5'5 160lbs help!

camiyo

I'm 5'5 and 160lbs and want to be 140lbs. What are some tips to lose this 20lbs as easy as possible.

DebLaBounty

I'm 5' 6" and started at 173 pounds. I've lost 20 pounds in three months, so not too far from my goal weight of 145. Here are my tips: enter your stats into MFP and follow the program! I weigh once a day in the morning without clothes on. Enter that weight into the Happy Scale app on your phone, it will show your gradual progress and keep you from freaking out when you inevitably watch your weight go up and down. Or just do the "Check In" on MFP, then look at "Records" to see the graph of your progress. Weight fluctuations are normal, so don't beat yourself up when you gain. Could just be water weight! Buy a digital scale and weigh your food, it's hard to accurately eyeball what one ounce of cheese really looks like. I had to eliminate crackers because they're highly caloric and don't help keep me full. Scrambled eggs, half an avocado, asparagus, broccoli, apples, chicken and salmon are all on my list of things to eat. Good luck! AND BE PATIENT.

JEE2015

My little opinion .... Lots of water, stay away from processed food and read the labels of what you do buy. Be cognoscente of sugar and salt content and consumption. Get at least 30 minutes of some kind of activity, at least a 30 minute walk.

Just me two cents.... Good luck!

MichelleSilverleaf

Eating at a deficit. Try setting your weight loss to 1lb a week, and see if that works out for you. Drop down to .5lb a week if that turns out to be easier. You'll have to be super precise with your tracking, you'll have less wiggle room for a deficit.

MegaMooseEsq

Easy could mean a lot of things, but what has lost me an "easy" 20 lbs so far this year was starting with my previously normal diet, and ramping my average daily intake back gradually each month. I went from somewhere in the 2500s to 2000 and am aiming for 1900 next month. The weight was slow to go initially, but I'm losing about a pound a week now and it feels great. Plus, I'm not hungry, and I've started to notice some real momentum keeping the changes rolling.

ETA: I had more available deficit when I started than you do, so it might be more difficult, but I really do think that the gradual approach has a lot to recommend it no matter where you're starting off.

LaReinaDeCorazones

I'm 5'5 also, it won't be as easy as if you were bigger unfortunately since you are pretty close to being within a healthy range for our height. Make sure you measure all your food, and make sure to move daily. I'd say to set your weight loss to .5 a week.

EsmeMary101

Go to bed early.

JEE2015

DebLaBounty wrote: »

I'm 5' 6" and started at 173 pounds. I've lost 20 pounds in three months, so not too far from my goal weight of 145. Here are my tips: enter your stats into MFP and follow the program! I weigh once a day in the morning without clothes on. Enter that weight into the Happy Scale app on your phone, it will show your gradual progress and keep you from freaking out when you inevitably watch your weight go up and down. Or just do the "Check In" on MFP, then look at "Records" to see the graph of your progress. Weight fluctuations are normal, so don't beat yourself up when you gain. Could just be water weight! Buy a digital scale and weigh your food, it's hard to accurately eyeball what one ounce of cheese really looks like. I had to eliminate crackers because they're highly caloric and don't help keep me full. Scrambled eggs, half an avocado, asparagus, broccoli, apples, chicken and salmon are all on my list of things to eat. Good luck! AND BE PATIENT.

Excellent advice on all of the points above... While I don't do the phone APP to often or have a FitBit (I'm old school LOL). If you want either of you want to add my as a friend, super!

1musicgrl

Losing weight the right way is rarely easy. It takes a lot of hard work and determination. Eating at a healthy deficit, drinking lots of water, and working out will give you your best results. You have to be willing to put in the hard work in order to have lasting success.

camiyo

Thanks for all the advice! I say easy, because I am frustrated. I started this 6 days ago. Been entering In app, eating right, I only drink 2 waters a day though because I never drink much I try. Waking up early before work to workout. Anyways I did my weigh in yesterday and only lost .4. I figured the extra weight would come over quicker then this.

Silentpadna

camiyo wrote: »

Thanks for all the advice! I say easy, because I am frustrated. I started this 6 days ago. Been entering In app, eating right, I only drink 2 waters a day though because I never drink much I try. Waking up early before work to workout. Anyways I did my weigh in yesterday and only lost .4. I figured the extra weight would come over quicker then this.

It's simply not a quick process. And six days is a blink of an eye in terms of time when it comes to (healthy) weight loss. If you want to lose 1 pound (of fat) per week, you will fluctuate 2-4 times that amount in a a single day during the entire process.

If you are attempting to lose 1 pound per week (and with the distance to goal it should not be more than that), be prepared to see the scale numbers move erratically but trend properly over time, as long as you are accurately tracking and maintaining a deficit. That means that even if you lose a pound of fat in a week, the scale might lead you to believe that you have gained instead of lost. That's again because of fluctuations in water retention, which you have little to no control over. That's why you need time.

At 1 pound per week, you need 4-6 weeks (not days) to really even start to see a pattern. But...........if you weigh your food and log it accurately, and maintain a deficit (not eating more than you think), the process works. It just does not lend itself to quick if you are not obese to start with. You have to trust the process. It works if done right, even if in the short term it doesn't feel like it.