calling all 5'4" 140-150 pound ladies who lost weight!

Lost it before. ..gained it again, so I'm back. I made it to 125 last time and trying to get back that that weight....or at least lose enough fat to fit into my clothes and look better. I'm 5'4 and i was 160.... Think I'm 157 or something now.

I'm 5'4.5"
My highest adult weight was 260 lbs.
Today I weighed in at 135.5 lbs
Quick overview:

Recent pictures (using as start pics for 30 Day Shred), June 9:

cortneysmissionpossible wrote: »

I always flip flop from 140-150 and its so frustrating. I recently bought a fit bit so hopefully thatll help me monitor (correctly) my input/output in calories.

The less you have to lose, the more slowly it comes off. That's just the way the human body works. Set your goal to .5 lb. per week, and be be patient. (The smaller deficit will also help you transition to maintenance.)

And the smaller you get the smaller the margin of error. So you need to log everything you eat & drink even more accurately & even more honestly.

Find some friends in the Fitbit Users group: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/1290-fitbit-users Fitbit challenges are great motivation—and fun!

I am with you guys. I was over 185 didn't weigh myself it is possible I was more. I have now been maintaing at 155 for about 8 months and want to be under 140 ultimately. I just joined the YMCA last week and am making an effort to be back on MFP full time like I was in the beginning. I've never been under 140 as an adult so I am ready to get there.

At my heaviest I was about 157 then lost to 114. Am now at 126 and trying to lose around 10 pounds. I have a picture of my heaviest and lightest but it won't let me post from my phone.

Heya, I'm 5'4" and got really really stuck at 140. Then again at 135.

The biggest thing was being very strict with my logging and weighing of food. I had to stop eating at the salad bar and eye balling my lunch. I weighed everything the night before, packed lunch. I weighed everything that could possibly be put on a food scale-and I started losing again. I also didn't lose weekly, it would sometimes take 3 weeks for the weight to drop, so I would say to also be patient if you're logging properly.

Also, I was going over on the weekends. So I started eating at a weekly deficit, shaving off 100 calories during the week so I could eat above maintenance on Saturday. Once I got to 140 I always kept a .5 lb per week goal, and continued lifting in order to save as much LBM as possible (looks hotter).

5'4". I think I topped out around 160. I never owned a scale but I think that's right.

Lost weight without even trying while working a manual labor job. I think that got me into the 140s.

I've been in the 130s for the past year. I've been down to 128 and I'm trying to get there again.

I lost about 15lbs last year by walking 6 miles a day and tracking almost daily. There were many days that I fell off the wagon and ate way too much. I picked myself up the next day and ate healthy and logged everything.

At present, I'm trying to eat smaller amounts of carbohydrate (approx 100 g a day) and only from vegetable and dairy sources. I still walk 6 miles daily but I'm also running 3 days a week. So far, so good. I know that weight training is the way I want to go, but there isn't a gym in my town.

amnaimon wrote: »

Wow that's amazing.. How did you do it? Did you workout or just logging?

It was all through changing my diet. It's as simple as that. I ate on average 1200 calories a day and lowered my carb intake because I have insulin resistance.

I'm 5'5" starting at 181 pounds and now I am down 49 pounds to 132 I would love to lose another 12 pounds to reach 120. You can see a B&A in my profile pic.