5'1 Ladies- what are your maintenance calories?
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5'2 and 118-121 lbs. I get at least 10K steps a day. I try to keep myself to 1500-1600 calories/day but I suspect my TDEE is a bit higher because I occasionally go over a few hundred calories without compensating and don't gain3
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SummerSkier wrote: »Here is the one from a thread on this maintenance forum. I can't find the subject again but it was on here with some other info.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7gGXXQIy4R4ejRRNkZHZHFDOW8/view
Thank you so much for the link. What a helpful spreadsheet.
I am down to the last 5 pounds and it seems like it is taking FOREVER!! I am 5'1 and started really working out and tracking my eating in March. I started at 124, am currently 115 and have a goal weight of 110. It is difficult being so petite because it seems like the weight comes off at a snails pace compared to the amount of effort it takes. I work a desk job so I am inactive for the most part of my day so that poses another challenge in itself. So happy to have found this thread.5 -
This is a really helpful topic! I'm 53 and 5'3" (ha!) and lose at about 1000-1200C calories during the week. I need to stay in this range over the weekend to maintain my progress. I think maintenance will be in this range during the week with a little room for extra calories over the weekend when we like to eat out.2
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I am 5'3", about 115, 38 years old with a desk job. I try to eat around 1500 a day however, at 110 pounds my stomach is flat and I have no butt (literally), but with heavy lifting and what not, I've put on a few pounds of muscle and now have a booty and fill out my jeans better. Unfortunately my stomach has a small pooch and there is a little "spillage" around the back (not sure what thats called). For me, its either eat more and have a butt, or eat less and have your jeans sag off you in the back.3
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ILoveGingerNut wrote: »Yes, being a shortie sucks, especially if you are no longer 20 and can't afford to hit the gym regularly. People who have 2000 cals a day are trolls and can keep their comments for themselves
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cwolfman13 wrote: »ILoveGingerNut wrote: »Yes, being a shortie sucks, especially if you are no longer 20 and can't afford to hit the gym regularly. People who have 2000 cals a day are trolls and can keep their comments for themselves
How are they trolls?
I was wondering this as well.
Granted I have another 40 lbs or so to lose, but I'm 5'1'' and maintain on about 2500.
I would be interested to see how maintenance cals have changed as people got to goal weight. I'm down almost 40 lbs and there doesn't seem to be a huge difference at this point, but maybe that will change?2 -
If memory serves, I believe mine were calculated at 1490 net at 135 lbs, 1400 net at 118 lb.
+ average of ~400 calories from exercise (mix of weight training, cycling, running, dancing).1 -
I think the troll thing was a joke. We all wish we could lose or maintain at 2k or more. Will try to join the petite group once I hit maintenance. Thanks for the link.2
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I'm still losing on 1500 calories a day, I still have around 22lb to lose. I'm 5'1.5" tall, I'll be 57 at the end of the month and I'll be dropping my calorie allowance by 10 calories a day. I've been losing well recently on around 1350 calories a day. I'm prepared for a maintenance level of around 1400-1500 calories a day. I'll wait and see what happens.
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TresaAswegan wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »ILoveGingerNut wrote: »Yes, being a shortie sucks, especially if you are no longer 20 and can't afford to hit the gym regularly. People who have 2000 cals a day are trolls and can keep their comments for themselves
How are they trolls?
I was wondering this as well.
Granted I have another 40 lbs or so to lose, but I'm 5'1'' and maintain on about 2500.
I would be interested to see how maintenance cals have changed as people got to goal weight. I'm down almost 40 lbs and there doesn't seem to be a huge difference at this point, but maybe that will change?
Yeah...my wife is 5'2"-5'3" and she maintains on average around 2200-2300. She has a muscular, athletic build and used to play rugby in college and soccer in highschool...she is an avid runner now and is currently training for a 1/2 marathon and she lifts heavy things...
When she's not actively training for a running event, it's a bit lower but still in the neighborhood of 2000 give or take...even when she's not training, she still runs a lot and hits it in the weight room. Her "happy weight" is a lean 125-130...
Some of her girl friends give her grief about being able to eat so much...but she earns every morsel...most of them don't see the work she puts in for her fitness...she's also busy chasing around two young boys (3 if you count me) all of the time...poor thing!7 -
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I am 5'1and a half. I was 5'2" but age has taken a toll. I am 65. I was in maintenance at around 1300 to 1400 calories a day. But I stopped maintenance and was eating anything that I wanted. Now I need to lose 18 pounds. MFP's suggestion of 1200 calories to lose weight is a joke for me. I need to stay close to 1000 calories in order to lose weight in any kind of timely manner. I tend to have some sedentary days but find myself busy many days. Right now I am walking for exercise. Does anyone else get frustrated when logging your walking speed and MFP says it is a leisurely walk and you have worked up a sweat and are walking fast?3
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@AgileK9 Not sure if you are asking about the spreadsheet ? In that I put the actual cals eaten per day. There is a way to export from MFP but I am not that smart...
I am eating between 1k and 1050 per day and not eating exercise back. My rate of loss to date has been an avg of 1.5 per week but I expect it to go more slowly the next month or so as I only have about 8 or 9 left to meet my planned goal. The TDEE cal says I can eat 1125 per day to lose at 1.5 per week so given all the margins of error (and with less calories they inflate quickly) I think that's about right. It says TDEE is about 1800-1900 but I am pretty active with jogging and horseback riding etc. I would probably gain weight if I ate back all my exercise calories allotted each day or just maintain. I am a REALLY good dieter. sadly. And honestly I don't ever remember ending a diet without a binge. So my focus this time is to research as much as I can about maintaining and keep an eye on the #s closely. Weighing all solids is really eye opening. Just comparing a cup of cereal to 21 oz shows the margins of error.3 -
SummerSkier wrote: »@AgileK9 Not sure if you are asking about the spreadsheet ? In that I put the actual cals eaten per day. There is a way to export from MFP but I am not that smart...
I am eating between 1k and 1050 per day and not eating exercise back. My rate of loss to date has been an avg of 1.5 per week but I expect it to go more slowly the next month or so as I only have about 8 or 9 left to meet my planned goal. The TDEE cal says I can eat 1125 per day to lose at 1.5 per week so given all the margins of error (and with less calories they inflate quickly) I think that's about right. It says TDEE is about 1800-1900 but I am pretty active with jogging and horseback riding etc. I would probably gain weight if I ate back all my exercise calories allotted each day or just maintain. I am a REALLY good dieter. sadly. And honestly I don't ever remember ending a diet without a binge. So my focus this time is to research as much as I can about maintaining and keep an eye on the #s closely. Weighing all solids is really eye opening. Just comparing a cup of cereal to 21 oz shows the margins of error.
Thanks! Yes I was wondering about the spreadsheet...sorry0 -
I'm 45 am 4'11 and weigh between 97-99 pounds on any given morning. I average 15,000 steps a day and seem to be maintaining at around 2000 calories which seems much higher than most others here.6
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Lillymoo01 wrote: »I'm 45 am 4'11 and weigh between 97-99 pounds on any given morning. I average 15,000 steps a day and seem to be maintaining at around 2000 calories which seems much higher than most others here.
Not too far off from me...on days where I run 5-6 miles at a harder pace or dance for 3-4 hours straight (mostly fast styles in a lead heavy venue) (either adding ~500 calories), I get ~14000ish steps. With net maintenance of ~1450-1500ish (this seems to largely match up with 1-wk buffered moving average of my weight compared with moving average of net calories over initial maintenance estimate), that brings me to close to 2000 calories on those days.
Unfortunately, I can't fit that much in on more than half of my days (have to fit in strength training several days; requires a lead heavy dance venue and a faster dance style; have to make time occasionally for adulting - ie food prep, laundry, dishes, groceries,..).
With additional dancing on run/weight training days and cycling to/between/from dance-only-day venues, it mostly balances out with the less active days above, though. My average exercise calories came out to ~400/day for the last few months. Usually a combination of a shorter run or weight training + dancing.
I'm still trying to lose some more weight (have met my initial goal, and with the weight training look better than I had previously at a slightly higher weight, but would definitely look better with a bit less weight), so not quite at maintenance yet. Currently at 115 lb (4'10").
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Has anyone tried to join The petite maintenance group using the link provided in this thread, and been added to the group? I have tried and have not been added. Maybe the group admin is on vacation?0
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maybe we could start our own group. I haven't tried to join because it is pretty specific that you have to be in maintenance and I am not quite there yet.0
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At my goal weight of 117, at 38, 62 inches, I would need to eat 2,400 calories a day to maintain my activity level. Now I work a very very non desk job, and my preferred workout is to pick up heavy things so that's where I get to eat. If I had to eat less than 1600 to maintain I'd be miserable.5
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Hi, all! I'll be 68 years old in a couple of months, 5'2.5" and maintain at 1850 - 2000 cals per day. I also get in 20K - 21K steps every day (includes 3 days at the gym, cardio & weights; close to 3 years in maintenance.7
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BadBitchIncorporated wrote: »Thank goodness I am not alone. I am 5'3 and struggling to lose 25-30 pounds. In order to lose weight, I have to eat a ridiculously low amount of calories - usually no more than 1200. This is with or without exercise, and I have to deal with a great deal of hunger. I can maintain if I stay below 1500, but losing weight has been extremely difficult. I constantly get advice to eat more calories because I am not eating enough, but I can't seem to make people understand that I cannot do that. Advice???
I'm 5'4 & I haven't lost for 2 months after my initial loss of 41lbs because I can't live on 1200 ca/day. I changed my rate of loss to 1/2 lb/wk so it gives me 1490/day, much better. What I did was upped my exercise. Been going to HIIT class 3 days/wk since June & have started loosing again5 -
@Evamutt:
I bet you are hungry at 5'4 and 1200 calories bc I'm 5'0 and I am hungry on 1200 unless I workout and eat some of those calories back. My rate of loss is set at 1/2 lb a week, 1200 cal and I have lost 24lbs doing that, it just took me longer, but that's okay.
I just started getting back into strength training and I know this will change my body composition/ burn off some fat and I'm looking forward to that! Already seeing results with more muscle definition etc1 -
I'm 5'1 maintaining 95lbs eating 1700-1800 calories a day. They have online calculators that are really helpful to see how your maintenance changes with activity.2
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lauren0930bush wrote: »I'm 5'1 maintaining 95lbs eating 1700-1800 calories a day. They have online calculators that are really helpful to see how your maintenance changes with activity.
May I ask how active you are?0 -
I am 5'1.5, 124 lbs and 53 yrs old. This thread really resonates with me. I was on MFP a couple of years ago and have just come back to it, ideally I would like to get to 105-110 lbs. I have found that I can only be 1200 calories /day to even lose very slowly. I too have a very tall husband (and two teenage boys), it seems like I can only eat a fraction of what they eat.
I am also using a Fitbit (usually over 10K per day) and exercise 7 days/week (circuit, step classes, pilates, walking, power yoga - so quite a variety of different exercise) - someone mentioned that they think Fitbit over inflates the calories which I tend to think also as there is no way I could eat the extra and maintain my weight. However, currently I am still trying to lose so really have to try and stick to 1200 which I am finding very difficult. Nice to know there are others with a similar experience, I look forward to joining the Petite group when I reach maintenance.
Cheers, Cat2 -
@thisisnewnow, I started losing at a similar point.
54, 5'1, 130lbs, with a goal of 102-107 lbs, revised to 100-105 after a year of maintenance.
My calories all the way through were 1200 for sedentary activity, but I ate back my exercise calories of about 200cals for an hour's exercise. (I have never step counted.).
It took a year to lose the weight and at some points, especially close to goal, it came off at a snails pace.
The down side of it all was my maintenance calories were 1200 too.
The up side, I was good at making 1200 go a long way.
I had learnt just moving more during the day could give me a couple of hundred more calories almost effortlessly.
That eating back my exercise calories, another 200 cals, was needed to have a healthy and sustainable maintenance where I could chose to take a break from exercise without having to drop my calories below 1200-1400.
I'm 64 now and have maintained my weight since that initial loss. Hang in there, it may be slow, but it is worth it.
Cheers, h.4 -
Thanks @middlehaitch it is great to hear such a similar story to mine. What I didn't say above was that I did go down to 100 Ibs 5 years ago, I was on 1200 calories/day, 12wbt diet (for those Australians who may know this 'lifestyle'). After reaching my goal I did go back up to 110 lbs and I was still quite happy with that. The problem was I really had to keep to 1200 calories which I found increasingly difficult to maintain. So slowly over a number of years I have crept up to 124 lbs again.
I feel I am doing quite well with the exercise and now logging in MFP to try and keep me honest. h I read your story and talking about wanting to keep active as we get older really inspired me to keep going. My husband and I have plans to do some travelling and trekking in the future so I certainly need to keep fit and healthy for that.
Cheers, Cat.
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I hit a plateau a few weeks ago...I upped my calories from 1200 to 1400...broke the plateau and I'm on 1300 atm. I am still losing 1lb per week and I am currently at 126.5lbs I love this thread2
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So refreshing to meet ladies like myself that have similar goals! I am 5'0, 46 yo. Met my goal weight of 105lbs about six months ago and had some medication changes and began gaining back, but honestly was slacking also.
Got up to 115 and I am currently 110, with 5 lbs to re-lose.
Never really gave maintenance a try, but this time around I would like to and then add more strength training to recomp bc Even though I was able to meet my goal weight, my body composition has changed over the years and I have a high percentage of body fat2 -
I'm 5'3" (36 years old) and bounce around between 120-125lb in maintenance. I eat 1650-1750 calories before exercise, closer to 1950-2000 when I walk for an hour or so. But I also find better success at higher calories with lifting 3 times a week.0
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