Woman 5'5" and roughly 190 (like me) HELP! :)

I am 38 - started fully this journey in January. As you see in my ticker...weight loss is happening. I use the TDEE-% currently and have about 1520 - 1560 goal for calories daily. I do not eat back my work outs. I lose anywhere from .4 to 2.5 lbs per week averaging about 6/7 per month as well as some inches I also zig zag my calories a little bit.

I use DVD's as my work out source currently. Zumba and Hip Hop Abs. Later this year I will try Jillian Michaels again but I really dis like her lol

Feel free to check my diary or friend request if you would like

In my pictures I have a progress pic - I think it is Feb to June in that one. I need to update for Feb to July soon!

Welcome and enjoy the Journey!!

BTW - started logging using TDEE in April starting weight 201 now down to 177. The 41 lbs loss counts back to January.

Hi..I do not have pics right now(apart from my profile pic- i must have been around 158 pounds here). I am 5'5 and currently 152 lbs. At my highest , i weighed 173 pounds and i had gained all this weight post partum(not during pregnancy ).
My goal right now is 135 lbs. I have always been around 145 lbs(through college and early 20's before my pregnancy) and felt bit chubby around that weight. Once i reach my goal weight, i am planning to start with weights, as i have some joint issues and do not want to aggrevate them before i reach my goal !!
Good luck to us on your journey

Here's mine....from 220lbs in July 2011 (7 weeks after having my 2nd child) to 154lbs. I'm 35 and 5'6.


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I still need to majorly tone up my belly and thighs (more loose skin than fat I think) and lose about 10lbs.

Pics - copied from another thread

You can absolutely do it. I don't know how to post pictures here, still need to figure that out. My diary is open though. Feel free to add me.

When I started this journey last summer I weighed 196 lbs, so I know how that feels. If I walked for exercise, like a 30 min. walk, that night I would wake up about 4 am with my hip joints just aching. My feet would hurt a lot. And naturally my self-esteem was not happy, especially when I caught a glimpse in a mirror, which I avoided.

So last summer I started by swimming. I didn't watch what I ate AT ALL, and didn't lose any weight. Then I found MFP in September 2012 and started logging. I've fallen off the wagon a few times but always jump back on. I'm 49 lbs down with some to go. The loss is definitely harder as you have less to lose, so be prepared for that.

But the gains are enormous. At 147 I can wear regular clothes from any store, my pants are mostly size 12s and a few size 10s of brands that run large. My joints no longer hurt me. Exercise is a regular part of my life.

My original thought was to be at my goal weight by my 62nd birthday in August. I won't make that goal, but it's all right. I'm on the way.

My dieting philosophy is this: Every calorie should be delicious. Every calorie burned should be pleasurable.

Good luck! Log every mouthful.

Hi! I'm 5'5" and weigh about 180, so I'm pretty much in the same boat. Before I found MFP, I was about 205-210, but I started lifting weights (nothing major, just a little bit here and there) and really started to see a difference. I had gotten down to 165, but then slacked off and started eating like crap, so I came back to MFP and Fitocracy. I am currently back at 180-ish, but my clothes fit differently since I have more muscle than I did when I was previously at this weight. Feel free to view my food journals, but know that I have customized my daily goals to greatly increase my protein intake since I do have some weight training going on. If you would like to see my workouts, I log them on Fitocracy and my user name is FatKid https://www.fitocracy.com/profile/FatKid

I am 37. Started in January, 2013. Starting weight 156 now down to 136. Lost almost 20 pound, still want to lose more 8 pounds. I did walking and start to count my calories. Keep going! It's really hard to lose weight, but it's every day joy to see your new body on the mirror.

Hey, Liz.

I'm 5' 6" or so, and I started in November at 225. The first couple of months I lost weight through diet only, then I joined a gym in January. I'm a few years older than you (41), but close enough.

Generally, I just go with the MFP calorie recommendation for me, though I do have a tendency to leave the "old" number for a while when MFP wants to recompute it. I eat back some of my workout calories. But if it gets to be evening time and I have calories left, but I'm not hungry, then I just leave them on the table. So my net tends to be up and down. My diary is open only to friends, but if you're looking for more friends, then go ahead and send me a request.

This is the progress pic I put together in May when I hit my halfway goal. I'm down another 20 pounds from that.

My dieting philosophy is this: Every calorie should be delicious. Every calorie burned should be pleasurable.

Good luck! Log every mouthful.

That's a great way of thinking - I do my best to live this way too, but you put it so succinctly.

Hi Liz, I can't totally relate to you! I am 5.5, and started out at 189 (post baby), and started MFP at 176. I lost 28 lbs in 4 months, and although that number hasn't moved in a while I am still going down in dress sizes (started at size 12/14 and now am a 4/6!!)

I think my diary is open, you're open to check it out or add me as a friend. I am working on my before/after photos but don't have anything to post right now.

And I know this doesn't make sense, but it is hard work - yet easier than you think!
Good luck!!
Jackie

HI! I am almost exactly like you! I just started MFP 3 days ago and so far so good. You can add me if you like but I am also not sure of the settings.