Short Ladies - How long did it take you to lose weight?

I'm 5'4". So far I have lost 18 pounds averaging 1lb a week and have about 10lbs to go. I try to keep to 1200 calories most of the week as 1200 definitely works best for me, but do allow myself up to 1350 if I'm really hungry (mind you, like most, I do slip every now and again!) I do very little exercise though really (terrible, I know!)

It will be a slow process - unfortunately being short, there's not much of a calorie deficit. 1lb is the equivalent of 3500 calories, so with a 150 daily calorie deficit and 200 uneaten burned calories 5 days a week you'd be looking at about a 2,050 weekly deficit - around 3 5ths of a pound loss a week. Just be mindful mfp can tend to over estimate calorie burn. Most people tend to only eat back half of the exercise calories if they choose to do so for this reason.

Oh and for fitness I've been going to the group classes at my gym. I think they are more fun and the instructors know what to work (its like getting a personal trainer for free lol)

5'1. Took me about 7 months to lose fifty five pounds.

NickieLR wrote: »

So, I am about 5'0" tall, and have about 30-35 pounds of fat to lose (My end lbs lost might vary, because I am also trying to gain some muscle mass in this process). I know it doesn't look like a lot, but for me it feels like a lot to lose. And I feel like I could use a realistic perspective on how long it took other shorter girls to lose weight without starving themselves or working out so much that it's inconvenient for a normal lifestyle. What did you do for fitness? How much/what did you eat? And any other tips you might have that helped you lose the weight!

Here's some specs for me from MFP.
My Maintenance Calories: 1550 calories/day
My Calorie Goal (That I set): 1400 calories/day
My Workout Plans: 5 days/Week
Workout Specifics: I decided since I am just getting back to working out, for the first month I am just going to do the types of workouts I actually like. So, maybe this time I will be able to stick with it. That means for me: a lot of weight lifting and some cardio kickboxing. Eventually (not sure how long this will take), I would love to feel strong enough to make it through some intense HIIT and start adding that a couple days a week or something.

Other Thoughts: I don't ever want to be below 1200 calories after exercise. So, for example: I eat 1400 calories for the day. Then, I workout for 300 calories burned. I plan to eat back at least 100 calories. I've just read too much about how not eating enough depletes your energy, inhibits muscle growth, and is just unhealthy overall. Besides, I like to eat!

Thanks in advance

I am 4'11 and I've lost 27 lbs. 15ish came off when I simply started eating less, and a few months ago I really got serious on MFP with logging and have been losing roughly .5 lb a week.

My maintenance calories: 1460
Calorie goal for a .5lb weekly loss: 1210 (250 deficit)
How much I really eat: anywhere from 1300-1500 give or take. I exercise at least a little bit every day to ensure I get to eat enough. I never eat just 1210!
My workout plans: every day
Workout specifics:
Monday-Friday: I only have about 25 minutes between when hubby takes the kids to school and I have to get ready for work, so I try to use that time efficiently. M, W, F I lift weights. T and Th I run. Then I incorporate a lot of walking throughout the day with small breaks. Usually adds up to about an hour's worth of walking (not including my morning workout). I can typically log 200-350 exercise calories each day. I definitely eat back some, sometimes all, sometimes a smaller amount. Just depends how hungry I am.
Saturday-Sunday: I pick one day for a longer workout (run) for a larger calorie burn (300-400). The other day I "rest" but I still stay active and take a lot of extra steps both days (again, to ensure I'm not stuck eating a sad amount of 1210!).
What I eat: my diary is open. I tend to eat the same break, lunch, and snack on weekdays, and I create recipes on MFP for dinner. I try to maximize volume so that I'm full and happy, though if I really want a treat, I work it in. Weekends I splurge more, but if I know I'm going to splurge Saturday night at a restaurant, I eat my typical amount for breakfast/lunch/snack. I don't make the whole weekend a free for all.

5' 2.5" and 43. It's taken me almost a year to lose 93lbs. Still have about 50lbs to go. I have mostly done walking, but also a little aerobics and swimming. I have bad knees, so I have to be careful. I really need to start lifting.

I've been set for a 2lbs/wk loss, but I will need to adjust that as I get closer to goal. I expect it to take a couple of years to get there, as I like to eat and can't cut cals for very long. Lately I eat anywhere from 1300-1700. I try to eat about half of my exercise cals, which puts me above my 1200 cal setting.

Hi, 5'2.5" and 65 years old. It's taken me over a year and a half to lose 47+ pounds and I'll be on maintenance soon (another 5-6lbs). I set MFP for a 1lb. loss to begin and did mostly cardio classes at the gym 6 days a week. After a couple of months changed exercise to 4Xs per week weight lifting and minimal cardio at the gym because the 6 days a week was way too much.

As the weight came off and I got closer to maintenance, I changed my MFP settings to .5lb per week maintaining my exercise schedule plus added walking (darn you, Fitbit and your 10,000 steps). I'm still averaging a .5lb per week loss or around 2lbs per month.

I have MFP set to 1200 cals per day but I rarely eat less than 1350 to 1850 per day because I eat back most of my exercise calories determined by my heart rate monitor (for gym exercise) and my Fitbit for any other daily activity.

I've gone from a size 14/16 US to a petite 4/6 and lost over 5" from chest, waist, hips thanks to the weight lifting.

4"11. I started at 137 and am now 111. I was losing about 1lb per week at 1600 kcal per day. I've upped intake for the time being and will go back to 0.5lb per week soon. I don't do any formal exercise, but I retract a lot for my job, which is several hours of resistance per day.

I suspect I'm the exception to the rule with regard to intake, but not all short people need 1200 kcals per day to lose.

peleroja wrote: »

I can't lose more than a pound a week unless I eat less than 1000 calories/day. At 1400/day I very nearly maintain.

But I'm pretty sedentary (office job, walk about an hour a day to/from work, a couple 5K runs per week) so that doesn't help. Still, at my size my TDEE isn't very high so I have to cut my calories pretty low to see much loss.

I'm 5'3", but same scenario. I was eating back all my exercise calories and pretty much maintaining or losing at a snails rate. I stopped eating back my calories and have finally seem some shift. I think a lot of it was overestimating my calories and underestimating my food intake. Just hardly any wiggle room!

5'3"
SW: 188
CW: 158
GW: 140 (maybe 130, will reevaluate later!).

Started late Dec 2013 so 30lb loss in 6mo. My maintenance atm must be about 1800 (deficit cals at sedentary are about 1300-1400). Can't be doing with that I had been replacing more journeys with walking anyway so decided to get a FitBit in Jan and walk almost all of my journeys. I average a daily allowance of 1800-2200 in deficit (so add 500 for maintenance), based on sync from FitBit, my lowest daily cals in deficit are when I don't do much so I'll be on around 1400-1500, highest allowance so far has been around 2600.

Edit: I mean Dec 2014