Can anyone petite share before and after pics for motivation?

bluedust8888

I'm under 5 feet tall and would to see before and after of anyone that has lost weight. I always seem to see taller people and feel like the the odd one out and don't know what to expect. Thanks for reading!

Ooci

Hi! I'm five feet and half an inch. I've gone from 12 st 7 to 9 st 7 - a UK Size 18 to a UK Size 10. Age 41.


Before


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Now



Now



Now




My goal tummy - this pic was taken 11 years ago and is me at 8st 4



I wish you all the best with your journey! A few lb make a lot of difference!

katkins73

Wow, you really do look like a whole new person! So motivating x

Ooci

Broejen

I'm 5'2", started at 218 in August of 2012 and have been hovering around 135 since June of last year. I have a thread with before and after pics and you can see more pics in my profile

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1308854/a-52-fat-chick-lost-85lbs-and-became-a-hot-mama

vickyaldersey

Ooci wrote: »

Hi! I'm five feet and half an inch. I've gone from 12 st 7 to 9 st 7 - a UK Size 18 to a UK Size 10. Age 41.


Before


Before



Now



Now



Now




My goal tummy - this pic was taken 11 years ago and is me at 8st 4



I wish you all the best with your journey! A few lb make a lot of difference!

Ooci, your before stats are the same as mine, I am at the start of my journey and would love to get down to your weight, looking good!!!
What would be your top tips you could give me, what excersices did you do at the start?

Ooci

Hi! I found it hard as I had a lot of habits to give up - wine every day, chocolate and cake every day, mountains of buttery carbs, a passion for dairy and fat-rich cooking.. I had to change all that to the standard diet stuff - lean meat, fruit, fish, veggie omelettes, soups, salads, smaller portions of carbs without fat, small controlled treats. It was all a total change -especially not drinking wine every day was tough. But after 6 weeks 14 lb was gone! A slimming club really helped me stay focused - I attended every week for a year and stayed to the meeting as well as the weigh.

To begin with I just started using a cross-trainer three times a week as I'd done no exercise for years. But when the weight loss slowed I decided to learn tennis, from scratch, and became really quite addicted to it.. I think the tennis replaced the comfort food. I've kept up with the tennis three or four times a week for a couple of hours each time, and around last summer I started the MFP calorie counting, as the healthy eating alone wasnt causing weight loss, despite all the tennis. Ive allowed myself to plateau a lot - its all been very gentle losses since last summer really.

For me it's a going back to an old slim self - I was slim as a child and up until age 35. Losing my job, infertility and moving away from London made me pile it on. I think it's very much harder for people who are embarking on a journey to be slimmer than they've ever been, because they're crossing new frontiers and challenging themselves in very new ways. Not impossible, but extremely tough. I think you have to be unbelievably patient with yourself, with the journey, and see it as something that might very well take years to achieve.

There are a lot of things I can no longer do - aisles in supermarkets I can't visit, people I don't visit, multipacks I don't buy because I have poor willpower, dishes I can't allow myself to cook as I'd eat the whole lot. I have to shop every day as a lot of food of any kind in the house is bad news for me. I hope my willpower will grow with time, but as I've always been something of a binge eater I think I have to protect myself against it. I remember being very very young and stealing money from my Mum's purse to buy sweets. No-one in my family was fussed for them except me. The wanting food as comfort is a very deep-seated thing in me, I still do it, but it's all calorie counted and much reduced from what it used to be. Of course I need fewer calories too now, the three stone takes a lot of calories to carry round.

I don't think I'm especially good at slimming - I have severe endometriosis as well which makes it hard some of the month. But even when something is difficult you can just chip away and get it done. Good luck to you, be patient and brave and you will have success. Xx

vickyaldersey

Ooci
Thankyou so much for your reply, so kind of you
I am being more mindful when it comes to my food choices and have started going to zumba,but that's only once a week, so I need to increase my exercise. So here's to a long road to health x

Confettiiii

I'm 5ft 2

Iseulte

Confetiiii, your before is the same as mine and we're the same height. I hope that my after looks as amazing as yours.

bluedust8888

Ooci wrote: »

Hi! I'm five feet and half an inch. I've gone from 12 st 7 to 9 st 7 - a UK Size 18 to a UK Size 10. Age 41.


Thank you for posting your before/after pics and sharing your journey! Your insight will come in handy as I start my path to weight loss.

bluedust8888

Your story is very encouraging and I'm sure I'll refer back to it when I have a weak moment

Jennilyn76 wrote: »

I'm 5'2", started at 218 in August of 2012 and have been hovering around 135 since June of last year. I have a thread with before and after pics and you can see more pics in my profile

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1308854/a-52-fat-chick-lost-85lbs-and-became-a-hot-mama

bluedust8888

Wow, your transformation is amazing! Thanks

Confettiiii wrote: »

I'm 5ft 2

bluedust8888

Keep them coming!

Healthy67Chick

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Lefty1290

I'm 24 and 5'0". From 148.7 lbs to 127.4 lbs. Goal weight is 125 (thinking of slimming down to 118-120).

The beginning: September 4, 2014 - 148.7 lbs







October 11, 2014 - 138.6 lbs - 10.1 lbs lost (-10 lb mark)







November 16, 2014 - 132.2 lbs - 16.5 lbs lost (-15 lb mark)







January 25, 2015 - 127.8 lbs - 20.9 lbs lost (-20 lb mark)