GIRLS UNDER 5' 4" with less than 30 lbs to loose!

I want in!! I am 5'1 and 1/2 and stuck at 145. I do eat some of my exercise calories and I try to underestimate my exercise calorie burn. I wish I knew what they actually are, but I can't justify the expenditure of a HRM and even then people have complained they are not always accurate. Anyway, my activity is kung fu, which I go three times a week. One of those days is a full body day where you spend about two hours doing calisthenics with seriously high numbers. Then the other days are a 30 to 45 minute "warm up" but it is more intense than 30 day shred. Anyway, I say all these descriptions b/c it is still sooo hard to move my weight down, especially in the middle. Oh and I swim practically every day, but it is not nearly as an exerting workout as those three days.

I've had three kids so some of that is loose skin, but my waist won't go below 31.5 to 32 inches and it makes me crazy. There is muscle under there and that makes me happy. I'm not looking to be showing off a six pack, but I don't like being able to grab there. And like others have said, maybe at 39, this is where I'm supposed to be and I need to come to terms with it OR, do I need to drop the calories some more, OR add calories. I bumped them up to 1430, with eating some of them back and I lost 1.5 lbs or so. THAT's IT!! That was about a month ago. So now I'm thinking of dropping, them down again. What do you guys think. Sorry it is so long.

Okay, I feel like I need to add a positive in here: I am proud of my quads, arm and developing back muscles. I've never had arm muscles to speak of and my quads look pretty darn big. Therefore I'm not terribly ashamed to wear a wifebeater and that says a lot. I've NEVER worn one before b/c of feeling dumpy and in Florida, they are sooo much nicer than sleeves.

meee!!!
5' 3" with 20 lbs to lose!
Goal weight is 129

how do we join the 'group' anyway?

i'm training for the army 10miler race in october. so almost all of my cardio is running. i also do weight training 2x/week after which i do about 20-30min of elliptical or stationary bike.

i've done jillian's 30ds and had great results, but knees will no longer allow me to do such intense work :-/

I'm 5 even and need to lose 15 pounds, though I could lose 20 and not be underweight, I'm comfortable with 15. Great group idea!

What is everyone doing for exercise? I am currently doing the 30 day shred and trying to add some cardio in when I can.

I am not exercising now. I have an injury in my knee. It is better now. I will take easy this week, just some swimming.

I'm 5'2 and I wanna lose 15 lbs more..

5'3" and working to lose about 14 lbs. I would love to connect to people in a similar situation and see what you've been doing to reach your goals

I'm 4'9" apparently. I used to be 4'11" since I was 13 until a few months ago...I caught very sick and shrunk in height...not in weight though lol. I want to lose 20ish pounds.

I play dance dance revolution for exercise. It's the only thing that doesn't seem like a horrible chore.

So what are y'alls calories per day set at? I am at 1200, on days that I don't work out I try to stick to that -- on days I do I give myself more wiggle room and eat back some of my exercise calories (so I am more in the 1300-1400 range). A lot of people on the boards claim that is too low, but for someone our size/weight trying to lose less pounds...it seems about right. What do y'all think?

hey i fit into this category now! woot!
5'3 3/4"
142 pounds

I play dance dance revolution for exercise. It's the only thing that doesn't seem like a horrible chore.

I totally forgot about that game! Great idea!

I eat between 1300 to 1420 on exercise days and 1200 on rest days

So what are y'alls calories per day set at? I am at 1200, on days that I don't work out I try to stick to that -- on days I do I give myself more wiggle room and eat back some of my exercise calories (so I am more in the 1300-1400 range). A lot of people on the boards claim that is too low, but for someone our size/weight trying to lose less pounds...it seems about right. What do y'all think?

It depends on long I exercise and how many cals I burn that day. I try to eat back about half of my exercise cals which generally creates a deficit (including what MFP is already deducting) of around 500 give or take. My base amount of cals is 1200. I don't think 1300 - 1400 is too low. It depends on how many you burned that day though too. We definitely need to reduce our intake due to our reduced heights!