15 pounds to lose -- girls in the 130's

I'm in the same boat, weigh 134 right now 5'4". Would love to be in 120's. When you don't have alot to lose it's hard to get those pounds off! Like you said, I must be strict or the scale doesn't budge.

Best way to do it is by stealth. Get obsessed with numbers, and find out your calorie needs. Eat 100 calories per day under what you need. (For me that's 1650, AND eat your exercise calories back) It will take you months to lose the 10lbs (15? Too much? How tall are you?). There won't be any room for binging though. If you do, log everything and put it into your equation, and cut down elsewhere. Calories can't be fooled.

Meanwhile a beautiful thing will happen. You will train yourself to eat what you need and break bad habits for the rest of your life. It's like eating school. You won't be hungry either.

You'll have to resist trusting the scale number, weigh daily if you have to, plot the weekly average on a pretty piece of paper and see that slight downward curve.

Meeee!!!! Add me! I'm 5'0", currently 130 and I'd really like to get between 118-122. Always need friends with similar goals!!

As of this morning I weigh 129.6 and I would like to get to 120, so feel free to add me! I'm 5'4 btw.

this post just described me!
i am currently 130, 5'1" and my 1st goal is 115. it would really be motivating. add me

I tried keto for 3 weeks and never lost an ounce!! I was very strict, even bought the keto sticks and I had large amounts of ketones in my urine. Never cheated even once. Any advice? How long did it take you to start losing weight?

I'm 131 as of this morning and 5'5. My goal is 105-110. It's hard to get motovated when I don't feel huge and am still w/in my normal, healthy weight range!

Hey yall! I am a shortie 5'1 stuck at 133 lbs. These last 15 are proving to be the hardest!!!! :grumble: I was initially 210 when I first started. I think it's hard for others who are much heavier than I to understand that just because I have already come so far I still need support & motivation too. Any one feel free to add me!!!!!

Ketosis isn't really good for you IMHO. Hard on the kidneys. Eat a balanced diet, Log everything, maintain calorie deficit, get decent exercise. I'm five 3 and 126 lbs. Goal is 115. I only lose like half a pound a week but that's all right as long as it is steady and keeps coming off bit by bit. At my age you wouldn't really expect it to be super fast anyway.

The only reason there are claims that ketosis is "hard on the kidneys" is because of the high protein intake involved in this way of eating. I find it odd how high protein intake, when in conjunction with high carb consumption, is hailed -- yet, when in conjunction with lower carb/higher fat consumption, it's vilified. Regardless of what one's WOE, macros, etc are, experts across the board agree that moderately high protein consumption is essential for healthy, sustainable weight loss. If you fail to eat an adequate amount of protein in relation to your body's lean muscle mass (particularly when you are eating at a caloric deficit), this will result in a degradation of muscle. And it's common knowledge by now that, the less muscle mass you have, the fewer calories your body will burn.

Here's a valuable, reputable source of information about this particular subject: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/protein-kidneys/#axzz3Ep174ouj

I have countless other articles and sources I can dig up for you if you are in doubt, but the above is a good jump-off point.

As a nutrition consultant, I try my best to refrain from getting "preachy" and insisting that low-carb, primal, paleo, etc is the optimal way of eating and that everyone should strive to eat that way; I save that for my clients and those who seek me out for health/nutrition advice. But I cannot refrain from speaking up when people are perpetuating damaging misinformation, bashing a very healthy/natural way of eating, and discouraging people from pursuing an optimal lifestyle for their health/well-being. You are absolutely entitled to make the nutrition choices you feel are best for you personally, but please do not push your beliefs on others -- particularly when you have no sound basis/reasoning as to why other WOEs are "wrong."

Don't attempt to discredit a proven effective way of losing/maintaining weight, reducing and even reversing health issues, and achieving optimal results in terms of both health and nutrition. There are many impressionable people on this site, newbies in particular, and turning them off to an option that could very well be the solution they've been looking for is reckless. Eat however you feel is right for you, but keep in mind that everyone (their bodies, varying degrees of will power, goals, health, history, preferences, etc) is different, and what works for you may not work for them. If someone has achieved success with ketosis, who are you to discourage that? To each their own.

* EDIT: Added quote of the post at which this response was directed. Originally, I accidentally clicked on "reply" instead of "quote."