Any girls who only needed to lose around 25lb?

I have 12ish pounds to lose...the closer I get to my goal, the harder it becomes. Consistency.

I'm trying to lose 20 more lbs and it's really freaking hard. I've been stuck for two weeks now

Hey Maillekelly,
I'm in the same boat as you! I would like to lose about 25

Hey Malliekelly,

I think that losing that much weight and being 5'8 and 120 is not a very healthy weight, unless you have a small frame.

Amanda

I started at the end of Jan. 5'4" at 145lbs. I am now at 130-131 with a goal of 125lbs. The first 10 weren't too awful but there were times that I stalled out for a few weeks. The last 5-6 are being slow. I originally had my goal set at losing 2 lbs. a week and for me that was too much weight to lose and not enough calories (1200). I am now set at 1/2 lb. a week (1430 cals) and most of the time I lose a pound a week anyway. I found that I need more calories (so yes I eat back exercise calories most of them anyway). I also found that if I exercise too much I won't lose either. I exercise 5-6 days a week, 3 days of circuit training, 3-4 days of cardio, and ab work almost everyday. Drink all your water as well, when I'm dehydrated I don't lose either. I also don't eat totally clean. If I want pizza I have pizza, just smaller amounts. I also have increased veggies a lot, eat lots of lean protein and seldom eat out because the excess calories in doing so aren't worth it most of the time. For me this is a lifestyle not a diet. If I can't do it for the long term it's not going to be worth doing. I enjoy what ever I want as long as it fits in my calories for the day.

Feel free to friend me, I'd be happy to help you on your journey.

Holly

Our weight loss plan is almost exactly the same! I'm 145-146lbs now and want to get down to 120lbs!

I have 17 more to lose. I lost 9 really easily (2lb a week) and now I have got stuck on a plateau. I think it is a lot harder for us to drop a small amount of weight than people who have like 50+ to lose.

I have 20ish more to loose. When I compare my weight lose to weight I started out at almost 300 pounds it is much harder now at a normal weight loose than it was when I was heavier. Consistency and commitment is key. Don't give up!

I want to lose 30 pounds total. It has taken me 4 months to lose 20 pounds so far. It started off easy but then I plateaued for a while and the only thing that broke through it was me upping my calories. I now have MFP set for a 0.5 pound/week loss so this is going much slower than I would like for the last 10 pounds.

hi... I think I'm way too advanced in age to call myself a girl.. lol.. but yeah I started here about 3 weeks ago and I was 150.. now I'm at 145.5 and because of my height (5'1") I should be at 120 - 125...

I am hearing lots of stories about people with less to lose finding it harder to lose it and its scaring me.. but I'm going on the small success so far and will continue to do what I am doing to get to my goal.

Feel free to add me as well... What kind of exercise do you do?

I'm working to lose about 14 lbs, and it definitely seems to be slow going even though I've made significant changes to both my diet and exercise routine. Since I'm short, those 14 lbs will make a huge difference, so I'm trying to be patient and stick with this healthier lifestyle, and hopefully before long I'll see some good success Good luck to you!

It's hard! I'm worried I won't hit my target I'm freaking out pretty bad I want to lose 20lb by August 31st !! It sucks its harder for us lol

I'm trying to lose about 22 lb by the same date and it's slowing down!! I think we are in the same boat!

edit: also, I'd love to join this group. Anyone can add me as a friend!

Hey Malliekelly,

I think that losing that much weight and being 5'8 and 120 is not a very healthy weight, unless you have a small frame.

Amanda

First, I just wanted to say that it makes me happy to see members here looking out for the well-being of others.

However, that said, I am in a similiar predicament as "Malliekelly". I am currently 5'7 and weigh 138. My goal weight is 118. I was at this weight for a few years, and although it takes a lot of discipline for me to maintain, I have been told by 2 doctors as well as different health websites/calculators, that I am healthiest at this weight. 118 puts me at a BMI of 18.5, which is of course, on the cusp of underweight, but it is the weight I have to be in order to have a healthy waist size. BMI doesn't take waist size into consideration. Supposedly, for my age I should have waist size 26-27 to be at optimal health, and to downplay related health risks which can emerge from excess central (or "visceral") fat.

Unlike "Malliekelly" though I have FAR from a small body frame. I have a very large upper body frame (as in my shoulders and ribs are very broadly placed), and then my lower body frame is medium (I actually have pretty small hips & legs). So, as an "apple shape", I am not entitled to eat as much/or weigh as much as the typical pear-shaped woman. It also means that I can get by on less exercise, as even if I sit on my butt all day I have NOT a single ounce of cellulite anywhere! So I never go to gyms anymore, but I live in NYC so I am walking at least a few miles a day and that is all the exercise I require for weight loss as an apple shape. The main thing for weight loss for apple shapes, is that we have to eat a lot less, general rule of thumb I follow is whatever the myfitnesspal suggest I do approx. 200 cals less. Keep in mind only a minority of women are apple shaped, so any sort of daily calorie values this website comes up with would be geared towards pear shaped women (the majority) I believe? So anyway, this means that instead of getting 1,200 calories a day I only get 1,000. So this is the plan I am following.

Will keep you ladies updated, as I lose weight. Good luck everyone, and try to stay as healthy as possible. Please understand, that I truly cannot eat as much or weight as much as all of you do without being (centrally) overweight. Bummer.