any adult 4'7" tall with a success story?

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Success Stories. You might get responses.

I'm 4'9" and have lost 24 pounds so far. It's taken me almost 5 months and it's a slow and steady process but is totally doable. I've had to really play around with my calories to see what works for me to lose weight. I tried the 1200 calorie thing and I wasn't losing weight at all. I finally figured out that I need to eat 1400 calories a day to see at least a 1.5 weight loss a week.

Hi

I'm 4' 11" and all I can say is us shorties have it pretty tough!!

Our bodies don't need too many calories to function and so it's often difficult to create much of a deficit without starving half to death. I have lost 32lbs over the last 11 months with calorie control and cardio and I've just started lifting, with at least 14lbs more to lose.

I've decided to start weight training in an attempt to get leaner, gain some muscle tone and speed up my metabolism. I've increased my calorie intake (not too drastically) and so far no negative effect. (it's good to eat again!!)

People will say that its all down to what happens in the kitchen and that is a big part of it but I am completely convinced that I would not and could not have had these results without the exercise I do.

Not sure what method you are using but I would suggest that you will struggle to create a decent deficit just by food reduction so do a good chunk of exercise and then only eat 50 - 75% of those cals back. This increases your deficit whilst still allowing you to take the calories in to start off with.

Be wary of taking your net calories too low but you may need to play with this a little as some of the 'standard' rules just don't work so well for little people.

Best of luck