any other not-that-heavy girls trying to lose more weight?

Me! I'm 5'1 and currently at 108. I was maintaining around 100 until recently. I got out of control with my eating! Ack! So now I'm back on here and working my way back to 100.

We are so similar! I am also 5'1" (well ALMOST), and I was 100 until after my wedding recently. All hell broke lose and I gained six pounds in a month! Now I'm trying to work my way back also. I started P90X on monday for some structure.

I am in the exact same boat as all of you ladies and it is SO frustrating... I am 5'6" and somehow managed to balloon (well, it FEELS that way!) up to 144 lbs. Even though that is still a "healthy" BMI, I absolutely HATE it. I am planning to get down to 130, with an ultimate GW at 125-130. I want my cute skinny jeans to fit my butt again before the end of the year!

Goals for October:
Keep calories +/- 20 at least 5 days a week
Get running again! (3 times a week)
Remember to take my multi-vitamin everyday
Drink 8 glasses of water a day (which I have been doing the past few weeks and want to keep up)

godblessourhome, another runner! how many minutes are you running? do you run outside? I have been on the treadmill for Gateway to 8k.

i run 25-35 minutes (2 to 4 miles depending on the route). my goal is to get up to 10 miles for a race in march. i run outside. the treadmill and i hate each other; we had a bad break-up. lol. gateway to 8k is a great program. i did that to get ready for a race in june. i am going back to interval training, but first i need to increase my run times a bit.
dawn

thanks, cutmd, I had the Vegas weight too and it is mostly water-so drink plenty of water and coconut water-I think the potassium flushes the sodium or something.
Great goals, you will be working out hard!

I am 5 feet 1 weighing 110. Tryna get to 105

the whole weight/size thing is strange, considering. My measurements are 34-27-34 and I weigh 112 today. My goal weight is 110, I weighed 107 for most of my adult life. I know from shopping for wedding dresses that there are girls with my measurements who weigh more-so maybe my bones are less dense! and no matter what I weigh my waist doesn't change. and then we have vanity sizing so clothing sizes vary a lot depending on where you shop.
hyenagirl, how do you find out what you would weigh without the fat? that would be a curious thing to know.

Well, I've lost 8kg (17lb) and haven't gone down a dress size! I'm not measuring my weight-loss goal by dress-size though, because I couldn't physically imagine myself to be a size 8-10 (UK) - I would look so gaunt and wretched because my build is such that I need a few good curves to look like a proper woman!

Anyhow, even though I'm not yet at my goal, I'm happy and feel good, so that really is it... I don't mind from now on! I'm 5'6 and 148lb, with 143lb being my ultimate goal.

I am 5'6 and 122 pounds.. trying to get down to whatever weight where I can have abs.. seems almost impossible! Add me as a friend if any of you want to try to work through this and give each other any tips. I can't seem to lose anymore weight

Im in the same boat girly! Lets work on this together! Im 5'6 120 pounds wanting to be at 116. Not much to lose but it super hard when we are as small as we are already! I just wanna be defined not lose fat! I want those rock hard abs and tight tone legs

I am right there too! I don't have alot of weight to lose. I am at the low end of my healthy range but definately have some body fat to burn off and some muscles to tone, tighten and strengthen. Add me as a friend if you want and we can struggle through that last little bit together! Good luck ladies

Oooh wow I am glad there is this topic!

I am 168cm/5'6" and last I weighed myself (had access to a scale...) I was 64kg/145lb. I am trying to lose weight to be healthier and because I actually carry a lot of my fat in my abdomen (bad fat) and thighs (not bad fat, but unattractive!)

I THINK I have lost weight, but it is hard to tell without a scale. I plan on getting one soon! My goal is to have a flat stomach. I have a slightly tilted pelvis so instead of love handles, I have a poochy belly and look pregnant (food baby?)

Does anybody have any tips for losing that last bit of weight/losing the actual fat? I am not so concerned about toning up/building more muscles as I am about getting rid of the fat covering the muscles! Also if anybody would like to be friends I love making new friends!

SAME HERE!!!! I am 5'6" and weigh 145. However, I have a LOT of fat in my abdomen (bad fat and unattractive). My goal is to have a flat stomach and get rid of the poochy belly. I'm keeping my calorie count at 1200 daily and doing the 30 day Jillian Michael Shred. I also run at least 3 days during the week and at least 12 miles on Saturday. I'm drinking an ocean of water.

if there is anything else I can do let me know. But this POOCH has got to go. It's like a hand of full of fat (love handles). How do you even have that and be a size 6? Confused by the body. . .

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WOW! I thought I was the only one! Pass along any suggests that you receive. I understand your frustration.

Great thread!

I'm here trying to lose another 5-10 lbs. I'm 5'4" and currently at 130.2. I am planning on competing in the Miss Figure Competition in April 2011 and WANT ABS and look like a girl on a cover magazine. I want to be in the BEST shape of my life. So glad to see that I'm not 'crazy' alone!!!

xox

I was at goal weight Friday, now one pound over goal weight but I was not good this weekend. Sounds like most of us struggle with the stubborn belly fat! Makes you think lipo is the only option! j/k
This week, aside from my exercise goal, my mini challenge is drink no beer.

I was at goal weight Friday, now one pound over goal weight but I was not good this weekend. Sounds like most of us struggle with the stubborn belly fat! Makes you think lipo is the only option! j/k
This week, aside from my exercise goal, my mini challenge is drink no beer.

I'm a completely jealous that you were at your goal weight. I've been really patient as I've tried to lose and now that I'm within 2lbs I'm totally losing all patients. I just can't wait to be "there". I'm not even sure why. I plan to continue to use the site to count calories and track exercise for at least one year to make sure I'm really on track for keeping the weight off and to make sure I've learned the lessons I "think" I've learned during the journey. But I'm just feeling impatient. Obviously I've lost my mind.:laugh:

IRUN24: What is your daily calorie? I stay around 1200 per day. I looked at your SW and GW and we have the same for both. Overall, I know I must lose fat and it's been tough. Doing P90x last year and I dropped 30 pounds but I couldn't maintain that intensity everyday. Right now, I'm doing the 30 day Shred and running.

Brenda: I have been trying to keep my calories at 1200 per day. I was a pretty hard-core runner in high school (the days when I thought at 118 lbs I had "thunder thighs" ... if only!) and have gotten back into it recently. I am training for a HM in December and a full in the spring (I've run a few of both before) and so my mileage is around 15-25 a week right now (but will continue to increase). I also have started lifting again 3x a week with a trainer at my gym.

The intensity is not easy to maintain but I am REALLY determined this time around. It helps that I am finally out of grad school and have a normal, full-time job with regular hours...

And I've done the 30 day shred and really liked it... I'm just TERRIBLE at working out in my house consistantly. Can't do it. You think it would be easier, right?! But I am a gym rat at heart and love to have all the free weights and machines around. I'd say the running will be a big part in losing fat -- at least that's my experience!

Just need to stay motivated! :happy: And that's why I joined this site!

i also have that stubborn belly fat, thanks to my two babies (and my appetite!)

i was looking into carb cycling too. I'm really impatient about this whole weight loss thing and wish i could find a way to speed things up.problem is that i'm not very disciplined and carb cycling sounds way too restrictive for me. i might try it one week, but don't want to do anything to cause me to binge on bad food.

slow and steady wins the race, right?

i decided that even though my original goal was to just lose 15 lbs, putting me at 115 lbs, (5' 3" tall) and only 10 lbs above the minimum healthy weight range, that I now want to lose 25 lbs, to weight 105 lbs, and i calculated that it will take 5 - 6 months to get there, but that seems like such a long time away, with two big holidays smack dab in the middle, and i don't know how it's gonna go... just wish it could go faster!