Any 1200 calorie petite girls?
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azaudreyprice wrote: »
As for the well intended "don't lose weight fast it's not healthy" suggestions, obviously yes...but if I knew how to drop weight fast, healthy or not I'd have done it already. Whatever I am doing is healthy enough because I'm not feeling bad, not worse but better, and I feel like I know my body best.
Like I said, this is a weight loss road trip for me, not a journey.
The journey was what got me here. I want this journey to end now.
It was the unhealthy over eating that got me here to begin with and it didn't kill me. I think a few months of cutting out the garbage food isn't at all unhealthy.
I mean, I smoked since I was 12. Stopped in 2013. Then vaped up until last year. I ate all kinds of fast food and downed sodas like it was water...THAT is unhealthy.
So dropping 2lbs a week while eating well, just smaller, and exercising...sorry, that's far, far less unhealthy than what I was doing so I'm going to stick with that until my body says not to.
I listen to my body. Sometimes it has to yell for me to just deal with it but I do listen.
Thr thing is, you're not too far outside of the healthy BMI range for your height now. That weight is not going to come off as quickly it has been because you have less room for a calorie deficit the smaller you get(smaller body needs fewer calories). Its not a matter of just "cutting out junk food" for a few months to get a high loss rate. For 2 lbs a week to occur, you have eat a 1000 calorie deficit per day. For someone of your current size, that's going to put you well below 1200 calories each day (and MFP will never give you a calorie goal below that, no matter what rate of loss you select. It's their default minimum, likely for legal reasons.) which is already a very small amount of calories for a person who isn't completely sedentary. That's what I meant by unhealthy deficit. You also can't really compare month 1 of losses with the rest of your weight loss experience, as month 1 can have a bigger dip due to water weight loss at the beginning.
The thing to keep in mind is...the "road trip" doesn't just end by hustling to the finish line and then you just back to "normal". You have to keep doing what you're doing to maintain that loss.
It's like you seem convinced that the only way to fix something unhealthy is by doing something else equally unhealthy (and there are piles of threads on MFP about the ramifications of undereating. Most of those people said they "felt great", too. ..until they didn't.). I'm just saying it doesn't have to be that way...not an all or nothing scenario. You can do this while also making your best health a consideration in all of this too. Every small step is going to be an improvement...its not like you're just an unhealthy weight until suddenly you reach 105.9 -
What people are telling you is that when your BMI gets close to normal loss gets harder and is slower. You can TRY for 2lbs a month until you purple in the face and drop dead from exercise but... it's not going to happen from now until July. Maybe for the first couple of weeks. Maybe even 6. For 42lbs worth ? No. Not even if you were obese and certainly not where you are.
That is what we're trying to warn you about. The closer you get to a normal BMI the slower the loss is, by nature. Your body doesn't let it go as easily, what it does let go of is not as consistently fat (you risk muscle and bone loss). It just does not work the way you want it to and no amount of 'cut the crap' and 'exercise hard' for 3 months is going to change that. It's not willpower, it's physics and biology and it doesn't care what you want.
It will, however,result in muscle loss and adaptation to your metabolism which will result in weight coming back easier.
Never mind your frustration level when it doesn't work the way you want.
And it's not going to work at the speed or way you want.
Because science.12 -
Heath first. You can loose 2lbs a week if you want too. Keeping it off is about realising your life has changed and you can't allow yourself to eat as a comfort because something that day has upset or even overwelmed you to the point where you think we'll why shouldn't I just eat a chocolate bar for instance. That chocolate bar won't solve a bad day. Best to be strong and feel better you didn't. The results in the long run will bring so much more good feeling than that second of just thinking why not. It's a battle but one that is worth winning. Stay strong and don't give up. xxx2
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This puzzles me. I'm 51, 5'4 and, OK, my bmi is 25 but maintenance calories are 1800 at lightly active for me - currently working on losing half a pound a week and it's a rare day that I'm constrained to just 1530kcal.
I can understand much shorter women struggling a little with mfp's 1200 limit but for women around my height it surely shouldn't be too difficult unless you're already at the lower end of a healthy bmi - at which point, if you're healthy, you should be looking to exercise more than a restrictive diet if you want to make your shape more aesthetically pleasing.4 -
azaudreyprice wrote: »Almond milk, mixed fruit, slimfast, ice is what I'm introducing as a lunch type meal.
Also IF 8:16, my biggest meal first, most cals.
My daily routine I can easily live with:
Glass of water first thing, with 2 gummies multivitamins
Walk 2.5 miles
First meal is the biggest, highest cals. Instead of breakfast, lunch, dinner, I go with OMAD ...one big meal
Use those cals through the day
If I'm hungry, either high protein light lunch or smoothie
Last Chance Before Fast light snack meal, sandwich, soup, etc.
I updated my daily cals to 1450-1500 as that seemed to be a decent deficit average
Fast 16 begins, walk 2.5 miles
Drink water all day
This is generally keeping with my typical day to day but now with attention to portion size and cutting between meal snacks. Instead, it's doing healthy snackin for either of the last two.
My problem was loading up a plate. If I make anything larger then it'll be light snack or next day's big meal.
I think that will drop 1-2lbs a week.
Maybe when the plateau hits I'll do a fast food meal and soft drink...then add more miles for those calories.
Ice is not food.5 -
I am 5"1' and 51. I weighed 170lbs at the start of December 2020. I dieted on around 1600 going down to 1400 calories for 10 weeks and lost 10lbs. I then did a diet break/reverse diet for 5 weeks and brought my calories up to 2100. My weight stayed constant for the first 3 weeks then went up to 161.5lbs. I had intended to bring my calories up a bit higher but I didn't like seeing the increase on the scales, especially since I still have a lot of weight to lose.
This week is the 2nd week of my new diet and I am 160lbs again and averaging 2000 calories a day. I intend to stay at this amount of calories for another 4 weeks then I will have a 2 week break at 2200-2300 calories.
I got the inspiration to do this after finding out that other short women have slowly increased their calories and been able to lose weight at a more comfortable calorie intake.4 -
Im looking for other petite gals that have a daily calorie goal of 1200! Lets support each other in our really tricky quest of getting a nutrient dense intake on such a small margin.
And before you come at me with pitchforks, heres my stats:
36 yr old mama
Height: 5ft 0 inches, petite frame
Current weight: 131
Goal weight: 110
We are almost the same look. I am same age, 5 1 and 128. My goal is 115 but id love to be 110.1 -
Yes! I’m similar petite 36 year old mom of a 12 y.o boy
5’0
125 lbs
Goal: 115 and
healthy mentally and physically10 -
This is an interesting thread...I'm glad @zilipah revived it.
First off, @zilipah you look amazing! I can't believe you still have 10lbs to go.
My experience seems slightly different from the rest of you.
I will be considered petite once I reach my goal weight of 57 kg (BMI 23.7)
Height: 155cm (just under 5'1")
Age: 56
Current weight: 84kg (BMI 35.0)
My BMR is currently 1,373 and my TDEE is 2,293 (167% of BMR). I've been eating a calorie restricted diet (averages 1,400 cals/day) for the past 12 weeks. In that time I've lost 12kg (average of 2.2lbs per week).
According to the scooby calculator, I need to be doing '5-6 hours/week of strenuous cardio' to achieve this TDEE. In reality, I walk the dog at a 3.2mph pace for 90 minutes a day, and I potter in the garden for a couple of hours a week (a bit of weeding here, the odd spot of digging there. Nothing major). Maybe once a week I'll go for a 30 minute cycle ride at a slow 12mph pace.
So sometimes the calculators can get it wrong.
If (it's a big 'if') my TDEE remains at 167% of BMR, once I reach goal my BMR should be around 1,100 and my maintenance TDEE should be around 1,837.
If my calorie burn from NEAT/EAT drops sharply (say, by 50%) to lower my TDEE to 133% of BMR, I should be able to maintain on 1,463 calories/day. That's roughly what I'm eating at the moment, and I consider that sufficient calories for me to sustain long term.
Though, of course, I'd prefer to maintain on 1,837 than 1,463.
I can't understand why you much younger women have such a low TDEE - are you very sedentary? If so, could you consider ways to increase your calorie burn from NEAT/EAT so that you can allow yourselves a higher calorie budget?
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I am 69 and 5.3 and weighed 167. Eating 1200 to 1400 per day. Moderste exercise. I have been stuck at 167 give or take for a year. I just switched to paleo and in 2 days i lost 2 pounds. 165 now. I hope its a sign of change.2
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Bella_Figura wrote: »This is an interesting thread...I'm glad @zilipah revived it.
First off, @zilipah you look amazing! I can't believe you still have 10lbs to go.
My experience seems slightly different from the rest of you.
I will be considered petite once I reach my goal weight of 57 kg (BMI 23.7)
Height: 155cm (just under 5'1")
Age: 56
Current weight: 84kg (BMI 35.0)
My BMR is currently 1,373 and my TDEE is 2,293 (167% of BMR). I've been eating a calorie restricted diet (averages 1,400 cals/day) for the past 12 weeks. In that time I've lost 12kg (average of 2.2lbs per week).
According to the scooby calculator, I need to be doing '5-6 hours/week of strenuous cardio' to achieve this TDEE. In reality, I walk the dog at a 3.2mph pace for 90 minutes a day, and I potter in the garden for a couple of hours a week (a bit of weeding here, the odd spot of digging there. Nothing major). Maybe once a week I'll go for a 30 minute cycle ride at a slow 12mph pace.
So sometimes the calculators can get it wrong.
If (it's a big 'if') my TDEE remains at 167% of BMR, once I reach goal my BMR should be around 1,100 and my maintenance TDEE should be around 1,837.
If my calorie burn from NEAT/EAT drops sharply (say, by 50%) to lower my TDEE to 133% of BMR, I should be able to maintain on 1,463 calories/day. That's roughly what I'm eating at the moment, and I consider that sufficient calories for me to sustain long term.
Though, of course, I'd prefer to maintain on 1,837 than 1,463.
I can't understand why you much younger women have such a low TDEE - are you very sedentary? If so, could you consider ways to increase your calorie burn from NEAT/EAT so that you can allow yourselves a higher calorie budget?
I don't know how big an if that is, actually. Nothing is a sure thing, certainly, but my NEAT has gone steadily UP with weight loss. I know, I know, it takes fewer calories to maintain a smaller body.
The thing is, in spite of being relatively active lifestyle wise (dog sports, dog training, just owning the high energy dogs), as weight came off I felt better in various ways - knees didn't hurt, breathing was easier, I sleep at night and wake up rested, etc. So, I move more in general. More inclined to bounce up the stairs than trudge, I don't put off trips up them so I do them more, etc.
I've done maintenance breaks every 5lbs for just shy of 50lbs worth of loss and my maintenance calories have gone UP to stop loss during a few of those. not the early loss no, but the last few I did *added* about 300 calories a day.
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Bella_Figura wrote: »This is an interesting thread...I'm glad @zilipah revived it.
First off, @zilipah you look amazing! I can't believe you still have 10lbs to go.
My experience seems slightly different from the rest of you.
I will be considered petite once I reach my goal weight of 57 kg (BMI 23.7)
Height: 155cm (just under 5'1")
Age: 56
Current weight: 84kg (BMI 35.0)
My BMR is currently 1,373 and my TDEE is 2,293 (167% of BMR). I've been eating a calorie restricted diet (averages 1,400 cals/day) for the past 12 weeks. In that time I've lost 12kg (average of 2.2lbs per week).
According to the scooby calculator, I need to be doing '5-6 hours/week of strenuous cardio' to achieve this TDEE. In reality, I walk the dog at a 3.2mph pace for 90 minutes a day, and I potter in the garden for a couple of hours a week (a bit of weeding here, the odd spot of digging there. Nothing major). Maybe once a week I'll go for a 30 minute cycle ride at a slow 12mph pace.
So sometimes the calculators can get it wrong.
If (it's a big 'if') my TDEE remains at 167% of BMR, once I reach goal my BMR should be around 1,100 and my maintenance TDEE should be around 1,837.
If my calorie burn from NEAT/EAT drops sharply (say, by 50%) to lower my TDEE to 133% of BMR, I should be able to maintain on 1,463 calories/day. That's roughly what I'm eating at the moment, and I consider that sufficient calories for me to sustain long term.
Though, of course, I'd prefer to maintain on 1,837 than 1,463.
I can't understand why you much younger women have such a low TDEE - are you very sedentary? If so, could you consider ways to increase your calorie burn from NEAT/EAT so that you can allow yourselves a higher calorie budget?
Trust me, we wish for a higher TDEE! I maintain at around 1450 with about 8,000 steps a day. I used to be able to get 12,000-15,000 steps on a few days from doing long hikes and things but I have a back injury now and can’t do that. On those days, I would maintain around 1750 but that amount of activity wasn’t realistic for me on a daily basis.
When I had COVID and was quarantined at home I was more sedentary although still busy at home doing chores and things and maintained at around 1250. I’m 38, 5’0” and those stats are when I was 140 lbs. I’m pregnant now so not eating in a deficit. I have no thyroid condition or any health issues. My body is just efficient at maintaining on a low amount. That’s why it has been hard to lose the weight. I was typically hungry all the time even at maintenance and never had the calories in a day to ever indulge in what I really wanted.2 -
I love this thread!!!!!!!!
I am 5'2" and 53 yo. At the moment, I weigh 152.4. MFP has given my a calorie budget of 1320. I have lost about 9 pounds since March 27th.
At first I was eating about 1400 calories, maybe more maybe less, each day. But as I picked up the intensity of my workouts and built muscle, it became too hard to eat that little. Right now I am eating about 1650 average calories each day. I am both loosing weight and building muscle.
My goals are to age gracefully and get fit/trim. I don't care if my hair turns grey or my face ages. That's all normal part of aging that I can't control. I can control my weight.
To all the women who feel stuck at 1200 calories, remember to keep active and build muscle. Strong muscles burn calories and increase your Total Daily Energy Expenditure (aka TDEE). For us short women (petite), all the little tips and tricks make a difference.
xoxo4 -
I'm at 1200 calories too, not eating exercise calories. At first, it was a bit challenging, but now that I've figured out what works for me, it sometimes feels like an awful lot of food! ♡♡♡ Finding more bang for the buck foods!1
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@IncredibleShrinkingGirl thank you!0
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Thank you @Bella_Figura I’m new year and still trying to figure this community part out.0
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I'm 5'1.5 and 132-135 pounds. I'm not wanting to lose any more weight, but I'm struggling to go over 1200 since I had to cut out gluten and alcoholic drinks!0
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Hello. I'm 58 YO. I'm 5'1" I'm not worried about going below 1200 cal per day for short term. I know I can increase calories once I get to my goal and want to maintain. I cut out all junk food. I eat healthy fat (nuts & seeds), low fat/non fat dairy and veggies. I am slowly losing but at least it is steady.0
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Hmm. I am 5'0" and 127 lbs. I'm quite active and MFP has my calorie budget at 1600!
I used to weigh 250 lbs and it did take me years to lose weight. It's basically at a crawl now (my goal is 115) but I found that I'm far more successful in the long-run if I don't cut calories too much. If I go too low, then I tend to regain if I dare go up in calories, even for a brief time.4 -
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