Women 5'4 - 5"5 with results + Pictures

starfruit132

You look great! Congrats on all you have already done. The set back is just temporary - go back to logging and try to look at what you did to get you towards your goal. One lb at a time. Stay strong.

iamomx2

I think you look "onederful"...

sunny_d22

@MadDogManor Super cute outfit! You look great. Congrats on quitting smoking!

selawson729

I'm 5'4.1 haha. Started around 212 August 2019...one year later I'm at 131. 95% diet/calories to get here, 5% exercise haha.

solarpower03

MarissaRiv23 wrote: »

garlo12 wrote: »

MarissaRiv23 wrote: »

Hi! I’m 5’4” and I went from 250 to 150lbs.

Great Job!!! You look Amazing. Did you do weights you look really toned, you are an inspiration to me, how long did it take you to reach your goal?

Thank you so much!! I did A LOT of strength training along with my cardio. It took me about 2.5 years to lose the weight. Though that is a long time to get to my goal, it helped minimize loose skin for me.
I now do only 30 mins of cardio 3 x’s a week and mainly focus on strength training.

Best way to do- well done!

imgwendolyn2015

selawson729 wrote: »

I'm 5'4.1 haha. Started around 212 August 2019...one year later I'm at 131. 95% diet/calories to get here, 5% exercise haha.

Congrats on your success!! I love the before and after pic in the same shirt. I also love that 95% of process was diet/calorie based. I am striving for the similar results. I struggle with the exercise part of it because I find it boring. My stats are the same as yours too. Starting weight 214, goal weight 140 and I am 5'4". Thanks for the inspiration!!

CloverDemeter

I am 5'4.5" exactly! I've gained most of the weight back during quarantine, but I'm using these pictures as motivation myself to get back down!

Before pictures are me between 165-169 lbs. After pictures I am 145 lbs!

somecoolname0411

5`4" 44 years old. 230 to 142. 100% diet loss. Now working on exercise

selawson729

Another one.

nexangelus

katyoverby wrote: »

I am always curious about the number of calories people eat per day. Many people who post say they logged food and that really helped with weight loss but noone says about how many calories per day worked for them. I realize it is different for everyone- I'm just curious. Thank you for any insight you can provide!

Calorie intake depends on activity levels and NEAT (non exercise activity thermogenesis)....so the more active you are and especially if you do heavy weight lifting or resistance training, then potentially the more calories you can eat per day....here is my story in numbers...my goal weight is 140 lbs. I started out at 195.4 lbs in 2012. I am five foot five. I am 46 years old. I am a strongwoman athlete and do mainly heavy compound lifts (barbell), mixed with bodybuilding accessories and conditioning circuit finishers. I train three/four times per week in the gym. Sessions are 60 mins long. I cycle 15 miles a day on an electric bicycle (not on full power, set between quarter and half) to and from work. I cycle 10 miles when I commute to and from the gym. At the moment I eat 2002 calories per day, I weigh in at 155.4 lbs. I started off on 1945 calories per day when I was 173 lbs last year in June. Lowest calories per day was 1700. And I was miserable and feeling hungry.

It is variable and different for everyone. We all have different diets, exercise programmes and macro splits. And I am assuming our personal metabolisms play a part?

nexangelus

Forgot to add that lean mass (muscle mass) makes a difference too....if I feel brave I might dig some pics out to post at some point.

selawson729

I eat 1200 to 1400

charmmeth

nexangelus wrote: »

Forgot to add that lean mass (muscle mass) makes a difference too....if I feel brave I might dig some pics out to post at some point.

Would love to see these!

MarissaRiv23

MarissaRiv23 wrote: »

Hi! I’m 5’4” and I went from 250 to 150lbs.

Update: I am now down to 145lbs. This is the leanest I’ve ever been.

siyeonsimpp

I'm about 5'4" and before I started MFP I was around 126lbs, and now I'm like 119, and that was about 40 days ago. Sorry I don't have any pictures..

cristiwinks

Feeling inspired...thank you to everyone who posted their pics! Looking forward to posting mine someday

jeannemarie333

Great job thanks for sharing!

kristingjertsen

Thank you. I am at 150 now and trying to take off the last few pounds. Looks like 145 is a good idea. I may try to take off a few more pounds, give or take, but now I have a goal in mind.

alisampm

Still in process, but 52 pounds down -

mcbeef29

Wow! Great job, you look great! Congrats!

mcbeef29

alisampm wrote: »

Still in process, but 52 pounds down -

Congrats! Great job, you look great!

mcbeef29

mjborley wrote: »

I'm 5ft 5 and lost 80+lbs. I've maintained my weight now for the past 9 months (I fluctuate about 4-5lbs over those 9 months but have found it fairly easy to keep on track). Although I'm only just at a healthy BMI I don't intend to lose anymore weight namely as it just doesn't look great on me being slimmer than I am (I'm quite broad). If this helps anyone with motivation than I'm more than happy to share. I know these kind of before and after pics helped me when I started - Mel

Great job!

tihi18

Bump

AKTipsyCat

I think this is about a 40 pound difference. I’m 5’4. Went from about 215, to 226 to 174. I bounce around a bit.

hezaa777

You all look spectacular!

CorvusCorax77

This thread is the most motivational thing on MFP! Thank you!

Sailor555

AKTipsyCat congratulations and love the cat in the background! :-)

1961Fowler

I'm 59 and lost 30 lbs - only to gain 20 back. BUT I'm back on track and these pictures have inspired me so much!

selawson729

You all are doing great. 🙂

fstrickl

I’m 5’5! Pic in the blue dress is around 189 lbs, the heaviest I had been. Second pic I weighed in at 157.6 lbs. it’s been 8 months and I am happy with the progress, slow and consistent. Haven’t cut out any foods or alcohol, learning to love being healthy for how it makes me feel. Excuse the mess in the pics - and my teeny tiny biceps.

Went from a 33.5 inch waist to 29 inches.
Hips from 43.5 to 39.

Ultimately I’m hoping to be around 135-140. Taking a break and staying at maintenance over Christmas holidays though.