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Any 5'6 ladies eating 1500cal per day?

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  • samntha14
    samntha14 Posts: 2,084 Member
    Way to go mindidily!
  • sequinedpastie
    sequinedpastie Posts: 9 Member
    I'm 5'6 and am at @ 1600/day doing Insanity (and about to bump it up to 1800-2000 kcal/day for month 2 of the program). I'm almost at maintaining, but when I first started MFP, I was trying to lose @ 8 lbs and went NOWHERE eating only 1200kcal/day. I had to bump it up to lose. I know everyone's different, but that's what worked for me! :flowerforyou:

    Did you have to bump up your exercise, or your cals to lose?? I'm at 1200 and I just *cannot stay within that*, and work has been so nutty this month that I cannot find time to work out. Failing to meet my calorie limit every day AND failing to lose weight is killing me!
  • Zadranka18
    Zadranka18 Posts: 17 Member
    Wow you guys are really making me realize that i am not eating enough and that is prob why i am not loosing weight or inches. :( I'm just under 5'7 and i am always under 1200 or just slightly over.. I work out 5 times a week doing cardio... going to start incorporating lifting.... yikes... i really need to revamp my food intake
  • jmsouth5
    jmsouth5 Posts: 138 Member
    I was for a several weeks, but my weight hasn't changed but a few ounces in all that time. I am doing a calorie shake up right now, yest. was my pig out day, today is lower and tomorrow lower again. Sat. goes back to pig out. From what I have read (a lot of reading) this is confusing my body and metab. and should let go of some poundage! We'll see about that. I am doing Tabata on Sat. & Wed., Thursday is HIIT on the recumbent bike, other days killing it on my lower than my upper and of course ALWAYS cardio, cardio, cardio.
  • jmsouth5
    jmsouth5 Posts: 138 Member
    Wow you guys are really making me realize that i am not eating enough and that is prob why i am not loosing weight or inches. :( I'm just under 5'7 and i am always under 1200 or just slightly over.. I work out 5 times a week doing cardio... going to start incorporating lifting.... yikes... i really need to revamp my food intake

    I am also just under 5'7" and I was at 1200 and lost 10 in the very beginning. Then stopped loosing, so upped the cals just a bit, recently up to 1600 and haven't lost anything for 5 weeks. I am staggering my cals right now and still working out hard, although not lifting. Mostly HIIT and Tabata. I also found http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm, I am trying this for the next month or so. We'll see my progress as I continue to post.
  • heatherrose86
    heatherrose86 Posts: 43 Member
    5'6, lots to lose... I eat between 1600-1800 per day. MFP had me on 1300-1500 and it wasn't doable.

    Exercise is walking... lots of walking. Sometimes uphill on uneven terrain, but just walking. Looking for a way to increase this.

    I lose about 1.5-2.5 lbs per week. 2.6 the first week I started eating 1800 and I was at 2.5 more lbs this past Sunday morning (the day before my official weigh in day) but easter dinner resulted in a wee bit of water retention so I was only down 1 lb the next day.
  • jennifer783
    jennifer783 Posts: 86 Member
    I'm 5'6 and am at @ 1600/day doing Insanity (and about to bump it up to 1800-2000 kcal/day for month 2 of the program). I'm almost at maintaining, but when I first started MFP, I was trying to lose @ 8 lbs and went NOWHERE eating only 1200kcal/day. I had to bump it up to lose. I know everyone's different, but that's what worked for me! :flowerforyou:

    Did you have to bump up your exercise, or your cals to lose?? I'm at 1200 and I just *cannot stay within that*, and work has been so nutty this month that I cannot find time to work out. Failing to meet my calorie limit every day AND failing to lose weight is killing me!

    I bumped up my calories and actually decreased my exercise (wore out my ankle running too much) and started losing the first week. I had been getting depressed exercising like crazy and not seeing any results! Lol, my body was as stubborn as I was :noway:

    Everyone is different, and I definitely had to learn the hard way what people have been saying all along.....listen to your body :drinker:
  • tbellamy1
    tbellamy1 Posts: 353
    Im eating between 1600-2000 calories a day depending if I do 2 workouts. I usually burn between 400-1100 calories again depending if I do 2 workouts. My workouts are Insanity 6 days Boot camp 3 days and running 2 miles on an incline random days. Since I upped my calories from less than 1000 calories using the beachbody calculations Ive been losing about 2 lbs a week. Before I upped them I LOST NOTHING!! Actually gained 2 lbs. Because I wasnt netting enough. If you consume 1000 calories and burn 500 that means you only have 500 calories left for life.. It didnt work for me so Im eating now, I have more energy and the scale is moving in the right direction.:bigsmile:
  • sjeagle30
    sjeagle30 Posts: 292 Member
    I am 5'6 and I eat right around 1500 to 1600 cals per day. I was not getting enough net calories and I was at a stand still. I actually started eating more so with my exercise I am netting for sure above 1200 but mostly around 1500 or so. When I did that I finally dropped 6 lbs in a couple weeks after staying off the scales. I am new to this so I dont know a ton of what to do and I am still learning but this has worked for me so far. I have 30 more to lose according to the goal I set on here but I want to lose about 50 more and will change my goal after I reach it. I am doing a lot of walking and jogging/a little at a time. I have not had much exercise the last 4 days or so and I am starting it out again tonight!
  • jennifer783
    jennifer783 Posts: 86 Member
    I am 5'6 and I eat right around 1500 to 1600 cals per day. I was not getting enough net calories and I was at a stand still. I actually started eating more so with my exercise I am netting for sure above 1200 but mostly around 1500 or so. When I did that I finally dropped 6 lbs in a couple weeks after staying off the scales. I am new to this so I dont know a ton of what to do and I am still learning but this has worked for me so far. I have 30 more to lose according to the goal I set on here but I want to lose about 50 more and will change my goal after I reach it. I am doing a lot of walking and jogging/a little at a time. I have not had much exercise the last 4 days or so and I am starting it out again tonight!

    That sounds about right! Keep up the good work! :wink:
  • jennifer783
    jennifer783 Posts: 86 Member
    Im eating between 1600-2000 calories a day depending if I do 2 workouts. I usually burn between 400-1100 calories again depending if I do 2 workouts. My workouts are Insanity 6 days Boot camp 3 days and running 2 miles on an incline random days. Since I upped my calories from less than 1000 calories using the beachbody calculations Ive been losing about 2 lbs a week. Before I upped them I LOST NOTHING!! Actually gained 2 lbs. Because I wasnt netting enough. If you consume 1000 calories and burn 500 that means you only have 500 calories left for life.. It didnt work for me so Im eating now, I have more energy and the scale is moving in the right direction.:bigsmile:

    You are CRAZY! :love: Insanity AND some? Mucho respecto!!
  • tbellamy1
    tbellamy1 Posts: 353
    Im eating between 1600-2000 calories a day depending if I do 2 workouts. I usually burn between 400-1100 calories again depending if I do 2 workouts. My workouts are Insanity 6 days Boot camp 3 days and running 2 miles on an incline random days. Since I upped my calories from less than 1000 calories using the beachbody calculations Ive been losing about 2 lbs a week. Before I upped them I LOST NOTHING!! Actually gained 2 lbs. Because I wasnt netting enough. If you consume 1000 calories and burn 500 that means you only have 500 calories left for life.. It didnt work for me so Im eating now, I have more energy and the scale is moving in the right direction.:bigsmile:

    You are CRAZY! :love: Insanity AND some? Mucho respecto!!
    I want results and Im so proud of myself that I can do all this. I have never been in any kinda of shape or played any sport. So this is is big for me!! THANKS!!!!!:blushing:
  • meribethd
    meribethd Posts: 92 Member
    I'm 5'6 and eat around 1500 calories a day, maybe a little less. I had lowered my cals to 1300 to try to jump start some loss, and it did work, but I was pretty sluggish and really just felt bad, so I've taken it up to between 1400-1500 and am seeing how I feel this week (so far, better). I am doing a hybrid of Chalene Extreme and Turbo Fire and really don't have a lot of energy for them if I don't eat enough. I am about 15 lbs from goal weight, fwiw.
  • Sharonab123
    Sharonab123 Posts: 39
    Thanks for this post. I'm 5'6" eating 1200 and not dropping anything. I do an hour of cardio each morning with P90X at lunch and throw in an hour of yoga and a bike ride or two a week. I haven't lost anything, but I haven't gained either.


    Wow you should be losing with all that!! How much do you weigh?

    I'm at 139-140, changing my calorie's now. I'll see how it goes for the next few weeks.
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