ajcmoran2005 Member

5'4 1/2" current weight 121.6 pounds Size 4-6 Goal: 116

I run between 4.5-5 miles everyday at an average pace of 8.5 minutes but the fastest I've ever run a mile is around 7.5 minutes. I'm slowly but surely working my way up to that endurance wise.

Believe me, it is so frustrating sticking to what you think is right and not having the scale move AT ALL. I was really nervous about going up in calories because it didn't make any sense but it really worked. Now I'm up to between 1800-1900 calories and I still lose about 1/2 pound a week. I was grouchy and tired only…

I'm with you op. Even though I am a couple inches taller than you are since I have a small body frame so I look really big at 147. I need to be between 120-122 to look the way I want to look. I have friends who are about the same height as I am but since they have larger frames they look great at 150.

Well it looks like I'm in the minority because I'm not logging or counting calories. We are on vacation now so I figure a day off won't hurt too much. I plan on going back to my normal healthy eating tomorrow so if I gain weight between that and running a little longer it will come off. My husband thinks I obsess too much…

I am 5'4 1/2" and after stalling for almost two months after I started exercising a little more everyday plus raising my caloric intake by 500 calories (from 1200 to 1700) the weight started to come off. It came off slooooowly but it did come off!

I started at 145 and it took me about three months to get down to 130. I didn't exercise at all and only ate 1200 calories a day. I stalled at that weight for what seemed like forever so I joined MFP for advice. Everyone told me to start exercising but also try the TDEE method. I started fast walking for about 30 minutes a…

I am 5'4 1/2" and will be 40 in a week and I eat between 1800-1900 calories a day to lose 1/2 pound a week. I am very active though and I run about five miles a day so that helps. On days when I don't run I eat between 1400-1500 calories.

I'm a little under 5'5" and I'm losing eating at least 1800 calories a day. Now keep in mind that I run for about 45 minutes everyday but even if I'm taking a day off I still lose eating 1400 calories. I did lose a ton of weight eating only 1200 calories a day but I stalled at about 130. Once I raised my caloric intake the…

I'm a little under 5'5" and my GW is 116. My current weight is right around 121. I did get down to 119 and realized that I could afford to lose a few more. Keep in mind I have a VERY small body frame so even at 130 I look big.

Up until I was sick last week and didn't run for three days I had run everyday for about three months with no problems. I've been running for years while I used to give myself one day off a week for the last year I haven't been doing that. Honestly I love to eat so if I don't run everyday then no dessert for me (kind of…

Honestly I really think a lot of it is based on your body type. I am a little under 5'5" and as of my weigh in this morning I was a little under 121 pounds. I have a very small frame so when I was 135 pounds I did look like I needed to lose more weight but that was just because of my small frame. I would like to get to my…

Every morning after I pee :)

Coming from a recovering bulimic who badly abused laxatives I will say that yes, you most definitely have an ED. I wish I could give you a big hug because what your describing is EXACTLY how I sounded before I got help. It's actually really eerie how similar we sound. I was extremely depressed and my life revolved around…

Eat more. I am 120 pounds and a little under 5'5" and I eat at least 1800 calories a day plus an hour of running and I'm still losing weight. Granted it 's really slow but I'm still losing. It is true if you eat too little your weight loss can stall. I ate 1200 calories a day for six months and lost steadily. I plateaued…

I just got a call from our kiddos school and now our youngest is sick and I need to go and get her. It looks like we'll both be resting today!

The flu is going around our kiddos school and I have it. I haven't thrown up yet thank goodness but I have a pretty high fever, awful body aches and a horrible cough. I absolutely hate having an achy body and a high fever. Honestly I would rather throw up then have all of these aches. It is the worst! Driving my kiddos to…

Well I hardly slept last night because I felt so yucky and this morning I thought I would wake up feeling guilty about not running but I could honestly care less. It's actually a nice feeling not feeling guilty about not working out and I think my body will appreciate taking a day off. I admit that it is a little insane…

I'm with everyone else, you are skinny enough as it is and I think you just have self esteem issues. I can say that because we almost have the same stats (I'm 5'4 1/2" and a little under 120) and I don't like the way I look. I was 115 when I got married so I would like to get down to that weight but if I can't no biggie.…

I probably should have mentioned my last rest day :). I'm not going to lie, I'm a little obsessed with working out so it's probably been about two months since my last rest day. I workout 7 days a week but some days I might just run 4-5 miles instead or my normal 5-6. Maybe me being sick is my bodies way of saying give me…

I have a cup of Greek yogurt with blueberries or strawberries.

Thank you everyone for your advice! Normally I don't obsess that much and I try and do just weekly weigh in's (sometimes I weigh myself a couple more times but I try not to) but since I'm getting so close to my goal I guess I am obsessing a little too much about it. I didn't even think about getting dehydrated but that…

I run seven days a week so yes, I don't take time off during that time. I am more tired on the heavy flow days but I power through them.

This is me. Thank you so much for your post. It makes me feel good that there are other people out there who feel the same way I do. I can't remember my last day off so tomorrow I will make myself take a day off. I'm always chasing after our three kiddos so I'm still always active! I think I have her problem, and it is as…

I'm a little under 5'5" and weigh 123 pounds. My original goal was 125, which was my pre-pregnancy weight, but since I really wasn't thrilled with it I made my new goal 117. I was about 115 when I got married and I was really happy with the way I looked so I think I'll be happy with 117. After having three kids though I…

I'm a little under 5'5" and my cw is 123. My goal weight is 117, which is just a couple pounds over what I weighed when I got married. I will say it is really difficult losing these last few pounds!

You and I are in a very similar situation (well, except for the fact that I am 20 years older than you are :). When I first met my husband I wasn't long out of rehab for severe bulimia. I was very open and honest about it with him. I am a little under 5'5" and on our wedding day I was about 115. He thought I was too skinny…

Shameless bump because I would love to get some advice!

I have never heard of that. Are you on it?

Which is why I want to go on birth control :).