5'1" and a little extra weight

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  • pocketsam
    pocketsam Posts: 134
    OH I am so glad other people feel my pain. Friends can do the same Jillian Micheals DVD as me or even half of it and STILL burn more than me doing the whole thing!

    That being said, I have lost 9 lbs in 4 weeks. Now weigh in at 100.8 at 5 ft tall

    If anybody would like meal ideas (not saying they are better than other peoples) the last two weeks have generally been really good for me keeping cals down but eating really filling meals. As a dance teacher I can easily out eat lots of people so I ve really been practising good recipes/researching etc. I now have 2 breakfasts (one pre and one post workout). AND I have a couple of scrummy low cal pudding recipes too!

    Hope to be helpful. Sam xx
  • cranberrycat
    cranberrycat Posts: 233 Member
    I have heard it said that it is more difficult to lose once you get closer to your goal. I do believe it is true for me.

    Another thing, it tends to be more difficult for us "shorties" because of smaller window of opportunity that we have. For me, it is 1200 cals to maintain my BMR, so it is important to not eat much below that. However, unless I exercise, my maintenance cals are set at 1600. So, it doesn't take much to bump me out of weight loss into maintenance! So, exercise is REALLY important, and the least amount of mistakes is important, too.
  • gnutrifitness
    gnutrifitness Posts: 169 Member
    I'm on the same boat girls....
  • heavenrain
    heavenrain Posts: 36 Member
    i'm 5' feet anf i hate it when people say if i was taller i would be smaller. I am tring to loose 20lbs also. It is so harfd
  • ropedancer
    ropedancer Posts: 115
    Hi! I'm 5ft1 (and a half!). My initial goal was to lose 20 pounds. So far, I've lost 8 in over the past 2+ months. Hope you don't mind if I friend you. It's nice to know someone else in the same boat!
  • leahsevilla
    leahsevilla Posts: 127 Member
    It's so nice to find other people who have struggled with being short/losing weight! I'm 5'1 and 119 lbs. I dropped from 125 to 114 in Nov. then shot back up to 119 and want to lose another 9 lbs.

    I've always heard never to go under 1200 calories...but being so short I dont feel like it applies. How low do you all go? I've done everywhere between 800-1600 so I definitely fluctuate.

    thanks!
  • Debx12345
    Debx12345 Posts: 210
    Hey everyone, I'm 5'2", always been chubby, lost a fair bit through illness 18 months ago and it got me to 130lbs, so decided to get fit and lose another 10lbs, and in that 18 months have lost a big fat nothing !!! I've done ww, and now calorie counting and still nada, now giving up with the scales and buying a body composition monitor to look at my body fat etc. Desperately want to tone up, i have muscles on muscles in my legs and arms, but blobby bit in middle is well blobby. Lol
  • phipps
    phipps Posts: 7 Member
    you are 113 lbs and you are disappointed? I would give my left and right arm to ever be 113 lbs again....be proud of yourself this is huge....I can only dream for now....but am working on it....!!
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