Any 5'0 starting at 165 pounds?

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Any 5'0 starting at 165 pounds and met with success? My target weight is 140lbs. How long did it take you? And what was your diet like? Can I do it by walking alone?

It would really help to know your stories that would keep me motivated as I start on my fitness journey ..again!!

Hi, I'm 5'3 and started at 161, currently at 150 but same goal as you. It's taken about 10 weeks I think and I'm thinking another 8-10 to get the rest off? Had a holiday mid way which set me back a little!

I'm mainly living on Indian food while dieting... Tons of veg sambar/curry type dishes, small amounts of rice, chapatti and nan. Eating so much veg there's even room for the odd treat... I think the main thing that is working for me is only having 30g portions of rice (uncooked) rather that a full serving.

HEY-O! I'm technically 4'11 but I always say im 5'0 lol. Anyway I started at 180 mid-June and I am at 166.4 today. I know 13 lbs in 2 months is not the greatest but I guess some is better than none hehe. I eat very healthy but I do have slip ups every now and again with food but I make sure to burn the calories off. I also do my best to stay within my calorie goals. Workout wise I do a lot of exercise videos - Just Dance, Walk Away the Pounds, Taebo, Jilliam Michaels. I also go to the gym and get on all the cardio machines and do strength training. I plan to get with the free trainer at the gym so I can get a lot stronger. Itry to workout at least 3-5 times a week. I plan on hitting 130 or 140 by Christmas.

Hello there! I am not 5' but I'm close I am 4'11.5" and started at 189lbs!! Ugh I actually started about 4 months to 5 months ago eating a little healthier and then I started realizing that I didn't want much of the foods I craved all the time! I am right now at 149/148 a total of 40lbs and only been exercising for about a month and a half. I didn't have that much confidence in myself to work out at the beginning and I wish I did. You cant get there I have lost more than half and still have a long way to go but seeing a difference now really excites me. Good Luck! :flowerforyou:

I'm 5'2" and 180. I am naturally muscular but I have some fat on top of my muscle. My goal weight is 145. I still want to have some fat, but at 145, because I build muscle easy, I will look really small. When I was 160 people would guess I was 135. Anyway, as far as exercise, I find that working out with someone who is WAY more advanced than you is motivation enough. I workout with one of my male best friends. He pushes me, and understands that I'm struggling but doesn't make me feel like I'm slowing him down. It also makes it fun because we chit-chat at the gym while working out and it's not a distraction from the actual workout.

Also, working out with someone who is used to going to the gym every day will keep you going as well. He comes to the gym sometimes to meet me even if he already went earlier that day, just to motivate me.

I know everyone's body is different, but working out at night until exhaustion helps me sleep like a baby. It's nice to get in the bath, throw in some bath salts to soothe my muscles, and get under the covers. Laying down feels amazing when you're completely wiped out from a workout. I go to the gym at 9pm, and I'm in bed around 11:15. I eat a very filling dinner around 7:30 and give it time to digest and drink water like a madwoman before heading to the gym and after I leave. I find this keeps me from eating late at night as well, because all I want to do when I get home is lay shower and lay down.

I thought I was 5'0" (so many years of pretending and rounding up, I guess I started to believe it). A recent "Biomeasure" reading at my local Florida Blue (Blue Cross Blue Shield) office brought me back to the reality that I am actually 4'9.5". Maybe I've shrunk some, too - aging can do that. I started out at 128 lbs. and lost 2 lbs. on my own before joining. MFP. Altogether I've lost 12 lbs. since late May. This is the first time I've kept a food diary and worked on portion size. I still lead a very sedentary lifestyle. I try to keep my calories under 1200/day. I definitely go over sometimes and I'm consistently over my sugar limit. Because I have a history of losing (as much as 22 lbs) and regaining every last pound, I am allowing myself a daily sweet treat (usually Edy's Slow Churned) and there are no forbidden foods, although admittedly I eat very little animal protein. I'd be the first to admit this is the antithesis of a model diet, but it is working for me now because I'm not giving up anything, just controlling portions. So, in theory at least, I have nothing to rebel against and can do this indefinitely. I'm losing very slowly but that doesn't bother me because overall my line graph shows a downward trend (with lots of blips). Stay with MFP, log dutifully and you will see results. My wishes for great success are with you. With our shorter stature, we have greater challenges.