5'2-5'3 girls!!!!

Bump, I will post my progress and goal later ! ^_^

age 28
5'2.5 small frame

No excuses for gaining weight, just lazy about exercise and eating/drinking everything in sight!

sw 140
cw 135
gw 120
**** 1200 calories and sometimes eat my exercise calories
I work out at least three days per week, usually cardio.

I'm 18 and 5'3" but have a curvier frame.
SW: 175
CW 168
GW: 140 (or less!)

Age 35
5'2 medium build

SW 215 lbs; Body Fat Percent of 37.
CW 158 lbs; Body Fat Percent of 23.
GW 130 lbs or Body Fat Percent of 15.
**** 1400 calories. My BMR is 1380. I had to adjust
Depending on the intensity and length of my workout, I eat those calories back.
I do 3x strength training and 2x cardio a week.
I make it a point a do a long run/walk 4-10 miles during the weekend.

AGE: 27
5'2"

Highest Weight: 176
Starting Weight: 169
Current Weight: 166
Goal Weight: 115
Ultimate Goal Weight: 108

MFP suggested cals 1320, I rarely hit 1200 and I don't eat my exercise calories. I haven't been too hungry - it's hard for me to eat first thing in the am and usually an hr or 2 after I eat, I'm starving. Ha. I haven't gone to the store for snacks but, I'm hoping it will work!

You can eat whenever you feel like eating. What time you eat makes no difference. And getting hungry an hour or two after eating means you might want to start looking into dropping the carbs and increasing your fat some. That isn't hunger. That is a blood sugar crash. You're eating too many carbs in one sitting and it sounds like you have some blood sugar issues.
I followed the low-calorie, high-carb, low-fat thing the first 6 months. My first meal of the day was a bowl of oatmeal and a large apple. Supposed to be filling, right? Well after about 2 hours I would start shaking like a leaf and feel weak and be STARVING! It took me a year later - after I started tracking my blood sugar and testing my glucose tolerance - that that feeling wasn't hunger. It was my blood sugar crashing hard. The whole digestion process takes about 5-6 hours. It takes about 2 hours just for food to leave the stomach (glucose hits the bloodstream from the stomach).

From Primal Body, Primal Mind:
The Need for Steady Fuel: Where fueling the fire of our brain and body's metabolism is concerned, carbohydrates can best be described as kindling. Whole grains and legumes are somewhat like twigs; starch, such as cereals and potatoes, and simple sugars are like paper on the fire; and alcohol might best be described as gasoline on the fire. If you're relying on carbohydrates as your primary source of fuel, you need to feed that fire often, regularly, and consistently. You will be craving that fuel. Unfortunately, most people today have forcibly adapted their bodies to this sort of an unnatural dependence by over-consuming carbohydrates in their diet. (Most - if not all alcoholics have - for instance - severe issues with dysglycemia and sugar addiction. Alcoholics are dependent on and regularly seek fast sources of sugar - alcohol being the fastest...because the problem in alcoholism, in fact, isn't really alcohol, per se, but severe carbohydrate addiction (this is interesting to me because most people I know that have completely stopped drinking develop sweet tooths.)...One might get a burst or a ball of flame with respect to energy from many carbohydrate sources, but no one can get long-term, sustainable energy. As soon as the flame starts to die out, which doesn't take long, you're stuck with cravings for fuel or stimulants again. It can be quite a roller coaster ride. This is why dome dietary experts are always telling you to eat every two hours or to eat "numerous small meals throughout the day". If you're sugar dependent - and almost everyone in this culture is victim to that unnecessary reality - then frequent small meals become necessary to maintain an even keel. If you have ever heated your home with a wood stove using paper, twigs and lighter fluid all day, you'd be a slave to that fire and you'd need a mountain of fuel to constantly feed that hungry beast. You'd be forever preoccupied with keeping that fire going, and you'd have little other life...Nature would never have intended for us to constantly live this way. It is a terribly impractical state to maintain, particularly if you view this from the primitive perspective of ongoing survival in a less certain world where food wasn't constantly available. Our primitive (particularly ice-age) ancestors would never have made it this far if carbohydrates were essential to the diet or if glucose were necessary as a primary source of energy. Nature isn't that crazy or stupid...Mind you, it is possible to live in a state of primary glucose dependence. The idea that we are necessarily dependent on sugar as our primary source of fuel is true only conditionally, only if we've metabolically adapted ourselves to that unnatural dependence....It isn't necessary at all and it will age you faster (and cost you much more in grocery bills and health care). Dietary fat, in the absence of carbohydrates, is like putting a nice big log on the fire. Fat's flame burns as a regular, even rate, and is easily dept going, Protein, consumed in moderate quantities, is mainly diverted toward repair and maintenance. Only in excess does it convert to sugar. Fat's even flame keeps the hormone leptin under control, keeps insulin quiet, and keeps our appetite satisfied...One can go many, many hours on this longer-burning type of fuel without experiencing any discomfort or cravings at all. You may eventually get hungry if you really go a long time without eating, which is normal, bu you are far less likely to experience irritability, dizziness, brain fog, cravings, fatigue, jitteriness, or mood swings because of it. That's the way it's supposed to be!

27 years old*

Age 31
CW 126
GW 115
Height 5' 3 1/2"
Calories 1200

I'm new to MFP, and learning how to count calories. My ultimate goal is to be toned, whatever weight it takes me to be there. Right now MFP has my calorie intake at 1,200. I also eat back most of my calories burned and I tend to average my week at that goal (some good days and some bad days in between). I may increase my calories once I get to 118.

I'm a working mom of 3 girls, and try to work out a minimum of 4x a week doing either elliptical, circuit (at home), low weights, hiking and cycling. In a month or so I will start Muay Thai Kickboxing again 3x a week. I was my fittest while taking that class before I was pregnant with #3.

Age: 33
Height: 5'2"
Before Baby: 118 & toned
SW: 123 (7 mos post-baby)
CW: 121
GW: ? Toned

AGE 27
Height 5'2
Heighest weight 160
Current weight 114ish
Goal weight 110ish and to tone up
I stopped tracking my calories. It was making me crazy, But I would say I eat around 1300-1700 depending on the day.
I also run and work out 4-5 times a week.

I'm 32, mom of 3, and 5'1.5"

HW (non preggo) 129
SW 125
CW 119
GW 115

I eat 1200 -1400 a day depending on my exercise!