5'6" girls...what is your caloric goal?

I am 5'5" and my goal is 120. My highest weight was in the 170s, and I am currently in the low 140s.

My calorie goal is 1200 calories a day.

I'm 5'6" and at my last weigh in I was 189.8. My daily calories are set at 1750. Am pretty active and try to get in at least 5 days of exercise.

Remember that your weight does fluctuate from one day to another due to various factors, such as TOM as well as how much sodium is in the foods you've eaten. Also if you are exercising you should try drinking more then the required 8 cups of water per day.

I'm 5'6 and I always strive for about 1500 calories. I'm very active, on my feet all day with 3 little kids and workout very intense 6 days a week. MFP has me at 1680 BEFORE working out, and then usually allows me about 2200 after my workout but I've always stayed around 1500-1600 and lost weight successfully (1-2 pds a week). I've lost 60 pound and am now maintaining although I'd like to lose 10 more. My current stats are 5'6, 147 pounds.

Heya, I'm pretty much exactly the same as you except I'm 5'7" and around 161lb... I eat about 1300kcal per day and would probably class myself as lightly active (I do a lot of brisk walking and also am doing the 30DS every day starting today)

I should probably mention that I don't put either the walking or the 30DS on my exercise diary but instead write it on the notes as a reminder to myself that I have done it, this is because I am in the 'lightly active' category so I think if I did log it all I would have to put myself as sedentary or I would end up eating too many calories.

Hey! I am 5'6", roughly 145 pounds ( I don't weight myself often) and I wear size 4-6 jeans depending on the store. Although I have been pretty bad with it recently, I try to workout 4-5 days a week doing various things like running, Zumba, 6 week 6 pack, etc. I find that when I eat 1600 calories a day, I can lose 1-1.5 pounds a week. Since I am getting closer to my goal figure (a solid size 4), it's getting harder to shed the last of this weight.
I should probably tell you that I started at 165 wearing a size 8-10 and it has taken me about 6 months to get to where I am but I feel like the slower I do this the better because it means I am actually changing my lifestyle.

Hope that helps! Feel free to friend me if you'd like to see what I eat, how I workout.

Good luck!!!

I'm 5'6 but have about 40 lbs more than you to lose, so I have my calories set at 1350. Finding a good balance can be tough, when you just want to find the exact science of "MY body burns this many a day while resting - so I need to burn XX calories in exercise to lose". Everyone's body is different, which makes it frustrating to rely on a computer doing math!

I am a daily weigher too, just out of habit. It definitely fluctuates a few lbs day-to-day. It's all depends on what you eat over the past few days, what exercise you do, and how your body processes it. I still only record my weight on my one designated weigh-in day though.

Good luck!!

I'm 5'6" + and currently weigh 138-140 (holding steady - not losing darn it!)....I currently do 1500 on the days I workout - started insanity last week cutting my runs out all together....will be running 3 days each week for the next two weeks - will most likely up calories to 1800 on run/insanity days. I was doing 1200 and running 4x/week with core 2x/week and push pull 2-3x/week and seriously haven't lost any weight since June. My body fat % has gone down with some body recomp but same size clothes and same # on the scale.....upped calories recently to tone/build muscle and cut more fat......lol, hopefully it works!

I'm 5'6" goal weight is between 115-120, right now my weight fluctuates between 121-123. I eat 1200cal a day and workout 6 days a week. I do lots of cardio and follow the workouts on Bodyrock.tv. Good luck!

Right weight, but fighting my way down from obesity--now in the overweight category at 178. I aim at 1200 calories per day, give or take 200. I generally eat filling foods, no empty calories. So I'm not hungry.

I have a new goal of burning over 1000 calories per day.

I am past my time of life, so my body weight does not fluctuate the way it did when I had a menstrual cycle. In those days, I could vary by 5 lbs within the month just because of water retention.

Now, my major struggle is adapting to the reduced calorie needs of a senior. You have to plan for that change, when it comes, so that you are not faced by a sudden weight gain. At least that is my advice, given with the benefit of hindsight.

I am 5'7, weigh 169 with a goal weight of 150. Trying to lose 1 to 2lbs per week. My calorie goal each day is 1,200 before exercise..but I have a hard time getting over 1,000. I am struggling with eating all my calories. I eat pretty much all day, just really healthy foods. As for exercise, I am doing the 30 day shred, I'm on day 11. I also am a server, so I am very active at work. I try to go on hour walks in the morning, but lately the weather has not been in my favor for it.

Height: 5'6
Current weight: 191
Goal Weight: 145
Activity: lightly active (currently doing the C25K program every other day)
Goal: 1 lb per week
Calories: currently set at 1520 but I haven't figured out which setting works best for me yet so I fluctuate between 1300 & 1520.
Water: minimum 80 oz's per day. Since I've upped my water intake, I've noticed my weight has started to come off a little more easily than before when water wasn't a priority.

I'm 5'6". SW: 327.6; CW: 251.0; GW: 170.0; UGW: 154.0 (to be out of the 'overweight' BMI for my structure).
Activity: sedentary all day at work
Workouts: 7 days a week; 45+ mins. per session; avg. cals burned: 400
Goal: 1.5 lbs. / week
Calories on MFP: 1600
Water: 10 glasses per day (at least!)

I have recently stopped eating back my exercise calories to see if that will work better for me. I want to use the fuel of my stored fat versus eating for excess fuel to do workouts. We'll see how it goes!

im about 5'5 - weight - 137-139 depending on the day. MFP has me at 1200 calories, I work out at least 6 days a week, but tend not to eat most of the work out calories. (maybe just a few here and there)
I am nervous to up my calories to help the weight loss .. but hear that it might be just what I need... Any sugestions on upping the calories? And if so, How much would you increas it by?

My goal weight is 130-
Water intake - 8-10 glasses a day
Most of my work outs are Rushfit, P90x or insanity

I am 5'5 and I currently weigh 161lbs. My goal weight is 135lbs. My daily calories are 1200 without exercise, but I do some form of cardio 4-5 days a week. I'm really bad about actually tracking my water intake, but I pretty much drink water consistently the entire day (except the occasional glass of wine, lol). I weigh myself a couple times a week and it seems to always move around also. I just really pay attention on my weigh in days.

FINALLY a forum post for us 5'6" girls! I can never find them

Anyway, my SW was 208 and my GW is 150 for now. I am currently 155. I had my calories at 1200 for the longest time, switched to 1300 in September, then to 1400. I'm haven't really been losing for the last 3 weeks or so but since I started pilates this week I think I am retaining water/earning muscle but losing inches so I'm okay with that (I think... haha) but I also think I should be eating more so it's not so much of a shock when I go into maintence mode. I let mfp choose my settings at losing .5 pounds a week and it put me at 1590. I like this number bc on days where I know I'll eat more (weekends!) I'll be covered but I can also zig zag and go back down to 1200 or 1300 on rest days.

My goal weight is 150 but I know I'll want to go lower so I'm thinking my ultimate goal weight will be 140 so I can always maintain between 140 and 145. I try to watch my sugars and sodiums the most too.