5'3" to 5'4" and 100-110 pounds

I'm 5'2", currently weigh 123 lbs, my goal right now is to get down to 115lbs but ultimately I want to get back to 100-110 too. So I could also use the motivation, thanks

Wow, I'm also 5' even, and currently weigh the most I ever have! I started on here 2 days ago because I couldn't for the life of me figure out why the weight wasn't budging this time. I had my fourth child at 38 years old, and she'll be two this August. With my first three, I was where I wanted to be by now. This time though I've sort of gotten "stuck" and all my old tricks aren't working. I naturally crave mostly healthy food, and eat well, except for special occasions or events. I do snack occasionally on little "treats" such as a peppermint or hershey's kiss, but really don't junk out. Turns out, I'm still eating too many calories! I hear all the time how if you don't eat enough your metabolism won't work. People kept telling me "you aren't eating enough". Turns out I was/am - probably too much actually - but at my age I have to add the exercise! I always walked or ran in the past, but with four kids I have a hard time fitting it in, so I was hoping to drop some weight dieting first, then finish my goals out with exercise. Oh well. But the great thing is, my calorie allowance is so low that I NEED this site to tell me when I'm getting close, because a normal breakfast for my husband is over HALF my daily allowance! Another plus is that it inspires me to get moving because I know I can have a treat or a beer if I get some exercise in! I weigh 135 and for now, my goal is only a 10 pound loss, because it's easier to keep it in sight. I may change it as I reach it if I don't like the way I look when I get there - I weighed only 105-110 less than five years ago, but my body has changed so much that I would very sickly I think at that weight now. I have a medium/athletic build and don't want my face getting too gaunt. Ideally, I would love to weigh 115, but will work on it a little at a time!

It's hard for me to get support because some of my friends weigh much more than me or are taller/bigger than me - they've said "yeah right, I'm trying to GET where you are"! It makes me feel guilty for complaining when I know I'm not super obese or anything. That's also one reason I didn't take action before now. But my heart doctor told me that I was severely out of shape and technically overweight. I need to do this! I don't know how to add a friend on here, but could give the motivation as much as I need it myself!

I'm 5'0" myself. Not sure I can get that low - I'd like 118. I have a very large chest, no matter what and a round booty so I don't think I will ever be under 115 really, but that's fine by me. If I could even get back down to 120, as long as I have a low body fat percentage then that makes me happy - I used to be 105 but I was still a bit fatty.... so I'm hoping just to get a good BMI as well and I'll just see where the scale lies. 110 sounds good though!

Hey love, I'm 5' 2 and a half. When I started MFP close to 4 weeks ago, I was 120-121. I weighed in at the beginning of this week at 114. My first goal was 115 and then I was going for 110.

I have a very small frame and I've been down to 108 but I wasn't lifting weights so I looked gross, skinny fat.

I've been doing P90X for over a year now and I've got some nice muscle. I know I can still get down to 110 with my muscle with how much I eat. I take in about 2000 cals a day if not more and am still losing =] I'll see how I feel and look at 110 and then re-evaluate and see if I want to go to 105, which is the lowest I would go.

Hi! I would love to be motivated by others in a similar position as myself! I am down to 110 from 127-130 and am trying to get to 105 but am having a tough time getting the last 5 off. Hope we can encourage one another!

Here are a few questions we can all answer to see what everyone is doing:
What is your calorie intakes for the day?
What are you doing for exercise?

I was staying between 1000-1200 per day with a few days of going over especially on a social weekend, etc.. After reading a lot on here about "starvation Mode" I am trying to eat at least 1250 per day

I was doing spin classes 3 days a week and other cardio such as insanity and cardio coach workouts on the treadmill on the other 2 days. I recently had a surgical procedure so I haven't been able to work out in 3 weeks but started back today with the 30 day shred. It wasn't really that hard but a good starting point for me to ease back into working out. And I still managed to burn about 300 cals. I also did P90X ab ripper tonight and burned another 80

I take in anywhere between 1900 to over 2000 calories a day, my NET is 1250, I just changed my goals to 1/2 a pound a week so now my goal is 1290. I do extra cardio though. MFP has me at a goal of a little over 1500 calories burnt for the week, I burn about 4500 because I add in cardio on my weight days. This is my last week of P90X + =( and next week will be a recovery week before starting round three of Classic P90X. I calculated and next week I should burn about 5000+ calories.

You really need to take in more in order to lose, not only safely but so you aren't losing muscle.

Feed the muscle so it can eat the fat =]

Hi, I just wanted to wish you good luck. It can be so much harder losing weight being so petite. I'm 5'1 and started at 128 pounds. I'm now 112 lbs and my first goal is 110. I've lost the majority of my weight (11 pounds) in the last 5 weeks. I've just been staying at a calorie limit of 800-1200/day, with one day of up to 2000 calories and not exercising (when I exercise the weight just comes off so slow). I still feel like I could lose some more weight, so I'm going to shoot for 105. I'm about to start the P90x Monday, so my weight lose will probably stall for a bit.

Hi! I would love to be motivated by others in a similar position as myself! I am down to 110 from 127-130 and am trying to get to 105 but am having a tough time getting the last 5 off. Hope we can encourage one another!

Here are a few questions we can all answer to see what everyone is doing:
What is your calorie intakes for the day?
What are you doing for exercise?

I was staying between 1000-1200 per day with a few days of going over especially on a social weekend, etc.. After reading a lot on here about "starvation Mode" I am trying to eat at least 1250 per day

I was doing spin classes 3 days a week and other cardio such as insanity and cardio coach workouts on the treadmill on the other 2 days. I recently had a surgical procedure so I haven't been able to work out in 3 weeks but started back today with the 30 day shred. It wasn't really that hard but a good starting point for me to ease back into working out. And I still managed to burn about 300 cals. I also did P90X ab ripper tonight and burned another 80

I take in anywhere between 1900 to over 2000 calories a day, my NET is 1250, I just changed my goals to 1/2 a pound a week so now my goal is 1290. I do extra cardio though. MFP has me at a goal of a little over 1500 calories burnt for the week, I burn about 4500 because I add in cardio on my weight days. This is my last week of P90X + =( and next week will be a recovery week before starting round three of Classic P90X. I calculated and next week I should burn about 5000+ calories.

You really need to take in more in order to lose, not only safely but so you aren't losing muscle.

Feed the muscle so it can eat the fat =]

thanks for sharing this ladies!!! i'm 5'3 124 lbs and am shooting for 110. i've been trying to lose it now for a year, and nothing has worked. someone told me i wasn't eating enough calories, even though i was exercising and eating healthy. so i've decided to increase my calories and see how that goes! MFP has me set at 1240 net calories a day, losing 1/2 lb per week. i really, really hope its going to work!

Hello...

I'm 5'1" and GW is 100-105. When I started P90X in January I weighed 112lbs. The scale didn't budge until my 60th day of working out 5-6days/wk and eating my 1200calories. I now weigh 109lbs. It's very hard to lose the last pounds and is very frustrating. I don't want to do it the wrong way/unhealthy way so I'm trying to be patient. I also added 45mins-1hr of running (now that it's getting warmer out). I'm almost done with my first round of P90X mid April. I will be starting another round of P90X with Turbo Fire right after.

Feel free to add me as a friend.

I would love to connect with some other small people. I'm 5'3" and have never really been much over 135, except when pregnant, of course. I'm 129.8 right now and my goal weight is 110.
I used to be 110 / 112 and it was perfect for me.
I'm tired of well-meaning people telling me that I shouldn't be under 130 because of my age, but I don't agree. I think that's a cop out! After all, I haven't gotten any taller over the years!
Feel free to friend me!

I'm 5'2" and my goal for now is about 115, but I will reevaluate that number once I get there, if I feel there is more muscle to gain and fat to burn I'll keep going!

I agree about there being additional challenges to losing weight as a short person. It's hard not to be a little frustrated with our smaller burns and teeny caloric allowance.

But we can do it!

What made the difference for me to finally get to my goal weight, was to reassign the calories in my bmr so I could feel more satisfied with the few calories I'm allowed. When I took a good look at foods and what they're worth, there was only one way to get more volume with fewer calories. No more animal fats. No one loves a good cheese more than I do. But, sorry dairy, it's over. We can still be friends. It's not you, it's me. But it's over. And meat? No more. I can get the same protein from lentils or a host of other options. For me being a vegetarian is a full time thing. It seems to come naturally. But even just making the switch to every other day. Purely vegetarian one day, carnivorous the next, would cut half the animal fat in your diet and might tip the scale in your direction. Just thoughts for you. Strength and light for your journeys.

wow i must be fat then..i'm 5'2" and weigh 120 lbs.
there'd be nothing of you left if you weighed that much.

Well Im 5'6 but i have a small frame. yes i do want to lose a few.
highest weight- 124
lowest weight- 106
goal weight #1- 115
Goal weight #2- 105
current weight- 118
ultimate goal weight- 95:)
(i wanna be a model)

Hi,
I'm 5ft2 and weigh 155lbs at the moment!! This is 21lbs lighter than I was after I gave birth but I'm only aiming to get to 135-140lbs. That's what I was when I got married and a trim size 10. Currently I'm a 12-14.

I've only been 122lbs once and that was after an operation and I looked really ill. What I guess I'm asking is....what sizes are you ladies? My weights are sooooo much higher than all yours but I think size 10 would be ok.... I'm sure everyone on here is healthy and aiming for healthy weights for them but I don't understand why I'm so heavy!!! Makes me sad