5'7 Ladies how many cals are you on???

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  • McLifterPants
    McLifterPants Posts: 457 Member
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    I'm 5'7 and I work out usually 3 days a week, lifting heavy weights and doing some cardio (but not a ton, maybe 30 minutes).

    I started at 1200 and was miserable.

    I went up to 1500 and did better.

    Once I hit my overall size goals (no weight goals here; weight isn't that important to me!) I began upping my calories to allow myself to build muscle. I'm at 1650 now; working my way up to 1750 plus workout calories.
  • 20shan08
    20shan08 Posts: 219 Member
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    I'm at 1250-1300, I work out 6 days a week. 30 Day Shred and my Elliptical
  • cljulius
    cljulius Posts: 9
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    Mine is set at 1200 to lose about 2 pounds a week.
  • XXXMinnieXXX
    XXXMinnieXXX Posts: 3,459 Member
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    i'm on 1500, but my dietitian says i need to eat MORE when i get closer to goal, so i think you may be on too little calories at 1350 x
  • rcclcruiser
    rcclcruiser Posts: 98 Member
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    I'm 5'7" and on 1520 calories per day. I exercise just about every day and usually use about half of my exercise calories.
  • LaurnWhit
    LaurnWhit Posts: 261 Member
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    Bump! I am 5'8 1/2" and eat around 1850-2100 calories but I'm just curious :drinker:
  • MinMin97
    MinMin97 Posts: 2,676 Member
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    bump
  • MSepp
    MSepp Posts: 228
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    Hey Peeps just trying to figure how many cals i should be on!!! was on 1300 cal then went up to 1500 and i recently have had a gain in weight and I am now at 75.7kg so yesterday dropped my calories back down to 1350, six months ago i used to do a lot more exercise untill i did a knee injury and it has detered me a little so i have slacked off in the last six months.. but hoping to turn things around and get back on track and drop 5kg....How many cals do you think i should be on?? looking to do four days of exercise a week roughly !!!

    Cheers :smile:

    Prior to exercise calories, 1380.
  • 3foldchord
    3foldchord Posts: 2,918 Member
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    I am 5'6 1/2"

    143#

    Have 9 I want to lose.

    MFP has be at 1380, I think. With exercise.
  • Danardeener
    Danardeener Posts: 255
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    I'm 5'7" and just lowered my calories to 1400 because I gained a pound this week. I sit at a desk all day at work, and lately have not been exercising as much as I used to. I do eat back my exercise calories.

    I was previously exercising 6-7 days a week and was at about 2000 calories per day.
  • rebeccap13
    rebeccap13 Posts: 754 Member
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    5'8 eating 1900*, losing again after upping cals to be more appropriate for my workouts.

    *deficit from my TDEE, level of activity is already accounted for so I don't eat back exercise cals.
  • trulycrazed
    trulycrazed Posts: 79 Member
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    I use http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/ to estimate my cals. I'm on a 1570 cal diet (as I set it to sedentary lifestyle) plus my exercise cals. So far it's been working great for me. I've been steadily losing 1-2 lb a week since I started using it.
  • ahviendha
    ahviendha Posts: 1,291 Member
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    I started out eating 1500 when I weighed just over 200lbs. Dropped down to 1470 when I hit around 190/185, currently at 1350 when I hit 175.

    1350 is good for me, oatmeal in the morning, sandwich or something for lunch, salad, my nonfat yogurt or cottage cheese as a snack (with chia or psillium husk to bump up fiber) and then dinner.

    I exercise 3-5x a week, got lazy the past month or so didn't lose a lot. When I consciously went back to exercising regularly the weight began dropping off again, losing about 1 pound a week now, was losing 2 pounds a week when I was heavier.

    I'm supposed to be losing 1.5lb a week with 1350 but I sneak in too many cookies and Tootsie roll pops so it's been about 1lb a week. Oh, I'm lightly active at work as well.
  • Nelliebird1430
    Nelliebird1430 Posts: 108
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    5'8 and eating between 1650 and 2200 depending on if I exercise and I am seeing weight loss! :happy:
  • Francesca3162
    Francesca3162 Posts: 520 Member
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    I am 5'9' 50 years old Female. I started at 200 lbs and 1200 calories.. No exercise.. lost 20 lbs in two months.
    At 180 I started walking a little each day (1/2 mile to 3 miles) still at 1200- lost next 5 really slowly.
    At 170 bumped it up to 1300 for a while and walked more-- lost next 5 really slow.
    Now at 164- and eating at 1200-1300 calories with average burn of 600-800 a week not eating those back all the time.
    I personally thing I have stalled because I am not eating enough.. but I am scared to up them to my BMR (around 1400) cuz I do not want to gain... but seriously lose more when I eat more!!!! So might have to give it a shot!!!
  • AllisonST
    AllisonST Posts: 24 Member
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    I set mine to NET 1,500 calories a day. I am set on "sedentary" and then log in all my exercise. Most days, I net below 1,500 due to my swimming, walking and 30d shred but occassionally (twice in 46 days) I have gone a bit over. I have not lost any weight, but my body looks quite different and I am wearing a size 16 shirt for the first time in at least five years. Pants still at size 24 :grumble: but I am not busting out of them at all. :wink:
  • pbecraft
    pbecraft Posts: 17
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    When I started this journey I was at 1500 calories no exercise, and lost about 39 pounds. Took a side journey and got back on track at 1300-1500 calories and lost 12 pounds in about a year. Finally broke down and got my metabolic rate tested and it came back that my BMR is 1850 so my body was not releasing any of the weight. So I think you should bump your up. :wink:
  • Anna800
    Anna800 Posts: 637 Member
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    My BMR is 1,389 but I average about 1736 a day. I've lost 12 lbs in 6 weeks.
  • lindsayforlife
    lindsayforlife Posts: 93 Member
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    2200 plus exercise calories, but I'm 290 pounds...
  • welsh_lass86
    welsh_lass86 Posts: 27 Member
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    I'm on 1600 and have been loosing 1-2 lbs a week for the last 6 weeks

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