calling ALL WOMEN....please list your maintenance stats!!

I think this will be a useful resource for all those women who underestimate their maintenance needs or simply don't know where to begin in terms of estimating. Yes everyone is different but I feel that people always want to have an idea of what is typical for others. Thanks for sharing.

1. how tall are you?

2. how much you weigh?

3. how many calories you eat for maintenance?

4. how much exercise you get daily? cardio? strength?

5. how long you're been maintaining? 

6. How old are you? (Edited: Added in #6)

I'll bite:

1. 5'6"

2. 135lb

3. Don't really know - don't count anymore - around 2000, maybe?

4. Lift heavy 3x/week, walk daily, occasional bike rides and metabolic workouts

5. 1 year 5 mo

1. how tall are you? 5'5"

2. how much you weigh? Range 137-142

3. how many calories you eat for maintenance? Between 1800 - 2200

4. how much exercise you get daily? cardio? strength?  Weightlifting - 3 times a week.  Treadmill walking at incline 2 times a week.  Usually about 30 mins on elliptical at lunch so I can unknot everything from sitting on my butt in front of the computer for work.  Usually a nice hike on the weekend.

5. how long you're been maintaining? 2 years

edit: fixed typo

1. how tall are you? 5'4"

2. how much do you weigh? about 127-128

3. how many calories do you eat for maintenance? about 1700-2000

4. how much exercise do you get daily? cardio? strength? I either walk about an hour or swim about 30-45 minutes. I try to do both on weekend days, plus I take a yoga class on the weekend. One day a week I don't do anything (not my choice). I would do more if I had time.

5. how long have you been maintaining? 3 days! LOL!

6. how old are you?   55

1. 5'0"

2. 118-121

3. 1700-1900

4. Varies. I'm generally active with kids (4 kids, ranging from 4-13) and household chores. I get about an hour's formal cardio a week on top of that and about the same strength training.

5. 3 months-sure beats dieting! LOL

6. 39

1. 5'7"

2. about 135-137 usually

3. about 2000-2200 (occasionally more)

4. Workout about 5-6 days/week... 4 days I do my heavy weight lifting circuits, the other two are cardio

5. About 1 year, 2months or so

6. 29

1. how tall are you? 5'8-9

2. how much you weigh? 143 pounds/65kilos

3. how many calories you eat for maintenance? 2200-2500

4. how much exercise you get daily? At least 30 mins of walking or yoga along with being pretty active during the day.

5. how long you've been maintaining? About a month and a half! Hehe

6. How old are you?  18 years

1. how tall are you? 5'8"

2. how much you weigh? 128-130

3. how many calories you eat for maintenance? Just an estimate, but 2000-2300ish.

4. how much exercise you get daily? cardio? strength? Asides from walking everywhere on campus, I do about an hour of cardio 6 days a week, and strength training 3x a week.

5. how long you're been maintaining? Officially, using CC, less than a month. Unofficially, 2-3 months.

6. How old are you? 20.

Here we go...

1. 5'8"

2. 132 pounds

3. 1650 (non-exercise days) 1850 (exercise days)

4. Cardio/Weights/Running 1 hour x 3days per week plus an extra 1/2 hour jogging session here n there

5. Been maintaining for 2 1/2 months

6. I'm 29

nb: I went from 165 pounds in Feb to current weight doing approx 1200 cals a day, too low but didn't realise... have found the increase to 1650 hasn't affected weight (no crazy gains or anything). Am still monitoring and weighing in daily... kind of enjoy it and want to stay on track. Chocolate intake has increased, heh. Still get too worried when scale jumps up and wish moods weren't so dependant on that silly number...

1. how tall are you? 5'9"

2. how much do you weigh? 135lbs

3. how many calories you eat for maintenance? I don't count anymore, but when I did it was between 2200-2500 and would still be in that area

4. how much exercise you get daily? cardio? strength? Currently taking a break from the gym so just walking about 30 minutes on a daily basis

5. how long you're been maintaining? On and off for 3 years with the odd fluctuation

6. How old are you? 22

1. how tall are you? 5'7

2. how much you weigh? 122

3. how many calories you eat for maintenance? 1800-2300

4. how much exercise you get daily? cardio? strength? not much (in nursing school) (Except for studying Gray's Anatomy (my bf last name hehehe))

5. how long you're been maintaining? about a year

6. How old are you? (Edited: Added in #6) 27

1. how tall are you? 5' 3.7"

2. how much you weigh? ~125 lb (weight has been between 122.6 and 124.4)

3. how many calories you eat for maintenance? avg. 2200 (1900-2700)

4. how much exercise you get daily? cardio? strength? At least 30 min of brisk walking every day (to classes, labs, etc);archery 2 days/week; 30 min light cardio and 10 min heavy squats or dead lifts after archery class at gym 2 days/week;  3.75 hr shift at work (cook...much walking around and light-moderate arm strength...making pizzas, making french toast and scrambled eggs, carrying heavy boxes) 2 days/week; 5 hr shift at work (this shift has more movement) 1 day/week

5. how long you're been maintaining? 3 months

6. How old are you? 23

Cool. This helps me. I am 8 lbs from maintenance, and many of your stats are very similar to mine. I hope I can eat 21-2300 cals a day when I get there.

Thanks everyone!

1. how tall are you? 5'9''

2. how much you weigh? 140 pounds

3. how many calories you eat for maintenance? Normally between 1900-2200

4. how much exercise you get daily? cardio? strength? I exercise 6 times a week. I do strength training 3x per week, and cardio (running or HIIT) 3x per week.

5. how long you're been maintaining? Almost 2 years

6. How old are you? 26

Thank you everyone for sharing. I think it's really useful for many people. It also helps to put things into perspective, and gives people a real idea of what real people maintain on...not what the calculators say. Those are good tools but not the says all of maintenance.

1. how tall are you? 5'2"

2. how much you weigh? 105

3. how many calories you eat for maintenance? 1550

4. how much exercise you get daily? cardio? strength? 3 days/week

5. how long you're been maintaining? 4 weeks

6. How old are you? (Edited: Added in #6) 37

Original Post by cher4004:

1. how tall are you? 5'2"

2. how much you weigh? 105

3. how many calories you eat for maintenance? 1550

4. how much exercise you get daily? cardio? strength? 3 days/week

5. how long you're been maintaining? 4 weeks

6. How old are you? (Edited: Added in #6) 37

how long do you exercise? is it 3x a week with strength only? cardio? both? how much were you eating to lose?