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I've lost 15 lbs over the last 10 weeks with a combination of cutting carbs and increasing activity. My husband and I are both having great success with the low carb route, because we have found it an easy plian to figure out and easy to stick to without feeling hungry. I have been walking 30 min each morning for a couple…
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I think you're goal is very reasonable. I'm 5'6" and at your age I weighed 130 lb and I didn't have a lot of muscle. I maintained the weighf into my 30's. I've gained a lot over the years, but my long term goal is to get to 135 or 140, and I'm doing strength training so I'll have more muscle and less fat. With your build…
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If you are feeling tired you do need to start eating more, but you don't have to make a dramatic change. On low carb diets the general advice for increasing carbs after an initial period of rapid weight loss is to add small amounts each week until you stop losing weight, then back off just a little to resume weight loss at…
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At your height you are already at the low end of healthy weight range, even for someone with a small frame. the previous commenter is right about strength training and toning exercises- that's a better option than losing more weight. Here's a chart for height and weight, and if you scroll down they tell you how to…
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My husband and I started low carb about 6 weeks ago- I've lost 10 lbs and he's lost 20. Both of us are happy with the low carb approach and find it fairly easy to stick with the plan even when going out to eat with family and friends. We chose to severely restrict carbs at first ( like Atkins induction phase) but are not…
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I think the recommendation is extreme, but not as impossible as you may think. I've been doing a low carb diet for about a month and it's really pretty easy to stay below 30 g carbs and 1200-1400 cal a day, although I do not make an effort to restrict fat. It takes your body a week or two to fully adjust to burning fat…
