Petite girls (5'0-5'4) struggling with those last 10 pounds

I'm 5'1.5 and currently 98 lbs down from 130, I have never been this weight my entire adult life so didn't choose 98 as a goal weight but went more by how I felt. I have a small frame but still hold weight on my lower half - currently working on body composition. For me getting to this weight was through sheer determination, lots of research and this fantastic site. Personally I feel that if you keep up the healthy eating, do exercise that you enjoy and listen to your body you will succeed. I do some form of exercise every day, don't really have 'cheat' days, I just make what I want fit into my macros. Creating a lifestyle that is maintainable is the trick and I'm still not there yet after over a year but I'm learning more everyday and hope to maintain my new weight and healthy lifestyle.

Best of luck to all my fellow shorties, it can be hard work but it's so worth it

From reviewing your other posts, your calorie intake was 1200 without eating exercise, right? Congratulations to you for great success. I have been here for almost a year struggling to lose 10 lbs I gained 1.5 years ago, highest I weight. Struggling to hit 100 for a 40 yo 5'1..Thank you for your feebkack greatly appreciate it!

I'm 5'4" was 139 now 128/129 in 80 days and 6 inches. My goal was 130 and 10 inches lost. The little fat spots like back fat where my bra hits and belly are smaller, but now flabby - not the fix all I thought it would be. I workout regularly, but need to push a little harder.

It came off pretty easy at about a pound a week, slow and study. I eat predominately meat and vegetables and fruit smoothies (just fruit, spinach, milk, ice). I am a big eater so I have to workout to earn more than my 1200 calorie setting. Very little processed or prepackaged food. I don't use any protein shakes or premixed diet plan crap. I work out 30- 60 minutes 4-6 days a week almost all cardio. I think stepping up my strength training will tone this flab and naturally clear the remaining flab.

So - yup - diet and exercise :0)

I've ditched the scale. Doubt I'll see the mid to high 50 kg range that I thought I wanted for so long. I got to about 58 kg and was around 58 for a good 9 months. In the past 9 weeks I've put on 3 kg's and look thinner at 61 kg. Improve your body composition and dont worry about what the scale says. When you are that close to goal concentrate on sculpting and shaping your body with weights.

I highly recommend reading Tom Venuto's book Burn the fat feed the muscle. You could be a 110 pound woman who is 33 % body fat or a 130 pound women with a low body fat. (with the same height) but look a hell of a lot leaner than the 110 pound women.

Or would you rather weigh less on the scale, look fatter.

As an example there is a lady at work that is my height but weighs a good 6 kg less than me at 55 kg. She looks chubby whereas I'm a lot leaner and defined. People who haven't seen me comment that i've lost more weight when in fact i put on 3 kg.

My advise. Dont get so caught up with a silly number on a scale. Have your body fat % tested regurlarly, take measurements, take photos, take note of how you feel and look in your clothes.

This obsession with the scale is pure nonsence. I'm 5 foot 2 and weigh 61 kg, currently working on lowering my body fat % which is currently 22%. I want it down to 20% and then see how I go from there. I couldn't care less if I ended up weighing 63 kg if I were able to end up with a body fat % of 17% and look athletic and ripped !

Currently I'm maintaining on 2150 net calories and In a few weeks time I plan to cut again just at a small defecit of around 5-10% below tdee. I'll start off eating at 1800 net and see how I go at that range for a month. I want my tummy a little flatter and more defined.

I am 5'2 and was stuck at 136 for a couple of months. I started at 238.8 in Jan. 2012 and was down to 136 in Dec. by eating around 1200 calories, exercising, and not eating back my exercise calories. But then I got stuck at 136. My goal was 130 so it was very frustrating to be sooo close but so far from my goal. In Feb. I decided that maybe I should pay attention to the other numbers in my diary besides calories, since all that I paid attention to was calories. I upped my protein and tried to stay under on my sugar intake and all of a sudden the pounds dropped off. I am now 128!

Good luck to everyone! You can do it just keep going and it will come off.

I am 5ft2 I my SW was 143lbs and I THOUGHT I wanted to be 112lbs.

However I too got stuck at around 123lbs-122lbs mark. I have been there for ages, at first getting frustrated and trying everything I budge them last lbs.

However, the more I went to the gym and started losing inches I sort of forgot about the scales, and though "hey I am an OK size now, let's trim up and get in shape!" As I am working harder in the gym now I have upped my calories and guess what... LOST 3LBS!

I think because I am not so bothered about the number on scale anymore but more my shape it has re-focused me on what is important and why I wanted to lose weight in the first place.

I did not want to lose weight just to tell people a number, I wanted to look and feel good, so now reaching my original goal is no longer of any importance to me. If I lose a few more lbs on the way GREAT, if not, but I get a better shape GREAT also.

I've found that my weight stays the same +/- 2lbs for about a month and then it suddenly drops 3lbs and does the same thing all over again. I have about 10lbs I want to lose and it's for sure going slow. But slow loss means easier to maintain loss, right?? I mean, a year from now we're gonna be way hotter than we are today. We can be patient!

I'm 5'3", current weight is 121 lbs. My goal weight is 112 - 110 lbs.
I've only been on MFP for like a week or two. But I seem to have gained more weight since I started working out (about a few months ago) I've been swimming, doing yoga and recently just joined the gym. But the more I exercise, the more I get heavier. I have noticed that I've become leaner somehow though. I eat around 1200 calories a day although I've already had a few bad days but I stay on the 1200 on most days. I'm starting to get very frustrated although I know it's probably the muscles that are making me heavy, but I was at 118 lbs before I started exercising and my eating habits are pretty much the same. I hope that I get down to 115 at the very least.