Who is 5'1-5'2

SocraticS

5'2: 118 (was 123 1/1/12). This is 8 pounds higher than I was at 31 when I met my husband. I would love to be 110 again but I would be happy between 112 and 115. At 40 years old I just don't know how hard I want to work to be 110. That is less than I weighed in high school (114lb). Overall, at 118 22 years later is just four pounds heavier: NOT BAD.

Favorite craving stoppers: Greet Tea (Matcha: a very cool powder from the leaves that turns the water green) with vanilla Muscle Millk Light. It sounds weird but the Matcha is something I have for a snack every afternooon around 3 or 4 when I can get hungry. Matcha really take away any cravings even if I don't get Muscle Milk into it. I also like Banana Babies (dark choco): its so nutritious, satisfying, and like yummy.

Diet: carb concsious. I eat at least one serving of oatmeal, whole wheat bread, sweet potatoes, or pita bread each day in the morning or at lunch. I eat 1 to 1.5 servings of fruit (with lower glycimec--sp?--counts), and lots of lean protein (fish 1 -2 times a week). Dinner is almost always some kind of interesting, creative salad and I eat only a portien and vegetable (usually a dark green one). I find the dinner thing to be most effective in keeping weight off and brining out my figure. My fat count is the hardest: my food has to taste good, not dry. I go over 5 to 10 grams what MFP tells me I should each day.

I eat 1200 calories I don't exercise and always eat my exercise calories back (hard to do keeping the fat down). I lose more weight or don't gain when I eat them back.:drinker:

jldoody

I'm 5'2" and currently weigh 134, down 24 pounds since September from my high! Realistic goal is to get 115-120, but would love to get down to 110 and back at high school weight. I'm using Jenny Craig to help me get there, and have found it very helpful. Following hte Jenny program its 1200 calories a day, but unlimited veggies (certain ones of course!), so that when I put them in MFP I'm in the 1300 range. However I will say that when I work out, I'm not eating back those calories - mostly because I'm just not hungry, and eating veggies just doesn't eat up the calories like having a piece of cake would!

EmCarroll1990

i'm 5'2" and my weight goal is 101. as of now, i am 104 lbs and people are telling me that i already look fine. they said if i continue to lose weight, i'm not gonna look healthy anymore. so yea, i'm trying to maintain my weight and experiment with my daily calories. if i lose, that's good as long as i am not considered underweight (100 lbs for 5'2"s). if i gain, i'll work harder and try to stay within 101-104.

p.s. right now my daily caloric intake is 1,380.

p.p.s. i used to weigh 123 lbs.

you're young. you're bordering underweight. you're trying to maintain a window of 1 pound above underweight to 4 pounds above underweight. you're eating 1380 calories....okay....re-read that. tell me if you think there's anything wrong with your approach/outlook about your weight/body.

This is my goal weight as well, still 14 lbs till I get there.

Loves418

Ok well I am 5ft tall so happy to see others close to my height fighting this battle! In Dec 2010 I lost 23 pounds a lot of stuff happened and I gained back 5. When I started here I weighed 170 today I am down to 161. My goal weight is set to 125. I want to see how I look at feel at that weight. I am set to 1200 and I am sticking to it. I just got a HRM and it opened my eyes to how off the gym machines are for calories. Since I started losing it I lost this week instead of gaining last week.
Anybody who has close weight goals to mine and wants to be friends and is supportive add me! We can cheer each other on!

kelstad

I'm 5 2". A couple years ago I hit 186 and had just had a hysterectomy. I knew it was going to be an extra hard battle for me. Currently I'm 148! I'm large boned and tone. I'd like to hit 140 though. I cleaned up a lot of foods, but daily a little dark chocolate daily and a small dip of ice cream now and then. I'm really learning how carbs effect my body. I need them but knowing at what points of the day: morning-yes, evening-no This really has brought awareness to my body. Getting rid of soda and crystal light stuff was big. I thought by switching to crystal light I was doing myself calorie good - actually calorie bad. When I started making pitchers of water with a squeezed lemon in it, a couple pounds came off easily. I never realized how much all the artificial colors and chemicals was making me hold onto my weight, wow!

brynnsmom

I'm 5'2", goal is 107-108. I gained a few over Christmas (and New Years, and then my birthday, etc) and am trying to get back down. Only need to lose about 3 pounds but when your short it might as well be 10!

lnicole1625

I am 5"1 and I am currently at 135.5. My SW was 139/140. I would like to be at 125. I dont think I have ever been that thin. Its a dream, but I am going to shoot for it. My goal is set to 1200, but I eat more than that since I have been more active than usual.

JaneEmcd

I'm 5" and my start weight was 125. I now weight 124 and that has taken 2 weeks. It is going to be slow and sure. I would like to get down to 115. At the age of 57 I feel that 115 would be a good weight for me. I try to keep my caloric intake around 1,200. Some days are better then others. : )

rodneysmom98

5'2" and 165 lbs, 43 year old busy working mom! - would love to get down to 130 (125 would be awesome!!). Have been really trying to bump up my intake or fresh veggies and fruits and cut way back on sweets - very hard for this sugar addict!! I'm at 1200 calories, exercise most days, and do tend to eat back my exercise calories. I have an issue with binging when I feel deprived ... so I try not to go there. I am an emotional eater, for sure

Add me if you'd like some mutual support!

deenalynn

Hey! First of all you look great in your picture so I wouldnt worry too much. I am 5'2'' and 154lbs right now and hoping to get down to 118 where I was three years ago. I work out 4-5 days a week making sure i do aerobic/cardiovascular exercises mixed with strength training exercises-its key to losing weight fast! When you do both, your burning calories while working your muscles which is extremely effective because once the workout is over your muscles continue to burn fat long afterwards. You can do this with workouts like ashtanga or vinyasa yoga, kickboxing (amazing!), zumba(although i would lift some weights afterwards as well), step classes etc. If you dont like classes and like working on the machines the key is to do interval training. this is when you workout light for a certain amount of time and then really hard for a certain amount of time and you go back and forth for a half hour. raising your heart rate then dropping it down then raising it again is proven to be the most effective way to lose weight on the machines otherwise your body gets really used to them and you have to up your time constantly and it becomes almost impossible to lose anything. After that, lift weights to get your strength training in.

Also, MFP says that my max cal intake is 1200. However, I try to eat more cals than that because 1200 is a little too low for how hard and often I am working out. On days I am not working out i stay around the1200 maximum range.

**Bottom line, eat when your hungry dont if your not and always eat healthy. No fast food, no refined sugar, no soda and low on carbs. Also, i have found that supplements like protein shakes, flax seed oil, vitamin c and b12 help with fat break down a lot. Protein shakes keep you full and help with muscle buildup and vitamin c is great for your hair, skin, nails and immune system and will keep you looking young for the rest of your life. My dad took 1000 mgs everyday and at 66 he looked like he was 56 and still had a full head of hair and not one grey hair in sight!

Stormyyy

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Carrie3B

I'm 5'2 and currently weight 110. I'd like to get down to my weight of 2 years ago--104. I have a petite frame so that doesn't look scrawny. With that being said, I have recently adopted that philosophy that "Strong is Sexy" and would rather build muscle than look bony skinny. I have been getting 1200 calories but I just had my body fat composition test (at the gym) and it says I need to eat around 1350 calories. Trying to mentally overcome the "less calories is better" and feed my body correctly. Especially b/c I've been working out quite a bit. Definitely a lot of trial and error to see what works best!

KumariM

5'1 gal here, weighting 98 pounds but with a very small frame.
I'm looking for some lean mass gain, and I eat around 1100-1200 calories. I've always followed a mediterranean diet, so i almost don't eat processed food, with the exception of some mcdonalds on very rare occasions...

love4fitnesslove4food_wechange

5'1 gal here, weighting 98 pounds but with a very small frame.
I'm looking for some lean mass gain, and I eat around 1100-1200 calories. I've always followed a mediterranean diet, so i almost don't eat processed food, with the exception of some mcdonalds on very rare occasions...

You won't gain lean mass eating a starvation amount. If you're exercising this is literally starvation--your BMR (which you'd burn completely bedridden) is in the 1100-1200 range. you should really be eating more like 1800 minimum if you're exercising and hoping to even RETAIN the muscle you do have.

hml1976

I'm 5'2.75" and I'm around 120lbs, I go between 118-122lbs pretty much weekly I started at 165lbs.

I'm pretty happy where I am. Maybe not bikini thin but a nice 2-4P without being scrawny.

Oh and I eat about 1500-1700 calories a day to maintain depending on how much I exercise and I eat every one of my exercise calories.

KumariM

5'1 gal here, weighting 98 pounds but with a very small frame.
I'm looking for some lean mass gain, and I eat around 1100-1200 calories. I've always followed a mediterranean diet, so i almost don't eat processed food, with the exception of some mcdonalds on very rare occasions...

You won't gain lean mass eating a starvation amount. If you're exercising this is literally starvation--your BMR (which you'd burn completely bedridden) is in the 1100-1200 range. you should really be eating more like 1800 minimum if you're exercising and hoping to even RETAIN the muscle you do have.

I eat the calories I burn WHEN i work out, even if it's only a yoga class.
Currently I just finished my degree and I spend most of my day sending CVs, so on a daily basis honestly i don't burn much more than the calories i would burn if i was in bed all day. Most of the days I have been forcing myself to eat 1100 or 1200 calories.

Lorleee

5"2'! My goal is between 130-133. That's always been my "fighting weight" . I didn't look so hot at 174.

I've been eating about 1400 calories a day and now I'm about 7 pounds from my goal!

nichole1027

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djchris64

wow - sounds like me!! I am "almost" 5'0" and 47 years old. Had a baby at 42 and went from 119:happy: lbs to 135 lbs. When your usual shoe size no longer fits, you know you have to do something. Just started eating right, exercising and tracking it all on MFP and I have to say it is enlightening. Daily goal is 1200 calories a day with some sort of exercise daily - I've already lost 5 lbs in two weeks but feel so energized because of the activity. Favorite snack - raw baby carrotts, baby cucmber and cherry tomatoes with 1.5 teaspoons of President's Choice Blu Menu Baba Ghanouj! (I'm from Canada - not sure if you have P.C. in the States).

jddykstra

Hey all! This has been an interesting thread to read - so happy to see people my size, lol! I always tell my husband that I'm screwed because I'm short, so I basically get to eat 1 lettuce leaf a day.

Anyway, I'm 5'1.5" and currently weigh between 124-126. My goal is to be closer to 120. I am currently eating 1200 calories + exercise calories and feel like I've plateau'd a bit and am thinking about increasing to 1300+exercise calories. Would love to have some friends here that are my size!

_LilPowerHouse

Hey all! This has been an interesting thread to read - so happy to see people my size, lol! I always tell my husband that I'm screwed because I'm short, so I basically get to eat 1 lettuce leaf a day.

Anyway, I'm 5'1.5" and currently weigh between 124-126. My goal is to be closer to 120. I am currently eating 1200 calories + exercise calories and feel like I've plateau'd a bit and am thinking about increasing to 1300+exercise calories. Would love to have some friends here that are my size!

I had the same issue, so iv'e increased my cal intake to 1390 and I was eating back my WO calories but no real change, until about 2 days ago when i just started eating the 1390 and only about 100 to 200 of my WO calories, and finally the scale actually went down for me.. I hope that this is the formula that I need to break the plateau.. hope you figure it out because the plateaus are a bit discouraging after a while..

here_I_go_again

I"m 5' 2" and just started mfp again. I don't eat my sweets, especially chocolate, a big NO for me. I can't control myself around it

skinnylove00

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im 5`3`` here tehehehe (still counts, right?) 108 pounds right now, want to get down to 100 or 105 with LOTS OF MUSCLE!!!

ttillman19

I'm 5'2" weighin 180 at my highest. My SW on MFP was 169. I am now at 167.6. My goal weight is 135, but would love to be smaller. I have quite a bit of muscle mass under the fat, so anything below 125 I look freaky. I am not on a diet per say. I am just trying to exercise more and eat better. I gave up chips, sweets, sweet tea, soda, processed foods, and junk food. I cheat every once in a while though.

SnowWhite824

I'm 5'1. My lowest weight was 116 and I still felt like I could have been lower. My highest weight was 242.... I tried to tone, but having been so heavy for so long (and having had 2 kids), I have a bit of sagging that nothing other than surgery can fix. Right now I'm just trying to get back down to around 120-125 after have a few bad few months of eating and no exercise.

sdag

I'm 5'2". I started at 208 lb in July and I'm 163 lb now. I eat about 1300-1450 cal a day and I try to eat at least 50-75% of my exercise calories back. I was eating around 1000-1200 a day but I hit a plateau so I started eating more and it helped a lot! My goal weight is 125-130.


Oh, and I try to eat very low carb, too, since diabetes is common in my family.

jlebert716

I am 5'2 and currently 160, I am trying to get down to 125-130! I have lost 8 pounds so far and havent really cut anything from my diet mostly I have been controlling my portion sizes!

tashaa1992

I'm five foot.. so short:( I'm not going to state my current weight as I wouldn't want to trigger anyone, as I'm in recovery for anorexia, but my set goal weight is eight stone.I know I will get there, it will just take a bit of time. I have finally managed to gain three pounds though, it's my first gain since I started proper recovery again in august, definately happy with this:)

Tasha
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tinalee2340

I'm 5'2, my current weight is 191 but my SW was 250 in May of 2011. GW is between 130-135. I'm on weight watchers so I go by points (26 points) but when I record it on MFP it comes out to about 1100 calories a day - lots of fruit and vegetables and water.... I exercise 3-4 times a week - about an hour each time doing cardio and weights. The exercise has helped tone the body, I've gone from a size 22W dress to a size 14W dress and I can shop in a lot more stores and have more choices.

hhamada

I'm between 5'-1 and 5'-2" and weigh between 95 - 100 pounds. I eat about 1500 cal/day. I don't have a goal wieght but I want to keep body fat % low. I am currently doing P90X2 (including the nutrition plan). I did 2 rounds of P90X without following the nutrition plan. On the 3rd, round I incorporated the nutrition plan and the weight and body fat% dropped quickly. Bulding muscle and following a good nutrition plan really keeps weight under control.