5'8 Lady Success Stories Please!

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I am somewhere between 240 & 220 in this picture


Here I am about 180/175, I need to lose about ten lbs to get back here now

I stick to around 1500 calories a day. If I workout 5 days a week for an hour and burn around 600 to 700 calories, I will lose two pounds even if I eat back all my calories.. I f I back off to around 3 days a week only a pound. If I cheat I try to not go over 500 extra calories, then I know I am at least not going to gain anything back. Just hit the 30 lbs gone mark, 10 since I started MPF.

I am 5'9". I am currently 188 and just re-started my fitness journey. My profile pic is from the last time I had success - went from 175 down to about 155 in the pic. I got as low as 135 though. While I was fit, after I gained back the weight people told me that I looked too skinny at that weight. But I looked d@mn good in a bikini! Oh well. Trying to make it to a 10 this time from my current 12/14 self. At least I am mostly a 12 now thanks to MFP and my renewed love for exercise. Tightening up but the weight is stubborn thanks to being over 40!

HI I am 5'8" It's been wonderful looking at the success stories here. I have been trying to do this for years, after every child was born. Now that we are done with the baby stage, I am ready to committ to me. SW: 217, CW: 210 UGW: 145, I haven't seen that number since graduating high school. I have been doing 30DS, started in January. Looking forward to a slimmer me!

Also a 5'8" gal! My highest ever (about six years ago) was 183 and a US size 12. I was inching towards a 14 and felt awful! My low was in the high 140s and a size 6/8. I've been hanging out in the low-mid 150s for the last couple of years and recently put on a few pounds of happiness weight (moved to a new city and state to live with my boyfriend after a year of long-distance dating... lots of late night bottles of wine!).

I'm 157 right now and would like to settle around 145, which was my original weight loss goal in 2006/7. I'm still hanging out in a comfortable US size 8, but I have some pretty dang cute size 6 clothes in my closet that are calling my name... I am quite strong and muscle-y, so the trick is losing that excess body fat without compromising the muscles I've worked so hard to build!

I've still got a good 50 pounds to go before I'm at my goal, but I've lost 40 pounds in a little under 6 months and am exactly 5' 8". I also have PCOS/insulin resistance and my weight loss is usually slower than anything, so it's surprising that I've even gotten this far.


Before:
253



After:
213

I'm 5'8 starting weight 192lb want to go down to about 160lb.

I'm 5'8", 27, and have 2 kids. I currently weigh 144 and wear a size 7/8. Some of these were pictures I took for my 8 week Turbofire results and I weighed 149 then (2 1/2 weeks ago). I weighed 235 during both pregnancies and was still 215 when my youngest was over a year old in Nov 2009 when I decided to take control of my health and lose the weight. It took me about 6 months to lose 55lbs and I had maintained around 160 ever since. I kind of fell off the exercise and healthy eating wagon about 9 months ago though and was just feeling run down and looking flabby. I started an amazing workout program called Turbofire on 11/12/12 and have lost 17 lbs and toned up all over.
Good luck to you all on your health and fitness journeys! :flowerforyou:
I can't find any full body before pics...

Congrats! You look like a different person now!

I'm 5'8"

Here I am 3 weeks from giving birth, June 2011, at about 180lb.


And here I am just one week away before delivery at 185.


Here I'm running my first ever race the Shamrock 8k, I'm in the front and I'm about 155lb.


My most recent pic! 02/03/2013 at 139.


In the past 19 months I have forced myself into running! In 2012 I ran an 8k, a 10k, and a half marathon (2h:30m). I'm not fast but I get out there!!! I also just begun lifting weights. I've only been at it for a month but I'm hoping to get strong and really toned! This year I'm doing the Color me Rad, Dirty Girl Mud Run, and the Tough Mudder!!! I'm stoked about this year!

I am a bit taller at 5'9", but I figure I would share anyhow.

Heaviest weight was 267 lbs (I think both before pics were actually taken at 10 lbs lost too! ahh!!) Current weight is 205.6 lbs. The swimsuit pic was taken at about 214 lbs and the denim mini was a few days ago





I have found success by drinking at least 8 cups of water a day, cutting out all full sugar sodas, trying to keep my diet protein rich, and squeezing in some sort of exercise 6 days a week. My favorite exercise has been the stationary bike. I know they get a bad rep but I make sure to go very very fast... about 120-130 RPM for at least 30 minutes a day on either the "rolling hills" setting or the "pikes peak" setting I have recently discovered the stair treadmill, which I have really liked so far!

you look amazing! great job!

I'm 5ft 7, 1st pic is 177lbs, 2nd pic is 159lbs. I've lose 5lbs more since then, and now stuck at a dreaded plateau...

Right on girl!! I totally have the same underwear as the picture on the right! haha

I'm 5ft 7, 1st pic is 177lbs, 2nd pic is 159lbs. I've lose 5lbs more since then, and now stuck at a dreaded plateau...

BOM CHICKA WOW WOW. YOU'RE HOT CHICA! FO' SHO'

I LOVE this thread! So inspirational...my 5"2 friend and I have been discussing our progress, but her stats just make me feel like a Heffer! So nice to know my weight and my target are similar to others on here. And how fab do those ladies look?!

I was 165 when I started about 5 weeks ago, now 160. It's coming off slowly but surely and my target is around 148. Going to up the cardio this week and try to be stricter (I'm great midweek, not so at the weekend!).

Actually going to set my alarm for 6am to go for a run...thanks ladies!x

I'm 5'8 and started out at 240 lbs

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<<about 140 lbs. Took about 18 months to lose it but have kept it off for a year now