are there 5'5 girls with 40-50 lbs loss?

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I'm 5'6", but at my heaviest I was 187lbs. I started a real focussed weigh loss mission at 176lbs and am currently sitting at 133lbs with my final aim to get down to 121lbs.

It's been a long process for me, and I've had to modify my strategy as I've gone along. At first, in mid 2009, I went to see a nutritionist and joined a gym, and lost 33lbs, I was at the high end of having a healthy BMI for my height, and looked and felt a lot better, but I wasn't really happy, as I knew I could do better. Then I sort of slipped a bit, and gained about 10lbs in the middle of last year. I knew I didn't want to go back to where I'd come from, and started calorie counting in November of last year and lost 6.5lbs. I joined here in January, and have lost another 15lbs since then.

This site has been really great for me, because while I "knew" weight lost is 80% diet and 20% exercise, I don't think I really knew how bad some of the food I was eating was for me - as far as being calorie dense, but not nutrient dense. So being able to check if something is worth eating before I eat it has helped me so much more than the guessing game strategy I had used before.

5'5" here...64 pounds lost. I still have about 30 more to go. I lost the 64 pounds in about a year. I do use a heart rate monitor to track my exercise, but no food is off limits, nor has it ever been. My exercise of choice is running.

I am 5'5. I started my weight loss journey last march. I weighed in at *sigh* 220lbs. It was disgusting. I have since lost 38lbs with the help of Atkins and MFP. I still have a ways to go until I reach my goal of 130lbs. But I figure if I can lose the first 38lbs, I can lose 38lbs more. If you ever need a support buddy, I am here.

I'm 5'4 and have lost 51lbs over the past year. As long as I can remember I've been the "chubby kid," I was always a little bit heavier then my skinny brother and my clothes never fit the way they were supposed to. It took a huge emotional toll on me after all of these years and then last year I kinda looked in the mirror and decided that I wasn't happy and enough was enough. So I started a diet and lost 15 or 20 lbs and then once that diet's cycle was over i was at a bit of a loss and tired to do things on my own without this site and without even really being aware of what I was doing, I started to take some dangerous roads. I ate WAY too little and would work out like a maniac yet I only lost maybe another 10lbs before I really started to get well informed and changed things. I switched to healthier eating habits and started MFP and haven't looked back since. I now weigh 124lbs and for the first time I'm started to accept myself for all that I am. You'll get there eventually and it's going to really hard but standing at the end of the race makes you realize that it's all entirely worth it.

I am 5'5" and trying to lose 55 to 60lbs. I let myself go after my first 2 years of college and wish I hadn't! I'm at 193lbs (highest was 195, but I gained a lot from when I started MFP) right now...and I was a curvy 135-140 in college. I hope to get back to 140 or a size 9/10. I refuse to lose my curves...and I don't think it would be possible anyway lol!

It's hard. I won't lie. But it's soooooo worth it :-)

Also, 5'5" first goal is 150 and then I will see where I can go from there. I started MFP at the end of Jan.beginning of Feb.

I am 5' 5" and I have lost 45lbs to date. I would like to make it an even 50. I started this journey last March 1st and took off about 30lbs by the end of the summer. I have taken a couple of breaks since then. By breaks I mean, continuing to log and work out, but not being as crazy with it. I have managed to keep the weight off, plus lose another 15. As much as I would like to have reached my goal, I feel fairly confident that I will be able to maintain my weight loss when I do. I feel like I have changed my bad habits with healthy ones and I can live like this forever. That is actually more important to me then being at goal weight by a certain date. I know I will get there.

Good luck to you on your journey. Friend me if you want some support.

Michelle

I'm 5'5 with 41 more lbs to lose.

HW: 205
MFP starting weight: 195
CW: 176
GW: 135

I've joined a couple of the challenges here and that seems to help keep me focused. I found MFP last year, used it for a couple of weeks and then stopped. I started back on Feb 1st and have lost 19 lbs since then. I love this site and the supportive people on here.

HI! I'm 5'5 and so far I've lost 58 lbs. I started on here back in December and I absolutely love it! But I began my journey before finding mfp, not sure if I'd have made it as far as I have without it. I am now halfway to my goal weight and have another 57 lbs to lose.
CW:207
SW:265
GW:150
feel free to add me if you want!

good luck to everyone on your weight loss journeys!