Short girls! How many calories do you eat to lose and mai rain

Because you’re within the optimal BMI range for your height, I would recommend starting recomp, which will help give you the appearance you’re describing.

What you’re describing is likely normal water weight fluctuation.

jme260 wrote: »

RelCanonical wrote: »

It is normal to gain a little when you switch to maintenance. It's generally water weight from added salt and carbohydrates, just from the fact that you're eating more of it. I've experienced it with diet breaks. It generally flushes out, but you'll always have some fluctuation. From threads I've read from people in maintenance, it's good to have a weight range that you're in of +-2 or so pounds rather than a set weight, as fluctuations will still happen, and it's not really necessary to keep adjusting for those fluctuations. You want to watch trends, so keep weighing and make sure that doesn't trend up or down.

I'm 5'1'' and still losing. When I calculate my goal weight and activity levels (I'm pretty sedentary) my maintenance calories at goal would be about 1,500.

Thanks! I really wish we could eat more calories!

Increasing your muscle mass and exercising on a regular can increase your TDEE and allow you to eat more. I'm not at all an expert on that, but there are plenty of threads on here about techniques like re-comps to help. I'm not a big exerciser so I just accept less calories, lol.

queenoscots wrote: »

I'm just a hair under 5' tall, and 58 years old. I've lost 140 lbs in 17 months by sticking to 1100 --1200 calories per day. Any more than that, and I did not lose, even with regular exercise. I hope to eat 1300 or 1400 calories per day when I hit maintenance, which I hope to be in another 25 lbs. Things have really slowed down in the last few months, though, snd though I've been told that's normal, it's discouraging.

The last 20 or so pounds for us short girls is tortuously slow. I make myself feel better by reminding myself that a 1/2 pound on my frame is more significant than someone who is six inches taller, so less loss is fine lol. The last time I lost (I definitely regained) I was super happy to lose 2lbs. a month in those last 20 pounds.

I'm 5'1" and very active. I currently weigh 117 pounds and am working on a few more vanity pounds. I lose on around 1700-1800 calories a day.

GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »

I'm 5'1" and very active. I currently weigh 117 pounds and am working on a few more vanity pounds. I lose on around 1700-1800 calories a day.

It's a sad day when that is my maintenance calories at 5'4" and 143 lbs aiming to get to 125lbs. MFP claims my maintenance will be 1620 calories

On another note, what do you do that classifies you as 'really active'? Is it a lot of cardio?

queenoscots wrote: »

I'm just a hair under 5' tall, and 58 years old. I've lost 140 lbs in 17 months by sticking to 1100 --1200 calories per day. Any more than that, and I did not lose, even with regular exercise. I hope to eat 1300 or 1400 calories per day when I hit maintenance, which I hope to be in another 25 lbs. Things have really slowed down in the last few months, though, snd though I've been told that's normal, it's discouraging.

Ugh, I find this so depressing. 5'2", mid 40's and I've been eating 1200-1300 calories and the scale hasn't budged. I'm finding 1200 calories challenging. I sure hope I don't have to go down to 1100 to see any movement.
Huge congrats on your loss! Incredible to lose that much in 17 months!

I’m 5’0, weigh around 122 right now. My GW is around 112. I’ve been working out for 2 months now, 3-4 days a week doing between 30-50 minutes of cardio and I eat between 1200-1400 calories a day. I haven’t noticed ANYYY changes on my body. Feeling extremely discouraged and wanting to give up. I hate being short because the fat is compressed lol, if I was a couple inches taller, it would all even out.

jme260 wrote: »

GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »

I'm 5'1" and very active. I currently weigh 117 pounds and am working on a few more vanity pounds. I lose on around 1700-1800 calories a day.

That’s great! I’m hoping to build enough muscle to do this as well!

While I have a lot of genetic muscle mass (quads and hammies) and do lift weights, I have a lot of nervous energy and am one of those "can't sit still" types. That's why I burn a lot of calories during the day and have such a high TDEE. My maintenance calories are around 2200.

I'm 5ft, age 37, 108lbs w/ 18% bodyfat according to my scale (was 106 w/ 20% bodyfat prior to this). I was 122lbs with a bodyfat mass of 33% in August 2018 when I took the gym's free InBody Test offer as a new member.

I'm aiming for 105lbs but I'm pretty satisfied where I'm at. My daily calories on MFP is 1470 and Very Active (1hr treadmill runs when not biking to work during lunch break, bike commute 20-24mi/day to work 5days/week somewhat casual pace 10mph-14mph, sometimes 30-60mi on a weekend. Also lifting weights every other day.)

Prior to losing weight I was already doing a lot of bike activity, same as mentioned minus access to the gym's treadmill and weights, but I wasn't eating proportionally to my size and mindlessly snacked and drank a beer often when I didn't track anything I ate. I was noticing I was moving slower and I easily was losing my breath on climbs on my hilly weekend rides. Not the case anymore now.