SHORT LADIES! ~5'0" Need Inspiration, Success Stories

Hi-

I'm not a success story yet... but I plan to be.

I'm 27, 5'0" and 190lbs, ish... I still need to weigh in today and see what's what. I was diagnosed with PCOS a year... maybe 2 ago. And I knew I was overweight, but when the doctor told me I was morbidly obese, and might want to consider gastric by-pass, that's when I decided to change my life.

I love lists. I love checking things off, and I love planning my day. So I have systems of lists, work out, food, and even chores. Because making a change isn't just having one less piece of bread at dinner, it's finding ways to make those changes and stick to it, to the point that it's second nature.

I realized I was spending too much time watching tv, playing games, and cleaning the house. So I did make several sacrifices. And now I have a system, that I've seen myself losing about 1 pound a week on.

I walk 1.5 miles in the morning, and 1.5 miles at night. If I'm feeling fast or energized I'll go more. I do this everyday. Although on the weekends, I do the 3 miles in one sitting. Then 2 strength workouts during the week. Just a half hour is enough. I don't want my workouts to consume my life, I want them to energize it. At first I was just walking whenever I could, but I need more structure than that, and now I look forward to my wake-up walk.

I also found that I had too many food options, so I've made a couple of select choices, for breakfast I have 1 of 3 options, and lunch, 1 of 3 options. Dinners are salads with some sort of protein. I snack on an apple on my drive home. And weekend dinners vary between pizza or a night out, but you still have to be mindful about what you eat on those days.

I found eating carbs early in the day, while mainly sticking to just veggies at night was a big boost for my body.

I know walking everyday might not be in your budget, but you really should fit it in. Some sort of physical activity, everyday. I decided to walk rather than other things, because I thought back to when I was my most healthy, I was walking about 3 miles a day, living on a college diet. I got a treadmill, just a cheap one off of craigslist, because I knew weather and terrain would majorly detour me from my goals.

I'm still early on this journey, this is my first day on the site, but I'm happy to share in any insights or inspiration I can.

I'm very new to the forum. Just started a week ago. I am also 5ft but I weigh approx 173 lbs. However I definitely don't look it as I'm very muscular. I fit into UK 12 or US 8. I'd like to fit into a UK 8 though. I find exercise relatively easy due to the fact that I have a lot of muscle mass. I use a cross trainer at least 5 times a week for at least an hour. I also use light arm weights so that I can stretch and do various arm exercise whilst I'm on the cross trainer for extra calorie burn. I have also incorporated the 5:2 diet into my lifestyle where I have 500 calories 2 days a week and 1200 the other 5. Admittedly its probably not enough food but I want to lose weight quickly. My arms and legs are very toned but its just my belly fat that doesn't want to leave me! I know there are abs under there, I have a naturally thick waist and barely any hips but I have already lost 2 inches around my waist so I must be doing something right.

Hi-

I am 5'0 29 years old and I am currently 137 lbs. I started on my weightloss journey on New Years Day 2011. I weighed 172 lbs which was more than I weighed when I was 9 months pregnant with my son who was 3 at the time. I did Weight Watchers Online for about 6 months and lost 36 lbs (136). Then over the next two years or so, I kind of watched what I ate (some) but didnt track and started to gain some of the weight back. This year around August I reached the 150 mark and that was my sign it was time to get back on track. I decided not to do weight watchers online, as my fitness pal follows the same concepts, only using calories instead of points. Since then, I am back down to 137. I have done this by eating within my calories and some exercise (although not much lately). How old is your child? My son is now 5 and we like to go on walks together. Its a slow pace, and I dont get to burn a ton of calories, but its more exercise than I would get watching TV and we get quality time together. He loves our walks and is disappointed if I go without him.

I hope that you decide to stick with it make healthy lifestyle changes

HI! I am 5'0'' too!~ I started at 188 lbs 2.5 years ago! (that is not my max, but where I started for this particular weight loss journey). I wanted to get healthy, so I started watching what I was eating and exercising. I originally started with weight watchers, but them moved to this. I lost 40 lbs in about 1.5 years (add a pregnancy in there), and now weigh 155 lbs. I have been struggling for the past year to get off the weight that I gained while pregnant, but I am continuing to eat well, exercise (run, dance, walk, elliptical, etc). I need to add more weight training in as that helped before.

I have struggled with my weight for years now. I was about 125 my freshman year of college and gained steadily each year to get to get to where I was. My goal weight is 135, but if I can manage to get lower then I will, but I think that I would be happy with my goal weight.

The way I eat now and how much I exercise and what I do, is simply my way of life now. I don't think of it as a diet or a short term thing. I want to lose more, but am happy. To know that I was a size 18 and now I am a 10 or 12 is a great feeling. Also the only reason that I got pregnant in the first place was because with the weight loss, I was able to regulate my hormones. When I was bigger, they told me that my chances of getting pregnant were slim. It is amazing how weight impacts us in ways we never thought of.

I try to do some kind of exercise every day. Some days it is a leisurely walk with my husband - usually the weekends. Most days, I get on the elliptical that I have at home in the morning and run or go to the gym we have at work during lunch - Monday through Friday. I take a dance class once a week. I would continue this no matter what - even if I didn't lost anything else, because it helps with stress, it allows me to eat and enjoy the food I want, and I like myself.

I feel like a success already, even if I still have 10kg (22lbs) to go. I too was always overweight and the weight I'm at now....I was in my preteens and I'm 44 now.

You can find my story in my profile and see my weekly losses in my ticker. I finally found a way to lose and maintain my weight. Since May it's been quite easy, after a life time of not being very successful in reducing my weight.

Begin with logging your food, without making alot of changes. That will help you get a real perspective on what you have been eating. Make small changes from there and you will be successful too!

Good luck and lots of success!

Hi everyone!

Im 5'2 and my starting weight was 182. I started using the app on the 20th of Oct and today I weighed in at 160. I was always extremely sporty but over the past two years, I stopped and piled on the weight. I cut out all the crap in my diet and have found tracking amazing.

I used to swim competitively (years ago!) and joined a gym purely so I could use the pool. However, I have found the old competitive me and run 3k for time or interval training for 5k , cycle 5k for time and then do a 1.250km swim.

I am a long way from my goal of 120lbs. But I feel so much better all ready and got great blood results back! I can't believe my fitness pal has brought back mentally the person I once was!
xx

I'm 5'2", 30 years young and (re)started my journey just a month ago after falling off the bandwagon earlier this year.

At my highest weight I was around the 190lbs mark (13 and a half stone) but I started last month at 178lbs.

I've never, ever been skinny and I went to University a curvy UK size 14/16. I used to be fairly active - I had horses until I was 18 and then at Uni I used to dance 2-3 times per week. I suspect my target weight of 136lbs may be too low for me but we'll see when I get closer I just want to be able to get into a UK size 10/12 in time for my sister's wedding next August, and am aiming for a nice steady pound per week.

To keep things manageable and realistic for me, I go to the gym at work, every weekday morning for 20-30 minutes, and alternate between strength and cardio sessions.

Congrats on your success so far!
I'm just under 5 feet tall and started at 178.6 lbs. My current weight is 132.8lbs. I started doing exercise videos in April and lost about half of that weight. In August I started running and focusing on strength training and lost the remainder. I hope to reach 120lbs by this summer. Everything in moderation has been the key for me!

Hey All! I'm also 5 foot (and a half an inch! haha! always gotta add that extra half inch!). I'll admit, I've been naïve up until recently, growing-up I never had to worry with being a dancer and cheerleader. I was 112 lbs when I graduated high school eating McDonald's 2 cheeseburgers and 2 apple pies all the time! My mom said it would catch-up to me but I always laughed. College and afterwards was always a struggle for me, I've always been on a diet roller-coaster (which my doctors always warn me about how bad that is for my heart...). At my heaviest, I was 150 lbs in 2010 and went on Jenny Craig and got down to 120 in 6 months! I looked awesome! But like the stress-eater I am and a busy schedule, I put it all on after a year... Just this last year, my life has changed in soooo many ways, and I knew I was gaining weight and not looking so great, but I thought I was probably still at 150ish weight.

Well my best friend is getting married in May and I'm a bridesmaid. We went to try dresses and everyone was fitting into size 8 dresses (they are taller than me, but definitely tiny things), while I ended-up buying a size 12... I decided that enough is enough, plus summer is around the corner, and my boyfriend (who is quite built) decided he wants to get healthier. I needed to start something! So I downloaded MFP once again beginning of February and typed in 150 lbs since I didn't own a scale (have never bought one! I said I was naïve...). I finally bought one couple weeks ago, and realized with a HUGE SHOCK that I was actually weighing-in at 158. I wanted to cry...

So I'm trying to keep myself to a 1200 calorie daily diet and add in exercise as well. My hope is to not look so bulky/flabby in my dress in May and possibly get into a cute bikini this summer, living in Chicago near the beach, that would be amazing! It's just been so tough on the weekends, my boyfriend and I are big into eating the Chicago eats and drinking craft beer! It's not helping me at all... One week, I noticed I lost 2 lbs but gained all back over the weekend and had to work the next week to take off what I gained on the weekend. So basically I just keep standing still because of what I am doing on the weekends. Its so hard since I still want to have fun and enjoy myself with my boyfriend and friends... But I gotta get better if I have any hopes of reaching my goals of May and summer....

Hello- I am 5' tall and weight about 173 right now. I used to be closer to 290...then I went down to 161 where I stayed for about 2 years. Lately though I have had trouble. I did try weight watchers for awhile, and I had managed to lose 8 pounds, but I gained it back. I am hoping to start off by getting to about 150 and then making another goal from there. Does anyone have any advice?