethan Posts: 2,430 Member
    I'm 5'9" and 160ish and losing on 1900 a day. Only .5 pounds a week but I can'thave anymore of a deficit or I may accidently murder someone.
  • newstart1988
    newstart1988 Posts: 154 Member
    tropiz9 wrote: »
    I'm 5ft 8 tall and my calories goal is 1590.. what's your? And how much you have lost so far? Today's my 4 days and hope bring me some good result this Sat :)

    I'm 5'9 and I weigh 216 I'm trying to eat 1200 calories a day but I struggle and don't know if that's too low for my height.
  • tropiz9
    tropiz9 Posts: 54 Member
    newstart1988 wrote: »
    tropiz9 wrote: »
    I'm 5ft 8 tall and my calories goal is 1590.. what's your? And how much you have lost so far? Today's my 4 days and hope bring me some good result this Sat :)

    I'm 5'9 and I weigh 216 I'm trying to eat 1200 calories a day but I struggle and don't know if that's too low for my height.

    Am not sure if your calories is too low for your height/weight and im sure it should be more than 1200 but i could i was wrong about it and which one you trying to target loss 1lb or 2lb a week?
  • HappyBlues
    HappyBlues Posts: 94 Member
    edited December 2016
    I'm 5' 8" I currently eat around 1250 calories a day w/ one higher calorie day a week (usually Friday or Saturday) and I have lost 90 pounds.

    ETA: I started out getting 1610 calories a week.
  • lady_ghost
    lady_ghost Posts: 175 Member
    edited December 2016
    tropiz9 wrote: »
    I'm 5ft 8 tall and my calories goal is 1590.. what's your? And how much you have lost so far? Today's my 4 days and hope bring me some good result this Sat :)

    I'm eating at 1300 at 5'8 I'm a stay at home mom- couch potato but I wrk out everyday for an hour or more doing weight training and cardio.
  • kbmnurse
    kbmnurse Posts: 2,484 Member
    I am sure there are many people 5' 8" tall. LOL
  • AnthonyX150X
    AnthonyX150X Posts: 293 Member
    I'm 5'8" and my BMR is 1660 calories.

    I use that as my calorie goal.
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