Anyone 5feet or under with success stories?

georginasanders328

Hi all, I've been on here a while, lost some weight, around 40 lb and I'm 4'11 but I need to see some success stories and pictures from us little ones to keep me going as I am stalling and still have some way to go!
Thank you!

KimbersNewLife

Commenting to tag.. I'm still working 5'0 here and I get rude comments all the time about how shocking my shortness is! I hope losing weight might give me a taller appearance LOL ROFL

jlburns2005

I'm tagging too

PrincessMel72

5' here too. Was successful in losing over 100lbs from 2011-2012. I don't have any pics to upload since I'm at work but I slowly gained about 65lbs back over the years (happy marriage!). I'm currently down 20lbs since Feb and weigh in again July 1. Will post progress then.

youdoyou2016

I'm 5', started in 230s. 110 today. I have 10 more to go, I think. No pics, but just a quick post to let you know it's do-able.

georginasanders328

youdoyou2016 wrote: »

I'm 5', started in 230s. 110 today. I have 10 more to go, I think. No pics, but just a quick post to let you know it's do-able.

That's amazing! Thanks for the inspiration!

apullum

I'm 4'11.75", down 99 pounds out of a goal of 100.

Merrysailor5

I'm 5'0" and working on getting to a goal weight of about 140 from a start weight of 215. Here's my current progress!

ldizquierdo

Howdy y'all, here are some pics. I lost 65 from 235 I went down to 170. I gained back 30. Here I am again in the same battle.

kdz0444

Hi just under 5' here. Have went from 230-250 ish to 174 so far. And still working on losing at least 47 more lbs. here is a face comparison and a body comparison but not from my brightest weight. I was around 210 or so in the before and 170s in the after

mynewme210

4'11 losing 50 pounds down 33 pounds so far only two months in dont know how to post picture in community but posted in my page

georginasanders328

Amazing pictures ladies! Can I ask what everyone's calories are? I find being little I have to have low calories to loose weight, very low infact. I can't be doing 1500 etc lol!

shabanabibi1986

georginasanders328 wrote: »

Amazing pictures ladies! Can I ask what everyone's calories are? I find being little I have to have low calories to loose weight, very low infact. I can't be doing 1500 etc lol!

I'm on1200 calories a day.

debtay123

I am 5 feet 2 and mfp gave me 1250- but I do 1350 -even if it takes a little longer- usually lose .05 to 1lb each week

AllOutof_Bubblegum

I'm 4'11.5"!

I started at around 145 pounds, and got to maintenance at about 115. (I also did two fitness competitions, with stage weight at about 108 lbs)

I lift really heavy M-F and do cardio 4-5 times a week as well. My maintenance cals are about 2200 a day.

J_Squared_77

YOU GOT THIS.
I am 5' 1/2" (at this height you've gotta list the 1/2 inch lol) and I do a net of 1100 cals.
I have lost 2 lbs per week for the last 2 months. I started at 175 and am now at 160.
I have my activity level set to sedentary and then eat back all my exercise calories (even just walking if it's more than 10 minutes).
3 more months and I'll be at a relatively healthy weight (135).

Happyhippie1724

Following! I'm going to try tracking cals tomorrow for the first time. Im 4'9 and wondering if 1200 is going to work being so petite, I wear a heart rate monitor and burn around 250 or 300 cals through exercise which I think would actually make my daily cals less then 1200, with all the never go below 1200 talk I'm kind of confused on what to do.

J_Squared_77

Happyhippie1724 wrote: »

... with all the never go below 1200 talk I'm kind of confused on what to do.

Disclaimer: I'm not a nutritionist. That being said this has been of particular interest to me as well due to my height and so I have looked into it quite a bit.
Where the 1200 number comes from is because it becomes extremely difficult to get all of the nutrients needed on anything less than an intake of 1200 calories a day.
What wasn't obvious to me initially is that it is an intake of 1200, not a net after exercise of 1200.
So unless you are super sedentary, you can still eat 1200 and then exercise enough to bring your net down to 1000, which will speed up how quickly you lose weight, or possibly in your case, if you lose at all. At 4' 9" your a few inches shorter than me so I'm not sure what the right amount is for you - mine is 1100. The good news is that since you have the heart rate monitor you can determine what your resting heart rate is. Then you can use that number to determine how many calories you burn just by existing. Once you know that, you can determine how many net calories you need.
If you eat the same amount of calories as the amount you burn from existing and do not engage in any exercise then you will stay at the same weight. If you don't exercise and eat more than what you burn from existing then you will gain weight and if you eat less you will lose weight. If you exercise, then you get reduce your gross calorie total by however many calories you've burned, which is how you can eat 1200 calories and still be on a 1000 calorie diet.

kdz0444

It all depends on how you are eating. I do low carb as I have never found anything else that has been sustainable for me personally. I'm now down below 170 as of this morning. I don't really watch my calories a ton but I am generally anywhere from 700/800 calories to 1600. I always try to get in at least 1000 calories but some days I just don't. I average about 1200-1300 calories. But I have added fasting beyond 24 hrs into my life. I did a 36 hour Fast a few weeks ago and tonight I will have completed a 72 hour Fast. I intermittent fast almost everyday where I Fast between 16-18 hours. Doing all this has helped me lose 60 lbs in just under 10 months. But it works for me and almost cured my gallbladder issue and might have if I hadn't ended up getting pretty bad pancreatitis due to a stuck gallstone that landed me in the hospital for 5 days. I have now added in consistent exercise as well and I feel stronger. All in all I don't worry about calories but if you are 1200 is fine for us little ones as long as you are eating fresh veggies, plenty of protein, and gut healthy foods.

brittdee88

Bumping this!
I'm 4'9" and would love to see more shorty success

mommyvictor

Im 4'11" and I've lost over 30 lbs. I had cut out carbs for a while and I was working out about 30-45 min daily, but I started to eat bread again and it has been working against me.

anna_jewel

I am 5'1, lost 40 lbs intitally. Went from 152 to 112 and maintained really well within a 4lb range for the year and a bit. I started to slack on my movement within the last 5 months and gained 8-10 lbs. So on my way back to a lower maintanence weight again.

xandra47

5' and I'm down 14 pounds so far. Still have 9 to go before maintenance.

debtay123

I am 5'2 inches tall. I have lost about 12 lbs so far. I am still a ways from my final goal- but slow and steady has been my motto- I usually eat between 1250-1350 most days and I lose between .05 to a little more each week. I could go slower but I do eat back most of my exercise calories or some days i just do NOT have time to exercise which may work against me but I have a part time job and an elderly mom so I just do my best. .

HaleCry

A little taller than you're after at 5'3, but I consider myself short so I thought I'd share!! I'm 53lbs down so far and have just over 10 to go. It is doable but so SO hard especially these last 10. With so little calories to play with it's definitely harder when you're short. This photo was about 4lbs ago I think.
SW: 181
CW: 128
Photo weight: 132

JLAJ81

Merrysailor5 wrote: »

I'm 5'0" and working on getting to a goal weight of about 140 from a start weight of 215. Here's my current progress!

Wow awesome job!

not_a_runner

5'1"
HW- 215
CW- 175
Averaging 1800-2100 cals to lose 1 lb per week. Lots of weight training.
Current goal is about 140 lbs, I'll reassess/consider switching to recomp when I get closer.

joroyle219

I'm 5ft.
Last year I saw a photograph of me and my new baby and from then on I hid from the camera, missing out on having beautiful moments photographed.
A year later, 5 stone lighter, at my goal weight with a resting heart rate of 53bpm I am finally confident that I can be a mother my son is proud to walk beside. I've gone from being short of breath climbing stairs to climbing mountains with a toddler strapped to me back.
SW: 187lb
CW: 115lb