5'2-5'3 girls!!!!

Michelledru

Age: 30
Height: 5'2"
Starting Weight: 134
Current Weight: 124
Goal Weight: 112
Calories: 1200/day (This is my aim but I don't feel the need to stick to it every single day. I sometimes I eat a lot more or a tiny bit less)
Exercise: I have been doing the 30 Day Shred workout and intend to move onto the other Jillian Michaels DVDs I have once I'm finished.

I sometimes eat all my exercise calories back and other times I only eat part back or none at all, it depends how I feel on the day. I do always aim to stay under my maintenance calories but I have had a couple of little blips.

JAGA81

Age: 30
Height: Just shy of 5'2"
SW: 240
CW: 180
GW: I'd be happy at anywhere between 110-120
Calories: Between 1100-1200/day
Exercise: Don't ask... :noway: My lack of exercise has kept my weight loss progession slow, but I'm just struggling to find a physical activity I find enjoyable. I absolutely despise the gym (I find it boring and tedious), so if anyone has any good suggestions on exercise that doesn't feel like exercise, I would love your input!!

tsitra1

Age: 39
Height: 5'2"
SW: 162
CW: 158.5
GW: 130-135

I've got a medium build and want to be very fit and strong..so my gw is a little higher. I've done WW off and on and just started calorie counting. I always do well on WW if I'm not exercising..but I love to exercise. I'm going to be playing with my calorie intake (1200 right now) and seeing if I need to eat my back my calories.

brendacs21

32yo 5'2

hw 187
cw 159
gw 130

im doing weight watchers and eat 29 points a day(have no idea how many calories this is). i work out 5-6 days a week 40 mins cardio and 20 mins strength training. im medium build , apple shaped

crazytreelady

19 yrs old, 5'3

sw: 145
cw: 138
gw: 120

Caloric Intake: 1000-1200

Current Measurements: 36-27-38
Goal Measurements: 36-24-36

I don't exercise much.. I go for a walk everyday and basically book my butt around campus for about 30 mins a day.

I really want to to look my gramma when she was younger... Because she looked like a pin up model.

SummerSkier

53 yo, 5'2"
SW 124
CW 106
GW 100

Any twins for me out there?

I stick to about 1100/day and sometimes eat the ex cals back. I started in Nov of last year.

SS

MRSJACKON22

27yo
5'3"
SW 170
CW 159
GW 115-120

I'm at 1400/day but I'm aiming at staying under 1300 since 1400 seem to much for me. Just got into running 2-4 miles 3 times a week. Started in January 2012.

SlimBananas

hello!!
i'm 21yrs old and im 5'3
sw: around 173
cw: 165
gw:117

I'm currently trying to figure out a workout schedule but i do zumba (kinect) biggest loser (kinect) & go to the ymca and walks around my neighborhood. this has not been an easy journey for me. took me a long time to get past 167 and im still fighting cravings but hey at least im trying.

willywonka

Hi I'm 36 years old
5'2
Starting weight about 3 years ago was 160 lbs
CW-117
GW-112-115

I don't usually eat more than 1100 calories a day, but I'm not exercising as intensely these days. Of course Sunday nights are my celebration nights- complete with Ben and Jerry's! Is it Sunday yet :laugh:

jules_02

bump

mazzy72

Bump, I will post my progress and goal later ! ^_^

mollydubs

Current Measurements: 36-27-38
Goal Measurements: 36-24-36


I really want to to look my gramma when she was younger... Because she looked like a pin up model.

Your goal measurements are I think everyone's dream! Lucky grandma! I wish I could hold on to my chest when I lose weight

My currents are: 33ish-24ish-31ish. I wish I had measured everything out when I started...

seebeachrun

age 28
5'2.5 small frame

No excuses for gaining weight, just lazy about exercise and eating/drinking everything in sight!

sw 140
cw 135
gw 120
**** 1200 calories and sometimes eat my exercise calories
I work out at least three days per week, usually cardio.

skinnylove00

HI i am 5`3``!!

SW: 130 pounds
CW: 115 (usually 110, but i binged hard this week :x)
GW: 100-105 range

i eat about 1200 a day on good days, but if i overeat i am usually at about double that...its bad i know. which is why i am going 30 days without a binge!!

Neigh2012

I'm 18 and 5'3" but have a curvier frame.
SW: 175
CW 168
GW: 140 (or less!)

smallsadsam

Ladies....please remember to eat up to your calorie goal. Staying under the goal is counterproductive!!! Here's a spreadsheet I used to calculate my calorie goal. http://interzone.kicks-*kitten*.net/Calculating_calories.xls My biggest regret was eating at 1200 calories...all did was stall my weight loss. When you eat, you fuel the body and it raises your metabolism!!

I downloaded this.... Wow, have no idea what I am looking at!

AveryWays

Age 35
5'2 medium build

SW 215 lbs; Body Fat Percent of 37.
CW 158 lbs; Body Fat Percent of 23.
GW 130 lbs or Body Fat Percent of 15.
**** 1400 calories. My BMR is 1380. I had to adjust
Depending on the intensity and length of my workout, I eat those calories back.
I do 3x strength training and 2x cardio a week.
I make it a point a do a long run/walk 4-10 miles during the weekend.

hpsnickers1

Ladies....please remember to eat up to your calorie goal. Staying under the goal is counterproductive!!! Here's a spreadsheet I used to calculate my calorie goal. http://interzone.kicks-*kitten*.net/Calculating_calories.xls My biggest regret was eating at 1200 calories...all did was stall my weight loss. When you eat, you fuel the body and it raises your metabolism!!

YES, YES, YES!! Food isn't evil. Food is nourishment. It is essential (I'm talking about real food, not the edible foodlike substances that cover over 90% of the grocery store).
You want to get the most nourishment with the least amount of calories. If you stick to real, whole foods (bread is not one of them, not even whole grain bread. Whole grain cereal isn't either). Stick with meat (even bacon as long as it's uncured), poultry, pork, fish, seafood, greens, fibrous vegetables, fruit (may have to limit this), and healthy fats (mostly saturated and MUFAs) and you won't have to even worry about calories.

hpsnickers1

AGE: 27
5'2"

Highest Weight: 176
Starting Weight: 169
Current Weight: 166
Goal Weight: 115
Ultimate Goal Weight: 108

MFP suggested cals 1320, I rarely hit 1200 and I don't eat my exercise calories. I haven't been too hungry - it's hard for me to eat first thing in the am and usually an hr or 2 after I eat, I'm starving. Ha. I haven't gone to the store for snacks but, I'm hoping it will work!

You can eat whenever you feel like eating. What time you eat makes no difference. And getting hungry an hour or two after eating means you might want to start looking into dropping the carbs and increasing your fat some. That isn't hunger. That is a blood sugar crash. You're eating too many carbs in one sitting and it sounds like you have some blood sugar issues.
I followed the low-calorie, high-carb, low-fat thing the first 6 months. My first meal of the day was a bowl of oatmeal and a large apple. Supposed to be filling, right? Well after about 2 hours I would start shaking like a leaf and feel weak and be STARVING! It took me a year later - after I started tracking my blood sugar and testing my glucose tolerance - that that feeling wasn't hunger. It was my blood sugar crashing hard. The whole digestion process takes about 5-6 hours. It takes about 2 hours just for food to leave the stomach (glucose hits the bloodstream from the stomach).

From Primal Body, Primal Mind:
The Need for Steady Fuel: Where fueling the fire of our brain and body's metabolism is concerned, carbohydrates can best be described as kindling. Whole grains and legumes are somewhat like twigs; starch, such as cereals and potatoes, and simple sugars are like paper on the fire; and alcohol might best be described as gasoline on the fire. If you're relying on carbohydrates as your primary source of fuel, you need to feed that fire often, regularly, and consistently. You will be craving that fuel. Unfortunately, most people today have forcibly adapted their bodies to this sort of an unnatural dependence by over-consuming carbohydrates in their diet. (Most - if not all alcoholics have - for instance - severe issues with dysglycemia and sugar addiction. Alcoholics are dependent on and regularly seek fast sources of sugar - alcohol being the fastest...because the problem in alcoholism, in fact, isn't really alcohol, per se, but severe carbohydrate addiction (this is interesting to me because most people I know that have completely stopped drinking develop sweet tooths.)...One might get a burst or a ball of flame with respect to energy from many carbohydrate sources, but no one can get long-term, sustainable energy. As soon as the flame starts to die out, which doesn't take long, you're stuck with cravings for fuel or stimulants again. It can be quite a roller coaster ride. This is why dome dietary experts are always telling you to eat every two hours or to eat "numerous small meals throughout the day". If you're sugar dependent - and almost everyone in this culture is victim to that unnecessary reality - then frequent small meals become necessary to maintain an even keel. If you have ever heated your home with a wood stove using paper, twigs and lighter fluid all day, you'd be a slave to that fire and you'd need a mountain of fuel to constantly feed that hungry beast. You'd be forever preoccupied with keeping that fire going, and you'd have little other life...Nature would never have intended for us to constantly live this way. It is a terribly impractical state to maintain, particularly if you view this from the primitive perspective of ongoing survival in a less certain world where food wasn't constantly available. Our primitive (particularly ice-age) ancestors would never have made it this far if carbohydrates were essential to the diet or if glucose were necessary as a primary source of energy. Nature isn't that crazy or stupid...Mind you, it is possible to live in a state of primary glucose dependence. The idea that we are necessarily dependent on sugar as our primary source of fuel is true only conditionally, only if we've metabolically adapted ourselves to that unnatural dependence....It isn't necessary at all and it will age you faster (and cost you much more in grocery bills and health care). Dietary fat, in the absence of carbohydrates, is like putting a nice big log on the fire. Fat's flame burns as a regular, even rate, and is easily dept going, Protein, consumed in moderate quantities, is mainly diverted toward repair and maintenance. Only in excess does it convert to sugar. Fat's even flame keeps the hormone leptin under control, keeps insulin quiet, and keeps our appetite satisfied...One can go many, many hours on this longer-burning type of fuel without experiencing any discomfort or cravings at all. You may eventually get hungry if you really go a long time without eating, which is normal, bu you are far less likely to experience irritability, dizziness, brain fog, cravings, fatigue, jitteriness, or mood swings because of it. That's the way it's supposed to be!

Krahn1984

5'1/2...5'2 on a good day

HW: 124.5
CW: 110.5
GW: 108

I guess that is my goal weight on MFP, but I don't mind weighing more if I'm toned/muscles. It took me over a year to get where I'm at. A nice slow pace of losing maybe a pound a month, lol. Working on my strength training. I eat anywhere from 1,200-2,000 calories a day. Sometimes I'll binge and eat around 4,000 calories. I usually eat all, most or more of my excercise calories back. I struggle with trying to properly fuel my body with good foods vs. binging on hot cheetos, donuts, chocolate bars, et. al.

If you need support, feel free to add me as a friend

Krahn1984

27 years old*

JeSuisPrest

I struggle with trying to properly fuel my body with good foods vs. binging on hot cheetos, donuts, chocolate bars, et. al.

If you don't buy it you won't binge on it. Throw it all in the trash and replace with healthier snacks!!

jjennyb4

Age 31
CW 126
GW 115
Height 5' 3 1/2"
Calories 1200

careyayn22

Height: 5'2
Age: 39
Calories: 1200-1300 (eat back most calories)

Peak (known): 231-April 2011
SW: 224-July 2011
CW: 179
GW: 134
UGW: 120

llujan88

I'm new to MFP, and learning how to count calories. My ultimate goal is to be toned, whatever weight it takes me to be there. Right now MFP has my calorie intake at 1,200. I also eat back most of my calories burned and I tend to average my week at that goal (some good days and some bad days in between). I may increase my calories once I get to 118.

I'm a working mom of 3 girls, and try to work out a minimum of 4x a week doing either elliptical, circuit (at home), low weights, hiking and cycling. In a month or so I will start Muay Thai Kickboxing again 3x a week. I was my fittest while taking that class before I was pregnant with #3.

Age: 33
Height: 5'2"
Before Baby: 118 & toned
SW: 123 (7 mos post-baby)
CW: 121
GW: ? Toned

StephL0711

i'm 25 and 5'3

sw:144 (7 months after having 2nd baby)
cw:last sunday weigh in was at 132
gw:120
1200 cals
i work out to jillian michaels 6 week 6 pack 6 days a week(just finished 30ds last week), and walk when i need to go grocery shopping(dont drive)
i have never been in the 120s so im excited to see whhat i look like at my goal weigh!! the heaviest ive been was 180(in my early teens) so that has left me with lots of stretch marks:(

mick_02

AGE 27
Height 5'2
Heighest weight 160
Current weight 114ish
Goal weight 110ish and to tone up
I stopped tracking my calories. It was making me crazy, But I would say I eat around 1300-1700 depending on the day.
I also run and work out 4-5 times a week.

WhitneyAnnabelle

5'2 3/4

HW: 183
LW: 105
CW: 107
GW: 100-105 (probably more on the 105 side)

I gained all of my weight from medication (in a very, very short period of time). I lost 60 pounds of it in about 5 months, then the rest over the course of a few years. I did not start at 105 when I gained; I was about 120. When I was a senior in high school, I weighed 140. I am now 25, and I am almost 35 pounds lighter. It's been an interesting journey. Feel free to friend me.

bergsangel

I'm 32, mom of 3, and 5'1.5"

HW (non preggo) 129
SW 125
CW 119
GW 115

I eat 1200 -1400 a day depending on my exercise!

EmeleJean

Age: 26

5'3

Highest non pregnancy but AFTER baby weight -138
Starting Weight -135
Current Weight -123 ( after about 6 weeks of MFP )
Goal Weight -112-115ish

Im on 1200 Cals/day. I do a Zumba class Mondays and Wednesdays. Tuesdays I walk to a park with my son in the stroller 3 miles away and 3 miles back OR rest if its crappy out. Thursdays and Fridays I do a 5k on the treadmill. Majority is cardio and diet... although how I eat now is more of a lifestyle than a diet. I eat about 80% of my exercise calories. So that is usually an extra 200 per exercise day. Its been working very well for me where other things have failed in the past. Been trying things for a while, my son is 2 1/2.