Anyone under 5' tall and struggling to get the weight off

sugom2
sugom2 Posts: 93 Member
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I am 4'10.25" and 160 pounds. My goal is to get down to 130 pounds. How many calories are you consuming. I am on 1200 and don't eat back my exercise calories and still struggle to loose the weight with walking 7 days a week and basic muscle toning exercises...any success stories?

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  • globalhiker
    globalhiker Posts: 1,691 Member
    Hi - I am 5 feet exactly and down to 131 from 150. I was stalled for 2 years. I could walk all day long and nothing happens. After reading through some tips in Michael Matthew's book, Thinner Leaner Stronger, I started losing but it was slow, about 1-1.5 lbs a month.But it was fairly easy. What worked: really increasing lean protein to at least 60-100g a day, making breakfast 6 egg whites with salsa, no oil, reducing carbs, eating a cheat meal 1x a week (re-feed), intervals- alternate running fast with walking, and increasing weights at fitness classes. In other words, kick it up a notch, do everything with intensity. This seemed to turn the fat burning dial from "off" to "on". I am trying to get to 115 lbs ultimately.
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    How much walking? It doesn't burn that many calories, perhaps 80 cals for 20 mins approx, if even that.

    Are you very sedentary apart from the walking?

    What are 'basic muscle toning' exercises? Are you lifting weights? Doing resistance training?

    How are you tracking your calories? Are you using a good scale?
    That is the biggest culprit for lack of loss, i.e you are eating more than you think.

    At your height and weight if you were actually eating 1200 cals you would lose.
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    As an example: I'm 5ft 2, I had 20 lbs to lose, I ate 1500-1600 gross cals to lose 0.5 lb a week, I walked initially for 40 mins a day, or did interval training. Some weeks I lost, some I didn't but over time my average was that 0.5 per week.
  • sugom2
    sugom2 Posts: 93 Member
    Yes I do use a food scale sent to me by RealAppeal (part of the United Healthcare weight loss program). Since I originally posted this, I have increased my walking in the morning by an additional 10 minutes and consistently getting over 10K steps a day. I started to see an improvement in the scale this week along with my clothing. I appreciate your feedback.
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    sugom2 wrote: »
    Yes I do use a food scale sent to me by RealAppeal (part of the United Healthcare weight loss program). Since I originally posted this, I have increased my walking in the morning by an additional 10 minutes and consistently getting over 10K steps a day. I started to see an improvement in the scale this week along with my clothing. I appreciate your feedback.

    That's fantastic :smile:

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