5’-5’3” girl success stories before & after

Ahhh short girls unite!!

When I got married at age 28 I was 124 lbs.... and I thought I was fat. Now 13 years, two kids, a high stressful job that makes eating healthy difficult (in home social worker/case manager), a pandemic later I ballooned to 199.

I've been miserable and I've felt disgusting and unhappy for a really long time. I always had the mindset of " you're too lazy and you like food too much" to ever bother to lose weight. My kids have crazy schedules and quick easy food became the norm. My husband started doing IF in February and lost nearly 60 lbs. I did it with him and lost 2. It was infuriating.

Then our world blew up on July 5th this year. On the fourth he was cleaning out the garage and thought he had something in his eye. He couldn't seem to flush it out. It was annoying but not painful and figured a good nights sleep and it would come out on it's own, but on Monday it was still there. He went to urgent care He had nothing in his eye... the spot was from optic nerve edema as we'd come to find out. His blood pressure was 253/152 and he was rushed to the ER. He was admitted bypassing the ER and the first discovery (besides the bp) was that his kidneys were no longer working. Several days and tests later we have now found out he has a mass on his right kidney.. we still don't know what it is nor has surgery been scheduled to remove it... and he's got less than 10% function between his kidneys. He will need to go on dialysis and get a transplant.

The week he was in the hospital I basically didn't eat. I was so very busy between handling the kids, my job and being at the hospital that I forgot to eat. I lost 9 lbs that week.

He came home and I decided.. that's it. I need to lose 40lbs in order to safely donate a kidney in an exchange. I am down somewhere between 15-17 lbs since the beginning of the month by doing calorie restricting (12-1400 a day) and a minimum of 1 hour of exercise 6 days a week. While I do not believe I'll be able to lose nearly 20 lbs every month, I am setting a goal of 10 lbs a month in order to qualify as a living donor. 40 lbs will get me to the highest acceptable BMI, And I look at is as I'm a quarter of the way there. But I plan on continuing to work towards a goal of 145 lbs as my maximum weight. I would like to hit about 130 but I also know that when I drop low I look ill.

5'3 sw 277 cw 201 gw 130 (maybe less haven't actually decided, nor asked the hubby what he thinks of this. I was 160ish when I met him, so hopefully that was so long ago (27 years ago) he won't really remember what size I was then!)

I've had six children and always managed to get back down to a reasonable weight until I had my last baby at 37. Well, she's turning 5 next month and I had enough of being overweight.

I started on MFP on 8/11/21. I weighed 161.4 and I'm 5'1". Based on my wrist measurement, I have a large frame, so my initial goal is 135, but I'll see how I feel when I get there.

I've lost 12.6 so far, 13.8 to go.

Diet-wise, I haven't changed much other than logging everything. I have my MFP set to show what my maintenance calories would be at my goal weight and to show my exercise calories for the day from my Fitbit. I try to maintain between a 500 and 750 calorie deficit, depending on how I feel during the day.

I work part-time from home, all online. During my morning shift, I use an under-desk cycle to just stay moving. It's not a huge calorie burner, but I find that it boosts my energy for the rest of the day.

In the afternoons, I alternate between RingFit and Fitness Boxing on my kids' Nintendo Switch. The RingFit is more for strength training and Fitness Boxing is cardio. It's nice because my little kids like to do it with me and I can keep an eye on them!

Hello I'm 5'2 and have been on MFP for some time, but recently have gotten more serious about tracking/and connecting with like-minded people on here...

My highest weight has been around 153 a few years ago, and I've been yo-yoing between 143-130 (lowest early January), currently at 135.
My goal: To be consistent with my weight (hit/maintain at ~130) and start incorporating more activity (currently I just walk)

Looking to make some connections for motivation and accountability *Add me! 🤸‍♂️- I like to post healthy meals 🥗 on my feed and encourage those that are working towards their goals.

Can't recommend enough that people get a personal trainer! Seriously ladies, lift heavy weights! I promise you will not look like a man! The more muscle you have, the faster your metabolism and because muscle is more compact than fat, you will look leaner even if your weight is a little higher.

I started 4 years ago at 133 (first photo).



I am presently 116ish (last photo in the blue shirt)




I see a lot of people talking about eating 1200 calories or less. I know that MFP puts that by default, especially for those of us who are small (I'm 5'2"). Especially if you're working out, you NEED TO EAT. I did my current challenge for 12 weeks, lost 8 lbs while eating between 1500-1600 calories, plus working out. Some days were a little higher. The key was to eat clean, whole unprocessed foods.

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I'm 5'1. Currently 194, goal is to be 130. Highest weight was 268 in 2019.

Im just over 5’3



199 to currently 129.

Here's my before and after, 5'3.5 152lbs to 128 lbs in about 6 months . . . I'm 61 years old.

43, 5'2"
Starting weight was 245.
Current weight 164.
Goal weight 130ish
Everyone is so inspiring
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