**Fit and Fun-sized**(5'4 and under) WEEK 1

♥Faerie♥

How do I join!? Just keep up with the thread? I would love to do this.... Turkey Day 30 min workout it is

My current weight is 124ish ( I feel like I fluctuate EVERY day)

My GW is 110 by Spring Break 3/10/10

I'm 5'2"

I have a pretty muscular build right now and I work out a lot, what I really need is to lose some girth on my middle and slim down my legs...

My biggest down fall is that I get terrified if I eat over 12-1300 cals a day... Granted on occasion I definitely do! I read online that I should eat 9 calories for every pound in my goal weight so 9 x 110 = 990 a day... is that ok to do? I can't wait to get super fit so I look great in my bikini and heels tanning outside of the Bellagio in Vegas on Spring Break :-P

That's interesting, I would also like to know if that is true, 9 cals for every pound, but this would mean I should only have 945 cals a day. Any thoughts?

LisaZaugg1976

How do I join!? Just keep up with the thread? I would love to do this.... Turkey Day 30 min workout it is

My current weight is 124ish ( I feel like I fluctuate EVERY day)

My GW is 110 by Spring Break 3/10/10

I'm 5'2"

I have a pretty muscular build right now and I work out a lot, what I really need is to lose some girth on my middle and slim down my legs...

My biggest down fall is that I get terrified if I eat over 12-1300 cals a day... Granted on occasion I definitely do! I read online that I should eat 9 calories for every pound in my goal weight so 9 x 110 = 990 a day... is that ok to do? I can't wait to get super fit so I look great in my bikini and heels tanning outside of the Bellagio in Vegas on Spring Break :-P

That's interesting, I would also like to know if that is true, 9 cals for every pound, but this would mean I should only have 945 cals a day. Any thoughts?

I just think that would put your body into starvation mode and you would not lose but I am not sure 100% postive on that

sekc29

Hi, I am 5'2 and am I currently weight 156. I would love to be around 120 but my first goal is 149 by Christmas.

songbyrdsweet

Gosh, no, don't eat 900 calories a day! The chances of maintaining your health and getting all necessary nutrients as an active individual on 900 calories a day are slim to none. I eat 1400-1500 cals/day and I've been losing over a lb a week so far. My BMR alone is 1,310 cal/day, so even without exercise 900 would put me at a deficit. The ADA recommends 1200 as a minimum to ensure that you'll be closer to attaining all necessary nutrients at appropriate levels.

barbiecat

:flowerforyou: I've been eating 1200 calories a day plus some of my exercise calories and am still losing weight. I think it's important that all 1200 calories come from nutrition dense foods, not empty calories like white flour, sugar, alcohol, etc. I want to be healthy and energetic along with being slim.

When in doubt, I overestimate my food calories and underestimate my exercise calories.

Luke93

Yay!!!!!! Our first week!:happy:

Hi everyone, my name is Celina. I think this is a great challenge this week, I had planned on upping my workouts for the week and taking Thursday off but this challenge is a great motivator for me to at least get in 30 min.

Height: 5'0"
Starting Weight: 174.4
Current Weight: 132.4
1st Goal Weight: 115


For the past few months I have been eating 1200 calories and rarely eating back my exercise cals. But then I kept reading all these things about starvation mode and your body adapting to 1200 and it just kinda scared me a bit. So just last week I upped my calories to 1300. The BMR calculated me at 1266. So technically I should still be losing eating 1300.

Good luck to everyone this week.:flowerforyou:

ButlerMom

Hello, all I want to join. I"m 5'3.5" and weigh 172....first step is to get to 150. My husband is a MFP fan, too so that makes it easier!!! I'm in for Thanksgiving Day :happy:

dinosgirl

May I join?

I am barely 5' and currently weigh 151 lbs. My third son just had his first birthday this past week so I figure I can no longer use the excuse that I just had a baby for my weight! I am hoping to get down to 125lbs or so. Ideally I'd like to weigh 112lbs like I did when I was my fittest a long, long time ago, but 125lbs seems more realistic.

I am doing ChaLEAN Extreme and loving it! I am currently into my second week of the program and love how the workouts are only 30 - 45 minutes. Perfect for my hectic schedule of a full-time job and mommy to 3 beautiful boys 5 and under.

songbyrdsweet

May I join?

I am barely 5' and currently weigh 151 lbs. My third son just had his first birthday this past week so I figure I can no longer use the excuse that I just had a baby for my weight! I am hoping to get down to 125lbs or so. Ideally I'd like to weigh 112lbs like I did when I was my fittest a long, long time ago, but 125lbs seems more realistic.

I am doing ChaLEAN Extreme and loving it! I am currently into my second week of the program and love how the workouts are only 30 - 45 minutes. Perfect for my hectic schedule of a full-time job and mommy to 3 beautiful boys 5 and under.

Welcome!!
I started at 154 in 2005. I was in a size 13 pants at 5'0. It has taken time but I have totally changed my body through all the school and working full time and all that other CRUD that wants to get in the way of us reaching our goals. I too would like to reach 125 as a short-term goal, and be 118 by the summer. The ChaLEAN sounds like a lot of fun from what I hear!

marilla

Hello everyone. What a great thread!

Height: 5'1"
CW: 130.0
GW: 110.0

I did a 45 minute Tae-robics workout with 15 minutes of strength/toning. I also completed day 5 of the 30 Day Shred. I think my gym is going to have class at 0800 on Thanksgiving since many have requested it and I plan to go.

Marilla

supermom1114

Hey everyone I'm in! 5'3" and I'm going to weigh in tomorrow morning so I'll post CW and GW then

I'm totally in for a 30min workout on thanksgiving!! I really don't lift weights a lot, just like to do cardio, either run, elliptical, swim, etc. I do wii active workouts and my parents just go the biggest loser game, but I did one workout and it was really week, it estimated I only burnt 50 calories.. I was thinking wth? how do they think people are going to lose weight by only burning 50cals in a workout. I'm going to get the Wii Fit Plus and Jillian Michaels Fitness Ultimatum 2010 and a bunch of Jillian Michaels DVDs.

And yes I know I should do strength training more because muscle burns more calories than fat, but i bulk up very easy and as I think we all know when your short lean muscles are hard to get without possibly going overboard and being too bulky so I just let toting my son around and carrying heavy grocery bags and laundry bins around be my strength training for now lol

TheMaidOfAstolat

Hey ya'll! I'm Sarah and since I'm already at my goal weight (90 lbs :bigsmile: ) I'm 4' 11 3/4" .I'll just be checking in with you all to see how everyone is doing and providing sone encouragement. Although, I do want to loose another 3 inches from my waist (left over pregnancy junk :sick: ).

songbyrdsweet

Hey everyone I'm in! 5'3" and I'm going to weigh in tomorrow morning so I'll post CW and GW then

I'm totally in for a 30min workout on thanksgiving!! I really don't lift weights a lot, just like to do cardio, either run, elliptical, swim, etc. I do wii active workouts and my parents just go the biggest loser game, but I did one workout and it was really week, it estimated I only burnt 50 calories.. I was thinking wth? how do they think people are going to lose weight by only burning 50cals in a workout. I'm going to get the Wii Fit Plus and Jillian Michaels Fitness Ultimatum 2010 and a bunch of Jillian Michaels DVDs.

And yes I know I should do strength training more because muscle burns more calories than fat, but i bulk up very easy and as I think we all know when your short lean muscles are hard to get without possibly going overboard and being too bulky so I just let toting my son around and carrying heavy grocery bags and laundry bins around be my strength training for now lol

If you're becoming bulky, it generally means you're not in a deficit and building muscle under and existing layer of fat. Females lack appreciable amounts of testosterone, so we rely on GH for muscle growth, and that really only peaks during menses; other than that, both our levels of GH and test are much lower than males'. So the chances of you becoming bulky, especially in a caloric deficit, are slim to none. It has taken me a couple years to gain what muscle mass I have, and I'm highly endomorphic. It's important to perform resistance training to maintain muscle mass and bone density, especially as a small female who has breastfed and/or had a baby. Calcium is easily leeched from the bones during lactation.

supermom1114

Good Morning my fit n fun-sized gals!

So eating a quick bowl of cereal then dropping my son off and heading out for a morning run... it may rain... that would be nice, I love running in the rain. I weighed in today so here are my stats

SW 190(prego)
CW 142.8
GW 130-125

Mini Goals-
By Christmas- 138
By Feb 14- 130
By Summer- 125

I may reasses my goals along the way, I know its more of a slow and steady pace but I'm so busy with school and my son and my hubby coming home from Iraq soon so I know I won't be able to hit the gym or run as much as I'd like but I'm determined to stay within calories and at least lose a pound a week

I hope everyone has a great day!!!

mavsfan2009

This is where I need help. I leave for work at 7 every morning, and don't get home until about 7 every night (about an hour commute each way). By the time I get home, I'm hungry and tired and I've had a hard time finding the motivation to get up in the morning. Does anyone else have this problem? What do you girls do to get yourself to the gym at 5 AM or after you get home from work? I don't usually eat a lot before the gym, but then I'm eating dinner at 9PM! HELP!

songbyrdsweet

This is where I need help. I leave for work at 7 every morning, and don't get home until about 7 every night (about an hour commute each way). By the time I get home, I'm hungry and tired and I've had a hard time finding the motivation to get up in the morning. Does anyone else have this problem? What do you girls do to get yourself to the gym at 5 AM or after you get home from work? I don't usually eat a lot before the gym, but then I'm eating dinner at 9PM! HELP!

I had this schedule a couple summers ago when I worked in DC. The commute was AWFUL. I went to the gym on the way home from work. I packed my gym clothes with me and ate right before leaving the office. That way I digested my food during the hour-long commute and was ready to go when I hit the gym. There's nothing wrong with eating at 9pm. My last meal usually happens around 10pm.

♥Faerie♥

This is where I need help. I leave for work at 7 every morning, and don't get home until about 7 every night (about an hour commute each way). By the time I get home, I'm hungry and tired and I've had a hard time finding the motivation to get up in the morning. Does anyone else have this problem? What do you girls do to get yourself to the gym at 5 AM or after you get home from work? I don't usually eat a lot before the gym, but then I'm eating dinner at 9PM! HELP!

I also have an hour commute each way, about the same hours, so I saved and purchased my own treadmill, that way its always there, and whenever I get a chance I hop on for 30 mins at least!

Taradise

Please count me in too!! Sometimes the shorter folks have to look at things differently when it comes to weight loss... maybe we won't lose 2 lbs a week like everyone else. But for us .5lbs is huge!

I'd like to keep track of this thread to see how the shorties are doing and any tips for the vertically challenged :laugh:

Height: 5'0"
SW: 141
CW: 129.8
GW: 115

Any tips for traveling? I'm headed back to the US to visit my family for 10 days or so (I live in the UK). I'm worried about the 2 dinner Thanksgiving to accomdate my fam and hubby's fam, worried about Jet lag, worried about getting all the workouts in... ahhhh!!

I love the Thanksgiving 30 min workout challenge! I'm up for it.

mavsfan2009

Thanks for the responses! I really think I just need to suck it up and eat something HEALTHY after my workout for dinner. I usually eat a protien bar (my boyfriend has Oh Yeah! bars so sometimes I eat half of one) before my workout.

By the way...
Height: 5'3"
SW: 135
CW: 132
GW: 120

supermom1114

Please count me in too!! Sometimes the shorter folks have to look at things differently when it comes to weight loss... maybe we won't lose 2 lbs a week like everyone else. But for us .5lbs is huge!

I'd like to keep track of this thread to see how the shorties are doing and any tips for the vertically challenged :laugh:

Height: 5'0"
SW: 141
CW: 129.8
GW: 115

Any tips for traveling? I'm headed back to the US to visit my family for 10 days or so (I live in the UK). I'm worried about the 2 dinner Thanksgiving to accomdate my fam and hubby's fam, worried about Jet lag, worried about getting all the workouts in... ahhhh!!

I love the Thanksgiving 30 min workout challenge! I'm up for it.

Drink LOTS of water to help while flying. And use small salad plates instead of big dinner plates for the thanksgiving meals so you can control your portions As far as workouts just make sure to give yourself 30-60 min a day to take a run or see if you can bring a few workout dvds and pop them in while everyones out or still sleeping early in the morning

Hope those tips help!! Have fun over the holidays!

geicko

Hi girls !

I'm Nathalie, French canadian (sorry for all the misspelling !), and 5'4".

I don't really need to lose weight since I'm now at 116 and that suits. Keeping a journal lowers my weight-food-stress though so I keep coming here daily. I'm now also paying closer attention to sodium, fiber and calcium and without a journal, it's almost impossible to tell whether you're having enough or too much.

I started watching what I eat and exercising (for the first time in my life !) last February when I stopped smoking. I was then 130. By mid-June I was down 120 and pretty happy there. But then we booked ourselves a beach vacation and I thought I should aim for my initial 115 goal ! We are leaving next Monday for a vacation in Cancun/Mexico in an all inclusive resort and I'm a little worry... last year I put on 5 pounds during our similar vacation ! Hopefully I'll make better food choices this time and will exercice at least a few times.

Oh, I'm doing Turbo Jam DVDs (hate gyms) and I love it !

sixtyinchesoffury

morning friends! well i am laid up with ice on my low back and my legs raised....i feel old!!! but i am determined to stay within my

calories so that at least i am staying on track. i was reading back through this thread and realize that my goal weight (130) is not

very low compared to others. i was wondering how did you decide what your goal weight should be? i started around 150 but that

was over a year ago. well have a good day shorties!!!!!

Ang

songbyrdsweet

morning friends! well i am laid up with ice on my low back and my legs raised....i feel old!!! but i am determined to stay within my

calories so that at least i am staying on track. i was reading back through this thread and realize that my goal weight (130) is not

very low compared to others. i was wondering how did you decide what your goal weight should be? i started around 150 but that

was over a year ago. well have a good day shorties!!!!!

Ang

Ow! Feel better! Alternate that with some heat and massage.

I determined my goal weight based on my body fat %. Assuming minimal muscle loss, at 118 lbs of body weight I will have 19% body fat.

geicko

I also think body fat % is a far better indication then weight, which fluctuates constantly and can vary a lot form one person to the other for various reasons.

I think setting a goal is just a way to stay focus. Day to day, it doesn't make a big difference if you're 20 pounds from your goal or only 5 - you're still aiming at some loss. A weight goal to me is nothing but a number and by the time you reach any number that sounds healthy, you can redefine the whole thing.

I initially set my goal to 115 but when I reached 120 I was very happy with what I got.

I prefer to weight more with some nice muscles then to weight very little and have no muscles. And muscles weight a lot ! So if you increase your muscular mass, you might have to revise your goal

Take care !

cherie2304

My name is Cherie...Can I join!!!! I'm 5'2". This will be a lot of fun. Been on here since March and this site has been beyond helpful. Since the first Challenge is to at least get in 30 min on Thanksgiving...I already got that covered. Plan to do a full body strength training session with 45 min of cardio...

Below is my info.

SW: 221
CW: 164
GW: 150 (re-evaluate from there)

barbiecat

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
I have continued to reassess my goal weight. When I started at 183 I thought being in the 130's would be fabulous. But as I lost weight and continued to be happy with my eating plan I considered that I might be able to lose more. I line dance with women of ages 40-90 and saw women who looked like i wanted to look and they were thinner than me so I kept going. Since about 20 pounds ago I've had pudgy women tell me I'm fading away and shouldn't lose any more weight :laugh: but with more to lose from my pudgy thighs :sad: :sad: I'm not ready to quit. Although I watch the scale, I'm more interested in losing the excess on my thighs.

When I started this journey in January I had spent years of crying when I tried on clothes because I was so fat. When I tried on size 12 pants and they fit, I cried tears of joy because I looked good in the mirror. Yesterday I bought a Christmas outfit for our line dance performance.......I shopped at two thrift shops and found a pair of size 6P red jeans and a red turtleneck and Christmas theme vest in size small...it was a miraculous experience.:bigsmile: :bigsmile:

I workout at home (Leslie Sansone, Richard Simmons), walk in my neighborhood or at the dog park with my dogs, and dance three days a week.
Barbie

wks7777

Hey guys! Hope everyone is having a good day! So far ive had a bowl of oatmeal with blueberries, bananas , and walnuts, delish! (i woke up late) Got a good work out planned for tonite, Body Jam for an hour, then a 30 min leg work out. Gotta do some abs tonite whether i want to or not lol, it used to be my fav thing to work and after kids i just hate it! Im so weak now!

songbyrdsweet

Wks that oatmeal sounds sooooo goooood...I am low-carbing this week and besides one small slice of break all my carbs have been from peas today.

Later on I get more peas. Then a South Beach granola bar! :bigsmile: Haha, it's well worth the effort though.

wks7777

i am alternating carbs this week, like yesterday i did 75 carbs and today im doing regular well still under but higher than yesterday, then tommorow lower, and then obviously on thanksgiving regular. Its my first time rotating, so u think it works well? Is this something u do often?

Wks that oatmeal sounds sooooo goooood...I am low-carbing this week and besides one small slice of break all my carbs have been from peas today.

Later on I get more peas. Then a South Beach granola bar! :bigsmile: Haha, it's well worth the effort though.

songbyrdsweet

i am alternating carbs this week, like yesterday i did 75 carbs and today im doing regular well still under but higher than yesterday, then tommorow lower, and then obviously on thanksgiving regular. Its my first time rotating, so u think it works well? Is this something u do often?

Wks that oatmeal sounds sooooo goooood...I am low-carbing this week and besides one small slice of break all my carbs have been from peas today.

Later on I get more peas. Then a South Beach granola bar! :bigsmile: Haha, it's well worth the effort though.

Yea, I did 95g yesterday, 75g today, tomorrow will be about 30g. Thanksgiving I'm eating whatever the h3ll I want after a good pre/post run meal in the morning. Then back to 30g/day for the rest of the week.

I generally don't carb-cycle because I find it a thoroughly unpleasant experience. I stay around 40% carbs, which at my calorie level is about 150g. It's just about enough to keep me out of ketosis but low enough that I keep insulin levels low all day. I'm only doing it this week so the first several hundred calories worth of carbs on Turkey Day goes toward refilling glycogen rather than being shunted toward fat synthesis pathways. But it's not ideal for the length and intensity of my workouts. I am getting rather headachy now and I am SO not looking forward to running for 40 min. :sick:

I did do a ketogenic diet for about 9 months a couple years back. I can't say my progress was any different from what it is now, except I was a little less hungry then but I perform much better now.