5'3 and weighs 200+

I am 5'1" and it has taken me 7 months to lose 54lbs. It is sloow and I see people losing way faster and its frustrating. Then I take a peek at their diaries and realize that they are making way healthier choices than I am so they deserve the faster loss. While I have greatly improved I still don't make the best best choices so I have to settle for slow loss. Fortunately I have the exercise piece down so that helps

I've lots 85-88lbs depending on time of mo and it has taken awhile to loose the weight. It is a blessing! Remember even if its a pound lost its better than gaining a lb! It took 1.9yrs to loos the last 65+lb. I had to remember I did not gain that weight over night so I need to have patience taking it off! If I want a candy bar I still have it but try to watch calories, I stopped drink soda(diet&reg),I try to eat more healthy now bc our health depends on it!

I would say to log everything even if its a tablespoon of ketchup unless (if it's stuff like vinegar I don't think vinigar has cal so I don't always long that) try to stay around calories recommended for you,I also kickbox and I do that at home using utube! Now I wanna do more grass cutting and house cleaning bc of burning calories!

Hope that helps! try not to get frustrated and disappointed with yourself.

don't get discouraged- slow and steady - you have had an injury as well so your body takes time to heal and you can't push as hard as you would like.

Have you taken your measurements lately / how are your clothes fitting?- do you have a baseline to compare them to - if not - take your measurements- you could be losing inches not pounds-

Try on a pair of pants from your closet in the next size down- try them on every week / 10 days or when you need encouragement- you will see the progress!!!

5'3, started at 225 on June 10 and have lost 14 lbs. One of my biggest mental battles is accepting the fact that I don't have to lose 10lbs per month to be successful.

I agree with slow and steady. I'm just shy of 5'3" and I started out at 214 as of July 2011 and as of July 2013, I'm 124 lbs. and in maintenance. I never had the huge losses that some people experience - I consistently lost at a rate of 1-2 lbs/week. I lost 75 lbs in the first year and hit my initial goal of 139 lbs, then decided to keep doing what I was doing to see if I could lose a bit more and lost another 15 lbs.over the past year. I'd suggest setting mini goals for yourself along the way as they really helped me with my motivation.

I am 5'2" and started my journey at 239 and am now in the 170's.
I lost the first 40 quickly and then moved to slow.
I now lose in stages like down 10-20 then gain around 5 and repeat.

I'm 5'2.5", and officially started at 220 pounds at the beginning of this year. I didn't see any weight loss until about mid-April, but had lost about 8' off of my waist, hips, and chest by then.

Like others have posted, slow and steady is the key. Notice your body changing, your clothes fitting better, your habits changing - those will all happen. The weight loss itself will come in time.

Good luck!

Hello, 5'3" and started out last month at 210. Even though I just started, it seems frustrating at time because you just want the weight gone but I know I didn't gain all this in a month so as long as I am losing consistently, then that is one bit closer to my goal.

If we hadn't started at all, we'd either be the same weight as when we started or bigger.

So hang in there and stick to your eating and exercise plan, and it will happen!

I was reading your profile and I used to be a professional dancer too years ago! I would love to be thin and fit enough to do some type of dancing again though not professionally.

I'm 5'3 and weighing in at 249 this morning. I was down to 243 but gaining slowly back, I am struggling.

Good job on the 8lbs, that is awesome. You will get there. As many people on here have told me, you didn't put it on over night, it won't come off overnight.

You can do it, best of luck.