I am 5'3" and currently 130lb, aiming to lose 10 more while building stamina and strength. I always aim for a net of 1200 calories, whether I workout, walk for an hour or two, or am sedentary, as I have been lately due to a cold. What worked for my weight loss to date is still working, watching calories, eating foods from all the food groups, limiting portions and frequency of eating sugary foods.

I'd suggest you ensure eating 1200 net calories minimum. If you've lost weight recently look back at what did work for you and try renewing your efforts especially regarding food. I slipped a bit and stopped tracking calories on MFP after a holiday and my weight loss slowed down. It helped to get back to routinely eating my "best" meals, like grilled fish and wilted spinach, or grilled chicken on a big mixed salad.

I'm 5'2" and 132 - feel free to friend me! I've lost 8 lbs in the past couple months and would like to tone up more!

I'm 5'2" and 126..would love to be 115, but would settle for a fit 118 or 120..flabby! I have been going to boot camp 3 times a week, but just now have started paying more attention to my calories...never really realized how many calories I was actually eating!
I always feel hungry, so it is so very hard to restrain myself. My boot camp instructor suggested canned salmon over a salad for lunch, instead of all of the pre-packaged meals I was having...It wasn't bad..just tried it today...if anyone has any other suggestions to keep feeling full, I would appreciate it!

I got down to 115lbs last year and really wish i had stuck to it to keep that way, now i need to get loads off lol.
We can do this girls xxx

I'm 5'3" and 135lbs. Just starting to get serious about getting fit and healthy again. I've been down to around 100lbs a couple years ago (which was definitely too skinny), but I'd love to get back to a happy medium of 115lbs or so for now. I take martial arts classes and run a few times per week (I'm actually training for a half marathon at the moment), but I have major problems controlling my diet in terms of quantity that I'm trying to address. Definitely loving all the support in developing healthy habits for life!

I'm 5' 2 1/2' ( that half an inch means alot to me) and fluctuate between 132-136 my goal weight is 125 and seems super unattainable at this point. I lift heavy 3x a week and do cardio (zumba) 3x week. I eat better than I have ever eaten in my life and i can not lose those last friggin 5-10 pounds. I have given up on the scale and have committed to taking my measurements for proof of some success.

Muscle weighs more than fat, that's what I keep telling myself.

I am 5' 2" and 130 pounds, and I want to be around 120 -122. I have had a hard time getting past 126, any suggestions?

I'm 5'4" and 132 lbs. Looking to lose some weight, but mainly focused on firming up. Muscle weighs more than fat.

Also, it sounds like you're trying to lose weight WAY too quickly. A pound a day? To lose a pound of fat, you need to eat 3500 calories less than you burn. If you are doing that in a day, you are going to put yourself in the hospital. Most of the time we lost a pound in a day, it's water weight. If you are working out hard and only eating 1200 calories a day, you're body is probably going into starvation mode, which means that it is consuming lean muscle, not fat. That's only going to make it harder to lose weight in the future, and ultimately make you the dreaded "skinny fat". Also, when you don't eat enough, your metabolism gets jacked up. Your BMR (basal metabolic rate) is how many calories your body burns doing basic functions. Essentially, how many calories you would still burn if you were lying in a coma. If you don't eat enough, your body will go into survival mode, cutting your BMR by as much as half, which means that you will still gain weight even if you hardly eat anything.

Use My Fitness Pal to gauge a better amount of calories to lose weight at a healthier pace. I know it's easy to obsess over our figures and want to be perfect now, but it's not worth putting your body out of commission and being unable to be healthy and active due to illness or injury.

Good luck to you!

I'm 5'4" and 130, aiming to reach 123ish. Feel free to add me, we've got similar goals, looks like.

I'm 5'3" and 127. I'm trying to get down to 115. I was riding my bike for 50 minutes everyday, but fell off the wagon. I went on vacation and now it's rainy and wet outside. I am on a diet of 1200 calories though. We shall see.

I'm 5'4" and 132 lbs - down from 150lb. I was really struggling to lose on MFPs short person standard of 1200 cals. I upped it to my BMR of 1400 and eat back my exercise cals and have found the weight is coming off easier now.

Anyone feel free to add me!

It would be nice to see people on my newsfeed in the same range. As much as I love my friends on here it can get a little disheartening seeing their amazing losses week after week and huge calorie burns from the same exercise that barely gets me an extra biscuit!

I'm 5'3" and 94 lbs (close in height, not in weight) and I'm working on gaining weight, in muscle, not in fat. I'm also still growing so 94 isn't bad for my age (I'm not going to say what it is, but it's less than 18 ) I realized that I eat a lot more than I thought I did. I'm working on getting my food intake under control before my metabolism slows down, I eat about 1,700+ calories a day, but I excersize a lot. Good Luck to everyone trying to lose weight!

I'm 5'0 and 126 right now. I am in the same boat as everyone else. Please add me! I am looking for other small women about the same size to get some pointers cause it's hard to stay encouraged. I've lost 5 lbs since I started at the end of April. My ideal weight is 108, but just getting back to 115 would be awesome.