Any 5'4 135-140 pound females trying to lose 10-12 pounds?

Hi all, this thread seems to be dead but I figured I'd reply and see if anyone else would join in.
I'm 5'4 and 140 pounds. I' dropped from 195 Ib to 140 lb in the past two years but then stuck at this weight (140-145 lb) for almost 8 months now and I'm really frustrated. I have added exercise to my daily routine (40-50 minutes per day, everyday, doing gazelle slide), been at it for about a month now and haven't dropped a single pound..
Anyone has any successful story to share?

I posted in this thread a year and a half ago. I was 139 lbs then. I'm 125 now and I've been in maintenance for well over a year.

Are you using a food scale? That ended up being the thing that got me to where I wanted to go.

Can I ask your age and how many calories you netted each day? I'm 5'4 and 141 right now. Last time I got stuck at 138 and couldn't get below. I've since had a baby and am back trying to get down to 130-135. I do use a food scale.

Hi all, this thread seems to be dead but I figured I'd reply and see if anyone else would join in.
I'm 5'4 and 140 pounds. I' dropped from 195 Ib to 140 lb in the past two years but then stuck at this weight (140-145 lb) for almost 8 months now and I'm really frustrated. I have added exercise to my daily routine (40-50 minutes per day, everyday, doing gazelle slide), been at it for about a month now and haven't dropped a single pound..
Anyone has any successful story to share?

I posted in this thread a year and a half ago. I was 139 lbs then. I'm 125 now and I've been in maintenance for well over a year.

Are you using a food scale? That ended up being the thing that got me to where I wanted to go.

Thanks for sharing your successful story! I JUST started using my food scale! Glad to know I'm on the right track. And I also started to eat healthier instead of just counting calories. Have been working out daily for about a month and a half now.. hopefully I can start seeing results soon.

HI there! Just started again. I had lost 60# with MFP, was down to 112, too thin. Got back up to 120, then more weight crept back on. So, now I'm at 132 and want to be at about 118-122, I'm about 5'4 1/2. So, I'm thinking it's going to be a bit harder this time around!

Wow, do you mind sharing your methods of how you managed to go down to 112?

Hi all, this thread seems to be dead but I figured I'd reply and see if anyone else would join in.
I'm 5'4 and 140 pounds. I' dropped from 195 Ib to 140 lb in the past two years but then stuck at this weight (140-145 lb) for almost 8 months now and I'm really frustrated. I have added exercise to my daily routine (40-50 minutes per day, everyday, doing gazelle slide), been at it for about a month now and haven't dropped a single pound..
Anyone has any successful story to share?

I posted in this thread a year and a half ago. I was 139 lbs then. I'm 125 now and I've been in maintenance for well over a year.

Are you using a food scale? That ended up being the thing that got me to where I wanted to go.

:laugh: :laugh:

Bookmarking this thread forever.

This threaad caught my eye; I'm 5'4 and currently 130 and trying to bust through that number is AWFUL lol. I have a food scale, weigh my food, etc. The only thing I can think of that I'm not doing correctly at this point is eating enough...I try to eat about 1600 a day and i'm just finishing up insanity. I started at 139. At this point my body is like K THANKS IM GOOD BYE. ughhhh. Been stuck for the last month. Weight will NOT come off.

Try eating back your exercise calories if you aren't doing that already. If you are eating them back, then try not to, or only eat some of them back. Sometimes just changing things up to shock your body will get things moving in the right direction again.

AGREED!

I agree with the strength training. You may not see the scale change but you WILL see your body change.

^^^ this. I worked with a trainer in strength training & omg, I noticed the changes in my body. I didn't loose weight(the scale stayed the same or flexed btwn 3-4#'s) but I noticed I lost a lot of inches. Now this was over a 3-4 month period so I am just saying for your furture. Your already slim so I am betting you'll get great results with the strength training.

I'm 5"4 and around 134lbs, this is the toughest bit for me to lose the last 7lbs or so

I'm 5' almost 5" and 136ish. I don't have anything insightful, just echoing the frustration already expressed by many of how hard it seems to be to get the scale to move in the desired direction.

I'm nervous about doing this the "right" way.... the only two times I've ever been successful at losing weight was when I was on a very unhealthy diet for months on end (extremely low calorie - once because I was younger and didn't know better, and once unintentionally due to a very stressful situation a few years ago). I've tried losing weight the proper way through exercise and a healthy diet several other times, and never really saw any changes. Just as a note - when I say "nervous", it only means I have fears of failing and that I'll be in the same place as before I started, and not that I would ever go back to doing it the "wrong" way.

Anyhow, the last time I did lose weight (albeit unhealthily) I lost around 25 pounds over a few months, and then another 5 in the month or two after that, which put me at 125. Once I was there and got my head back on straight, I started eating again and eating healhy foods, exercising (as a stress relief, not really to lose weight), and ended up staying there without a whole lot of effort or even thimkng about it for over 2 years. Fast forward to now....and in the last year I've put on 10+ pounds.

I guess I'm just discouraged that it took an unhealthy lifestyle to get me to 125, which I still have fond memories of (and a whole closet full of clothes to remind me of), and maybe it's unrealistic to think I can get there again through diet and exercise. Feel free to add me - especially if you're in the same range of current/goal weight. It would be nice to see how other people are succeeding by losing weight the right way.

Hi all, this thread seems to be dead but I figured I'd reply and see if anyone else would join in.
I'm 5'4 and 140 pounds. I' dropped from 195 Ib to 140 lb in the past two years but then stuck at this weight (140-145 lb) for almost 8 months now and I'm really frustrated. I have added exercise to my daily routine (40-50 minutes per day, everyday, doing gazelle slide), been at it for about a month now and haven't dropped a single pound..
Anyone has any successful story to share?

I posted in this thread a year and a half ago. I was 139 lbs then. I'm 125 now and I've been in maintenance for well over a year.

Are you using a food scale? That ended up being the thing that got me to where I wanted to go.

:laugh: :laugh:

Bookmarking this thread forever.

Why what did I say?

*suspicious look*

I am just a half inch under 5'4 but when I started in January, I was 136 lbs, so very very similar stats as yours. I just got down to 113 and have 3 more lbs to lose and then I will transition into maintenance. It didn't take me long to get down to 125 lbs. It only took me about 5 weeks, maybe 4.5. I was eating 1300 on average, with some days in the 1200's and there were a couple days set aside per week where I ate up to 1500 calories. Right now I'm consistently eating 1400-1600 for this month because I do not have much more to lose and I'm still losing, but at a slower rate.

I think its safe to say you can increase your calories. That might be your issue. 1200 seems especially low for someone who doesn't need to lose that much weight to begin with. I think if you keep up a good work out routine and hang around 1400-1600/1700, that would be a bit better for you.

Gotta chime in too, I'm 5'4" and despite eating healthy, working out and trying what feels like just about every trick out there my weight has stayed between 140-143. My goal is 130 and 125 would be great but I'm very muscular. I've tried low carb/atkins, intermittent fasting, zig zagging cals., no carbs after 4 pm, 1200-1700 cals. I had a baby lost all the weight and started gaining. It took about a year to lose 5 lbs! I did do a 3 week fruit/veg juice cleanse and got down to 134 but the weight came back. Before I had a baby I juiced 1-2 times a year and all the weight I'd lose would stay off. I've had my thyroid and extensive blood work done and I'm in perfect health! I'm in week 5 of JMBR and have seen amazing toning but no weight loss. Hoping when I finish I'll lose something! Lately I've been adding 45-60 mins of cardio and still trying to find the magic number. Just want to keep an eye on this discussion. Good luck!!

Close! I'm 5'2" and about 137. I'm hoping to get to between 125 and 130 and maintain. The closer I get the SLOWER the weight loss is. Frankly, I seem to be bobbing between 137-140 lately with no appreciable loss for weeks! I do see a difference in how my clothes are fitting, so maybe the scale isn't the only thing I should be concentrating on.

I am 5'-3", 142.6 lb right now. My weight has not moved, but I have dropped almost 10% body fat in the last 8 months. It is nice to see a change, but I have not seen the scale move and that is so frustrating. My goal was 125/130 OR 20-22% body fat.

I am an hourglass shape, and have a relatively large chest and hips

As a note: I try to hit 1800 calories per day and hit my macros most of the time.

Workouts:
Monday: 1 hour kickboxing (I may start staying another hour for a Zumba class afterwards)
Tuesday: 45 min Spin followed by 1 hour of TRX, Kettlebells, and Medicine Ball work
Wednesday: Rest
Thursday: 45 mix of cardio (jump rope, running) and weights. I then usually do a 3x5 round of heavy weights afterwards (squats, ballet squats, OHP, deadlifts)
Friday: 45 min Bootcamp- usually every other Friday, as I can fit it in
Saturday: 1 hour Spin and 3x5 round of heavy weights (squats, ballet squats, OHP, deadlifts)
Sunday: 1 hour Spin followed by 1 hour weights class- this is a class of higher reps (all areas of the body), where I do most of my work with 15 lb free weights.

oh my lord, this is truly some hard work...

Yes I am in the same position! I am 5'4" and my ultimate goal weight is roughly 12 lbs away too. I find it gets more difficult and I need to increase my cardio more. A few years ago I started at around 144 lbs I think but now I am around 123 lbs (I fluctuate a lot and it stresses me out so much!! I can't weigh myself any more than once every 1-2 weeks, on the same time and day of the week, otherwise I get frustrated haha).

Something that does help is eating a different amount of calories a day, like one day eat 1,200 calories and another eat 1,500 calories so your body doesn't get used to eating the same amount all the time...and do things to raise your metabolism more like drinking herbal tea and exercise more (sounds simple I know but I find them really helpful).