Petite girls (5'0-5'4) struggling with those last 10 pounds

I'm losing the last 5. It's very slow but I don't care cause I love to eat. I stay under my calories and burn approximately 700 cal a day. I eat back about 2/3 of my exercise calories. I know I'll get there so I don't stress over it. I'm 5'1".

5'0 I've lost over 60 in two years and I'm stuck at 133 my gw is 120-125

5'2" here, my weight seems to drop every two weeks vs weekly now. I'm kinda stuck at 134-135 and am trying to get down to 120 but just being under 130 would be awesome.

Me too! 5'2" and about 10-15 lbs away from my goal range. Been maintaining 20 lbs loss for about a month, which I know is still good.

me too! It was like the first 10 melted off but now i seem to be staying at the same weight. 7-8 ish pounds left to go but i seem to be stuck where I am. 5`0

I am there as well, 5'3 and 142...stuck at this weight since January. I am adding strength training to my exercise routine and hoping I can lose these last 10 lbs. GWE 132-135.

good to know i am not alone i have lost no inches since Oct and no weight since Jan 1st. i have just bounced around 3-4 lbs and i guess it`s the last 5 lbs of my weight loss ... I still have 2-3 % in body fat i want to lose, so i am trying one last hope to shed it. i bought chalean extreme and will be starting it next week...

I'm 5'1.5 and currently 98 lbs down from 130, I have never been this weight my entire adult life so didn't choose 98 as a goal weight but went more by how I felt. I have a small frame but still hold weight on my lower half - currently working on body composition. For me getting to this weight was through sheer determination, lots of research and this fantastic site. Personally I feel that if you keep up the healthy eating, do exercise that you enjoy and listen to your body you will succeed. I do some form of exercise every day, don't really have 'cheat' days, I just make what I want fit into my macros. Creating a lifestyle that is maintainable is the trick and I'm still not there yet after over a year but I'm learning more everyday and hope to maintain my new weight and healthy lifestyle.

Best of luck to all my fellow shorties, it can be hard work but it's so worth it

I'm 5'2" and I only lost less than 10 pounds. I did not have a goal weight. I was just working on my fitness. I am happy where I am at and continue to work on maintenance and always continued improvement. I just need to be consistent with exercise and eating well. I also lift weights and that has been effective for me.

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I'm 5'1.5 and currently 98 lbs down from 130, I have never been this weight my entire adult life so didn't choose 98 as a goal weight but went more by how I felt. I have a small frame but still hold weight on my lower half - currently working on body composition. For me getting to this weight was through sheer determination, lots of research and this fantastic site. Personally I feel that if you keep up the healthy eating, do exercise that you enjoy and listen to your body you will succeed. I do some form of exercise every day, don't really have 'cheat' days, I just make what I want fit into my macros. Creating a lifestyle that is maintainable is the trick and I'm still not there yet after over a year but I'm learning more everyday and hope to maintain my new weight and healthy lifestyle.

Best of luck to all my fellow shorties, it can be hard work but it's so worth it

From reviewing your other posts, your calorie intake was 1200 without eating exercise, right? Congratulations to you for great success. I have been here for almost a year struggling to lose 10 lbs I gained 1.5 years ago, highest I weight. Struggling to hit 100 for a 40 yo 5'1..Thank you for your feebkack greatly appreciate it!

I'm 5'4" was 139 now 128/129 in 80 days and 6 inches. My goal was 130 and 10 inches lost. The little fat spots like back fat where my bra hits and belly are smaller, but now flabby - not the fix all I thought it would be. I workout regularly, but need to push a little harder.

It came off pretty easy at about a pound a week, slow and study. I eat predominately meat and vegetables and fruit smoothies (just fruit, spinach, milk, ice). I am a big eater so I have to workout to earn more than my 1200 calorie setting. Very little processed or prepackaged food. I don't use any protein shakes or premixed diet plan crap. I work out 30- 60 minutes 4-6 days a week almost all cardio. I think stepping up my strength training will tone this flab and naturally clear the remaining flab.

So - yup - diet and exercise :0)

I've ditched the scale. Doubt I'll see the mid to high 50 kg range that I thought I wanted for so long. I got to about 58 kg and was around 58 for a good 9 months. In the past 9 weeks I've put on 3 kg's and look thinner at 61 kg. Improve your body composition and dont worry about what the scale says. When you are that close to goal concentrate on sculpting and shaping your body with weights.

I highly recommend reading Tom Venuto's book Burn the fat feed the muscle. You could be a 110 pound woman who is 33 % body fat or a 130 pound women with a low body fat. (with the same height) but look a hell of a lot leaner than the 110 pound women.

Or would you rather weigh less on the scale, look fatter.

As an example there is a lady at work that is my height but weighs a good 6 kg less than me at 55 kg. She looks chubby whereas I'm a lot leaner and defined. People who haven't seen me comment that i've lost more weight when in fact i put on 3 kg.

My advise. Dont get so caught up with a silly number on a scale. Have your body fat % tested regurlarly, take measurements, take photos, take note of how you feel and look in your clothes.

This obsession with the scale is pure nonsence. I'm 5 foot 2 and weigh 61 kg, currently working on lowering my body fat % which is currently 22%. I want it down to 20% and then see how I go from there. I couldn't care less if I ended up weighing 63 kg if I were able to end up with a body fat % of 17% and look athletic and ripped !

Currently I'm maintaining on 2150 net calories and In a few weeks time I plan to cut again just at a small defecit of around 5-10% below tdee. I'll start off eating at 1800 net and see how I go at that range for a month. I want my tummy a little flatter and more defined.

I am 5'2 and was stuck at 136 for a couple of months. I started at 238.8 in Jan. 2012 and was down to 136 in Dec. by eating around 1200 calories, exercising, and not eating back my exercise calories. But then I got stuck at 136. My goal was 130 so it was very frustrating to be sooo close but so far from my goal. In Feb. I decided that maybe I should pay attention to the other numbers in my diary besides calories, since all that I paid attention to was calories. I upped my protein and tried to stay under on my sugar intake and all of a sudden the pounds dropped off. I am now 128!

Good luck to everyone! You can do it just keep going and it will come off.

I am 5ft2 I my SW was 143lbs and I THOUGHT I wanted to be 112lbs.

However I too got stuck at around 123lbs-122lbs mark. I have been there for ages, at first getting frustrated and trying everything I budge them last lbs.

However, the more I went to the gym and started losing inches I sort of forgot about the scales, and though "hey I am an OK size now, let's trim up and get in shape!" As I am working harder in the gym now I have upped my calories and guess what... LOST 3LBS!

I think because I am not so bothered about the number on scale anymore but more my shape it has re-focused me on what is important and why I wanted to lose weight in the first place.

I did not want to lose weight just to tell people a number, I wanted to look and feel good, so now reaching my original goal is no longer of any importance to me. If I lose a few more lbs on the way GREAT, if not, but I get a better shape GREAT also.