I want to be 130lbs by my 21st birthday...is this realistic? Pics

Momepro · December 2017

I do too, but since that was 22 years ago, I doubt I'll make it.
For you,5 lbs a month isn't impossible, at first, but as you get closer to your goal, your body naturally slows down how fast you lose, so you would likely not be losing as fast as you get closer to your goal. At least not while staying healthy.

cecile97 · June 2020

Wow, haven't looked at this thread in a while. I just wanted to post an update for anyone that stumbles upon this thread who might relate in any way.

I did not hit my goal of 130 lbs by my 21st birthday because as many suggested, it got harder as I lost weight, of course. I ended up getting down to about 150 lbs, which was 30 lbs down from my highest weight. I bounced between 150 and 170 over the course of the next year. At the beginning of this year, I even ended up at 178 lbs. However, for the first time, I didn't let this control my life and affect my friendships or my mental health as much as it had in the past. I started up again as soon as I realized it wasn't a place I wanted to be.

Now, 6 months later, I am back to 155 lbs and still working hard to hit a healthy weight. I have a much more stable relationship with my body image, food, and balancing the two with my mental health. It really isn't about me vaguely setting a number on the scale that seems impossible to reach and obsessing over it until it overwhelms my brain. It is about retraining my body and brain into understanding that feelings of anxiety or depression don't have to affect what I put into my body. I used binge eating as a coping mechanism for depression and then developed an association between the two that has lasted for as long as I can remember. In order to lessen the binge eating episodes, I had to isolate my depression instead of viewing it in tandem with binge-eating.

This is not to say that now I never eat too much when I'm feeling sad or will never hit that point again- because I have no idea if that will ever be true. I have no idea if I will ever weigh 130 pounds. My only hope is to get to and maintain a healthy weight for my height, however long it takes to work through my past associations to get there!

Strudders67 · June 2020

Good update - I'm sure a lot of people will be able to relate to your experience. It's fantastic that you've now got a good balanced relationship with food and body image and are getting to grips with the mental health aspect.

Slowly chipping away, with a small deficit is far easier, and more sustainable. And to see that you're 23lb lighter than you were six months ago is a huge achievement.

snowflake954 · June 2020

Many people don't realize that many times you need to be in a good mental place to lose weight. When counseling is suggested there are posters that get up in arms. However, after 7 yrs on MFP, I've seen that the two go hand-in-hand and people just spin their wheels and get worse mentally. I'm glad that you're going forward and understanding yourself. Wishing you much success in the future.

bmeadows380 · June 2020

thank you for posting this update! There are many who pop onto the forums and then just disappear, and sometimes you wonder if they met success (or in the cases of others, if they ever came to the light). Its very good to hear about the successes you've had, especially in changing your relationship with food and in improving your self view. I wish you more success to come!

snickerscharlie · June 2020

Great update!

Slowfaster · June 2020

You're doing it!

I'm older and I love to see young girls reach their ideal weight while they're still young enough to get maximum benefit from the effort. Your skin is tight enough to spring back into place and all the latest fashions will look fabulous on you.

You're only young once! Your face will never be this beautiful again, you'll never have as many parties and weddings to go to, you'll probably never be in a position to meet as many young men as you are now.

Take these wonderful years and be at your very best for them!

MelanieCN77 · June 2020

Yass a dead thread resurrected by the OP and good stuff!

Slowfaster wrote: »

You're doing it!

I'm older and I love to see young girls reach their ideal weight while they're still young enough to get maximum benefit from the effort. Your skin is tight enough to spring back into place and all the latest fashions will look fabulous on you.

You're only young once! Your face will never be this beautiful again, you'll never have as many parties and weddings to go to, you'll probably never be in a position to meet as many young men as you are now.

Take these wonderful years and be at your very best for them!

age_is_just_a_number · June 2020

So much good advice in this thread. I echo it all.
Small changes, track your intake, monitor your macros, monitor your weight and measurements, small goals along the way.
A hard deadline is difficult — This is a lifestyle to a healthier you, there is no end date to that.
You’ve made a fantastic first step by logging into MFP.

bmeadows380 · June 2020

Slowfaster wrote: »

You're doing it!

I'm older and I love to see young girls reach their ideal weight while they're still young enough to get maximum benefit from the effort. Your skin is tight enough to spring back into place and all the latest fashions will look fabulous on you.

You're only young once! Your face will never be this beautiful again, you'll never have as many parties and weddings to go to, you'll probably never be in a position to meet as many young men as you are now.

Take these wonderful years and be at your very best for them!

Sorry, hon, I disagree. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and goes well beyond physical appearance. Age does not mean that someone is losing beauty; in fact, I can point to several people that I personally know, in addition to various celebrities, who became even more lovely the older they got. A pleasant outside appearance will always be trumped by inward character.

I'd say that the advantage to getting to ideal weight when she is young is that she lessens the damage long term weight gain can do to her health and losing the weight now will minimum the impact the extra weight will have on her body so she won't be facing the joint problems, skin problems and other health issues that many of the rest of us who spent much more time being obese are dealing with now.

The advantage is for her health and has nothing whatsoever to do with beauty.

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