5"0' Ladies Please Show Share Your Success

Wow everybody looks great! I'd love to have that kind of transformation one day! You girls gave me HOPE! I'm 5" and wayyyy obese weighing 196 but u guys made me believe that it can be done.... I'm trying to cut carbs even brown rice I have it really tiny bit if I need it...

What kind work out routine do you girls think that works the most effective? I'm trying to do 30ds...

walk walk walk. move into trying to run. I lost most of my weight by starting out walking and moving into running!

When everyone sees what great shape I'm in and that I'm eating just like they do they will say "How does she do it?" Simple. You can have what ever you want, just not all at once (except for me on this special occasion! LOL).

Way to go!

I am 4'9" and I struggled with the Eat More thing when I joined MFP. Right now, I am losing slowly by eating 800-1200 calories a day. Like you, I feel the most important thing is that I DON'T EAT WHEN I AM NOT HUNGRY. I have struggled my whole life with binge eating and eating to the point of pain. I am learning how to recognize actual fullness, and some days that translates into 700-800 calories (other days, it is more like 1300 calories, it just depends). My goal is to have a healthy attitude towards food and fitness, not follow some prescribed one-size-fits-all plan. Anyway, just wanted to say, yeah! You go!

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Hi!! I haven't reached my goal at all yet, but I am 5ft and my highest weight was 240 and I have already lost 50lbs.

BEFORE (240lbs):

http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc335/eruiz987/CHRISTMAS 2010/DSC_1267.jpg

INPROGRESS (190lbs):




I am still on this journey and someday I will be posting my final success photos around 140 - 150lbs (GW)

I am 5" I am not really sure where my before pictures are. My SW was 200 CW is 146. I still have a little ways to hit my GW of 130-125. I watch portion size and make sure to eat lots of fresh fruit and veggies. I also do cardio 3x a week and some sculpting 2x a week. I was diagnosed diabetic so I really watch my sugar intake. I still eat carbs but nothing like I used to. My profile picture was taken in April when I weighted 160.

Still a work in progress I am 5 foot 4 and starting weight was 78kgs/172pounds
during photo was at 73kgs/161pounds
and currently at around 65kgs/143pounds.
I still have 5-8 kgs/ 11-17pounds I would like to lose.



edited to add a face comparison as well :-)
I can really notice the difference in my neck, I actually have one now :-)

I'm five feet tall and now that I eat 1800 or 1900 calories a day, I'm progressing really quickly, actually. I ate at 900 for about a year because I thought I was supposed to eat very little since I am so small. I never lost anything and, on top of that, I was sick and irritable a lot of the time. I was also a lot flabbier than I am now. I weigh more now that I eat more, that's for sure, but I'm still a lot smaller than I ever was. This is the smallest I've ever been in my life. I agree with your mantras and the fact that moderation is always key for weight loss and health in general, but I eating more can (and does) certainly work for short girls, too. So for the others here, if you're not losing weight quickly enough or you feel like you've tried everything with no success, don't discount eating more just because you're smaller than the people pitching it to you.


First picture is where I started, second is after eating at an extreme deficit for a long time, and the third one is after a month of 30 DS and eating 1800-2000 a day

Bump! 5"2' here and have a lot to lose!

Hi there, I'm 4'10" and have been on MFP for the better part of a year. My progress pics are in my profile (sorry, can't post them).

Lots of good advice here, and I TOTALLY agree with the poster (Californiagirl2012) that said (in part):
<<What people don't seem to realize is that when you are short females like us your RMR is usually very low, too close to the 1200 calorie min and that makes it pretty hard to have a real calorie deficit with all the eat more mantra. That works fine for bigger people who have more room in their calorie budget to play with. People who are not short don't see to understand this.>>

Know your body's caloric needs and work for yourself. Paying too much attention to what "everyone else is doing" had me eating too much and I spent a while in a plateau because of it. Also, don't be afraid to lift some weight and build a little strength - it burns calories and you feel like you can take on the world!