5'6 females

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  • jacquiroxx
    jacquiroxx Posts: 68 Member
    Mine's set at 1270. I'm 5'5" and weigh 141.8 and work out everyday. I always eat my exercise calories back :)

    ETA: I have it set to lose 1.5 pounds a week.
  • HolsDoinIt
    HolsDoinIt Posts: 327 Member
    Mine is @ 2200 (cause of my weight) activity level set at sedentary (I sit at work for 12 hours a day) to lose 2lbs a week.
  • patricac
    patricac Posts: 255 Member
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  • TONYAGOOCH
    TONYAGOOCH Posts: 470 Member
    I'm 38 yrs old 5'6" and 171lbs. I have my MFP set for 1lb a week but put in that I am sedentary (I hav a desk job) and didn't add that I do any exercise because I don't want those calories already accounted for. MFP put my calories at 1340. Then when I workout my added calories are accurate and I knw what I should be eating. I just changed it to this by the way. Gonna see how it works out.
  • mattiematilda
    mattiematilda Posts: 5
    Mine is at 1200. I think the lower your weight is, the lower the calorie goal. I weigh 135 lbs. I think the calorie goal won't go below 1200 because that's the lowest amount anyone should consume each day. I'm curious about something else... Since you guys are 5'6" like me, what is your goal weight? Mine is 120. I'm just curious to know what other people are aiming for??
  • fypspirit
    fypspirit Posts: 109 Member
    Mine is at 1230
  • SchollinJ
    SchollinJ Posts: 22
    1200, and I weigh 148, goal of 137 :) lose on avg. 2 lbs per week
  • cf0506
    cf0506 Posts: 17 Member
    1500 per day and trying to lose 20#. I've been at this a month and am down 6 pounds. I currently weigh 169.
  • Skeebee
    Skeebee Posts: 740 Member
    1623. Got this from metabolic testing I did a while back.
  • twoscimitars
    twoscimitars Posts: 272 Member
    1500, sedentary, 279 pounds. gw: 150. That's for 2 pounds a week. 1500 is kind of low, but as long as I stay within the 1500 - 1700 range, I feel ok, and it's still good enough to lose weight.
  • Jessicapages1
    Jessicapages1 Posts: 114 Member
    I have mine set at 1540 with 40,40,20 I am 155 and want to get down to 135-140!
  • jmv42
    jmv42 Posts: 19 Member
    i'm 150, and mine is set to 1260.
  • Smuterella
    Smuterella Posts: 1,623 Member
    1270, sedentary, but then I use my HRM and eat back the exercise calories so usually I end up eating 1600 - 1700 I think...
  • JoniBologna
    JoniBologna Posts: 653 Member
    Most women 5'6" working out 3-5 times a week should be between 1800-2300 daily.

    Doesn't this vary greatly by weight?
  • skinnybysummer24
    skinnybysummer24 Posts: 58
    I'm 5"7 and mine is 1200.. It literally hurts me to eat anymore than even that. I can barely make it in the 1,000's sometimes. anyone wanna help me?
  • luvlyjanny
    luvlyjanny Posts: 85 Member
    mine is set to 1770 :)
  • nersgirl
    nersgirl Posts: 2
    when i joined and added my goal weight, it set my calories at 1200 daily. Starting weight 197lbs.
  • beezbee
    beezbee Posts: 87 Member
    I increased my net calories from 1,200 (1lb loss/wk) to 1,400 (0.7lb loss/wk) because I was perpetually hungry on 1,200 - especially on non-workout days. It also seems to have given my metabolism a boost as the numbers on the scale have started moving again... I work out 5 days a week but not for very long, which translates into an extra 250 calories (give or take), and I eat those calories back.

    SW 169
    CW 155
    GW 130
  • debbiepa
    debbiepa Posts: 45
    MFP set mine to 1200, but I feel best if I eat around 1700-1800cal/day. I also run/cross train 3-4x/wk, so the net is usually around 1200-1300cal/day. I'm 5'6, 168. I recently gained due to thyroid problems, but fighting to lose it again!
  • KathieSwenson
    KathieSwenson Posts: 179
    I'm 5"7 and mine is 1200.. It literally hurts me to eat anymore than even that. I can barely make it in the 1,000's sometimes. anyone wanna help me?


    I feel your pain. I'm 5'6 191 as of today and it took me a long time to get used to eating anything above a 1000. I was normally stuffed at a 1000. I'm just now trained my self to get withing the 1200 range after exercising because I feel like I'm just stuffing myself full. But it's working. I started taking a multivitamin and eating what mfp says I should eat and of course taking my victoza and I dropped 4 lbs since Thursday. If I knew I could manage to eat what I need to in cal I would up it but afraid I wont be able to eat that amount of calories without a really bad tummy ache
  • DawnVanSlim
    DawnVanSlim Posts: 10,468 Member
    1200 - Im 5'6 and 133.5. I workout about 5 times a week. I eat about half my calories back. On days I don't exercise and I don't get extra calories I struggle to stay under goal. Im happy eating between 1400-1600
  • clewis628
    clewis628 Posts: 94 Member
    Mine is at 1670 and set to sedentary. I'm a bigger girl though so I assume that is partially why it's so high. I did just drop though so that was a nice thing to see. Means I'm doing something right!
  • Libby81
    Libby81 Posts: 734 Member
    I'm at maintenance at 133 and mine was at 1700 till today but since I still lost weight the last two weeks I'm upping to 1900 on non workout days to trial that out

    my macros are set at 40/30/30 too
  • amandafirst
    amandafirst Posts: 14
    I started off at 163 lbs. and I have my calories set at 1460 and I've lost 13 lbs. so far. I try to include some sort of exercise daily. Even if it's just walking for an hour, which can be done easily at your local mall. I also keep an eye on my sodium intake. Hope this helps!
  • Takes2long
    Takes2long Posts: 367 Member
    My calories are set to 1590. They were 1350, but it wasn't really working. I wasn't really losing. It's been one week since I upped my calories, and it seems better. I exercise at least 4x/wk.
  • christibam
    christibam Posts: 478 Member
    I'm like 5'6 1/2'' and 259. Mine is set to 1480.

    Edit* I do 4-5 hours of cardio and 4-6 hours of weights and strength training every week.
  • farberry
    farberry Posts: 71 Member
    I put mine up from 1200 to 1460, but I'm no longer logging/eating exercise calories
  • christibam
    christibam Posts: 478 Member
    I put mine up from 1200 to 1460, but I'm no longer logging/eating exercise calories

    I just hate to say that I love your main picture. It made me giggle.
  • iqnas
    iqnas Posts: 445 Member
    I'm currently 146 lbs, and I eat 1500 a day with light exercise 2x a week.
  • vonalj
    vonalj Posts: 124 Member
    I have mine manually set at 1600 as a base and exercise. I eat my exercise back if I'm hungry if not then I don't.

    Take your goal wt and "x" that by 10 then add 200 if you live a sedentary lifestyle or 400 if your really active (lifestyle does not include exercise)

    I took mfp advice and had my calories at 1200 and I was starving! I'm def. ALOT happier at 1600! :) Best of luck!
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