5' 6" ladies -- how many calories?

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  • BobbyLx
    BobbyLx Posts: 13 Member
    It would depend on a lot of factors. How you prepare and cook them, for example, would make a tremendous difference. If your were to bread and fry her it would add many many calories as opposed to baking or broiling her. Do you leave the skin on? More vitamins but more calories. There the fat content would have a big effect as well.
  • jadedone
    jadedone Posts: 2,446 Member
    I am 5'4.5"

    My MFP Goal is 1700. I aim for 1600 on a non workout day and 1800 on a workout day.

    I have a desk job (on the computer all day) and I work at home. So activity during work hours is really limited, since I don't get to walk over to cube-land to talk to my coworkers.

    I workout around 3 days a week with interval cardio and strength training. I usually fit in 1-2 45-90 walking errands a week. And then find another 1 hour of incidental exercise (strength, yoga) during the week.
  • FitMama2013
    FitMama2013 Posts: 913 Member
    I am 5'6, 201 pounds, 27 years old, and I eat between 2,700 - 3,200 calories a day

    I am eating to lose and am pretty active - doing P90X and zumba (twice a week on the zumba, 6 days a week P90X), but I have a desk job from 7AM-5PM so I'm chained to my desk during the day.

    I lost 35lbs within 4 months by undereating (1600 calories gross per day) and then plateaued for 5 months. Then I increased my calories significantly (to my current levels) and I've been losing weight consistently now.

    If I could stress anything to women reading this post - undereating will not get you there any sooner, so please PLEASE learn what BMR and TDEE mean and do this the right way! I feel 800 times better now that I am eating enough to fuel my body. Message me if you have any questions :)
  • noushsoup
    noushsoup Posts: 6
    I'm 5'6 and at my highest weight I was 12 st (168lbs) back in xmas 2010. I rarely left the house, and was easily eating about 5,000 calories a day. I started by simply changing all my usual foods to a lighter version and lost half a stone ( 7 lbs)

    From then I actually started to calorie count, I followed the traffic light system on food in Sainsburys so was eating 2,000 calories a day but no exercise. I managed to drop to 10 stone (140lbs) and wasnt eating particularly healthy food, just packed meals and snacks within calorie range.

    From then I realised I needed some kind of exercise, being an exercise-phobe I simply just did walking. So I walked for roughly an hour every day at an average pace and learned to enjoy it. I dropped my calories some more too so now I was eating about 1500 and managed to hover around 9 stone to 9 and a half (so between 126 - 133lbs is was at) with just walking for exercise. I started to drink water rather than juices and actually felt full on 1500, fuller than when I was on 2000 if that even makes sense!

    So then I dropped my calories more, hoping I could loose a bit more weight as I was still squishy at 9st. For the first time I actually decided to start snacking on fruit lol! I'm a sugar-holic, I don't tend to each much in a meal but I eat a lot of sugar in between which is what caused me to gain. So swapping my chocolate for dates actually did me a ton of good and I lost more and felt fuller again. (Oh I still eat my sugary snacks on the weekend though!)

    I then joined MFP this year in Jan weighing just shy of 9st (I was about 125lbs) I discovered Jillian Micheals and Zumba and havent looked back! MFP put me on 1200. I admit with all the fruits, and veg soups I eat I dont often hit 1200, more like 1000. I only hit 1200 on the weekend when I eat my happy junk (chocolate and pizza whooo!) I did Jillians 30 day Shred and lost 5 lbs. I'm now doing her Ripped in 30 and have lost another 3 lbs so far (I'm finishing week 2 today!) I also do a 45 minute Zumba Wii session about 4 or 5 times a week and I walk everyday for about an hour to an hour and a half. I dont eat exercise calories back, I don't have time nor hunger for that! I'm now at 8 stone and 3 lbs (115lbs) My goal I set on MFP was a nice round 8stone (112lbs) I'm pretty damn happy!
  • jelicaa
    jelicaa Posts: 83 Member
    I increased mine to 1600 but will likely increase to 1800. I normally eat beyond the setting because I do intense bootcamp classes and burn between 600 to 800 calories per class, plus walk dogs (300-400 calories), and occassionally run during lunch. My trainer wants me eating at least 1800 even when I'm not excercising to fuel my body to burn calories...I feel extremely full after ~1500 cals...working on it though
  • Articeluvsmemphis
    Articeluvsmemphis Posts: 1,987 Member
    1800ish, it equals out in a week's time, say i eat 1300(+) one day, I'll eat maybe 2000(+) another
  • nikkit321
    nikkit321 Posts: 1,485 Member
    I'm at 1220 to lose .5 lb/week. But I didn't lose anything at all until I increased my exercise from 4 hours a week to 6 two weeks ago. I do eat some of my exercise calories.

    Feel free to look at my diary, or to add me.
  • RLeighP
    RLeighP Posts: 232 Member
    I'm at 1200-1300 right now, I don't have much time to workout as I have an infant so I'm trying to stay lower. Back when I lost all my weight the first time, I was eating a net of 1200 but usually topped out at 1700-1800 after about 1.5 hours working out.
  • tropaze
    tropaze Posts: 317 Member
    Hi there, I'm sedentary. My calorie goal is 1350 and on non-workout days I stay right about there (most days). On workout days I eat back my exercise calories and can go up of the 2000 calorie mark, it depends on how hungry I am. It's working for me so far, each person's going to be different though. Make sure you pick the appropriate lifestyle for yourself and MFP sets a pretty accurate gauage, sometimes you need more or less so adjust it as you need.

    Edit: fixed exercise calories (because 200 calories a day just isn't feasible for me).
  • Ahluvly
    Ahluvly Posts: 389 Member
    Similar to my situation to this lovely lady (below) although I do 4-5hrs worth of exercise a week and I'm a few lbs lighter! We need to eat to lose people.....50% of my work outs are weight bearing as my Nutritionist has found this to be more effective when losing weight!
    I've lost 105lbs so far - have about 38lbs more to lose.
    sw 303.4 (1/1/11)
    cw 198.4
    gw 160

    I eat typically 1800-2000 calories a day.
    I work out 6-7 days a week (2-3 days of strength + cardio, and then 3-5 days of just cardio)
  • Danardeener
    Danardeener Posts: 255
    I also have a desk job, my calories are set at 1210. I do cardio 3 times per week and eat all of my exercise calories. I am averaging a weight loss of about 1.5 lbs per week. I try to eat a lot of protein and vegetables.
  • jbella99
    jbella99 Posts: 596 Member
    I have about 1400 + plus exercise calories. Clean eating though, no processed foods.
  • Happinessgrl
    Happinessgrl Posts: 92 Member
    I am still in the progress of losing...

    I am simple minded so all the math involved in calculating this and that was giving me a major headache. I just set flat goals for me and they seem to be working well. It took me a while to figure out my own sweet spot but here they are...

    1300 - Workout "Days Off" - 1-4 days / week
    1400 - Workout "30mins Cardio" 1-3 days/ week
    1600 - Workout "60mins w/ Trainer" - 3 days / week
    2400 - Cheat Day 1-2 days / month

    Good Luck!!
  • xSophia19
    xSophia19 Posts: 1,536 Member
    5ft6 here, im on 1400 a day, and i try and burn a good amount of calories, some days i dont burn anything at all. i dont eat my excercise cals back, unless my stomach is growling at me. And i loose weight :)
  • kellymarie111
    kellymarie111 Posts: 51 Member
    I am 5'6, 201 pounds, 27 years old, and I eat between 2,700 - 3,200 calories a day

    I am eating to lose and am pretty active - doing P90X and zumba (twice a week on the zumba, 6 days a week P90X), but I have a desk job from 7AM-5PM so I'm chained to my desk during the day.

    I lost 35lbs within 4 months by undereating (1600 calories gross per day) and then plateaued for 5 months. Then I increased my calories significantly (to my current levels) and I've been losing weight consistently now.

    If I could stress anything to women reading this post - undereating will not get you there any sooner, so please PLEASE learn what BMR and TDEE mean and do this the right way! I feel 800 times better now that I am eating enough to fuel my body. Message me if you have any questions :)

    Hey hun, I'm only farely new to this so could you please explain TDEE To me, I have no idea what it is? Hehe. My mfp calorie net was 1220 but speaking to someone on here yesterday told me to go by my bmr, is that the right way to do it? Thanks :-)
  • VAMommyAgain
    VAMommyAgain Posts: 400 Member
    I use a BMF to track my calories burned. I average 2400 cals burned on rest days, 2900 cals burned when I do lifting followed by 20 min of cardio and 3400 on my long run days. I aim for a ~500 calorie deficit per day so I AVERAGE eating 2400 calories per day (I get 200 extra cals/day for breastfeeding so really it's more like 2200 cals/day). I am losing an average of 1.2 lbs per week. I work part time at a sedentary job and am home half time with my two little boys...having kids definitely contributes to a higher calorie burn. Hope that helps!
  • VAMommyAgain
    VAMommyAgain Posts: 400 Member

    I see people (women especially) who aren't losing and assume they need to drop their calories to lose.. before you do that, do some research. You may find that you actually need to UP your calories vs lower them!

    ^^^ ITA!!!! And you have to give it at least a month before deciding if that is going to work for you or not. If you've been undereating for a significant amount of time your body may need to repair before it will start losing on more food.
  • em9371
    em9371 Posts: 1,047 Member
    im 5'5 and on 1770 (but eat between 1600-2000 depending on the day).
    I have a desk job so should be sedentary, but increased my activity to 'lightly active' so that I dont log my exercise seperately, its already included in my calorie allowance.
    I exercise around 2000 a week, so net around 1500.

    eating more DOES work, I found this out by accident a few weeks ago due to an injury. I was eating 1650 and exercising most days so netted around 1200 and lost between 1-1.5lbs most weeks. following my injury i continued to eat 1650 but did NO exercise at all for 2 weeks, and lost 3,1.5,2,3 last month!!!
    Now that I am able to exercise a bit again, I am slowly upping my cals as the exercise increases to keep my net above 1500 as this seems to work best for me :-)
    MFP says I need to eat 1200 net to lose 1.8lbs a week, but I am losing more than that by netting 1500!!!!!!!!
  • FitMama2013
    FitMama2013 Posts: 913 Member
    I am 5'6, 201 pounds, 27 years old, and I eat between 2,700 - 3,200 calories a day

    I am eating to lose and am pretty active - doing P90X and zumba (twice a week on the zumba, 6 days a week P90X), but I have a desk job from 7AM-5PM so I'm chained to my desk during the day.

    I lost 35lbs within 4 months by undereating (1600 calories gross per day) and then plateaued for 5 months. Then I increased my calories significantly (to my current levels) and I've been losing weight consistently now.

    If I could stress anything to women reading this post - undereating will not get you there any sooner, so please PLEASE learn what BMR and TDEE mean and do this the right way! I feel 800 times better now that I am eating enough to fuel my body. Message me if you have any questions :)

    Hey hun, I'm only farely new to this so could you please explain TDEE To me, I have no idea what it is? Hehe. My mfp calorie net was 1220 but speaking to someone on here yesterday told me to go by my bmr, is that the right way to do it? Thanks :-)

    Writing you a message now :)
  • JadeRabbit08
    JadeRabbit08 Posts: 551 Member
    I'm 162 pounds... Right now I was working on maintaining while i recover from surgery...
    So I set my cals at 1840 (sedentary maint for my weight)
    I am losing eating that..
    Little workouts in the last week...
    Crazy, I typically eat about 2100 while burning about 800 a day... and was not losing...
    Maybe I really was eating tooooo little... Hmmm...

    I started to lose after going up calories to 1800 and eating exercise cal back. I know it sounds counter intuitive but my body really slows down the weight loss when I go below that. When I finally calculated my BMR it was 1755! So even if I spent the whole day in bed and never moved my body needs 1755 just to cover being alive without activity. Its took a few weeks to build up to past 1800 as I originally felt very full at 1200. Now I could eat almost that amount for breakfast and feel fine. I started with MFP needing to lose 100 pounds and have dropped 16 (after stalling the first few weeks eating low cal.

    Anyone want to work out their BMR you can try this site. It calculates it all for you no math needed.

    http://www.health-calc.com/diet/energy-expenditure-advanced

    I recommend a number of groups here.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/3834-eat-more-to-weigh-less

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/34-women-eating-2-000-calories-per-day

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/3105-eating-for-future-you

    One thing I don't see mentioned on the boards is that low calorie diets can aggravate gall bladder problems. Thats the original reason I stopped only eating 1200. I was getting alot of pain and didnt want it to end up a surgery solution. Luckily as soon as I went up to 1400 it stopped.
  • kateroot
    kateroot Posts: 435
    I eat around 1700 a day, up to 2000 on intense workout days. That said, I only have about 10-15 lbs to lose and I'm not expecting to lose it quickly. I'm more focused on increasing my strength and fitness, I know the weight loss will come with time.
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