Advice for a 5'3 fat girl

well some people may look at 80 lbs as to big of a at first and want to complete smaller goals and then see hoe they feel at that weight and determine further goals from there. IF you feel like you can complete your goal then just keep pressing forward and do your best.

I think that 125-135 should be a reasonable weight to hit for your height. It can vary from person to person and your perfect weight could be a little higher or lower but it's not an issue. We're not all made the same. :-) I'm 5'4 and my goal weight at the moment is 150, I may choose to be higher or lower once I get close to it. It will depend on how much muscle I want and how much definition.

This! I'm 5' 2 3/4" (honestly!) and I have my goal set to 130lbs, but as I get closer to it, I'm going to really listen to my body and see how I'm feeling about where I am and reevaluate from there.

It's most likely reasonable. That said, you won't know until you get closer to it.

Take it one day at a time. Focus on losing one to two lbs a week. Celebrate those small victories, and don't worry about the big picture. It will come in time.

Hi. Fellow 5'3, 21-year-old fat girl here. A goal weight of 116 lbs is not unreasonable for ladies our height; mine is 125, personally, but a "healthy weight" for a 5'3 woman is anywhere between about 107 and 139 lbs.

I will offer you some words of caution and encouragement.

Caution first. You've been dieting and exercising for one week; of the 11 pounds you've lost, *maybe* one of them was fat. The other ten or so were, in all likelihood, water. To lose 11 pounds of fat in a single week, you'd need a deficit of 5,500 calories a day, which requires you to eat nothing whatsoever and also run about 40 km each day. Weighing yourself at a different time of day will also distort your numbers some; your weight can fluctuate 2-5 lbs over the course of the day. Why do I call this information caution? I don't want you to get discouraged when the number on the scale starts inching downward at a slower pace than it presently is. It happens a lot; it happened to me, several times in my life. I start hydrating properly and thus stop retaining water, and then I actually start losing fat but doing so a lot more slowly than I was before, and it looks like I'm not progressing when I'm actually doing better than ever.

That said, look! You're already down a pound! You're doing it right, and it's working. You can keep this up and get yourself 26 pounds closer to your goal by June. Any progress is good progress - it's not a race, and losing too fast is a recipe for gaining it all back and then some. You didn't get to be 198 lbs overnight, so you won't get down to 116 overnight, either. Slow and steady wins the race.

Also, some advice. Like others have said, 80 pounds is a lot. To help keep yourself from getting discouraged, perhaps try planning some rewards for yourself for milestones. It can be hard to think of rewards that aren't food, so allow yourself one food reward, but try to make it worth the calories. For example, my goals and rewards list looks like this:

Once I lose ____ lbs, I will reward myself with ____:
5: A new pair of shoes
10: A sushi dinner (I love sushi, so I consider it worth the calories and the sodium as an occasional treat; all that rice and soy sauce adds up!)
20: New jeans
30: A trip to [nearby city]
42.5: $42.50 to spend on anything I want (This was my initial halfway point. I went ahead and moved this amount into my savings account to ensure I had it when the time came.)
55: A trip to [local theme park]
65: Spa day - mani/pedi, facial (haven't cashed this one in yet...partly because I have to re-earn it, lol! Damn you holidays!)
etc, etc. There were more; initial goal was 85 lbs, from 224 to 139, then I revised it so I want to revise the rewards too. Start a "reward fund" (and a "new clothes fund," so you can replenish your wardrobe when you shrink out of everything you own, lol!)

Hey we are pretty similar! I am 21, 5'5" and 205 lbs. Though we probably have similar bodies because of the height XD
My end goal is 140lbs. I would be ECSTATIC to end up at 125ish one day though!

This might be weird but you might like to look at this page: http://www.cockeyed.com/photos/bodies/heightweight.html and see the different bodies people have at 5'3"??

Personally I think 116lbs for you is a tough goal! You will probably look SMOKIN at 130 ! Someone who works out and loses weight and gets to 130 lbs is gonna look a LOT better than someone who was 110 and gained 20 lbs. Because assuming you work out to lose weight, your extra muscle mass will have you weighing more than if you were just skin and bones.

Just don't get disheartened if in the end you can't get your exact weight. Try to have an image in your mind of your body and try to achieve that instead! What's on the outside is better than any silly number on the scale. If you look awesome, who cares what the number is?:D

I'm 5'3 and my current goal weight is 10st (140lbs). However I have quite a broad frame so I may stop earlier than that. Or I may decide to lose a little more. It all depends on how I look/feel when I get closer. Have your 80lb goal in mind, but start with smaller goals and see how you feel along the way :-)

Feel free to add me if you like. i've been doing thing for a year now and started out.... very heavy. Let's just say I'm looking forward to just getting to 14 stone!

HRM is definitely a good idea too

Considering your height, I would say your goal weight is reasonable. But it also depends on your body frame and other factors, Stick to your own goal and don't worry to much about others.

Agree 100%. I sometimes feel shameful for my goal weight, but my frame is super small & I've been at the weight before and know it works for me. I also (happily) lack muscle.

I'm *almost* 5'3" and my ulitmate goal weight is 125. I'm trying to get below 130 at the moment, I'd be happy if I reached 128 and maintained. Everyone is bulit so different. I personally looked way too thin when I was less than 120. Feel free to add me as a friend

wow - after figuring out the acronym! your goal weight should be where you feel beautiful, but where you can maintain it too.

I agree with the others that it depends on your own body shape and to take it step by step and keep re-evaluating.

I'm a smidge over 5ft3 and started about where you are now... I was originally aiming for 140lbs, but was really pleased at 147 so hovered there for a while. I have gained back about a stone since that figure last summer so am aiming to get back down to at least that, hopefully 10st exactly which will put me *just* inside healthy weight. Then I plan to work really hard on toning up so I may even gain a bit but look better for it!

Thing is I lose all my boobs and start looking quite gaunt at much under 10st so that's why I'm choosing 140ish.

Part of me would love to to be a "skinny-mini" at 115ish but I know I'd look like I had an ED rather than looking sexy and toned.

80 lbs is hard to lose.
20lbs, 4 times, THAT's easy!!

Break it down. I'm 5'3.5, and I started at 220, with 80lbs to lose. It will put me at 140, and then I'll see where I'd like to be after that!

I've followed MFP's settings for 1.5 lbs per week. Once I made it to 30lbs lost, they dropped my calories to 1200, so I changed my goal to 1 pound per week and it gave me 1440 calories. Yay food!
My loss has slowed a lot, but I'm still losing, so it's good!!

Hey there Im 28 years old, 5 foot 2 and currently 193 pounds.. I would like to lose 50 pounds but I broke them up into 5 groups of 10 pounds by 5 different dates. I figure that would be better for me to look at instead of 50 lbs..

I too am 5'3 and got to 148lbs and was a size comfortable size 12. I think looking at 80lbs might make it feel like a long road. ( I lost 101 to get to goal but have recently jumped off the wagon)
I focused on feeling better in myself and being able to buy smaller clothes to begin with.

Considering your height, I would say your goal weight is reasonable. But it also depends on your body frame and other factors, Stick to your own goal and don't worry to much about others.

I agree with this.

I'm 5"1 and my GW is 130#. I remember being 130 and feeling big back then but looking back on old pictures I think I looked amazing and want that back. I don't want to be "Skinny", I like being curvy but I am tired of being fat and feeling ugly.. so that's my goal: when i hit 130 and i still feel like losing more then I will.

I'm 5'3" and have always been overweight, so I also have no idea where I actually want to be. I'm setting my goal at 140 (highest weight for a "healthy" BMI) but keeping in mind that this may need to be adjusted depending on muscle or how I look/feel once I get closer to there.