5 feet with 5 pounds to lose!!

hello! i am 5 feet tall, in college, and my happy weight is between 100-103 pounds. At the end of the summer I must have started eating way too much and now I am 107. I am SO upset!!!!!!! Usually if i gained one pound I would have the motivation to just eat a little bit less that day and i would be back to a good weight the next day but in past month i really have just had no motivation and I say to myself "ill start a diet today" and then today goes by and i dont do a thing. i am sick of this weight and want to just lose the 4 pounds! 4 pounds shouldn't be that hard right?

some info: I am exerciseholic so I definitely exercise enough and i know my issue is that i have just eaten way more and basically not cared. I want to lose the four pounds by thanksgiving. motivation PLEASE!!! IS IT POSSIBLE? I have no faith in myself right now and want to just lose the weight and not binge and see the pounds go off and actually be happy about my weight again :)

thanks!

hey there! i also 5" and a bit of a gym rat, medium build and trying to lose 5lbs as well. I actually want to get to YOUR weight 107/108 because if i go ANY lower i don't think it will look good for me -- i am hour glass shaped and i'll lose too much booby and booty and just be up and down. ANYWAY, my weight crept up a bit cause i had major oral surgery during the summer on two different occasions, traveled more than usual and basically enjoyed myself. even though i worked out, and i would say kept a pretty good "diet" in between the few nights out and even during my recovery, i got on the scale three days ago and it was up nearly 4lbs.

Maybe we can help eachother -- i was wondering how many calories you eat and what your activity level is. Let s start there.

I work out about 5-6 days a week mix of cardio and strength training. I just added 30day shred to switch things up. For the past week I averaged 1265 cals (that is what cc recommended). My problem has been that i will be SUPER strict..then one day just blow my calorie allowance out the window.But i just will not lose weight at a higher calorie count....mmm..

Original Post by mutoko78:

My problem has been that i will be SUPER strict..then one day just blow my calorie allowance out the window.

I did that just today. lol Yesterday I was too busy to have any proper meals, and today I oversnacked.. a lot. I'm 5'1" and a few months ago I was only 5 lbs. from my goal weight, now I'm more like 10 lbs. again, almost right back where I started. UGH. It's frustrating as heck! I'm also dealing with lack of motivation right now as well.

ezzied --

sounds like we r in the same place!! i completely understand...being sooooo close to goal and then "life happens" and whoa! Well -- get back on the wagon NOW before your 10lbs turn into 12..14...15...you see where I'm going.  We all have so few pounds to lose that being diligent is almost mandatory. I'm committing to this 30 days at a time. So for the month of october -- I am working out and counting calories. weighing and measuring everything. period. I will not deprive myself, but i will absolutely stay away from "trigger"foods, which in my case is bread and alcohol...once i have either of those ALL BETS ARE OFF!!LOL.

also, maybe we can share tips on how we lost weight in the first place --what worked for to get close to your goal?

When I first started dieting I was way undereating cuz I was stupid. lol Most of my weightloss was during that time, but it actually did stay off. It's more when I try to eat properly that I have problems. lol

I usually go by a week at time, but I've been finding just going day by day is better for my sanity. Cuz if I'm only allowed 10,500 weekly calories, and I overeat one day like say 2,500 *coughtodaycough* lol, then it stresses me out that I can only eat about 1,300 everyday the rest of the week, which sooo ain't happening. lol Yes, I could attempt to get in extra exercise to make up for it, but with my work schedule sometimes I just don't have any free time. Or if I do I'd rather be doing something else.

I probably should stay away from trigger foods (chocolate, peanut butter, cheese...) but if I think of it as off limits I just want it more and I'll end up binging on it. But I admit I am definitely not a "one piece to satisfy craving" type of girl! I need the whole damn chocolate bar. LMAO

another person in the same boat! want to get back down to 102 but developed a binging problem so i'm about 7 lbs away. today is day 3 of not binging :/

ditto ^^

i'm a shorty (5'1) with about 5 - 10 lbs to lose to get to my "happy weight" of about 100 - 105 too.

today is the beginning of day 4 without binge-ing :)

about how many cals are you guys allowing yourselves to drop the weight without depriving to the point of leading to a binge? its so hard for me to find this balance cuz its so hard for us little people to drop the last few pounds.

My norm used to be 1,500. But now for some reason even if I stay with that I STILL end up overdoing it. Geez, if I eat anymore than that I won't be losing anything.

i'm pretty active and my burn meter at the end of the day is usually always between 2600 - 2800 or even above 3000 some days - so i tend to eat around 1800 or so calories a day

you know ladies -- I am pretty confident that my weight "crept up" when i was eating about 1800 cals..with low calories at the beginning of the week and then overeating on the weekend.  I should be able to maintain on 1800 with my activity level and maybe the problem is the "distribution" of calories during the week (ie...too low at the start and too high at the end so my body just stores when i eat normally.)

I'm on week 2 averaging 1265 cals and zig-zagging them. (its the week before TTOM so i am not sure if i will weigh in or not..) ALSO, i am eating every 3 three hours and not letting myself get hungry before i start preparing food..otherwise i start nibbling on everything.

Good luck to everyone!!! and please share any successes you have as it can be very encouraging!!

Is 1,265 the lowest on your zig-zag? I sure hope so, because any lower than that for SURE is below your BMR and you definitely don't wanna go below that. That'll damage the metabolism more. I know from my own experience eating that little makes me binge, so I really do try to make an effort to eat more than that. For example, the other day I was actually under 1,100.. and the following day is when I ate 2,500. Yeah... I see my own pattern. LOL