155lbs goal 140lbs

Just stick with it! Don't lose focus - I find that once I let myself think I'm doing good, I start slacking. Good luck - I hear Turks and Caicos is amazing!!

You can do it! Positive thinking!

I am trying to lose around the same weight and started on this site last week and since lost 2 lbs (before- I was platouing for a good 2 months- actually even gaining weight!) I have asked for some advice on here as well. I hear a lot about making sure you add variety into your cardio. I was doing the same cardio for 5 days (treadmill) and some strength training for 2 days as well. After some advice I tried mixing more strength training and harder cardio for a less amount of time to even out. I'm going to stick with trying that for a couple weeks and see if it helps. As for the diet, I'm still trying to figure that out. After I started keeping track of my calories I found that I usually hit way below my 1200 calorie goal. VERY surprizingly. I know I was watching what I eat all the time but I thought for sure I was always going over that. I definetely don't feel like I"m 'starving' myself in any way. I've asked for some advice on that and have heard to make sure to always hit pretty close to that goal so your body doesn't go into "starvation mode" and feed off of excess fat reserves. Although... I've also seen this is up for debate. I'm having a hard time reaching 1200 cals some days! So anyway-- this is just my experience SO far and hope to hear more adivce as well since I'm trying to do about the same thing as you!!

Hey. I'm 5'2 and I started at 159.8lbs. I did the 30 Day Shred and lost 10.6lbs on that and inches all over. I actually looked like I lost more than that. You do seem to be working out really hard though...so maybe the Shred would be overkill...but you can definitely do some great changes in 6 weeks.

I blogged my result and I was surprised how much I've changed in just 30 days. Don't give up and it will happen! Good luck!

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/petithamu/view/30-day-shred-result-66089

Hey! You and I sound very similar! I'm 5'2" and at my heaviest I was 160 lbs. I'm currently 156 lbs and would like to be 140 lbs.

The best advice that I can give (from a combination of my own experiences and fellow MFP members) is patience. I want this weight loss journey to also be a lifestyle change, but that means that the weight will not come off all at once.

Also, make sure you log everything you eat, and I mean EVERYTHING! Yesterday I looked up the nutritional information for one piece of taffy because I knew if I didn't it would mess up my daily total.

Since we're already small in stature, we're not going to burn a large amount of calories at once. So the strength training you're doing is key because building muscle will increase your base metabolism.

That's about all I can give since we're basically in the same boat. Good luck to both of us!

Oh, another thing. I don't eat back all of my exercise calories. I probably eat half at best and some days when i work out really hard, I don't always hit my 1200kcal, I'd be lucky if I hit 1000. I don't know if I believe the starvation mode thing, there are too many conflicted theories on this. Anyway, eat when you are hungry but try not to eat all of your exercise calories back.