Petite people Calories

Fivefootcaloriecounter · September 2018

How many calories are you having to generally loose weight ?

Panini911 · September 2018

I'm short, i just use MFP to set up what i need to loose. how much exercise will be a big factor on how much you can eat (eating back exercise calories)

For significant loss per week i was at 1300-1350. I'm trying 1400 now and slowly finding maintenance (curious what my maintenance is)

Candyspun · September 2018

I’ve been given 1,200 calories.

kami3006 · September 2018

This can vary widely due to a person's daily activity level. There are some lovely petite ladies here who maintain on 2000+ calories.

estherdragonbat · September 2018

1360 before exercise. Usually around 1700 after (I take long walks and strength train).

RelCanonical · September 2018

I'm 5'1'', sedentary, currently 173lbs. (working to lose about 60 more). I eat 1,340 per day to lose a pound a week. Will switch to 1/2 a week around the 140's (this isn't my first rodeo).

firef1y72 · September 2018

I'm 5'2" 150lb and am maintaining on 2500-3000 Calories. But I am unusually active, and can easily burn 1900 Calories on a long run Sunday and even more on a day when I do a short run, have pt and do 3 45 min high intensity classes.
I can lose a very significant amount of weight eating 2000Calories a day.

workinonit1956 · September 2018

I’m older, female and short (62, 5’2.5”) and am losing on 1400 plus exercise calories.

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deputy_randolph · September 2018

5'3, 136, 38 and losing at 2000 calories.

I have a very active job and compete/train in powerlifting. No one size fits all calorie recommendation. I use the MFP recommendation; I've found that I can actually overeat by 50-100 calories. There is some trial and error involved...

St3phy86 · September 2018

I’m 51 currently 122lbs I have no clue on how much I should eat. I go gym 5/6 times a week. MFP said I should 1200 but I’m soooo hungry on that.

apullum · September 2018

I am slightly under 5 feet tall and I lost 100 pounds on 1200 calories plus exercise. I now maintain at 110-115 on 1400 plus exercise.

The “plus exercise” part is very important because the answer to your question is going to vary according to activity level.

St3phy86 wrote: »

I’m 51 currently 122lbs I have no clue on how much I should eat. I go gym 5/6 times a week. MFP said I should 1200 but I’m soooo hungry on that.

What is your goal weight? Are you eating back exercise calories? If not, then start eating back at least half of your estimated exercise calorie burn. My guess is that you don’t have a lot of weight to lose given your stats, so your baseline of 1200 is probably not unreasonable, but you are definitely going to feel bad if you’re doing substantial exercise and not eating back your exercise calories. Weight loss with a relatively small amount to lose is going to be a slow process, so you have to be patient with it and not give in to the temptation to undereat.

WinoGelato · September 2018

Being petite doesn’t automatically mean you must eat the bare minimum to lose.

First - choose an appropriate goal. If you have 20-50 lbs to lose, choose 1 lb /week. If you have less - choose 0.5 lb/week.

Second - consider your full activity level. I am 5’2 and have a desk job but I average 12k-15k steps/day. That’s not Sedentary.

Third - when you do purposeful exercise above and beyond your day to day activity level - log and eat back at least a portion of those calories.

Fourth - you can actually work to increase your NEAT and therefore your TDEE, making it possible to eat more and continue to lose. There’s a thread here with lots of good tips on little things you can do to increase your daily activity that don’t require hours in the gym.

And to answer the first question - I’m 5’2 and lost ~ 35 lbs eating between 1600-1900 cals/day. My TDEE is around 2100-2200 right now. I’ve maintained my loss for over 3 years continuing to eat around that level as supported by my FitBit.

DarianJP · September 2018

I'm 24, 5'4'' and weigh between 112-116, I can lose 1/2 a pound a week eating about 1400-1500 and usually maintain at 1700 calories or more depending on how active I've been. I use to ride my stationary bike 3-5 days a week but now I'm getting most of my exercise through walking. My job is very labor intensive, I work at a public park/sports complex, so I may walk anywhere between 15000-20000 steps a day, 5 days a week.

nchadwicksmith180 · September 2018

I’m 4’11, 46.4kg 102.2lbs) and barely lose on even 1,200kcals and homeworkouts/marathon training... I’m so a bulimic whoch doesn’t helo thing, but my UGW is 45kg and I would love to be that before I start my MSc in October

Ssssss666666 · September 2018

I'm just a smidgen under 5ft weigh 103lbs and maintain weight at 1200 although I can go slightly above that on occasion.

kemoon0915 · September 2018

I'm 4'8" and I find 1000-1100 works well for me

elsie6hickman · September 2018

I'm 63 years old, 5'3' and I am losing 2lbs a week on 1200 calories. Most of the time, my exercise is 30-45 minutes of moderate walking.

peggym4640 · September 2018

I'm 51, 5'2" and received 1200 cals initially as well. I dropped my weight loss per week so I could get in 1350 and then add exercise calories on top of that. This has been manageable and I currently weigh 148 with a goal of somewhere in the 120s.

greyparks206 · September 2018

I’m 5’1”, 154 pounds (down from 200), and 33. I am averaging a bit over 1 pound per week loss currently. Most days I eat around 1,600 calories, depending on my appetite and activity level.

I know you “can’t out exercise a bad diet”, but, for me, exercise is critical to my success. If I didn’t work out, I’d be losing less than half a pound per week and eating only 1200 calories per day. That’s just not sustainable for me. By making exercise (6 days per week, alternating light strength training with cardio/running, plus daily yoga), I can fit desert and/or a glass of wine or a couple of light beers into almost every day. And I don’t feel like I’m on a “diet”. Win/win!

LJay89 · September 2018

Stupidly low amounts

dangerousdashie · September 2018

Almost 5’1. I’m 80 lbs lean mass (that’s not my weight) so very small framed. According to the macro calculators I had to eat between 926-1086 calories before exercise to lose weight and that worked for me. I ate back 73-80% of exercise calories. So I ended up eating between 1000-1350 calories most days. Lost 12 lbs and went from 29% bf to about 20% in 5 months.

Now I’m trying to find my maintenance calories. According to the macro calculators it’s somewhere around 1250 before exercise. Wish it was higher! We’ll see.

kcarey081013 · September 2018

5"5 I'm like 128 I think. I'm trying to put weight back on. I want to be 160. So if anyone has any ideas

middlehaitch · September 2018

kcarey081013 wrote: »

5"5 I'm like 128 I think. I'm trying to put weight back on. I want to be 160. So if anyone has any ideas

Set MFP up to eat at a 0.5lbs a week gain and start lifting so your gain isn't all fat.

Eat back your exercise calories.

Eat the foods you like, just in bigger portions.

Cheers, h.
If you start your own post you will get better feed back than you will get in this thread which is focused on petite women and their calorie intake.

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