5'8/9" ladies, I need YOU!

Jenerferzzz

I am 5'8" and I decided on April 30th of this year I needed to change. I wasn't happy with my self or my life and somehow I woke up and decided to make a change. My starting weight was 202 today I am at 173.8 I have almost hit the 30lb mark and I have never felt better. I have never been able to stick with anything this long and I do have to say MFP has been a huge factor in that. I do not have any recent photos but I will upload the ones I have.

I wish I had noted the weights at the time but I have learned that weight is not always the indicator for progress. Camparison photos really let you see the changes in your body that you can't see day to day.

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Feel free to add me if you would like.

SeaChele77

I am 5'9" and 139

Sorry I can't find my before picture, but add about 20lbs to my thighs and middle and you get an idea. LOL

Kelly_Runs_NC

no pics, I'm sorry.

Starting:
weight: 168
Size :12-14

Current:
weight: 130
Size: 2

Kekibird

I'm 5'9". Started at 202 lbs and I'm now at 185 lbs. Still want to get down to 170 lbs.

I'm curvy with a small waist, thick thighs and broad shoulders. Here are some pictures with comparisons. Cross my fingers the pictures work!

Fit2befitZ

Hi I am 5'8 and you can check out my profile I have before and during side by sides.

My highest ever weight 185 :sad:
Current weight 142
Goal weight 135 - 138 (re-evaluate when I get there)

ebony__

5'9

Started at 194
Currently 153

You look incredible.

ebony__

It's absolutely incredible how we all hold out weight so differently

Starla_

It's absolutely incredible how we all hold out weight so differently

muscle mass changes a lot too

At 17 I was 58kg (130lbs) and an Aus size 8-10, After my first child at 18 I bounced between 62-65kg (136-143lbs) and a size 12 - 14 Aus, I gained the rest of my weight after my 2nd and 3rd pregnancies. At 30 and my current 73kg (161lbs) I am an Aus size 10 - 12. I have a lot more muscle mass than I ever had and even though I am still a little squishy, I am in a healthy BMI, my measurements are smaller than they were the last time I was this weight at 25 years old and I wear smaller clothes than I did last time I was this weight too.

My body composition has changed a lot in the last year, my original goal weight was 65kg (143lbs) but I put it up when i noticed how much my body was changing for the better by incorporating more bodyweight exercises rather than normal cardio, now than I am mainly doing weights I only weigh once a month and just take notice of my measurements. In 6 months time I'll take another progress pic and compare it I don't expect my weight to change much in that time but I know how my body looks will.

Jenerferzzz

Alright I am going to try this again and hopefully the pictures will show up...

Jenerferzzz

Ok... I give up. They are there in my album and I haven't moved them so I have not idea what is going on. Sorry.

Rosa1213

I'm 5'8-ish, and I started out at 189. I'm at 157 now, but my last progress photo is of 170, I believe.
I can't put them on the thread without making them way too gigantic for you to tell it's a human being, so I'll just be lame ans ask you to look on my profile to see the photos

vikdexkaykai

Hey,

I'm 5'9
Starting weight: 272 lbs (the day I gave birth to my daughter (almost 2 years ago)
Current weight: 218 lbs
Mini goal: to get under 200 lbs
Big final goal: 170

Feel free to add me as your friend and view my profile...I have a few pics there!

Noni2863

I love this thread - thank you all!:flowerforyou:

I am 172cm, which is a hiccup under the 5'8" I have claimed my entire life until my 5'10" daughter put me right.

My weight has yo-yo'd over the years - from 130lbs when I got married (but that was down to pre-wedding jitters!); 148lbs after 1st daughter; 140lbs after 2nd daughter and a "no more pregancies/my family is complete" induced period of manic exercise!

However these were the glory days.

I have now been between 190 and 217lbs for the last 3 years.

SW: 204
CW: 189
GW: I want to get to 154lbs for my 50th birthday in August 2013.

My goal is to lose 1lb a week in the hope that if I take my time about it, over the year I will make the lifestyle changes necessary to maintain - no more yo-yoing PLEASE!

I am also restricting myself to a monthly weigh in as I tend to get a bit obsessive otherwise.

Please feel free to add me as a friend and perhaps I will work up enough courage to stop hiding behind my daughter's cute pug and put my own profile photo up. :blushing:

BerryH

Hi, I'm 45 and 5'8". SW 198, CW 172, GW 161.

April 2011:


Now:


What I want to get back to:

tbskipp

LOVING this thread!!! Especially since there have been responses from people who are over 30!! I can identify with someone closer to 40 though. It's a lot different losing weight and getting fit when you are 40 than it is when you are 20 or 25. SO sad but true!!! :sad:

I have found a few new friends from this thread also. Love it!
:drinker:

atynk

Hello fellow tall gals. this is me at 190 lbs



And then after a year at 140 lbs



I lost the weight in order to get pregnant here I am a week away from delivery



and now at around 153 lbs... still working hard to get back into the 140s again




sorry for the abundance of photos!

mommyrox05

Hi there I am 5'8".
This is me before I Started using MFP.
198 lbs


This is about 40 lbs down


And this is me now (maintinance-I fluxuate between 125-130)

jenbcz

Great thread

I'm 5'8", 32, a mother of 2, and I currently weigh 195lbs. My goal is 140lbs. I haven't been there since playing volleyball in highschool, but I am determined to get back to that place again!!
I just started using MFP last week so I haven't got any progress pics yet.

All the pics posted here are Very Inspirational, thank you ladies! you all look Great!

LauraRN88

Feel free to add me!
I'm 5ft 8 1/2in, at my heaviest I was 195ish and i'm currently 178. My ultimate goal is 140

hrose1127

5'9
HW: 198.2
CW: 167
GW: 148.2