5' - 5'2" girls I want to hear your story and pics!

kufahlaatc123

bump I love this thread it is very inspiring.

gemmamummy

I'm 4'11 (so an inch too short for this thread!). The Pic of me and my husband was taken 1 month after having my son and weighing around 120. I'm now 100lbs. Which I achieved through an all over weight lifting programme, 3 times a week. Going as heavy as possible with free weights. Goal now is to get totally shredded.

RRBww

badholland wrote: »

All so inspiring, I've gone through the whole thread!

I found the thread inspiring and just a tad discouraging! Most of ladies' starting weight here is my goal weigh! Oh well...slowly, but surely...

Wills820

gemmamummy congrats! you look great!

how much cardio did you do while you were lifting 3x a week. i don't know if I want to focus on shedding fat right now or building muscle and THEN shedding fat.

Daisy253

traciemc wrote: »

I'm 153cm, or a titch over 5'. Heaviest weight was 195 in January 2010. Got down to 157 in June 2010, then moved states and totally fell of the wagon.

Fast forward to January this year, I was back to 186 Have now gotten down to 144 and would like to lose another 15 pounds before deciding if that's enough or not

January 2012 - 186 pounds (84.5kg)




A couple of weeks ago at dog obedience training - 144 pounds (65.4kg)

Great job everyone!!!! Traciemc, love the doggie, I have a male, he is awesome

esl0810

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waituntil

My best weight was 124 lbs and I'm 5'3" with a naturally muscular build. I wish I was still 123

gemmamummy

Wills820 wrote: »

gemmamummy congrats! you look great!

how much cardio did you do while you were lifting 3x a week. i don't know if I want to focus on shedding fat right now or building muscle and THEN shedding fat.

@Wills820‌ - Thank you. I did 20 mins of cardio at the end of my session. 10 mins running and 10 mins on cross trainer.....I hate cardio. With regards to your goals; do you know your current body fat%?

d3gus

RRBww wrote: »

badholland wrote: »

All so inspiring, I've gone through the whole thread!

I found the thread inspiring and just a tad discouraging! Most of ladies' starting weight here is my goal weigh! Oh well...slowly, but surely...

I know xx

d3gus

RRBww I know I have 100lb to lose to get to some of their starting weights too!! But i know deep down I can do this and you can too.. stick with it x

Wills820

gemmamummy wrote: »

Wills820 wrote: »

gemmamummy congrats! you look great!

how much cardio did you do while you were lifting 3x a week. i don't know if I want to focus on shedding fat right now or building muscle and THEN shedding fat.

@Wills820‌ - Thank you. I did 20 mins of cardio at the end of my session. 10 mins running and 10 mins on cross trainer.....I hate cardio. With regards to your goals; do you know your current body fat%?

It's been a while since I've gotten the calipers done, but I haven't changed much. It's probably hovering somewhere around 21%

sunshinelover9

This is my 1st post on here...started using the fitness pal app 18 days ago and I am so happy with how accountable it has made me. Im 33, 5'1 mother/wife to 3 kids. I began my journey at 190 lbs and at my 2 week weigh in, I had lost 5.6 lbs! I have signed up for my first 5k in May and am working on eating healthy and working out. My goal is to be arpund 125 and lose all this FAT that is sitting all over my body. I was small my whole life til I became pregnant 11 yrs ago and its been a downward spiral ever since. Beyond excited to be on this journey!!

ckmnacln

I am 5'2" and 110 pounds and a mom of 6

I lost 70 pounds in 2008-2009 and have maintained since then. I recently started lifting and am starting to see some amazing results. I love to encourage and motivate so feel free to send me a FR.

lamiafromParis

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kufahlaatc123

d3gus wrote: »

RRBww wrote: »

badholland wrote: »

All so inspiring, I've gone through the whole thread!

I found the thread inspiring and just a tad discouraging! Most of ladies' starting weight here is my goal weigh! Oh well...slowly, but surely...

I know xx

I agree. My goal weight right now is 150 which a lot of these threads stating weight. But for me that is ok I'm not trying to complete. I just want to be healthy and comfortable with myself.

d3gus

kufahlaatc123 wrote: »

d3gus wrote: »

RRBww wrote: »

badholland wrote: »

All so inspiring, I've gone through the whole thread!

I found the thread inspiring and just a tad discouraging! Most of ladies' starting weight here is my goal weigh! Oh well...slowly, but surely...

I know xx

I agree. My goal weight right now is 150 which a lot of these threads stating weight. But for me that is ok I'm not trying to complete. I just want to be healthy and comfortable with myself.

I was hoping for around 140, but that still leaves me 60 to go with 38 lost already - still it's our individual goal and who's to say that that will be our final goal.. once we are there - well who can say we have just got to go one day at a time and do the best we can today because tomorrow just might be the day we hit our goal xx

shortntall1

I am 5 ft 2. Im down 99lbs since March 2014..from 315 to 216 lbs..I want 50 more gone. Finally wearing 18 jeans this weekend for the first time.

Fat4Fuel2

I'm 5'3" (hope that's ok). My highest is 164. I'm currently 161. It's coming off slow. My goal is 135-140. I have lots of muscle.

nicole779

sunny_smile5 wrote: »

I'm just under 5ft 3. At my highest I was 185 and am now 124.










I'd like to lose another 12ish lbs

Awesome! Great job!

You are such an inspiration!!!!!!!!!! Great job!

srenabp

shortntall1 wrote: »

I am 5 ft 2. Im down 99lbs since March 2014..from 315 to 216 lbs..I want 50 more gone. Finally wearing 18 jeans this weekend for the first time.

Great progress, congrats on your first size 18 weekend!

shortntall1

thank you!!!!

hkirk06

These stories are such a great inspiration of all the hard work...thank you for sharing.

bekanswer

I am 5'2" ish. I was 202lb, am now 167lb. Wanting to get to about 140lb.

Add me i am always logging

camillerauch

im 5.2 and my goal weight is 110lb which might seem a little low but I have such a small frame, and I was not blessed with women curves

jennifir

shortntall1 wrote: »

I am 5 ft 2. Im down 99lbs since March 2014..from 315 to 216 lbs..I want 50 more gone. Finally wearing 18 jeans this weekend for the first time.

WOW!!!

shortntall1

thank you!

d3gus

shortntall1 wrote: »

I am 5 ft 2. Im down 99lbs since March 2014..from 315 to 216 lbs..I want 50 more gone. Finally wearing 18 jeans this weekend for the first time.

well done xx

grandmothercharlie

I'm 5'1". It is a long story about health problems that got me to 238 pounds. And I won't go into all that, but suffice it to say that once I was able to normalize my health somewhat, I was better prepared to take on the weight and improve my health even more.

I started this journey with a BMI of 45 to see if I could stick to a 1200 calorie a day diet and walk every day to prepare for what I would need to do after gastric bypass surgery. I started to lose weight and lost enough for me to not even qualify for the surgery before the 6 month waiting period was up. I lost 8 pounds on my own and then started at MFP just over a year ago at 230. Size 22WP and 2XL.

Now I'm at 154. Size 12P. Size L top. BMI: 29.1. I've lost about 13+ inches at each bust, waist, and hips. I stick to 1200 most days, don't eat back my exercise calories, and try to workout everyday! I still have weight to lose -- maybe 24 - 39 pounds (I'll know when I get there), but I'm sticking with it.

blackeyed_susie

I don't have any good pictures, but I'm in the 5'2" club as well. My build is unusual (I think), because my frame is small like my mom's (as seen in my wrists, shoulders), but I'm genetically pretty muscular (like my dad). So it adds up to my looking fine at quite a range of weights, but the second I overload my frame (this happens at about 140), I look like a completely different person.

Anyway, I'm 42 now. When I was 30, I broke my ankle and gained 40 pounds - that was the beginning of the end for my weight struggles - I have battled my weight my whole life, but this was the first time I had passed "curvy" and was squarely into "fat" territory. My high was 165, and on my frame, I was pretty huge. And everything hurt - knees, feet, back. The only benefit was that I had a world-class rack - I seriously loved my boobs at that weight.

After a few years of this, I was diagnosed with PCOS, got my thyroid figured out, and went down to about 125 (it took a year of struggling) and at least looked like myself again!

Had some personal drama (heartbreak), got down to about 110-115 by not eating. I'm a little too thin under 115 - my face gets drawn and I look significantly older.

These days (at 40+), I'm good in the 120-125 range. I'm exercising more than I ever did when I was thinner, so I think the number is deceptive. I don't think I'll ever see 115 again - I don't think I want to. I'm around 135 now, and let me tell you, after 40 it's been a struggle for every single pound.

I like talking to other short women about this - some of my taller friends look at me like I'm deranged when I talk about some of these numbers (like the fact that I am obese at 140 if I'm not lifting weights), but I have to remind them....five pounds at my height is a totally different animal than five pounds at 5'9".

girlgettinglow

nice job lady's! keep it iup