Fellow shorties needed for support and motivation 5'5 and under :)

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  • debisjazz
    debisjazz Posts: 115 Member
    Hi All! I'm a shortie too, 5'2" and currently 171. My heaviest was 185. That was heavier than the day that I delivered by second daughter, and when I realized I really need to make a change for my own health.
    I love all of the support on this board! You are all awesome!!

    My goal weight is 140, that would be a healthy weight for me to be able to maintain. I've been lower during my adult life, but always found that it was a struggle to maintain and I wasn't happy.

    My focus:
    Cutting white bread, rice and pasta (because they give me heartburn)
    Drinking more water every day
    No sugary drinks
    Only two cups of coffee per day (with milk, no sugar)

    Feel free to add me! I can use all the support I can get, and I'm happy to provide the same to you!! :smile:
  • megdnoorman
    megdnoorman Posts: 282 Member
    Late joiner: I'm 5'3 3/4, mother of a two-year old, and after his birth, I was at my highest non-pregnant weight, 167. Prior to pregnancy I was 125-130. I started trying to lose weight 2 years ago and got down to 150 ish. I restarted in July 2016 and got down another 5 lbs before stalling and eventually gaining 2 lbs back. In January of this year, I decided to give it another go.

    SW: 147
    GW: 125
    CW: 139

    I want to be 130 by the end of May.

    I eat a relatively low carb diet, run a bit, and do body-weight strength training.
  • amyteacake
    amyteacake Posts: 768 Member
    tasha12004 wrote: »
    Do you guys ever try the fads that are out there? Like detox waters and such ?

    I had one tried slimfast a few years back. Never again. It was horrible.
  • tasha12004
    tasha12004 Posts: 232 Member
    It was horrible? lol , why was it so bad?
  • kschr201
    kschr201 Posts: 208 Member
    5'4"and some change here. Currently to 140 from originally 172. I was 136 at my wedding 2 years ago so I've stayed relatively the same ballpark. I'd like to see 130. Trying to be serious about logging again
  • __Lora__
    __Lora__ Posts: 1,184 Member
    Straight 5 foot tall here. Would love to get to my goal of 125 by mid June if I can keep at it. Anyone feel free to add me!
  • gettingskinnymeg
    gettingskinnymeg Posts: 5 Member
    Hello everyone! I am 5'3 and started at 131 I am 123 now. I bought beachbody on demand and started to use Chalean Extreme its an older program but it has been working! I am much stronger and have lost inches all over. I am nearing the end of the program and I don't know what to try next. I would like to continue to tone up but not lose all my curves in the process lol my research I have done has not been promising. Anyone else starting weight training? how do you balance cardio and weights?
  • Countess_Ha
    Countess_Ha Posts: 14 Member
    I'm 5'4 and I've got a lot of weight on my bottom half. I started off at 155lbs, I'm down to 143.8lbs now, but let me tell you, losing weight in my tummy area is proving to be a challenge. My goal weight is 135, and maintain myself at 135. But, feel free to add me!!
  • kidd_xdk
    kidd_xdk Posts: 7 Member
    I'm 5'3" and 192 :/. My ultimate goal would be 125ish. Although my current goal is to get to the 170s. I have a chronic illness so I'm not able to work out as hard as I used to, so I'm slowly figuring out new ways to lose and trying to find less intensive workouts.

    Anyone who has a fitbit can add me, my email is bhumes001@gmail.com
  • bambishealth
    bambishealth Posts: 134 Member
    5'2" and 264 pounds! Down 11 so far and 105 to go. I am the heaviest that I have ever been in my life. I have to get healthy or die trying.
  • megdnoorman
    megdnoorman Posts: 282 Member
    JAStars102 wrote: »
    Hi! I'm 5'3" and 156. I started on MFP at 200 last August, but my heaviest that summer was 208. I'm looking to not be overweight for the first time in my adult life. My real goal is to be able to wear a bikini for the first time ever, but I tell people I'm doing it for my health (still partially true) to sound less conceited.

    Haha, I always tell people I just want to be healthy, feel better, have more energy -- all true -- but I also just want to wear a bikini, shorts, etc without feeling self- conscious. My vanity is very motivating lol.
  • Allgaun
    Allgaun Posts: 222 Member
    NOT being sarcastic
    I find it funny that some posters current weight is way below my goal weight. It makes me rethink my goals, I must be setting them way too low (high?)
  • megdnoorman
    megdnoorman Posts: 282 Member
    Allgaun wrote: »
    NOT being sarcastic
    I find it funny that some posters current weight is way below my goal weight. It makes me rethink my goals, I must be setting them way too low (high?)

    I think a lot has to do with body composition. I know I look and feel good at 120 - 130, so my goal is 125 to account for fluctuation. If I get under 120, I start to look too thin and have headaches/ low energy. But a lot of women my height (5'3 3/4) are fine at 115 or even lower.

    That said, some women my height look/feel good at 140-150 or whatever. There's nothing wrong with a higher goal if that goal works for you and your body composition :smile:

  • DanyellMcGinnis
    DanyellMcGinnis Posts: 315 Member
    5'5" and about 118 this morning. Started 2016 at 162.4, lost around 45 pounds (finished mid-December of 2016) and have been maintaining between 117 and 120 since then. I am on a slight downward trend, like maybe 0.25-0.5 pounds per month (if you can even see it through the noise), but that is close enough to maintenance and if I dip below 115, I figure I get a week to eat 250 extra calories a day, which will be awesome.

    I am very small boned so I look better under 120. BMI is still in the healthy range, just at the lower end.

    I have a ferocious appetite, though. I do 30 minutes of yoga and at least 70 minutes of additional cardio a day so I can eat 2200 (or more) calories per day. I don't count macros and seem to be less hungry doing high carb, low fat (in general) than with other methods.
  • 1honda11
    1honda11 Posts: 13 Member
    Hello everyone...I am 5'-4" and started at 197 am currently at 171 and working towards 160 ish....I think that the way you feel about yourself is what counts the most. I am athletic in build and have never been skinny. More about me on my profile...
  • C_Erased
    C_Erased Posts: 5 Member
    4'11 here, 37 years old. Started at 140, goal is 120. My dream goal is 105 but I know I'll never get there again. My highest was 145 and I got down to 97lbs at my thinnest, that was 10 years ago. No specific plan, but I was obsessed with cardio and lifting. Kept it off for a year or 2. Then I had some medical issues that stopped me from weight training and I just slowly got out of the healthy eating habit. Got up to 140 about a year and a half ago, got disgusted, and lost 20 lbs...then gained it all back since. The last few months have just been horrible. I hate the way I look and I hate buying clothes. I could barely fit into my work pants and just reached a breaking point. Almost all my weight is in my stomach and face, and there just isn't any way to hide it. They just don't make attractive clothes for people with a large waist but average-to-thin legs, hips, etc. And I've been cursed with a small chest so I don't even have that to help balance it out, haha.

    So anyway I joined MFP (almost 2 weeks) and hope to stick with it. The food part is getting easier -- my big problem was I was a fast food junkie and now I am cooking every night. I still try to fit in some treats on the weekends though by limiting my calories elsewhere and exercising a little extra. I wish I could do more weight training -- I have lupus and arthritis and 3 artificial joints and just can't do what I used to. I do the elliptical 6x a week.

    Anyway, that's me. Feel free to add, especially if you also have chronic health issues and want a weight-loss buddy.
  • tasha12004
    tasha12004 Posts: 232 Member
    It's great to see others and their struggles with being on the short side of the stick :)
  • megomerrett
    megomerrett Posts: 442 Member
    I'm 5'1" feel free to friend me.
    SW 11 stone 1lb (155lb)
    CW 10 stone 4lb (144lb)
    GW 9 stone (126lb)

  • ad28517
    ad28517 Posts: 27 Member
    As for late night snacking...brush your teeth! I know it sounds silly, but something about doing that and being all minty fresh and ready for bed deters me from eating so late. Also, I find doing something to keep your hands and mind busy works too. My sister crochets while watching tv. I (sadly) play games on my cell phone.
  • km_harvey90
    km_harvey90 Posts: 1 Member
    Hey everyone! I'm 5'1.5 and currently at my heaviest of 215
  • Dangerrosive
    Dangerrosive Posts: 17 Member
    Ive been adding as many women that are my height and close to my weight as I can! I am 31 and 5'2" I weigh 174 my atarting weight was the heaviest I have ever been, 186.

    At first I tried the vegetarian Keto diet which helped me lose some wight but is way too restrictive. Now I'm just counting calories. I'm too shy to go to the gym even though I really want to lift. We have a treadmill but I've never set foot on it because I hate running.

    I had been skinny all of my life until I hit 25. :(
  • Jadeyy_xo
    Jadeyy_xo Posts: 5 Member
    I'm 5'2" and I weigh 109lbs, not sure if this is the healthy weight for my height? Also I have been 5'2" for quite a few years now and back then I only used to weigh about 104lbs so I wanted to try and get back to that weight but I'm not sure how many calories I should consume a day in order to do that, and I don't know what exercises I can do?
  • tasha12004
    tasha12004 Posts: 232 Member
    Jadeyy_xo wrote: »
    I'm 5'2" and I weigh 109lbs, not sure if this is the healthy weight for my height? Also I have been 5'2" for quite a few years now and back then I only used to weigh about 104lbs so I wanted to try and get back to that weight but I'm not sure how many calories I should consume a day in order to do that, and I don't know what exercises I can do?

    Not to sound mean or rude at all. But I wish i was 109 . Shoot I wish I was 120. You are to me at a very low/healthy weight as you are now. Obviously I don't know what you look like but it seems you shouldn't loose any more weight. Hunny I'm at 164 and I can't get under 160. You are not overweight.

    Do you mind saying how old you are? It sounds like you might be young.
  • tasha12004
    tasha12004 Posts: 232 Member
    Dangerrosive wrote: »
    Ive been adding as many women that are my height and close to my weight as I can! I am 31 and 5'2" I weigh 174 my atarting weight was the heaviest I have ever been, 186.

    At first I tried the vegetarian Keto diet which helped me lose some wight but is way too restrictive. Now I'm just counting calories. I'm too shy to go to the gym even though I really want to lift. We have a treadmill but I've never set foot on it because I hate running.

    I had been skinny all of my life until I hit 25. :(



    Yeah it's hard to find people going through the same thing with weight and height. that's why I made this thread <3 Feel free to message me and such
  • youdoyou2016
    youdoyou2016 Posts: 393 Member
    Dangerrosive wrote: »
    I'm too shy to go to the gym even though I really want to lift. We have a treadmill but I've never set foot on it because I hate running.

    I do understand ... But, it took me a long time to realize no one gives a flying *kitten*. Really, if you want to go, go. (Also, you don't have to run on the TM; walking is fine.)
  • motivatedsister
    motivatedsister Posts: 544 Member
    The scale finally moved! I'm down 2.4lbs since my last weigh in. I changed up a lot of things over the last week and a half, so it's hard for me to know if it's because of the changes or did my body finally decide to release so to speak. I made a conscious effort to try and get more protein in and be mindful of carbs, I've eliminated the BodyPump class I was doing 3 days a week and replaced it with a C25K workout following a dance class (still lifting heavy 3x/wk on alternate days + boxing), I was sick with a cold for maybe 2 days but that didn't really change my food intake...but did cause me to miss boxing one day - so not quite sure if any of that played a significant part in the scale finally moving. I felt like I actually worked out less, and ate more; and on top of that it was TOM so I didn't expect to see the scale budge at all, if anything I wouldn't have been shocked if it went up!

    I'm gonna stick with the same routine this week and see how it goes.

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