5'5" Club! People with Similar Goals Working Together!

If you're 5 feet and 5 inches tall (or within 1-2 inches of it) feel free to talk here! Think of it like an interactive journal.

Let us know who you are, a few simple statistics, share what you eat, your goal weight, your story.

Come here whenever you need to vent, want support, need someone to talk to, need advice, etc.

There is no limit to the number of people who can come here, no specific way you must introduce yourself, nothing is set in stone. Come here when you can, share as much as you want and most importantly, be comfortable!

There is an optional weigh-in date so you can get some encouragement. Friday! Weigh-in however you want! Scale, inches, clothing size, etc! However you keep track of your weight loss is the best one to use.

livefunlovepink!

Hey I'm new to this group too but your stats and goals are so similar to mine, I just wanted to post.  This is actually my first post.

I'm 5'4.5'', currently 176, started at 181 and my goal is 130-140.  I'm in the middle of a 30day restricted diet and see how much I can lose this summer.  How do you keep the motivation to work out 5-6 days a week?  For me, some days I want to work out, and most days I don't.  I love certain types of exercise, but most...are just not for me and I always seem to find an excuse to get off the treadmill, elliptical, etc. 

Good luck with your diet! I hope we both see some results :)

Hey! nice to hear from you!! I'm trying to see how much I can lose this summer too, then my main concern will be getting my metabolism back on track. What kind of diet are you doing?

I won't lie, Ive missed working out for a few days, but basically how I motivate myself is to do it right when I wake-up. Just do it the first time you think about it, and before you know it it's over. I try to keep myself from getting bored by doing 10 minutes on 3 diff cardio machines! That really helps cause 10 minutes feels like nothing. You just have to keep at it for a few weeks and then it will feel routine!! It's hard but it will help retain the muscle lost in a restricted diet, and also keep the metabolism up!!!!

Hi! I'm 23, 5' 5". CW 243 GW 135. 1500 calorie intake goal. I'm new just found CC yesterday, and I already love it. I'm pretty sedentary. I work at a desk all day, and at night I'm either being lazy or doing school work (more sitting). I joined the Y, and am trying to get motivated to go work out over there. I am also thinking about doing the 12 week challenge thing in the exercise section on here. Tonight, I am going swimming at the club house in my parent's subdivision.

Food....meal planning and grocery shopping=my worst nightmare. I really have no idea how to plan my dinner meals. Breakfast and lunch arent so hard. Breakfast-usually Raisin Nut Bran, Kashi Oatmeal, or some eggs, bacon and toast. Oh! And I have some blueberry waffles in the freezer. I think they are reduced fat or something. I just started, so I'm may not choose the healthiest stuff, but I'm sure I'll learn to replace things with a healthier option as I go. Anyways, just trying to learn and get the hang of this. I dont understand the whole burn deficit thing I keep seeing. Maybe someone can help with that???

Hey all -

I was just wondering how many calories a day you're all eating? I'm 28 years old, 5'5 and my heaviest weight was 204 back in January. Right now I'm hovering around 170-175 and have been eating anywhere from 1500-1900 per day regardless of my activity level. Some days (very bad days) I eat a bit more but usually never under 1500.

As far as exercise goes, I walk my dog about a mile twice a day, yardwork on the weekends, cooking/cleaning/laundry during the week. I have a desk job. Is that considered Lightly Active or should I go by the calories for Sedentary? The Burn Meter says 2070 for Lightly Active and 1800 for Sedentary. My BMR is 1561.

I'd also like to know how to adjust my calorie intake according to my weight loss. I'm worried I'll have to eat fewer calories once I reach my goal (130ish).

It's taken a while to get where I am now. The first few pounds came off pretty easily but I'm wondering should I be eating less now? More? Exercising more? Both?

Thanks for your help!

Here's a link that explains how to calculate your caloric need: http://weightloss.about.com/od/eatsmart/a/blc alintake.htm

Original Post by kickoutoldart23:

Here's a link that explains how to calculate your caloric need: http://weightloss.about.com/od/eatsmart/a/blc alintake.htm

 

 

 Thanks, but I understand the whole calories in/calories out part. I'm just wondering what others are doing/eating and what their results have been. Eventually as I lose more weight I'm going to need to eat fewer calories so that's why I've been skeptical about starting off too low.

livefunlovepink: that sounds like a good idea.  I always think about exercising and then put it off til later and then later and then it never happens. 

I'm doing this program that my mom's friend used.  It's called isagenix.  It's basically premade protein shakes and on most days you have two shakes and a normal meal.  It's not bad.  The only thing that's hard to shake are cravings and it's hard to just have a shake when your entire family is eating a delicious meal right next to you as the aromas entice you haha

Anyways, I won't be able to have a weigh-in until June 6th, because I'm actually on vacation!  It probably wont be possible to do the isagenix system, so I'll just have to concentrate on eating healthy instead.  I have tennis planned every day so hopefully that will be good!