5'3 and 125lb ladies. Any advice??

Bumping too, same height and goal weight. Started at 180, been hovering at 150 for a year.

I am 5'4 and exactly 126 as of today. I only lost from 137 though, so I didn't have really far to go. But it gets harder the less you weigh I think.

My diary is open if you want to take a look. I eat at maintenance and then exercise. I want the weight to come off slowly, that way there it stays.
I just dropped 250 calories off my daily intake though, to make up for the fact that I am working nights and only working out two days a week.

Don't be afraid once you are closer to your goal to eat closer to 1200net cals a day. If you are small and close to your goal weight you might have to to lose weight.

When I was 137 I dieted pretty much the same to get here. I find when you are shorter as I am, there really isn't a lot of wiggle room for mistakes. So weigh your food and don't overcount your exercise. Thats why I just eat at maintenance and then try to burn 500 cals a day. That way there even if I mess up on exercise calories ( who really knows what I burn) I am not starving and I am not over eating.

Good luck in your journey. Feel free to add me for support.

i'm 5'2 110, started at 5'2 135, I lost the first 10 pounds by going vegan, another 5 pounds by walking daily and the last 10 by counting calories and going to the gym. at first i wasnt counting calories at all but i was eating small snacks constantly (grapes, nuts, carrots, cherry tomatoes etc) with 3 decent sized meals spaced out. when the weight loss started to stop. i started eating 1350 (my BMR) or 1500 on workout days, getting in atleast 20 minutes of cardio 3 times a week

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I am 47 and a half years old
I am under 5'2"
I started at 198.8 pounds
Now at 151.2 pounds
Current goal 145(I am very muscular)
Eat a balanced, healthy diet: protein(meat), carbs and fiber(fruit, veggies and whole grains)
Find exercise that you ENJOY
Log in DAILY--eat less cals than you burn
Don't rush it--it will happen

I'm 42, 5'3 and started out at 200lbs. Right now I'm at 150lbs and steadily losing at a rate of 1lb a week. I'm eating 1200 plus exercise calories. My exercise has mostly been cardio..walking, etc.

I'm 5'4" and I went from 209 at the end of Jan to 125.8 as of today. I started out around 2000 calories and dropped about 100 calories every 2-3 weeks until I was around 130 and since I have been slowly adding calories back. I didn't really exercise until about mid May. I swim 7days a week for 20-30 min (except today since my pool is green). I am 33 yrs old and I have 6 boys (3 biological). I will say I have upped my protein and fiber intake in the last couple of months to help the workouts be more effective and keep me feeling fuller. Hope that helps!

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I am 5'2 and would love to be 125lbs

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Im 5'3 but small framed I started at 146 and my goal is around 110. Im at 118lbs now after about 9 months. I didnt bother with the eating a minumum plus my excercise cals. I generally just walk about 5km per day fairly briskly and am also on my feet then for the day. I try new sports or group classes sometimes. I go for around a 5km jog once a week or every other week and I do planks when the ad breaks come on tv So i ate 1500 -1600cals per day as thats above my bmr and under my tdee. It was slow but its really off for good. I know now I could splurge and I wouldnt put a load back on because it was proper fat loss. I find it interesting how girls at 5'3 can have such a wide goal range. I was 110 before and that was perfect for me, fairly slim but not skinny.
Edit to say ditto on the protein, generally go for 100g a day and also high fibre stops me snacking on junk

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I'm 5'3" and 129lbs, still losing so I'll be 125 soon hopefully. I'm determined to get down to 118-120. Started at 151.

I expect people are going to say I'm unhealthy for doing it etc etc, but I just netted 1,200 calories a day (sometimes slightly over, sometimes slightly under), every day. I know people say it's too low blah blah blah, but.. I mean... it's working for me!

I am 5'3". I was 140lb around 4 weeks ago. I am currently at 133 and aiming for around 125 myself (but would not complain if it was a little less like 119 which would be my minimum). When I started on MFP I did not eat back my exercise calories as I did not realise I was supposed to. The Weight was very very slow to move at that time. Then after reading many many posts in this forum I realised that in order to lose I HAD to eat that back otherwise I was netting only around 600-700 cals on a very busy work day (I am a private houese cleaner cleaning 2 houses some days). Obviously this caused my body to go into whats called "starvation mode" where it stores everything it can as it feels like its not getting fed enough. Thats why the weight was not going. Now I might eat around 1600-1800 calories per day but on busy work days I am burning 400-600 of those back off so am trying to keep it around net 1200 cals per day and it seams to be dropping nice a steady now (about 2lb week). I think its just as important not to undereat as it is to not overeat. Just do what seems to work for you. It may take a few days or a week or so for you to notice what calorific intake is getting the best results for you. It took me two and a half to 3 weeks to get mine right.