5'2" Ladies who have gone from 140-115lbs

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I'm 5'3" and 140. I actually lost the weight from 143 to 124 about 3 years ago. 115 used to be my goal. But I really felt great at 124. But I sadly put it back on. I'd LOVE just to get back there again. Trying! But it seems that I'm battling myself so much over this! I lost it before by eating right and working out about twice a day. 30-45 mins on elliptical and then DVD's in the morning. It took me three months. I took pictures every month. And I am so inspired as I go back and look at them. So, I took my current pics and am ready to go again!

Hope this helps!

I am 5'1 and my starting weight 8/1/09 was 143lbs. My goal weight was 118lbs and I reached it in 12 weeks. Cardio 7 days a week, weight training 4 days a week and a 1,000 calorie deficit per day!

How do you have a 1000 calorie deficit per day when you are short and have fewer calories to play with?

Anyway, I am 5' tall and currently weigh 138. Trying to get to 115-120, which is where I was most comfortable before having four kids. I started MFP last year around this time (youngest was 4 months old). I lost 18 lbs between then and the summer. Stopped tracking and exercising in the summer. Lost a few more pounds but nothing huge. Started MFP on January 1 again. I started at 1700 calories per day but wasn't losing so dropped to 1500 (I am still breastfeeding but obviously DS is eating more table foods now). Still no loss. I have also been exercising 3-4 times per week either at the gym or 30 DS and not eating exercise calories back most of those days. It is so frustrating. I am getting my thyroid checked this week to see if that is the issue.

I'm 5'0 my start weight was 164 lbs on January 3, 2013 and today's weight is 150 lbs. my goal weight is also 115 lbs. I try to workout six days a week 10 on the treadmill up hill at 3.8 and 10 minutes on treadmill no hill at 4.0. Then I do 20 minutes on elliptical on level 4 every morning. I rotate between arm workouts and leg worksouts each day & do abs everyday. I am going to start on my ab workout videos next week! I eat around 1200 calories a day and do not eat my calories back that I burn off from exercise. So far 14 lbs off and 35 more to go!

I started at 145 in January 2012. I reached 118 in June of 2012. I did a variety of things to achieve this: I did numerous Jillian Michaels' workouts (love these), I played Wii games, I ran. I eat between 1200 and 1500 calories per day net. Unfortunately, in the fall, the love of beer and football and laziness got the best of me and I quickly went back up to 129. Now, I'm back down at 124.8 with a goal of 115.

i'm 5'2" and currently 148 trying to get to 115. I started at 160 back in November so it's taken me this long to get lose 12lbs. I workout 5-6 days a week with some days being double workouts (it's kind of my hobby). I also lift weights and eat between 1200-1400 a day. i monitor my macros to make sure that i am eating well rounded and would definitely recommend that. also note that when you get closer and into the healthy BMI range the weight loss does come slower.

maybe try to focus on fitness and nutrition and see the scale going down as an added benefit and it'll make it easier to stick with it and stay dedicated? that's helped me stick to it a lot. my weight also fluctuates a lot, but i try to remember this is a lifestyle change and that helps too. i know its hard not to define yourself by the scale, but in all honesty i feel like, until you shift your focus from that, one will always be yoyo dieting and dissatisfied. Here are the rules i try to live by:

*If you consistently eat like crap you will consistently look like crap
*If you make a so-so effort you will get so-so results
*If you crash diet half the time and overeat the other half of the time you will look and be miserable ALL of the time
*If you want to be exceptional you will need to do what most others are not willing to do (Which in my head means sticking with it)

Hope this helps...sorry if it wasnt what you wanted to hear. feel free to add me if you want

How do you have a 1000 calorie deficit per day when you are short and have fewer calories to play with?

I make sure I exercised enough to bring my deficit up to 1,000. It's actually not that hard and being short has nothing to do with it.

I started at 140 with an original goal of 120. Met that after about 3 1/2 months and have now been maintaining 105 for about 8 months. I ate 1200 calories plus about 1/2 the exercise calories MFP calculated as I do not have a HRM. I weighed and measured religiously, drank at least 10 glasses of water a day and did some exercise everyday. Plan on running my first 1/2 marathon in 12 days. Best of luck to you all, it can be done!

I have a fitbit - it is a pedometer like thing that you wear on your bra or hip. It counts your steps and tells me how many calories I burn daily. To get your calorie deficit you track your daily calories and compare that to how many you burned that day. I too shoot for 1000 calorie deficit daily. I do not always make this but I can then track and tell exactly how long it should take to loose a pound (3500 calorie deficit) etc..... There are a couple of diferent types of trackers but I absolutly love my fitbit. I works in conjunction with MFP and they sync together on the computer.

I'm 5'2" and my highest weight was 144.1lbs. I'm down to 127.5 now and am starting to focus more on body composition then loosing anymore weight. My original goal was 120. I worked out from about middle June to end of July and lost 8lbs. Then I maintained weight until October when I started working out again. I've lost 8-9 lbs since then. I'm focused more on looking good and not focusing on the scale.

Bump for later. An inch taller but I am 156 and I am looking to get down to 125. Depending on how I feel when I get there anyway

I'm 5'3" and currently at 140, would like to be down to 120 ideally.

i am 5.2 ft and i started at 142 and i am not 117.6 i got as low as 116.4 but that was in dec and i have struggled to get under 188 until this am.. not sure if it is sticking around,lol.... it took me a year to lose 20 lbs, it was a very slow process but so worth it in the end! i started at 1200 cals and now i eat 1370 plus any exercise cals...