Just joined here...already discouraged :(

You need to realize that having so little to lose means you have to lose it slower. Set MFP to half a pound per week. Eat back half of your exercise calories. Weigh your food using a food scale and log accurately. Look into a compound lifting program like Stronglifts 5x5. And be patient.

You're making great progress, don't give up so soon.


ETA: also I would recommend not cutting out everything you enjoy. I do an 80/20 approach. 80% of my diet is nutritious healthy food, and I leave myself 20% for treats.

This is great advice. I came on here with about 5lbs to lose and after reading msg boards I have went from 1200 cals per day to 1800 and gone from cardio to lifting weights. My advice ready the msg boards and also there is a link I'll go get and repost, it will be a great read for you. But lift and also don't cut out a few tasty treats!

LIFT. Do some strength training and put on some muscle. Makes you leaner, stronger, burns calories and helps keep you from gaining it back!

Wow, you are right, you don't have a lot to lose, most people on her would envy you. stop with the process foods first. Are you a small, medium or large framed person? a small framed person should weight a 120-133. so more for a medium or large framed person. I'm sorry, but I thing you are doing fine and should leave this website for the people who really need assistants.

Not to sound rude, but this is a fitness site. Not ONLY a weight loss site and tool. It's for people looking to lose, tone up, get healthy, get fit, etc. So she is in the right place.


And like others have said, be patient. The less you have to lose, the harder it is. And be happy, you lost an inch off your stomach. That shows right there you are making progress.

I know right. Don't tell her to leave, there are plenty of skinny-fat people on here trying to get toned and fill out without bulking on fat.

OP: you don't have a lot to lose. You lost an inch.. That's great progress for someone who needs to trim down slightly.

The battle of the bulge is won by eternal vigilance. Learn to eat for what kind of body you want, because as soon as you stop cutting and go back to your normal eating, the weight will regain.

Take it off slow because this should be a change for life, unless you're trying to just fit into a dress for a special occasion, in which case diet away.

Otherwise, learn to love your body for where it naturally weighs when you don't put effort into counting. It seems like that weight was perfectly healthy for you.

Yeah it's kinda a ***** to lose the last 5lbs. Just keep doing what you are doing now, cause you did lose 1lb & inches. That's a great thing. Also someone mentioned squats...... hell yeah.

Here it is

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/937712-in-place-of-a-road-map-ver-3-0

I would give anything to be a 127 lbs - 135lbs like I use to be, it was the best. I always a size 9/10. I still have another 80 lbs to lose. Your tall same height as me. (You have got to be turning heads) and that's a complement. Just tone up, walk, exercise machines, eat better, get different clothes. Stand tall, tuck your tummy in and hold your shoulders back, chin up! BTW if you want or need to lose 5 lbs then do it. Wishing you the best!:flowerforyou:

You've got to be kidding me. Do you know how many people here would die to only have 5 friggin lbs. to lose? Deal with it.

I don't think it's up to anyone else to judge what level of weight loss is important to someone .
This site is here to motivate, not ridicule :huh:

You'd be amazed at how many people seem to claim the opposite. *eyeroll*

But OP, I will echo the others in saying losing an inch off your waist is in no way "killing yourself for nothing". It's true that your progress is going to be very slow because the lower weight you are, the slower it comes off... but don't get discouraged, you are achieving amazing results already! If you keep this up you will reach both your goal weight and be much stronger and more buff by the end of summer, if not sooner. Patience is key!

Just for the record...I lost 1 lb in almost 3 weeks, not 1 lb per week. I do need to add more exercising. I've only been going to a 55 min boot camp 2-3x a week. It burns around 300 calories. I am on my feet a lot though, not that it counts for much. I'm thinking of joining a gym though but more for the classes. I've never been big on actually working out but like the upbeat motivation of actual classes.

Also as I look back at my food journal for the week, I realized I'm not eating enough! That could have a lot to do with my slow progress. I wish MFP would separate the good fats/sugars from the bad ones so I knew what was "ok" to actually eat.

My best advice on this front is to stop thinking about what you "can't" eat (junk food and processed sugars), and think more about incorporating healthy foods into your diet that you maybe haven't tried before or eaten much of in the past. Learn to love fruits, veggies and all forms of protein (there are way more than just meats), and try nuts & seeds, avocados, olives, tofu, eggs and cottage cheese for healthy fats.

I read this article not too long ago:
http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-9159/the-top-12-reasons-you-cant-shed-that-extra-weight.html

I hope it helps and give you the inspiration you need to keep going. Not sure how much you're trying to shed, but if your body is already used to a routine, sometimes you have to change it up a bit to get the results you want. Good luck.

I dug this article!

One suggestion is to start making smoothies with PB2! I ADORE ADORE ADORE peanut butter, but obviously, it's high in fat and calories. PB2 is powdered peanut butter. I haven't tried it as peanut butter, since I heard it's kinda weird that way (you can reconstitute it with water), but I put it in my smoothies to increase the protein and give me that awesome yummy pb flavor. I've also added it to oatmeal. Maybe that will help with one craving!

Overall, it sounds like you are doing great, and being 127 at 5'6" (and 3/4"!!!) is a weight that I will never achieve, and I am the same height (okay, fine....I'm something like 6/7" of that final inch...I still feel weird saying 5'7" ), but I have a large frame, so I am pretty stoked to be rocking my size 10s right now (which are getting loose!).

I am also at a plateau for at least a year. I give up every now and then and today I was ready to go on a binge and decided to read the message board instead. So I guess I will get myself going to Curves and see if I feel better when I come home

If your working out really hard during that boot camp you should remember: Muscle weighs more than fat. You will see the lbs drop slower as you start shrinking those last inches. The muscle is toning up and fat almost gone. Don't give up. Also stay healthy. If you are a person genetically meant to be 127 you are going to have a real problem pushing past your body's perfect weight (though you may not find it to your perfect image of yourself)

Muscle does NOT weigh more than fat. I wish people would stop saying that.

And you also don't gain muscle in a week, eating at a deficit.

If your working out really hard during that boot camp you should remember: Muscle weighs more than fat. You will see the lbs drop slower as you start shrinking those last inches. The muscle is toning up and fat almost gone. Don't give up. Also stay healthy. If you are a person genetically meant to be 127 you are going to have a real problem pushing past your body's perfect weight (though you may not find it to your perfect image of yourself)

Muscle does NOT weigh more than fat. I wish people would stop saying that.

And you also don't gain muscle in a week, eating at a deficit.

Actually it's very very very hard to gain muscle on a deficit at all. Unless you are very new to lifting & even then it wont last long that way.

Exactly. It's such a common misconception.

I have a lot more weight to lose than you but as a little person with a low BMR I can only create a small deficit each day (unless I wanted to only be eating 800 cals and that sooo wouldn't work). As you are so slim and only exercising 3 times per week you are probably in the same situation so DON'T worry. You are actually doing really well (I celebrate if I lose 1/2lb in a week). As for taking an inch of your waist that is fantastic.

To be fair at your weight, If you have some body image issues, I would seriously think about looking at strength training (loads of guys on this site are clued up about this). You won't necessarily lose weight but your body shape would change and I'm pretty sure you would be happy with a leaner looking you.

Lastly I know it's hard but try not to obsess too much or beat yourself up too badly. It's good to be keeping an eye on your weight but also to maintain some perspective. It is too easy to say I can't lose those 5lbs so I'm gonna do Atkins or the cabbage diet or some other latest thing and before you know it you are yo yo dieting like crazy and you are heavier than you ever were when you started out.

So don't be discouraged, you have achieved genuinely good results. The only problem you have right now is that your expectations of yourself are too high.

Stick with it gal, will be worth it in the long run.