5ft5 girls

Hi Kittyroseb,
I'm 5'5 and just started back with training again. My happy weight is 145lbs, I began At 164lbs.
I gained weight from June 2014 until now. I completely stopped working out. Ate whatever I want. I'm sick of sitting down and feeling my tummy rolls lol I want to get back to my happy weight. I just started my workout plan.. 5 days a weeks, 45 min total. 15 min of cardio, the rest strength workout. My finance and I have made a home gym together so I have no excuses! I plan on dieting for exactly 8 weeks. My goal is to lose 15 pounds. Using this app, counting the calories is extremely simple. I started on april 3 at 164.4, tonight I just weighed myself at 162.2. So, so far so good. Eat no sweets, no pasta, don't eat passed 8pm. I figured that a 1200 calories intake for my goal should get me where I need to be. After the 8 weeks, I will kick it up to 1600 calories. Working out really does help. My muscles are beginning to remember how to work again, lol. If you just try to diet alone, it'll be tough! I am also taking supplements to kick my butt into gear. I use ISO 100 for protein shakes in the morning/meal replacements. I alternate between Evlution nutrition trans4orm powder and Evlution lean mode pills before starting my workout and to sustain my energy throughout the day. take BPI sports BCAA after every workout, it really helps!. And lastly, I use what's called Sweet Swear waist trainer during my workouts. Makes me feel awesome when I take it off and my stomach isn't looking flabtastic for a bit, lol.

I'm 5'4.5"
CW: around 122.3 lbs (down from 260 lbs in 2012)

In Feb, I averaged 1871 total calories per day for 0.7 lb per week loss (350 calorie deficit a day). I can't say what I averaged in March, because I had at least 1 day a week where I didn't know my calorie intake (sometimes 2-3). All I know is that for March I pretty much maintained.

I've set my goal to be 1843 total calories and am hoping just to drop a couple more vanity pounds before moving to maintenance (possibly doing a recomp at that point). I use a food scale to weigh solid food when at home. This helps me be as accurate as I can with my food log since a 350 calorie deficit or so is really easy to undo with errors in logging (plus a food scale is also less clean up then measuring cups).

I do Stronglifts 5x5 and run 3 days a week. I walk the other 4 days a week (at least 9k steps with a goal to get to 12k if not more). I was alternating days with running and Stronglifts, but I decided to see how it goes if I do them on the same day instead of on alternate. I lift in the morning and then go back at night to run. So far it seems to be working out better. I am able to run for longer if I run the same day as I lift (2.5-3 miles on lifting days vs 1-1.5 miles when alternating).

I'm 5'4.5" and currently weigh 126lbs. I'm aim gin for 1400 cals a day for -0.5lbs per week. I eat a high carb, relatively low fat vegan diet and have found this way of eating to be sustainable and enjoyable while also being able to loose weight (I'm down 20lbs over the last year). For excel use I'm currently backpacking so I do a lot of walking but back home I hit the gym for some cardio and weight 3/4 times a week plus walk the dog

I'm 5'5", down around 65 pounds since April 2015. (SW 183, CW 118-120 most days, and now trying to zero in on my maintenance calories).

I'm currently eating 1800 calories (net), and am sedentary in my habits outside of things I intentionally record as exercise. But I'm pretty active - I row, spin, bike, lift, etc. so probably eat up to 2000-2200 most days. I think I may still need to add a few calories to reach true maintenance level - it seems to be a bit higher than the calculators predict, for my age.

I lost most of the weight at around 1400-1500 net . . . 1200 was way too low (fatigue, more) and I didn't stay there long.

I'm 5ft5 SW 180 CW 150. Been holding it down at 150 for a while now. Would love to hit at least 145. Just recently changed my cal intake from 1200 to 1470. Hopefully this will help me lose those last 5 ibs. I use to run 3 miles everyday on top of some circuit training but now that I have a bad knee I alternate between running one day and lifting the next.

mamafazz wrote: »

arditarose wrote: »

I'm 5'4", 137 lbs. I lift weights 4x per week and am lightly active and enjoy sitting on my butt otherwise. I have to eat around 1400 to lose.

butting into this thread but I would love some advice from you as I am the same height, 40 years old weigh 133 and would love to look like you! Just started lifting heavy 2 weeks ago, taking in 1400 cal per day. Do you think I can recomp on 1400 per day. I am estimating I am 28-30% body fat.

Well..I have been as high as 180 lbs. I started MFP at 163 and lifted heavy in a deficit until I got all the way down to 128. THEN I bulked, lifting in a surplus-gaining fat and muscle, back up to 144. In my picture I'm 137, just having lost few pounds from my bulk. So there has been a bit of a journey here.

When I was 133 that is exactly when I decided to try a recomp. I wasn't that slim, but I was probably about 22% body fat. Do you really believe you are 28-30? If so lifting in a slight deficit will be helpful, you'll be losing fat and saving muscle-not exactly a recomp. I'd just just a 250 calorie deficit so you lose fat slowly and really work on maintaining lean body mass. If you think you're closer to 22% body fat, recomp is a good choice, and that would be done at maintenance calories.

Arditarose, you look GREAT.