5'2" - 5'3" ladies. Starting weight, daily cals & goal?

I'm 35 (will be 36 in a month) and am 5'2". I am currently at 126.8 with a goal of 118 (or really to have some defined abs and look good naked). Highest weight was 134 but that was a couple of years ago. Currently, I am not sure that I will be able to get to 118 without impacting my muscle mass. I am an endurance athlete (swimmer, cyclist, and runner) and I have worked super hard to get a athletic body type with defined muscles and I don't want to lose that just to say I weigh a certain amount. I have recently started taking measurements so as long as those are decreasing, my weight can be whatever it ends up being.

5'3" here ... starting weight (my highest weight.. thanks college!) was 140. my current weight is 127. goal weight is 120 (i'll re-analyze when I get there if I want to go any lower to lean out).

I'm 5' 2 1/4". My starting weight was 130#. My goal is 115, after that I may reevaluate and go a bit lower. Currently, I'm at 120#. My daily calories allowed is 1200.

I do pretty well staying just around 1200. Some days it's hard. I have a difficult time getting my exercising in. This cold weather and getting dark earlier makes me feel blah. I am trying to get better at it though.

I am pear shaped. I love my chest and butt (unfortunately I think that's where I've lost my weight). My thighs and my tummy fat are what I was wanting to lose, but I know I can't be control where it comes from.

I'm glad you started this thread. It's encouraging to see how others my height are doing.
Good luck everyone and great job on how far you've come so far.

Hey there! I'm 5'3 and am currently 130 pounds. My highest weight was 159 pounds in 2008. I lost about 25 pound in 18 months, but then got stuck at 135 lbs for another 18th months. I joined fitness pal about 3 months ago and have been able to lose another 5 pounds. My calories are set at 1200. Sometimes I go over, but I try not go over the equivalent of my maintanence calories which is 1560. I bumped out my workouts from once a day to twice a day - I run, bike, do Jillian Michael's workouts, and yoga.

My goal right now is 124 pounds, but I will reassess when I get there. I want to have a flat belly and I don't think that's gonna happen at 124.

I pretty much fight every pound like its a battle. Right now I'm fighting my way to 129.

I'm 5'2
Starting weight : 135lb
First Goal: 120
Second Goal: 110

My daily allowance is 1200 but I usually eat about 1300. Try not to eat back exercise calories because when I did it stalled my weight loss.

Hi There,
I'm 5'3
currently 112.4lb
I am strict with my food and regular with my exercise.
If I have a 'big' food day, I cut back the following day.
It seems to work for me!

I'm 5'2
I'm 154 24% BF
NO goal weight, just goal BF of 19%

I eat between 1700-2100 cals per day (Average net 1500)

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Anywhere from 110 - 140 is an ideal weight for your height. Looking at these posts, I'd HIGHLY recommend not trying to get below 110. 105 is the ABSOLUTE lowest you should go to stay in a healthy BMI range, but you'd be right on the edge of healthy and unhealthy.

Unfortunately society is pointing women towards flat stomachs, no body fat, and well below the average BMI body weights. So my suggestion...listen to your body and aim for the weight that feels comfortable to you! I find it discouraging that women are setting their goal weights SO low and encouraging it on message boards. We all want to be thin and beautiful, but encouraging other women of your stature to follow you into unhealthy BMIs isn't cool. Especially on MFP. (I'm not referring to every response here, but I have noticed lately that some women on this site's goal weights are worryingly low!).

Another thing...a women who weights 140 and is solid muscle is MUCH healthier than a women who weighs 110 and is skin and bone (and probably looks a whole lot better too!) So don't aim for low weights women, aim for healthy lifestyles!