Women 5ft4-6" success, GW & CW?

23 yo
5'5 (165cm)
SW:84kg
CW/GW:60.6kg (134lbs)

I've realized at this weight that I have a medium-large body frame, so if I lose more weight I'm afraid I may look like a skeleton. My collar and hip bones are very prominent...Sadly, my thighs are still pretty thick, but I'm appreciating them more now. Finally learning to love my body

People are giving you varying goal weights, but I think in the end, you should set small goals every few pounds (depending on how much you need to lose) to see how you like yourself at that weight since we all have different frames and carry ourselves differently.

Good luck.

jwillia9 wrote: »

I'm 24, and 5'4" (and a half, I guess)

I've not one to claim i've been overweight at any particular time, but I was making a lot of unhealthy choices largely due to a lack of self love (I've had to bounce back from a severe traumatic brain injury that transpired in 2009 from a car accident).

SW: 136 lbs
CW: 122 lbs
GW: 120.

Basically in my opinion, a combo of some calorie counting and exercise *together* is completely necessary to see real results. I was at 1200 cals/day, then 1550. I've done a myriad of things from CrossFit one summer, to joining a powerlifting club, to starting p90x3 pretty recently, which i love. (and let's be real, it's far too cold to head to the gym every morning anyway right now).

You are SO very pretty (before & after)!!! Is that the same dress in both pics? Quite a dramatic difference! Happy for you that you are healthier now after your injury/trauma.

arditarose wrote: »

caitconquersweight wrote: »

I'm 26, 5'6"

SW: 294
CW: 201
GW: 150

I have a very large frame. There's nothing small about me, I have a big head, neck, wrists, hips, calves, ankles, feet...alll of it. So I'm being conservative and making my goal the very top end of healthy for my height. If I get there and want to lose more, I'll do it.

150 is a nice first goal. That was my first goal too.

I'm 5'6" and it's my initial goal weight too!

I'm 42 and 5'5 1/2"
SW: 211
CW: 162
GW: 152 to start but I'm thinking more like 145

I didn't really take any before pictures and am too self concious to post any during pictures I have taken but my profile pic is a combo of a picture taken right before I started and one taken a month ago.

I'm 34 and 5'6"

SW: 184
CW: 180 ish
GW: 135-140

I'm 5'4" or 5'5" and I want to get somewhere between 130-140, not sure yet. My smallest was 156 and I wasn't quite happy there.

SW: 178
CW: 168
GW: 140ish

5'4"
SW: 242
CW: 233
GW: 140
Long ways to go, but on the right track... Make sure you take MEASUREMENTS too! that's a real motivator when the scale isn't moving, to be able to see you are still losing inches

I'm 36
5' 7.5"
SW: 187 (that's from a year ago - my highest was 235)
CW: 175
GW: 135-145

The issue here is I have no idea what my LBM is, so my goal weight is going to end up being the weight I am when I like the way I look. I'm wildly flexible with this number because I started lifting. That is a bit of a game changer...

Sw195
Cw-150

I'm pretty happy now but I'd like to lose maybe around another 10lbs to make high rep bodyweigh for exercises like pull-ups easier

Starting (Don't have any good starting pics handy)


Current

I started between 235 and 240 in March 2012 and I now weight 170-177 on any given day. I am 5'5". I tend to fluctuate 5-10 pounds per week. My goal weight is 165. I am 41. Have been maintaining weight for about 15 months but have droppped body fat. I am a competitive Crossfitter and powerlifter, so even though I never trained for hypertrophy, I am bulky in that I have a LOT of muscle mass. I am okay with that though. I worked hard to get strong! I look normal in clothing but in workout clothes, I am quadzilla. But, they are strong awesome quads that make me good at sports at age 41!

March 2012


Current Weight (This is early fall but my weight is the same: 170-175). Other than making my weight class, body composition is what matters to me and the scale means very little. I'm nearly obese in terms of BMI!