5`2/5`3 women success stories?

Hi 5 2 lost ten ponds in a month

Bethskx wrote: »

I have been waiting so long to post beofore/ after pictures!!

5'3 : 136-130

You look amazing what have you been doing?
I'm 5.2 and 113lb and look nothing remotely close to this.

jam1554 wrote: »

HaleCry wrote: »

I'm not a success in the slightest, as I still have a long way to go. But this is a before a during and the first time I've ever posted a before and during on the boards!

H: 5'3
SW: 181lbs
CW: 131lbs
GW: 120lbs

You are a success, not much more to go. Losing 50lb is no mean feet. I'm aiming for 75-80lb off only just starting on my journey and I'm reading all these inspirational stories of everyone achieving greatness. I think I've finally found a platform where people support each other rather than feeling isolated and laughed at while at the gym.

You look stunning by the way.

Thank you so much! Good luck in your journey!

Biker_SuzCO wrote: »

5'2 here and 40. I started tracking and exercising in August 2016 when I saw a picture my hubby took and couldn't stand how I looked. I was 145 and had a huge stomach and legs. Size 12 pants were snug. Since then I started jogging and doing you tube videos. I'm finally down to 132 and size 8, so it's been extremely slow but steady. I hope to wind up at 125 and have a more toned upper body and lose the squishy arms and belly. I feel like my skin/fat is hanging down from those areas, even though I do body weight exercises and weights!

I'm in the same boat! Started at 145lbs and my goal is 126lbs I'm in my 7th week and not doing too bad. I'm trying to lose it before I tone because I don't want to be this size and toned... I want to be small, like I should be. Congrats on your weight loss

5'2.5" SW: 130/135 CW: 123 GW:115/117

I am more focused on BF% and muscles than a specific goal weight, but I have been kinda bouncing around as far as what I am more motivated to do... sometimes I find eating a deficit easier than getting by butt off the couch to do a strength workout, and vice versa!

So far I have lost the weight by eating in a deficit (usually), walking, running, and lifting weights.

Since I was already in pretty good shape to start with (I was hiking with my dogs every day already) its been actually really hard to lose the weight quickly! I lost easier when eating 1200 cals but it wasn't a good long term solution when life did its life thing and got in the way, since 1200 takes very careful planning (in my experience). Would love to have other friends with similar stats.

Good luck every one!

@kimothy38 you look amazing!! Awesome work

5'2", 26 YO I joined WW in January/16 and lost 28lbs in 3.5 months. Maintained for a few, and in July got off the band wagon, stopped tracking, and gained almost all of it back. WW's new program is geared around little to no sugar, so going to give MFP a try with calorie counting and still being able to have some sugar. I started in Jan/16 at 208lbs, dropping down at the end of April/16 to 178.6. Weighing in yesterday at 204.6, it's time to make a change again and get back to it. I have a question though - I set my account as a low exercise (I sit 10 hours a day for my job/commute) however, I do play soccer at least twice a week, and also remain pretty active outside of those 10 hours. I have it set to lose 2lbs/week - obtainable for the first bit for sure. I have never counted calories before - so I am just not 100% on what to do. It has me right now at 1200/day. When I exercise, do I input that and it will give me more? I've noticed it doesn't give any option to add calories for strength training - if I wear a fitbit that has calories burned... can I use that?? I've read through this entire feed and am still confused. So any insight on what I can do to help myself be successful would be amazing. Thank you!!

amandamesservey wrote: »

5'2", 26 YO I joined WW in January/16 and lost 28lbs in 3.5 months. Maintained for a few, and in July got off the band wagon, stopped tracking, and gained almost all of it back. WW's new program is geared around little to no sugar, so going to give MFP a try with calorie counting and still being able to have some sugar. I started in Jan/16 at 208lbs, dropping down at the end of April/16 to 178.6. Weighing in yesterday at 204.6, it's time to make a change again and get back to it. I have a question though - I set my account as a low exercise (I sit 10 hours a day for my job/commute) however, I do play soccer at least twice a week, and also remain pretty active outside of those 10 hours. I have it set to lose 2lbs/week - obtainable for the first bit for sure. I have never counted calories before - so I am just not 100% on what to do. It has me right now at 1200/day. When I exercise, do I input that and it will give me more? I've noticed it doesn't give any option to add calories for strength training - if I wear a fitbit that has calories burned... can I use that?? I've read through this entire feed and am still confused. So any insight on what I can do to help myself be successful would be amazing. Thank you!!

If you're planning on doing 1200 calories a day, start counting your calories and weighing things to a tee. It's really tough with 1200 because the calories add up so fast and unless you're use to not eating, it's going to be very tough. I think sometime we focus too much on the number (pounds we much lose a week/month) that we aren't realistic about the journey. I guess you have to ask yourself, would you rather eat more, lose slowly, stretching your target time BUT still reaching target OR eat less with the hope of losing quick, getting discouraged, and quitting. It's something you have to weigh and decide the best path to take but from experience what we write out in a plan is "always" easier said than done. I do wish you the best of luck and hope you find what works best for you long term.

Wow respect to all of you girls. Me im just starting with MFP, I'm currently between 59 and 60kg so 131-132lbs and 158cm so almost 5'2". My goal weigh is around 52kg (115lbs). The MFP calculator tells me to eat around 1200 cal per day which seems very little considering the basic needs of the body. Those who have similar body construction as mine, could you tell me how much of calories you were eating to reach your goals?