Calling all females 5'3 or shorter

<<<<<<<<<<< There's me! I'm 5'2. I've lost 50-something pounds. I rewarded myself with a bikini this year. :-)

How did most of you start losing weight and how long did it take. BTW I work out everyday for about 1 hour and a half but i have only lost 2lbs in 3 weeks :frown:

I did 3 weeks of NO grains, alcohol, or sweets. NONE. Then in week 4, I added one serving of whole grains daily. Other than that, I've basically made sure that everying is real - cannot stress that enough. If you are having chocolate, don't have processed milk chocolate - make sure it's at least 70% cocoa chocolate. If you're having yogurt, don't have zero calorie diet yogurt - make sure it's full-fat, real yogurt. The biggest piece of advice i've got, is eat REAL food - not chemical *kitten*-storm processed foods targeted and marketed towards us dieters. Best of luck to you!

hehe guess I should have clarified as to why I advise to eat real food and not synthetic stuff. It's not for caloric purposes - it's hormonal. When we humans eat food that is synthetic, it throws our hormones into chaos. The main reason I was mine in balance, is that when our hormones (estrogen, HGH, glucogen, DHEA, cortisol, etc) are stabalized our bodies naturally shed unneeded weight. Basically, our hormones can work for us, instead of us fighting against them to lose weight. I've found it much harder to battle body fat AND crazy hormones, instead of just body fat. (if you google The Perfect 10 Diet, you'll find a whole bunch of info).

It sounds very strict and I was intimidated too, until I understood what exactly the fake foods were doing to my hormones. Once they were aligned a little better, I've shed 7.33% of my SW in 2 months (with doing not nearly enough excercise as I would have liked :blushing: ) Still got more to go though! Anyways, it's worked for quite a few people around me and has even cleared up skin conditions that have plagued two people all their lives. Hope you all hit your goals very soon - and don't forget to reward yourselves! This stuff can be hard work!

This was my one year anniversary of MFP, I'm a few months away from my 2 year anniversary, will update it then.

I'm 5'1 and needing to lose 57lbs minimum. I started this journey back in 2010 & got 30lbs off. I was doing great with maintaining but ater my hysterectomy last April the weight came back on within 2mths:-( It's been slow going this go around. I'm only down 9lbs in 6wks where 3yrs ago I was losing aot faster. I know it's better to lose at a slower pace but I'm the type that wants instant results. I use to use food as a reward, like ice cream etc but now I buy clothes or shoes. I also love to get pedi's too & it's something my daughter & I do together. I just tried on pants/shirts at Old Navy yesterday and was able to go down a size in both. I didn't get the pants because I can keep wearing what I have but I did buy a few shirts that weren't so baggy & you can see where I'm losing in my tummy:-) I would love a tattoo(eventhough I'm terrified of pain) once I get to my goal. I was 124lbs 17yrs ago before I got peggors & would love to see that number again but will settle for a higher number because I've been so stretched out for so long that I dunno how 124 would look on me now. So glad to have found this site..It makes it so much easier for me to log my food & I'm shocked at the cals in some foods that I use to eat..like red lobsters pasta..crazy that I use to eat that big ol plate of it + biscuits.

Hey everyone, I'm 5'2'' So summer of 2010 I was at my highest weight of 167. I gained a freshman 30+ first year of college. Over the next two years I lost about 20 lbs, fell off the wagon, and bounced between 140-150 for a while. In November, i got serious about re-starting MFP, and since then I have gone from 148 to 134. I still want to lose another 15 lbs or so, but I know I will get there this time, I'm not giving up!!

Before at 167:




After at 134:

I'm 5'3" just posted my success story. whoo hoo! http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/934180-finally-i-get-to-post-my-success-story-185-days-on-mfp

started at 246 now 175 im 5'2"

All of your transformations are incredible! Its great to see people who were overweight and now look like fitness instructors(some probably are!) Some of you are completely ripped! Gives me hope I can do it.

I am 5ft 2 and 1/2- Yes the 1/2 matters so much to me too.

I am using MFP properly since mid Jan approx and have lost 16.5lb. Started at 154lb and am currently 137.5lb.

I have fallen off the wagon at times and have not mastered clean eating at all(will keep trying).

To start the exercise properly now so this thread has reminded me to get the before pics done tomorrow and report when I've finished Jillian Michael's body revolution.

Good luck to everyone with your journeys. :happy:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/vanessamcinnis/view/a-new-beginning-2013-465397

My story

Always willing to put up my before/after pic. I'm 5'2" and started @ 153 at the end of May 2012. Hit goal of 125 ish Feb 2013. Took the slow loss route to focus on lean body mass maintain/gain and fat loss.

From left:
Highest weight ~160 lbs size 12(tight) Summer 2010; 12/28/2012 ~128 lbs size 4


9/6/12 ~143 lbs ; 12/22/12 ~129 lbs 24-25% BF; 2/18/13 ~126 lbs 20-22% BF


In January I switched to a more lifting focused workout plan and focused more on body composition than weight loss. I had a goal weight of 121, but I have thrown that out to focus on how I look versus a number on the scale. Currently doing Stronglifts 5x5 3 days a week and cardio/core/plyometrics/bodyweight exercises 3 other days per week.

How did you get those abs?!??? What exercise did you do to get that muscle in your ab area?

All I can say is WOW what a transformation in you ladies, you're all looking good and should be really proud of yourselves.

I only joined this site this week so no success story yet. I'm 5' 1/2" and weigh 168 lb (or 12 stone for any fellow brits out there). I'm aiming for 126 lb (9 stone) or there abouts. I've been hovering around this weight for as long as I care to remember and now enough is enough. I've posted my worst two pictures on my profile so my reward will be seeing them being replaced by slimmer and slimmer pics.

Please feel free to add me as a friend as any encouragement is always good !!!

WOW, You look amazing! What did you do to get the weight off?

BTW I am 5'3"

304 1 year ago (Size 26)


206 December 2012(size 16)



176 today (Dress Size 10)
...Well yesterday. haha

amazing! good work! :flowerforyou:

5'3 here Not great pics but I have a couple

Before (about 150lb):



After (130lb):