Need honest opinions please!!

I think you look fine at the weight you're at, but maybe a little toning? Good job!

I think that you look beautiful now. However I don't think extra weight is now your enemy, I think you just need to put some muscle on and shed some body fat.

Note: Skinny stick women are not attractive to me so my opinions are coloured by that.

Good job on losing the fat, now its time to pump some iron and tone up! Good luck.

Hey guys! I had my 2nd baby 6 months ago and have lost 60 pounds of baby weight! I would love to lose about 20-25 more pounds and tone up a little better, but a few people are telling me to stop losing. What do you all think? I am 5'4" and currently 146. Thanks for your honesty!

First of all, what do YOU want? Not what someone else thinks or wants.


5' 4" and 146?
Lose a little more, I'd say around 115-120.

Don't listen to other people. Myself included.

I think your gorgeous!! I had my 2nd six months ago as well and I'm not anywhere close to looking as good as you do!! Keep it up, I would keep working out to maintain and if you lose more, great! If not, I think you are A OK Best of luck to you!!

I've started hearing the same thing.

My goal is to get to a healthy BMI, so I know I have another 10 lbs to lose. I'm also trying to tone up. But I don't intend to do anything differently when I get to my goal weight, other than add calories in to my diet. I'm going to continue eating "this way" and exercising 5-7 times per week.

You look great, though! Sixty pounds is a great accomplishment! (I'm down 40 since April.)

if you feel that you would like 20 more or so off, then do so. Work on toning in the mean time and that will give you personally a better idea of where you want to be. I think you look good, but for your height, you may want to take more off. That is something that is a personal choice, it's about your comfort level.

I think at this point you should concentrate on the toning up because you look pretty good. Building muscle will make you look better in the mirror. Pick a calorie goal to continue losing weight slowly, and turn the fat into muscle with strength exercises like lifting, sit ups, push ups, yoga, etc as well as your cardiovascular exercise.

People that know you and have seen you heavier are telling you that. because compared to where you were, you are skin and bones to them. I think you should make your goal to where you are happy and healthy. If that means another 20 lbs, then so be it.

By the way, Nice job! you look fabulous.

I agree. You stop when you are 100% happy with the results. No one else is living your life so why should they tell you when YOU should be happy with your results.

You are doing really well. I think some strength training would really help by giving you a little sleeker look. drop 10 with toning and see where that gets you.

I agree with this. It won't take you much to look hot because you have very nice proportions already (lucky you!!) :-)) And congratulations!!

You look fabulous and have done amazing work!!! Do what will make you feel best, lose 20 lbs more, just tone or stay where you're at. You're happiness is what matters most!

I am also 5'4", the "ideal" for someone with our height and a medium frame starts at120, for a small frame its 107, I want to say a large frame is 135 then goes up to 147 or so on the large frame range. Lately I have started to get some of the "you really dont need to lose THAT much more weight". I am at 135ish, and 5'4" and a medium frame. 120 would be ideal for my frame and maybe I will get there eventually but for now I would feel better just making it to 125-127 and evaluating how I look/feel, but even when I tell people that I get funny looks. Everyone sheds weight different. I am not sure how another 20 would look off of your frame. You are bordering the edge of overweight for your height, so I dont think another 20lbs would turn you into skin and bones, but if you feel uncomfortable about shedding 20 just go for another 5 or 10 for now and re-evaluate when you get there about how you feel. Figure out your frame and find the ideal range for your frame and that will give you better numbers to play with. If you dropped 20 it would put you at 126, but if you are a medium frame, ideal for you is anything from 120-135 I believe (it varies depending on the source). So thats 11lbs down to 135 right now. and about a 15 lb range for you to play around in to find what you feel looks best for you (assuming you are a medium frame, you can figure out your frame size with some online calculators that ask you to measure your wrist and elbow width)

I want to add something else. 10 pounds ago, people were surprised to hear that I still wanted to lose another 25 or so pounds. they would look at me like "where". the folks telling me this saw me with my clothes on..and clothes can mask. granted, I know I am way better off today than I was in January, but I know that I still have pockets of fat that I'd like to get rid of (whether or not they are apparent with my clothes on). I also know that I want to continue to tone. In short, I don't care so much that folks think I'm fine as I am with my clothes on. I want to be happy with my body with my clothes off. I'm not there yet. My tentative goal is 175. If, however, I hit 180 and realize "okay, that's where I want to be"...then I'll stop trying to lose. If, however, I hit 175 and realize "hmmmm....could still lose some fat pockets"...then I plan to continue to try to lose.

So I'm full on board with the idea that YOUR opinion is the one that matters most when it comes to what you want the end result to be. As I mentioned earlier, I think you would benefit from some resistance training to create a sleeker look...but, really, that's up to you and the body type that you want.

Its about how you feel are you done and happy with you Now or do you feel you need more. If your happy switch to maintance and enjoy your hard work if your not happy keep on going and rock it