women 5"7 -5"8 who were 230ish lbs to 150 ish lbs?

Feel free to add me - I am 5/7" and started at 243 on January 17th. As of this morning I am at 202.8 - been a couple ups and downs but overall consistently losing. I'm on 1,000 calories (which my Dr. approved) until I have about 25 lbs. left and then I need to go up to 1,200-1,300 as I won't have the extra, easy access to as much fat storage so will need the additional calories (according to Dr.) I travel for work, have 2 teenage kids and a busy life...exercise comes 2nd but I do try to get walking in. My goal is between 150-160 depending on how I feel. I have a family cruise the end of July that is my target for now.
Best wishes!
Sarah

I'm 5'9" and started at 217. I'm now down to 147. How I look now could be very different from how you would look at my weight because I do little cardio and lift heavy.

Can I ask how many inches in height you are? Im still tying to figure out exactly how tall I am but I keep getting mixed answers.

5'9" is 69 inches.

What she said :-)
12 inches in a foot, so 5 feet=60 inches
5'9 = 12x5 +9 = 69 inches

Hey all I'm 5'7 1/2" I started heavier. 260. I'm down to 193 wanting to be 160 and then reevaluate. :happy:

Same here, but still near my starting weight! What calorie range have you guys had the most success with? I've been experimenting with different amounts 1600-2200... Also, I lift heavy 3x a week and do yoga on the days in between. 5'9" and starting at 250, with a goal of 150. :happy:

I started at 230 and am 150 now. I'm 5'8". I started in November 2011 and hit my goal in August 2012. I have been maintaining successfully since then.

Here is a pic of me about my heaviest:


and now:


and this:

I am on my way there now. If anyone wants to ad me I'm welcome to friends and support!

Started at 230 and am currently 212. I started March 9.

I did it! I'm 5'7", started at 240lbs and got to my goal of 140lbs. Took about 3 years, started slowly and worked up to longer and harder workouts.

I had to take every day and every little decision one at a time. If I started to think of 100lbs or 3 years, I freaked out and gave up. Even thinking of a whole day or a whole 30min workout would overwhelm me. So I had to break everything down into even smaller goals.

For example, I would turn down a cookie at work. I would say to myself that each little decision counts and adds up for the good or bad. Otherwise, I'd eat the cookie and tell myself it didn't really matter... that it was just one cookie. But I'd do that all day, day after day and the bad things would add up. I'd do it with exercise too. I'd make myself walk into the gym and focus on my current workout. I'd tell myself that I was just going to walk in and do 15min, then after that 15min, I'd just do another 15min. Breaking things down into easy tiny achievements helped. Every thing adds up! Good or bad!

I have no pics yet cause I'm no where near my goal, but I started at 222, now at 212 with a goal of 160, I'm 5'8"

Very interested in this post!!

I would pretty much like to see woman at my height and weight now because I have this really disgusting image of myself. I refuse to wear a top outside without a hoody because I feel repulsive. I look different in every mirror and every picture!
And then ill see woman at my goal weight also and I'll say wow... 40 more lbs and I could look like that!

www.mybodygallery.com

Your mileage may vary, but it's what I use to help me imagine what I might look like at certain milestones.

I am 5'8". Started at 251, currently 190. Goal is body fat % based and is 160. That will give me about 21% body fat based on lean body mass currently. I have lots of pictures but I am still 30 pounds from goal. Keep up the good work ladies!!