5'4 with under 10lbs to lose

As I've neared my weight goal, I've found that I've had to up my game in a serious way...I have about 10-13 lbs left to lose. So I've been doing the Ultimate Reset to get my diet really tight (if anything undermines my progress its my nutrition). I have lost a total of 6 lbs in the first week and a half. So I'll continue with that nutrition plan because it's completely clean eating. Plus I'll add back in exercise once the UR is done.

What's your plan?
Best wishes!

Hey, I am 5'3.5 and started here at 118 wanting to get to 114.

I was at 1200 per day with no luck for months then upped my calories to 1400 and started losing and got to goal. Then upped to 1500 and kept losing then to 1600 and kept losing all they way down to 107 lbs before I found that 1700 plus exercise cals is where I stopped losing.

So, my advice is to eat more, but in saying that, eat more good foods. I started eating low glycemic foods such as sweet potatoes, steel cut oats and quinoa to my diet to increase my calories and it worked for me, in a big way. I also want to add that I am in my 40s, and it is not easy to lose those last few lbs when you are my age. I swear by the eat more to weigh less concept.


Good luck. The most important advice I can give you is be patient and eat healthy so you can do this long term.

I'm 5"5 and I have about 9lbs to go, feel free to add me!

Hey, I am 5'3.5 and started here at 118 wanting to get to 114.

I was at 1200 per day with no luck for months then upped my calories to 1400 and started losing and got to goal. Then upped to 1500 and kept losing then to 1600 and kept losing all they way down to 107 lbs before I found that 1700 plus exercise cals is where I stopped losing.

So, my advice is to eat more, but in saying that, eat more good foods. I started eating low glycemic foods such as sweet potatoes, steel cut oats and quinoa to my diet to increase my calories and it worked for me, in a big way. I also want to add that I am in my 40s, and it is not easy to lose those last few lbs when you are my age. I swear by the eat more to weigh less concept.


Good luck. The most important advice I can give you is be patient and eat healthy so you can do this long term.

Thankyou so much for your post, your very inspirational do you mind me asking what exercise you do? i am scared to eat 1400 cals a day but maybe i should give it a go! i think i would have to make sure i burned a good amount through exercise too get the last pesky pounds off?

Wrapping my head around it was the hardest part, that is for sure. After I did, I will say the same thing everyone else that has upped their calories has said, they will never go back to under eating again.

By eating more we give our bodies more fuel to give us energy as well as make us feel better over all. I boosted my metabolism by eating more and more often. WE NEED FOOD TO SURVIVE believe it or not.


I have not been exercising much now due to some chronic pain I believe to be fibromyalgia but did all different types of exercise, walking at a very fast pace as well as running along with outside activities like hiking, canoeing and things like that.

I now weigh less than I did 2 years ago and look 10x better because I am doing it right now. I was under eating back then, I had several people ask me if I was sick. Now I am hearing how healthy I look, and its all because I am eating.

I have a healthy cooking page on facebook. The link to it is on my profile page. Come check it out as there are lots of recipes that are yummy and are good for us.

The last pounds are always the slowest...

Keep your deficit to a few hundred calories at most. Lift weights. Do a few hours of cardio a week. Give it time, you'll make it!

I'm 5'4 120lbs right now, with the goal of getting down to 115lbs eventually. I'm in no rush, though; I want to maintain or even continue to make strength gains throughout the process. Lifting makes my body look way better than dieting ever did!

Hey, I am 5'3.5 and started here at 118 wanting to get to 114.

I was at 1200 per day with no luck for months then upped my calories to 1400 and started losing and got to goal. Then upped to 1500 and kept losing then to 1600 and kept losing all they way down to 107 lbs before I found that 1700 plus exercise cals is where I stopped losing.

So, my advice is to eat more, but in saying that, eat more good foods. I started eating low glycemic foods such as sweet potatoes, steel cut oats and quinoa to my diet to increase my calories and it worked for me, in a big way. I also want to add that I am in my 40s, and it is not easy to lose those last few lbs when you are my age. I swear by the eat more to weigh less concept.


Good luck. The most important advice I can give you is be patient and eat healthy so you can do this long term.

Thankyou so much for your post, your very inspirational do you mind me asking what exercise you do? i am scared to eat 1400 cals a day but maybe i should give it a go! i think i would have to make sure i burned a good amount through exercise too get the last pesky pounds off?

Wrapping my head around it was the hardest part, that is for sure. After I did, I will say the same thing everyone else that has upped their calories has said, they will never go back to under eating again.

By eating more we give our bodies more fuel to give us energy as well as make us feel better over all. I boosted my metabolism by eating more and more often. WE NEED FOOD TO SURVIVE believe it or not.


I have not been exercising much now due to some chronic pain I believe to be fibromyalgia but did all different types of exercise, walking at a very fast pace as well as running along with outside activities like hiking, canoeing and things like that.

I now weigh less than I did 2 years ago and look 10x better because I am doing it right now. I was under eating back then, I had several people ask me if I was sick. Now I am hearing how healthy I look, and its all because I am eating.

I have a healthy cooking page on facebook. The link to it is on my profile page. Come check it out as there are lots of recipes that are yummy and are good for us.

it said page not found?

thx that one worked..

5'3 and want to lose 4 more pounds... sigh lol

Well i am in my 30's now i am 31 and small built, But the last 2 days i have worked out hard and ate under my calorie goal which i havent done for a while and i weighed myself today and have went up another 1.6 lbs now im up to 121 I do not know what is going on? I am getting really discouraged!

5'4, 116 pounds. Started at 141, goal is 110-108. These are the hard pounds!!! I got down to 111 but then I got cocky and started eating too much and not working out.

yep 5'3 and 108 want to be 105 so that im 108 at nights after eating/drinking.