success stories for 5'7-5'8 ladies...

This is my very first post so i dont quite have a success story yet. i started working on my healthy eating in january. I started fitnesspal not too long ago, february i think lol. I wasn't very motivated at first. Since using fitness pal, ive found it really helps. Also, i just keep telling myself nothign is off limits, im just making the choice to not eat it right now. I think this thinking helps me say no to the 'bad' foods. also it helps when dealing with people, offering bad foods then they say oh you cant have that. i always correct them and say i can have whatever i want, im just choosing not to!
Hope i helped some? Oh! Also when the weight first started coming off, i was drinking a LOT of water and i think that really helped to.

Sw: 212.8 (Jan. 2013)
Cw: 198
1st Gw: 175ish
2nd Gw: 150
im 5'8

feel free to add me as a friend!
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Hi! Sorry, but I can't seem to view your diary...

I am 24 years old and 5'6" 1/2. I have always been a healthy weight, but I only started getting athletic at 19 when I joined kickboxing classes. Right now I currently weigh 148lbs because I purposely bulked up to put on muscle. I feel most comfortable at 130-140lbs. Anything less, and I look too skinny. Anything more, I start getting a belly & love-handles. I'll tell you my calorie counts & how much I weighed, maybe that could help you get an idea of what to try:

Assuming I workout AT LEAST 3x a week (1hr each) and eat ________, I will weigh ________.

2200-2400 calories - 145-150lbs
1800-2000 calories - 140-145lbs
1500-1700 calories - 135-140lbs
1200 calories - Don't do this, it sucks, and I was always hungry without actually losing any weight.

*Exception: I can get down to 130lbs on a 2000 calorie diet if I work out 6hrs a week (2hrs a day x3)

Tip #1: I, personally, am a belly-fat gainer. If I get chubby, it goes all to my waist and nowhere else. I've found that I lose belly fat very quickly if I cut out bread, cereal, rice and pasta.

Tip #2: I don't know if you count carbs/fat/protein but what I try to follow is the Canadian Food Guide to make sure I get all the recommended servings of food for my gender/age.

http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/index-eng.php

I don't always follow it to a T but it helps you balance out your needs. The guide will also tell you what constitutes "1 serving" for different types of food & using measuring cups really helps portion-control your food. Drinks lots of water too. Since I try to only eat 2 or less servings of "Grains," I increase my meat & dairy intake. I try to get:

Meat: 3-4 servings (More if I am trying to build muscle)
Dairy: 2-3 servings
Fruit/Veggies: 2-4 servings (But going over is ideal).

For losing weight, the workouts I found to give the most results were:
- High intensity kickboxing classes for 60mins (Lots of cardio, abs & body weight exercises)
- Jogging on a treadmill at 5mph for 30mins while watching tv
- Rollerblading 20-30mins

Hi im 5ft 7 ,im still into my weight loss journey but this is how far ive come so far,

starting weight nov 2011- 219lb

weight nov 2012 - 178lb

current weight -167lb

goal weight -149lb

inches lost

Nov 2011

hips - 48 waist- 38- bust 48

March 2013
hips 38 waist 31- bust 38

You can add me. 5'8 here. I would write down everything but I'm on my phone. I can message you later.

Bump

I am 5'7" and my starting weight was 224,and after about 3 yrs of denial, I started counting calories Sept 12, 2012 and the weight quickly started melting off! A couple months in I added the elliptical but very little, like 5 days a week, 15 min a day! Then in my 4th month added Zumba twice a week! So proud to say that 6 months in I have lost 51 lbs and have about 22 more to go to be where I need to be! I am so happy and feel so much better! I truly feel MFP helped save me from diabetes and other bad health issues that run in my family! I can't wait to make goal, hopefully by June or July!

Hi.

Let me tell you that you can do this. Never ever give up. Keep logging, stay within your calorie goal, do not deny yourself any food you want. BUT DO STAY WITHIN THE CALORIE LIMIT.

I have been here a year. I am 41. 5ft 7ins. When I started in March 2012 I weighed 202 pounds and was so uncomfortable. I set myself a goal to loose 50 pounds. I lost that by November 2012. This put me just in the ideal weight range for my height.

Since then I stuck with MFP, kept on going, became more active, walked everywhere, never use a lift, left the car at home as much as I could.

Today I have weighed in and have finally hit my ultimate weight loss goal. I have lost 70 pounds. I now weigh 132 pounds. My BMI is 21.

Never give up. The rewards are too good, the compliments when people start to notice is brilliant. Giving your jeans away is fun. Best of all, buying tiny tiny jeans and seeing them slide up onto a tiny waist and them easily fastening is the best feeling in the world.

Being able to open the wardrobe and put on anything and know you will not actually look fat in any of it is so damn good.

I hope I helped a little here. When I was back at the beginning I read a success story that gave me all the will power I needed, I thought "Damn I want to be her" so read them, daily. Keep a blog. Share your NSV's get some good supportive friends here.

You can do it. We all can.

Nikki xxxxxx

Thank you! Very encouraging! :happy:

New to this site and joined for the food diary. I'm just over 5'7" and have always been a tad on the heavy side. Maintained 170lbs. for years but things came crashing down in 2003 when I went on stress leave from my job and was diagnosed with clinical depression. Between the medication and lack of energy and movtivation to work out the weight gain started. A year later I was diagnosed with tourette's syndrome and months of trying different medications and doses left me not only emotionally deflated but gaining more weight. Things continued to get worse and a few years after I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia which explained so many of my ongoing problems. The only medication available at the time caused significant weight gain to land me at my highest weight of 275lbs. Since then another medication has been approved which doesn't cause weight gain but my doctor has one patient who developed tics so that was out for me.

After much research I made the decision to have weight loss surgery. My family doctor sent the referral in July 2010 with my first appointment that Sept. I had several appointments, group information sessions and tests before finally having RNY surgery on Sept. 14, 2012. I'm sure many people will think that I took the easy way out but the surgery is anything but easy. Recovery has certainly come with its challanges and it is soley up to me to make sure that I not only eat properly but within the limits of my new stomach. I have to think ahead about every meal and snack to make sure they are high in protein but low in fat, sugars and carbs. And even with the surgery, stalls in weight loss are common. I have struggled with one for the past month and am just finally seeing the scale move down. And even though excercise can be a real challange at times, I know that it goes hand in hand with my new "diet for life".

That being said, the surgery was the best decision I made to get control back of my life both physically and emotionally. I have already lost 84lbs. and have gone from a size 23/24 to 15/16. I finally recognized my old waist early Dec. and it was a milestone for me. I still have a ways to go but am highly motivated to not ruin this wonderful gift I have been given.

In terms of buying new clothing, I feel the same way as some others here in that I have no desire to buy new ones (especially pants) that are not going to fit me for very long so I have been getting my clothing at second hand stores. Way cheaper than buying new.

I look forward to reading how others are managing their weight loss and get support for mine. Hoping to have before and after pics soon but I am not very computer savvy.

Thanks for listening.

I'm 28 and 5'8". I started my endeavor in Jan, 2012 at 155lbs. I became addicted to running. Coupled with a healthy diet, I got down to 125 at my lowest. I've started incorporating weight training to tone up, and am currently at 130. I'm excited about looking firm and I feel great.

My best piece of advice is not to measure your success by the scale. Instead, pay attention to how the fit of your clothes change and how your favorite pair of pants are suddenly too big.

Never get discouraged!!

I'm almost 5'7 and have been on MFP for bout half a year now. My weight loss started in 2010 with a miserable job and layoff. I had gotten to my highest weight of nearly 220lbs. I started with WW, but the biggest lesson was just paying attention to what I stuffed in my mouth.

In about a year I lost 60 lbs and made it to about 160, but had lost a lot of consistency in my diet. I wasn't eating very well, and had stopped exercising, although my job was an active one.

I went through a divorce in 2011 and through the stress of it, lost another 10lbs. I loved that weight, but it didn't stay. As I got happy again, I started to eat again and bumped up to 170 easy. I made it actually up to 175 before I found MFP. This site rocks and I have some awesome friends on here who encourage me to live healthy!

I'm starting a new endeavor, one to eat more calories but healthier calories. Its not worth it to starve myself for that french fry! I am eating lots of fruits and veggies and am seeing that help bring the weight back down. I'm at 166 but still looking for the last 11lbs to come off and stay off for good! Good luck in your journey and friend me if you like! I'm a daily logger

Hey!:). I'm 5'7" and 45 years old.
Heaviest not pregnant weight: 175
Current weight: 146

Usual weight is about 160
I have lost about fifteen pound just from eating below TDEE for the last six months ( minus 3 weeks of gluttony in the summer when I gained a bit back)

I took this pic today:



My goal now is to build strength:)

I'm not quite where I want to be, but it took me a very long time to lose my weight also. It was entirely my own fault though, as I kept falling off the wagon and having slipups along the way. The key is to just get back on it every time and keep going.

This is me at my highest (or very near my highest) weight at about 220ish (not 100% sure of my real max weight):



This is me minus 42 lbs after using MFP for about a year and a half:



I got pregnant with my son just after this last pic, but here is me now (still 38 lbs lighter than my highest weight). I'm currently 8 weeks post partum:



It's been over two years since my highest weight, and I'm still not where I want to be, but I had a baby in that time and learned a lot about myself and the tools I needed to get where I want to be.

Be patient. Your story is entirely yours to write so don't compare with others. Just do what you need to do to get where you want to be.

Oh, I'm 5'8".

Just posted my progress pics today in "12 weeks in... Not bad!". I'm 5'7, and i am going very very slowly too. But its adding up and i'm seeing a difference! You can do it!