Women 5'8"-5'9" success pics

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  • G33K_G1RL
    G33K_G1RL Posts: 283 Member
    leecha2014 wrote: »
    stelloian wrote: »
    leecha2014 wrote: »
    5'9" ladies. Can you please share (or pm me) your daily calories for losing? Success tips? I'm at 181 for months can't break into the 170s and I'm imagining I still want to get to 150? Getting impatient. What is your target and what is your net? How much are you exercising? Need help please

    I set mine to 1200 calories. I exercise about 4-5 times a week. I wish I could say it melts off, but it has been terribly slow. I have had to work really really hard with high intensity to see any drop on the scale. Most women do not seem to be this way. I am currently breastfeeding so that may have something to do with it. I usually eat my workout calories too. Unless I am super motivated to see a scale budge. I have to be careful with that stuff though because I don't want to lose my milk supply.

    What are you currently at?


    I'm netting about 1600-1700 per day on the weekly average. I guess the problem is right there. I'm amazed when I read about people losing on 1800 a day? I need to figure out the daily calories that will generate weight loss for me. During the week I'm probably at 1400-1500 per day but my weekends are too excessive. Hmmmmm. Answering my own problems! I guess my struggle is that mfp sets my daily goal at 1200 which seems way too low. Thx for the advice :) your loss since May is awesome!!

    I'm one of those who lose on 1800-2000 cals a day, lol. I'm currently maintaining (~2400 cals a day, not tracking assiduously.) because I find it too hard to lose during summer (bbq, beer and ice cream... deadly). So instead of feeling deprived I just maintain. I'll be back to losing after my last obstacle race in September to get to my goal weight of 150 lbs.

    I found it easier to use TDEE to determine calorie needs rather than eating back exercise calories. Especially as the calories burnt during weightlifting workouts and martial arts are difficult to track.

    5'8''
    SW 202
    CW 167
    GW 150
  • Notaphase
    Notaphase Posts: 81 Member
    aimez23 wrote: »
    I'm currently bouncing between 152-55 and wear a U.K. Size 8 but I train hard and lift weights so my muscle:fat ratio is pretty high. I'm small framed but at 5'8.5 can't imagine weighing much less than this and still looking healthy xx 9wjhphwddcd3.jpeg

    Holy cow! You have my dream body. It's strange because I'm only a pound or two heavier but I look nothing like you. I have to keep lifting weights :)
  • dana7dana7
    dana7dana7 Posts: 13 Member
    Ht 5'8
    Sw 197
    Cw 182
    Gw 150
    Slow but steady
  • stelloian
    stelloian Posts: 51 Member
    dana7dana7 wrote: »
    Ht 5'8
    Sw 197
    Cw 182
    Gw 150
    Slow but steady

    You hit the 15lb loss mark! Great job!
  • RosslandMTBr
    RosslandMTBr Posts: 78 Member
    aimez23 wrote: »
    I'm currently bouncing between 152-55 and wear a U.K. Size 8 but I train hard and lift weights so my muscle:fat ratio is pretty high. I'm small framed but at 5'8.5 can't imagine weighing much less than this and still looking healthy xx 9wjhphwddcd3.jpeg

    You look absolutely amazing! You make me rethink my goal weight of 140. Although it seems like the people like you who have a high proportion of muscle usually start out at a lower weight and then work hard to build muscle.

  • poorlittlefish
    poorlittlefish Posts: 38 Member
    Just wondering, what calorie ranges are you all in? I am 5'8 and currently 170, hoping to get in the low 150's
  • stelloian
    stelloian Posts: 51 Member
    poorlittlefish wrote: »
    Just wondering, what calorie ranges are you all in? I am 5'8 and currently 170, hoping to get in the low 150's

    Too low : (
    I have been doing about 12-1400 and I am tired a lot. But I gain if I go over that at all. Soooooo. I dunno what ideal is.
  • berolcolour
    berolcolour Posts: 140 Member
    poorlittlefish wrote: »
    Just wondering, what calorie ranges are you all in? I am 5'8 and currently 170, hoping to get in the low 150's

    I'm 5'8", 150lb and I am on 1500 but I don't eat back my exercise calories.
  • kenziedriscoll
    kenziedriscoll Posts: 32 Member
    poorlittlefish wrote: »
    Just wondering, what calorie ranges are you all in? I am 5'8 and currently 170, hoping to get in the low 150's

    I am 5'8"... I am on 1510 a day and eat back If not all then most of my exercise cals. I've lost 19.8lbs since May 26th.
  • aliblain
    aliblain Posts: 175 Member
    I'm only 5 foot 7 and look pretty skinny at 140lb! The lightest I have ever been is 138lbs and I had family members worried about me. I would have thought it would be difficult for someone who is 5 foot 9 to get to 140lbs. Wonderful transformations ladies by the way! I'm aiming to lose 30lb to be around the 140lb mark.
  • its4me2012
    its4me2012 Posts: 2 Member
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  • inka912
    inka912 Posts: 66 Member
    edited August 2016
    poorlittlefish wrote: »
    Just wondering, what calorie ranges are you all in? I am 5'8 and currently 170, hoping to get in the low 150's

    I'm 5'9", currently 170lbs as well and I eat anywhere from 1700 to 1900 calories (never less than 1700 though, as my BMR is around 1600) :wink: Lost 20lbs so far, and want to lose another 20 :smile:
  • berolcolour
    berolcolour Posts: 140 Member
    aliblain wrote: »
    I'm only 5 foot 7 and look pretty skinny at 140lb! The lightest I have ever been is 138lbs and I had family members worried about me. I would have thought it would be difficult for someone who is 5 foot 9 to get to 140lbs. Wonderful transformations ladies by the way! I'm aiming to lose 30lb to be around the 140lb mark.

    I think it varies a lot between people. Someone in this post is heavier than me, but looks a lot smaller. At 5'8" I could definitely go lower than 140. At 150 I still have plenty of chub left! (and too much waist) :D
  • Chele_Belle_
    Chele_Belle_ Posts: 65 Member
    Great work! It's so exciting to be in the 100 club! You can definitely see a difference.

    jennalennafur wrote: »
    I don't know if my progress is quite visible yet. But I lost 21 lbs and I wanna show off!

    I started at 219 lbs
    cw: 198
    gw:150? Idk we'll see when I get close

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    Edit: I'm 5'8"

  • Notaphase
    Notaphase Posts: 81 Member
    Help! I was doing really well for 60 days and then as soon as I got to my "mental block" weight 152 everything got so much harder. I don't know why it's so hard for me to get below this stupid number. I've had so many social commitments lately that involve food and even though I plan for this all day I keep going over. I have this stupid mentality that if I go over by 100 calories I might as well go over by 500. Also I've been weightlifting this whole time and seeing great results but in the last two weeks I can't lift weights that used to be relatively easy and it's demoralizing. It really feels like I'm trying to sabotage myself. How do I find that sabotaging part of myself and stop it. I wanted to prove to myself that I could get under 150 but I need to tackle this block if I'm ever going to do it.
  • robininfl
    robininfl Posts: 1,137 Member
    aimez23 wrote: »
    I'm currently bouncing between 152-55 and wear a U.K. Size 8 but I train hard and lift weights so my muscle:fat ratio is pretty high. I'm small framed but at 5'8.5 can't imagine weighing much less than this and still looking healthy xx 9wjhphwddcd3.jpeg

    I cannot for the life of me imagine being able to be that small at that weight! I'm around 20% bodyfat under 140 always, you look like I did at 130lb and 20% bodyfat. Where are you keeping the other 20lb? Do you have bones made of lead? If I cut I'd weigh less, not more.
  • kaiser44
    kaiser44 Posts: 9 Member
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  • berolcolour
    berolcolour Posts: 140 Member
    robininfl wrote: »
    aimez23 wrote: »
    I'm currently bouncing between 152-55 and wear a U.K. Size 8 but I train hard and lift weights so my muscle:fat ratio is pretty high. I'm small framed but at 5'8.5 can't imagine weighing much less than this and still looking healthy xx 9wjhphwddcd3.jpeg

    I cannot for the life of me imagine being able to be that small at that weight! I'm around 20% bodyfat under 140 always, you look like I did at 130lb and 20% bodyfat. Where are you keeping the other 20lb? Do you have bones made of lead? If I cut I'd weigh less, not more.

    Maybe aimez23 has enormous feet! ;)
    Notaphase wrote: »
    Help! I was doing really well for 60 days and then as soon as I got to my "mental block" weight 152 everything got so much harder. I don't know why it's so hard for me to get below this stupid number. I've had so many social commitments lately that involve food and even though I plan for this all day I keep going over. I have this stupid mentality that if I go over by 100 calories I might as well go over by 500. Also I've been weightlifting this whole time and seeing great results but in the last two weeks I can't lift weights that used to be relatively easy and it's demoralizing. It really feels like I'm trying to sabotage myself. How do I find that sabotaging part of myself and stop it. I wanted to prove to myself that I could get under 150 but I need to tackle this block if I'm ever going to do it.

    I have today(!) gone under 150. I was 150 last November and life happened and I didn't bother and now I'm just getting back there. So get there now. Not in months time like me wondering why it took so long. I aim under 1500kcal and I count everyday I'm under and everyday I'm under 2000 and each month I try and do a little better. In July I had 24 really good days, 6 adequate days and one lets not talk about it days o:) (for me, that's a very good month). Pick your numbers, have a look at July and try and beat it in August. :)

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