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

The scale this morning said 109.5 and I said my goal weight was 110! I am surprised because I haven't been eating well lately-margs and Mexican on Wednesday and last night pizza and beer. Maybe there is something to the running, I am on week 5 of the couch to 5k but it is only exercising 3 days a week for 45 mins. Anyway, 2 lbs overnight is probably just water weight, it'll be back by Monday!

Thank you for starting this thread, it's nice to find like minded people. I am 5'4" my weight peaked at 133lbs a couple of months ago, I have now got back to 120 and I don't actually mind if I don't lose any more as I feel happy in my skin again. However that said it would be nice to lose a couple more pounds. I still have that 'I've had a baby' pad of fat on my tummy! I am getting some criticism now about losing too much weight and I wish people could be happy for me, all I have done is go back to the weight I was a few years ago. Yes I may have still been at a healthy BMI and there may not have been anything wrong with how I looked but I wasn't happy that the weight was creeping on and my clothes were getting tight.

I lost so much weight with almost no problem but these last 10 are the hardest yet! Rarhhhhhhhh fu*k my life!

So proud of you girls for sharing your stories and coming to this site to do it the healthy way. I just lost a friend to an eating disorder...her body just could not take it anymore and she ended up having a cardiac arrest. I would not wish that upon anyone and I wish you girls the very best...stay strong and beautiful!

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.

YOU SHOULD LOOK INTO TONY HORTONS 10 MIN TRAINER...GREAT FOR TONIG, AND YOU CAN START SLOW WITH ONE 10 MIN WORKOUT, AND WORK YOUR WAY UP TO 3-5????

I am 6' 2', and when I started my journey I was almost 300 lbs. Im now down to 184

WOW, that is great :happy: Good luck with the last few pounds

I am 5'6 and 122 pounds.. trying to get down to whatever weight where I can have abs.. seems almost impossible! Add me as a friend if any of you want to try to work through this and give each other any tips. I can't seem to lose anymore weight

Im in the same boat girly! Lets work on this together! Im 5'6 120 pounds wanting to be at 116. Not much to lose but it super hard when we are as small as we are already! I just wanna be defined not lose fat! I want those rock hard abs and tight tone legs

Me too! I'm 5' 6.5" and 120 lb but when I got back from school I was 112 and in awesome shape. my mom wants me to be 125 lb but I've already gained 8 lb and am starting to feel lethargic. I'm setting my goal at 112 since its a little lower than what I actually want to be (figure it may push me a bit, especially in the beginning!)

I am 5'6 and 122 pounds.. trying to get down to whatever weight where I can have abs.. seems almost impossible! Add me as a friend if any of you want to try to work through this and give each other any tips. I can't seem to lose anymore weight

Im in the same boat girly! Lets work on this together! Im 5'6 120 pounds wanting to be at 116. Not much to lose but it super hard when we are as small as we are already! I just wanna be defined not lose fat! I want those rock hard abs and tight tone legs

Just an FYI when you do get those rock hard abs and tight toned legs, you will actually more then likely weigh more. Sorry! lol...I weigh my heaviest when i'm cutting and toning for a competition, that muscle will fool you! it's hard to weigh very little and maintain some serious muscle mass...i'm 5'4 and 112.5 lbs right now..I struggle to get under 110 to meet industry expectations, without taking a huge hit to my lean muscle mass...and the other problemis you have to eat quite the fair amount to sustain the muscle! so got a few things working against ya!

I am 5'6 and 122 pounds.. trying to get down to whatever weight where I can have abs.. seems almost impossible! Add me as a friend if any of you want to try to work through this and give each other any tips. I can't seem to lose anymore weight

Im in the same boat girly! Lets work on this together! Im 5'6 120 pounds wanting to be at 116. Not much to lose but it super hard when we are as small as we are already! I just wanna be defined not lose fat! I want those rock hard abs and tight tone legs

Just an FYI when you do get those rock hard abs and tight toned legs, you will actually more then likely weigh more. Sorry! lol...I weigh my heaviest when i'm cutting and toning for a competition, that muscle will fool you! it's hard to weigh very little and maintain some serious muscle mass...i'm 5'4 and 112.5 lbs right now..I struggle to get under 110 to meet industry expectations, without taking a huge hit to my lean muscle mass...and the other problemis you have to eat quite the fair amount to sustain the muscle! so got a few things working against ya!

haha wow your so right its almost embarrassing.:blushing: I forgot that muscle weighs more than fat!...I just get crazy thoughts when i look at the mirror and think I look good...then step on the scale and woaahhh...haha. :laugh: But yes...Im almost to the point my abs look good i just have a small layer of fat over them Im just TOO SCARED to work extra hard to lose the rest of my extra body fat because I don't wanna lose my BOOBS!! haha sorry for anyone who did not want to read that... Anyone else have this issue??

I'm sitting in the middle of my healthy BMI range but I want to get down another 5 kgs (11 lbs) to where I think I'll be happy with my shape. I'm built quite solidly so going any lower just isn't practical even if I'm just 5'4. I think i'd look like a stick at 110 lbs and besides like someone said before - I don't want to lose my boobs!

Today is my first day. I never had a weight problem (to other people anyway). I ate whatever I wanted my entire life which means tons of Coke, candy, cake, meatloaf, mac & cheese...anything wrong you can think of. I am 5.5 and varied from 110 to high of 118; certainly not a superskinny supermodel but OK.
However, this year I hit menopause and started a medication at the same time. In the past 8-10 months I have gained to 130! It's all on my middle and I am freaking out.

I am not here to try to get back to a weight of 110. Frequently, if i dropped below that, I never felt good anyway. But I am disgusted with myself at this point. I am still in the middle of healthy BMI but I don't see how that can be with a muffin top. There is nothing mentally healthy about muffin top! It's stressful getting dressed.
I have many really overweight people I work with who always tell me how small I am. They dont understand you can be 'fat' at any weight.
I am glad to see some smaller people here who understand.

I'm in the same boat too... I'm 5'8", currently 138lbs which puts me at a BMI of 21. My happiest weight is 130lbs (BMI of 20) where I have been several months ago with the help of this site, but my crazy work schedule (lots of call, lots of nights = eating lots of hospital food) got a bit out of hand and here I am. I have been as low as 125 (BMI of 19.5) but find that's less sustainable for me.

Ha!! I was just whining to hubby the other day about why not even one ounce of this new belly fat didn't land on my 36A chest :-)

Ariesgrl That is amazing! I hope I can have one ounce of your determination.

Bump to keep this up so I can check out profiles later. I have more to lose than most of you but I still get "YOU don't need to lose any weight!" Those first 10 lb. came off so quickly and now I'm hitting a plateau. I need inspiration by looking at how others lose those last 10-25 lb!

I am 5'6 and 122 pounds.. trying to get down to whatever weight where I can have abs.. seems almost impossible! Add me as a friend if any of you want to try to work through this and give each other any tips. I can't seem to lose anymore weight

I'm also 5'6" and 122 (I fluctuate btwn 122-124) and 17ish% bodyfat. I'm trying to get down to 15 % body fat and I'd like to fluctuate between 118 and 120 ... But Lately I've been focussing more on defining and building muscle and trying to get rid of a lit bit of fat. Well... these last few weeks I fell off the wagon with all the treats at BBQs. I need to get back into my routine. I've been hitting the gym, biking or running 6 times a week, it's my diet that has gotten out of control! LOL