anyone 5'2 160lbs?

I’m 5’3” and 144(I started at 165 late last year) still got about 19 lbs to go until my goal weight of 125ish. Definitely feel free to add me btw!! Try to keep a positive mindset, you can do it!!

Think of your journey incrementally - what I mean by this is take things slow, you don’t jump into everything at once because you’ll either get injured(either mentally or physically, or both), or burnt out quickly. I know this saying has been said a lot, but think of your journey as a marathon instead of a sprint. What you want to do is make sustainable lifestyle changes that become second nature and don’t make you feel restricted to the point where you feel like giving up. Maybe firstly work on making your diet choices healthier (a general rule of thumb is weight loss is 80-85% diet, 15-20% exercise). Then maybe encorporate some light cardio, and tune that to become more and more intense as your fitness levels increase, or find an exercise that you enjoy doing that you would enjoy doing regardless if your goal was to lose weight.

Also, enjoy the little victories - it’s a marathon, remember? The checkpoints are from A-B-C onward, not straight from A-Z. Maybe the scale is 1lb less than last week, maybe you’ve lost a few cm around your waist, maybe you can lift heavier weights, or do more reps than before or run or walk a little further during your workouts. Don’t just view your success off the scale alone, and if the number on the scale is your determining factor, then I would definitely suggest downloading a weight trend app like happy scale, as it gives you your weight loss trend over time, and the daily fluctuations won’t stress you out anywhere near as much.

From experience, I tried the A-Z approach and was in a very similar boat to you(I weighed 165 at the end of September last year). I tried a super restrictive diet while going on multiple hour hikes per day when I first started, and that caused me to struggle with symptoms of eating disorders and the anxiety related. It made me totally obsessed with my food intake(or lack thereof), the number on the scale, and I treated exercise as a “punishment” for eating. I’m still trying to work through my problems with calorie restriction and calorie expenditure compensation as a result as well, but it’s definitely become easier. What fixed it for me is that with the support of my boyfriend, I slowly developed a better relationship with food, and I was honest and accountable through logging everything, including exercise on this app.

Definitely don’t give up or lose hope. You’ve already started to make changes to better your life, as long as you stick to it, you’ll reach your goals

5'2 SW:170, CW:131, GW:120. Add me so we can support each other. I'm on 1200 cal diet and love to share recipes on my page. 💃💃