Ladies who are 5'2 , please stand up !! :D

Height: I'm either 5'2" or 5'3" (depending on who you ask. Hahah!)

Beginning weight: 214 lbs (July 2011)



Current Weight: 124 lbs (July 2013)



I'm 15 lbs. below my original goal weight of 139 lbs. and am now in maintenance. I run 4X/week (100 kms/month) and usually throw in some other exercise at least 1-2X/week (biking, Zumba, JM video, etc.). I try to stick to around 1500 calories 5X/week and have 2 days a week where I might go as high as double that.

As a short person (5'1") I'd say that if someone says to me "please stand up !!" I usually have to say "I'm already standing up!"



okay what was the question again?

5'1" currently eating and training for strength/lean mass gains, body fat percentage somewhere between 20-25% depending on how you measure it, currently 137lb :drinker:

my goal is to get really strong and my goal weight is whatever gives me the best wilks score

I think my body looks best between 20-25% body fat. I also think I look better for lifting heavy weights and eating at a surplus. I'll go on a cut if I think my body fat % is getting too high (for health reasons), but I don't intend going below the amount of fat I have where accumeasure says I have 22% body fat, I have tried that in the past but it caused too many issues, including the fact I didn't like the changes I was seeing in my body. But in all honesty my main goals are about strength and health, and what I can do, more than about aesthetics.

I have a large frame and I'm naturally quite muscular, i.e. I'm built like a not very tall brick s*** house, and my rib cage and shoulders are bigger than most women's who are much taller than me. :drinker: I think I have neanderthal genes.

It's funny you say this because as small as I am my rib cage is huge and I've always felt my shoulders were way too broad. Nice to know I'm not alone... maybe we just haven't evolved enough!!

it's the best body type for surviving ice age winters :drinker:

(short and large framed = less surface area compared to volume (especially if you also have relatively short arms and legs) = retains heat better.... though I'm currently living in Bahrain so this is not a very good thing right now!!!)

5'1...heaviest weight ever ~186 (summer 2006 and this past spring) Lowest adult weight 141. Current weight 173.6.

I am a size 14 now. My biggest issue is my belly- at my heaviest I wear a size 16 and at my "smallest" I was a 12. I am big in my whole trunk (barely fit into a 36 bra even at 140) with smaller arms and legs. Right now I'm eating about 1400 cals...not rushing anything, because I want this to be a lifelong change anyway.

Fellow 5'2" girl here too! My heaviest weight ever was March 2013 at 163lbs. I am currently at 137lbs and working on getting down to around 120lbs. Haven't seen that number since high school. Im trying to get in shape and loose weight before my October 2014 wedding.

I'm only 5' tall.
SW: 140
CW: 121
GW: 115
It took me 90 days to get to 120lbs/121 lbs.. Maintained it on off for almost 2 years. It's hard to get down to my goal weight.

25 female
5' 3 1/2
Weighed around 130-135 before having my daughter
Then after i weighed around 140
Quit work to stay home, went up to
158 eek then decided if I wanted to lose it the sooner the better before my
Metabolism really slows down.
Aiming for 135
Down to 153 in a few weeks
Pretty sedentary but been walking 3 miles a night lately,
Going to start more cardio soon.
Some yoga at home, but can't afford a gym.

Not sure how much is reasonable to lose given that
I had curves ( on my lower half lol) before having a baby and more so
after so I definitely won't be "skinny" but I just want to be fit, no more flabby
Stretched out belly, no more thighs touching,
I want to wear a bikini and feel good about it, my stretch marks don't even bother me
Compared to my excess body fat.

26 years old
5'2"
SW: 164
CW: 155
GW: 127

I eat between 1200 and 1400 calories a day. I pretty much eat anything I want. I eat healthy stuff too, but I still have my fries and coke as long as it fits within my calories. I'm doing Body Revolution right now and am having great results with it. My ultimate goal is to fit comfortably back into my size 4 jeans. I'm a tight 8 right now. I liked the size I was when I was a 4. I still had my curves (my boobs may shrink a little, but even when I was 115 lbs they were huge, so I like a bit more fluff to balance them out), but I was slender. I only put the weight there because MFP made me. But really, I don't care what the weight is as long as I'm within the healthy range. It's all about the physical goal to me.

Oops. Put 137 instead of 127.

It's very interesting to read how everyone's goal weight differs, and at what weight each person feels they look best at.

115lbs is as low as I'm willing to go. I've been 98lbs and a size 00 and looked like I had the body of a 12-year-old boy. LOL So nope, definitely not my best figure.

I think there is a misconception often about what weight short women are supposed to be. We all have different body types, frames, genetics, etc. I'm not saying you think this at all! I just think you raised a good point.

Exactly! Especially as you get older the body changes. I've noticed I'm putting on weight in areas I didn't use to, and not putting on weight in places I USE to... it takes some getting use to. I'm pretty happy with my shape, I'd just like to trim it down and stop the jiggling. lol

Fellow shorty here!

5'2''
Total lost- 49 lbs
SW: 205
CW: 156
GW: 140

I may continue to lose once I reach 140, but I'd be very happy there. I think the last time I was 140 was my freshman year of high school. Don't remember the last time I was below that. Ultimately, I want to be happy with my body, not the number on a scale. My short term goal is to be a size 8. I'm currently a 10, so I'm getting there. Short-term goals have definitely helped me through this process.

Age - 57 on 9/23
Ht - 5' on a good day
Highest wt: 158
CW= 140.2
GW= 125
Lowest adult weight = 106 but I was too skinny and recently divorced!

I also am blessed with Boobs!!! on a short waisted frame they will always make me look and feel top heavy.
I have long legs for a short person but am very short waisted.

I'm down 14 lbs since 6/21 but the going has slowed and I have been trying to break 140 mark for a week. GRRRR

People have started to comment on my weight loss and my clothes are getting baggy. Lost 1.5" in bust, 2" in waist 3" in tummy and 3" in hips so the inches seem to be coming off despite slow weight loss.

I'm 5'2.5" and my goal weight was 125 lbs. But I've recently started to really enjoy my extra curves, particularly in the rear lol. So now, I'm thinking somewhere between 127-130. I've weighed about 115 going into college and looking back, I was wayyy too skinny.

I am 5'2 and my starting weight was 264
I got down to 112 but that was to low.
I want to be at 117, I am 121 right now
It is really hard to keep the weight off,
It goes up very quickly and comes back down very slowly.
Eating the right number of calories is not so hard,
it is the treadmill, that I do not do as much as I should.
it is a life process.
Good going to you

Until I saw your post, I thought I was going to be the only shorty in here who started at such a high weight. My stats:
SW: 264.7
CW: 236.2 (as of today!)
GW: 140, though I may re-evaluate when I get there

Height: 5'2.25"
Age: 32

My high school weight was 135lbs, (but I was made fun of for being fat?), and even though that's the high end of the weight range that someone my height should be in, I thought I looked rather sickly, but that could also be contributed to the bad eating habits I had as a teenager. I have wide hips, so I worry that 135 doesn't look good on me, which is why I'm so nervous about going below 140. I feel like I looked best when I was in the 150s because I was soft and curvy, but I'm curious as to how toned I can get. I don't have any body comparison photos because I just took what I consider to be my starting photo only this week. I do have my wake-up photo, a face comparison photo of before I started, during, and at 32 pounds lost, the photo I consider my starting photo, and a couple of photos of me in high school, so I an sort of do a reverse comparison.




These were my wake-up photos. I was probably pretty close to SW of 264.7 in these photos, taken in Summer 2011


My wedding in 2009, I was in the high 210's/low 220's in this photo




I was at about 238-239 in these photos that were taken a few days ago, (please excuse the mess).


Facial comparison photos, L-R: Summer 2011, Summer 2012, Fall 2012.




Me at my high school weight, first photo was in March 1998 at my 17th birthday party, second photo was 3 months later, in June at my graduation party.

As you can see I've gone through a lot of weight changes in the last 15 years. I should also note that I'm pretty sure I was about 5'4" in high school and have lost almost 2 inches of height due to weight gain. :frown:

I'm 5'2 started last year at 179.9, currently 147 , and hoping to reach 135 then will reevaluate

I'm 5'2". Started at 196, currently at 168. My goal is 146.