any other not-that-heavy girls trying to lose more weight?

5'7" and 144 to start. Want to get down to 120.

I figure, this is the best I'm ever going to look so why not enjoy it!

I try to stick to 1200 cals/day but I do end up eating my exercise calories most of the time. If I don't exercise (or drink alcohol) sticking to 1200 calories seems very reasonable!

ME!! i started MFP like 2 weeks ago and the first week i lost about 2 pounds, but yesterday was my weigh in and i said i gained 4?! either my scale is broken or somethings up! i'm 5" 3.5' and i weighed about 144 when i started...i want to get down to 125, but at this rate its likely i'll never get there! i haven't gone over my calories and i've been eating ALOT healthier...and i've been more active than i used to be. it makes me soo frustrated because i wanted to lose atleast 7 pounds before my senior year started, so that leaves a little over a month. what should i do???

jessie, 4 lbs could be water weight. The pounds are harder to lose, the closer you get to your goal-weight. don't get discouraged, if you stick to the exercsing and eating healthy with a calorie-deficit, you should be able to lose a little more than a pound a week. Keep at it, I think it gets easier.

that makes me feel ALOT better! lol i seriously about cried when i stepped on the scale! thank you! (:

I'm 5'1 and 115. I'd like to weigh 108 by September, I'm getting married in October. I weighed 120 last August and lost 5 pounds with moderate exercise over 6 months. I also did the special K challenge for a few weeks. A few months ago I doubled the amount of exercising..however did not lose anymore weight...

I'm 5'1 and 115. I'd like to weigh 108 by September, I'm getting married in October. I weighed 120 last August and lost 5 pounds with moderate exercise over 6 months. I also did the special K challenge for a few weeks. A few months ago I doubled the amount of exercising..however did not lose anymore weight...

I recently did a triathlon and trained a reasonable amount for around 10 weeks before hand and PUT ON weight - about 4 or 5 pounds... the reason? I figured I was training so I could eat whatever I fancied!!!

I'm there too!! I'm 5'5" and fluctuate between 120-125. I really want to get down to 115-118. It is so hard! It seem like no matter what I do I can't get below 120. Also, I am breastfeeding which makes it really tricky because I don't know EXACTLY how many calories i'm burning doing it. I know I need to exercise more but whenever I get into a routine something happens to throw it off track! So frustrating!!

I breastfed all 3 of my kids, and found that the last bit of weight didn't come off until I weaned! Your body will hold onto a fat supply to make sure that your milk stays plentiful. You are so close to your goal, I bet, after you wean you will drop it without much effort You are doing such a good thing for your baby and yourself (lowers your risk of ovarian and breast cancer!)

Darn it! I've heard that. I guess it will be a while then. :laugh: I was still breastfeeding my first when I had my second so I never got to see if it was true for me. I'll consider it my motherly sacrifice then.

I'm pretty much in the same boat...I'm 5' 4.5" (yeah...I make that extra half an inch really count! ) and am at 119ish. I'm currently breastfeeding my 4 month old and will continue to do so as long as I can (2 yrs would be great). I would love to be back down to 110 but I know I'd better not since I plan on getting pregnant again this fall/winter and if it's anything like my other pregnancies, I actually LOSE 15 -20 lbs during the first 6 mos and then start gaining (pregnancy is HELL for me - but soooo worth it). I figure 116 is doable for now but I shouldn't go any lower (although I would LOVE to!). After this next pregnancy (it'll be our last), I'll get back down to 110 - 115. I think that'll be my perfect weight after I get my body back to myself. For now, I'm just trying to focus on eating well and getting toned. I'm fitting into my size 4s and I still have plenty of milk so that's good enough for now.

Hi girls! I started on here at 142 (I'm 5'7) and dropped down to 136 but then I had a very stressful quarter at school and went up to 150 oppps! Thats the heaviest I've ever been, so now I'm at it again. Currently I'm 146.8. I need to start running again and I think I can get back down. My ideal weight is 135 maybe 130 but we will see.

Hey all... I am 5'9 currently 148 looking to get down to 145, and who knows if I can, then 140... ..

I sucked last weekend but I'm doing good day one. I just want there last few gone!!! So close to an 18 bmi

I have to know-what are bingo wings?

Those bits at the back of your arms (triceps) that jiggle when you wave!!! Need to tone up those arms!

welcome, jdier! I saw something about this, have you read:
http://health.msn.com/weight-loss/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100236316

Also, Allure magazine had an article this month on how to drop weight if you have 10 days, 4 weeks, months, etc. it had some good advice.
I don't know why they told you to run, I thought running wasn't the best, intervals are getting a lot of attention for fat-burn though.
I also saw this, explaining why it is so hard to lose the closer you get to your "ideal" weight.
http://health.msn.com/weight-loss/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100260012

I'm at the high point of my healthy bmi. College made me blow up to my highest weight ever. I'm 5'8 and 155, my weight for the past 3 years has been 140. I want to get lose all the weight I gained plus 10 extra lbs. I'd be at 19.5% BMI. Good Luck everyone

I def fit into this catagory. Im 5'9 and 148. I get really frustrated bc of my bone structure. I have a wide rib cage and 'child bearing hips'. even when i was at my smallest - 108 during a bad round of ed i still couldnt get below a size 6! rediculous! dont get me wrong i love my curves but its frustrating even trying 2 do body fat calculations w measurements cause things like that dont figure into it. i almost cried when i did one 2day. then took a deep breath and realized i cant take that at face value. i know its not the size of my jeans that matter but how i look in them. so realistically for me 140 is a very sexy goal 4 me. 135 maybe but i start looking 2 thin. plus i want muscle tone. will i ever be at 120 ? hell no and im ok with that.

ps 2 all the women who struggle w ed. i actually joined this site so i could eat healthily w/ out feeling guily. do i get a lil obsessive sometime? yes but im being obsessively healthy so i dont fall back into old patterns. if that makes sence. it still tries 2 rear its head but for the most part i dont panic and i make it thru another day.

I'm so happy I found this message board today. I went from 184 10- years ago to 128 2-years ago. My friends and family were constantly telling me I lost too much weight, but that was where I was the happiest. Now I'm back up to 135-137 (It seems to fluctuate daily!) If I could just get down to 130 I'd be happy but that 7-10 pounds just looms over me.

This past weekend, I totally blew my diet! But I was also at a party with girls who were a bit heavier than me all saying how little I was and stuff like that. They were even joking that I needed to eat another cheeseburger. As the former fat kid, no kidding, I've never had this problem in my life. The thing was though, they all looked so much better than me in their bathing suits! UGH!

My point to this post is that maybe the 135 is an ok weight for me, but I'm going to keep trying to be back at 128. My main goal has to be to tone.

Does anyone have good toning workouts that I can start off easy and then build up? If I hurt for days following a work out, I won't stick to it.