Short girls (5'4" and under) with a significant amount of weight to lose! (40+)

Hey everyone,

I'm 5'0" and I currently weigh 175. I know there is another short girls thread, but most of them seem to already weigh 120.

So anyway, I need some big time motivation. Weekly weigh ins, advice, encouragement, etc....and I'm betting that some of you out there could do the same.

So how about it?

 I need a hug, too!

I ate like absolute garbage yesterday (fries at work, fish and chips and the CNE, then half a beaver tail coated with cinnamon and sugar) and was rewarded with a wonderful migraine. Hopefully realizing now what was triggering my migraines will motivate me to continually eat healthy!

On a totally unrelated note, the scroll button on my mouse isn't working and it's frustrating me. Hmf.

Ok then HUGS all around and we can all get down to business  :)

What is everyone's average daily calorie intake amount?    It is easy to find when you choose to view a whole month of your food journal and hit the "analyze" button.  My amount  is 1750-1850.  I am 5'3 @ 174 pounds and exercise an average of 60 minutes each day. 

Original Post by lynners:

On a totally unrelated note, the scroll button on my mouse isn't working and it's frustrating me. Hmf.

 That happens on my laptop from time to time... I don't know why and I don't know why it starts working again.   It is so annoying too, I hate when I don't understand why something is happening..lol (control issues)

Hi all!!

Last week - 165
This week - 165

Sorry for the late post... no weight loss but at least I didn't gain! lots going on at home and at work but I am still trying to eat healthy.

halizabeth - my average intake for last month was about 1350.. this month it's closer to 1650...

Good luck to everyone and have a great week!

Wow! I did the analyiss to find I averaged 2002 calories over the past 16 days.  My BMR is 1531 and I normally burn about 500 calories daily.  No wonder my weight loss was crawling.  I am basically maintaining.

Last week I upped my A game and averaged about 1698 claories per day and loss a pound. I realized that 1700 is right about where I need to be combined with my 30 minutes of treadmill walk/jog and two 15 minute walks during my breaks to see my 1 pound per week loss.

I second (or third?) the (((((((HUGS))))))))!

halizabeth, I'm glad you asked that question because the answer shocked me.  I did a report for this month (so 21 days, exactly 3 weeks), and my average caloric intake was 1620.  At 5'1", 182, My BMR is around 1600.  And I haven't been exercising, so I guess I'm burning around 1850.

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No wonder I've been losing so slowly!

August 1 - 185
August 21 - 183

Yikes!  I cannot be taking cheat days without exercise anymore!

Er... I just realized how common sense that exclamation sounded.  I'm a newbie to attempts at weight loss.  I just let myself go and go from early 20s to early 30s, and now I'm feeling it hardcore.  Why must I have such an aversion to exercise?  Am I here to get healthy or what?  Would it really be that hard to NOT have those splurges?  I don't know, I'm struggling with this right now.  I've been trying to lose weight and get healthier for 10 weeks now.  This is where my habits are either going to start changing for good, or they're going to slowly slip back into what's comfortable.  But I'm not comfortable right now.  I'm obese and out of shape, and I want to change.  WHEW.

Oops, got a little long-winded there, haha.

Sympathy Beckabooey, I've tried to get into a diet for the last few years and never laster more than two months or so, its a really difficult change, especially once the "newness" has worn off :( when I'm finding it tough I have a whole week at maintenance, then I feel more motivated to work hard at it the next week.

Halizabeth - I don't log on days when I'm not at work. In fact, I only log if I know I've gone over 1500 - most days I add up in my head (rounding up) and if I've had 1500 or above I actually log, so I'm not totally sure what my average has been. I think probably about 1900 a week, since I had the week of ridiculous calories, though this week I think I'm averaging abut 1400 (my sedentary burn is only 1890) and the archive (where I work) has been busy this week so I've been up and down ladders carrying boxes and walking back and forth over the same aisles for a few hours each day, which should be helping. I check the calories for everything, and keep track really carefully in my head, I just don't get computer access often enough to log every meal, and so far so good. If my loss stops or slows I'll keep a notebook and fill it in on here.

I just wanted to pop in to tell all how much better I feel today.  Water weight is gone finally.... I was 174 on Wed and today I am at 172.2, which was also my number in the "weight lottery"!  Come one 171, mama' needs a new pair of jeans, rof  :D

I'm hoping to see 16-.- on the scale for next weigh in, but we'll see how it goes! I've been doing really poorly since Wednesday...and I have a barbecue to go to on Sunday! Come on willpower, you're in there somewhere.

halizabeth:  My average calories for the last 30 days was 1683.  My burn meter right now is 2100.  I've been exercising every day since my son started school, so I think I'm doing ok.  It's hard to go alot lower than that because I get hungry. So I'll just have to keep up the exercise 

Ugggggh. Trying to schedule two jobs is unbelievably frustrating! I've given priority to the one that I enjoy more (and that also pays more) over the other one, but now the other one wants to have set schedules that don't change week to week...but my schedule for the other job is always changing because I'm pretty much there to cover their butts when they're short.

It really sucks when you have your degree, and you can't find ONE full time job...so you have to have two jobs and still not be making full time hours.

Ok, I'm done whining now.

Todays official(LAWL)weigh-in 167.8

last Wed 8/13 168.6 loss of .8 lb

Guess that's not too bad, considering my bad choices on Tuesday.

Halizabeth - Aug avg caloric intake is 1268 - July's was 1361.  My burn meter is 1710 - I am only exercising on M W F - doing water aerobics. I just started doing exercise in July.Would like to start doing yoga or another "easy" type exercise.

I'm not sure how the burn meter thing works as I don't always log my exercise. Maybe someone can help me understand it. Then it might seem worthwhile to log the activity. I think, as long as you have a burn deficit of 500 calories, you'll loose weight? 

In Jan I weighed 199 lbs( I'm 5'4") and was miserable! Joints hurt, retaining water(swollen ankles,etc), had turned 50 in Oct. I decided it was time to make some life style changes. I found cc and just started recording all that I ate. Was amazed to see how much sodium, fats, carbs, etc, I was consuming! Stopped in at LAWL and checked out their program. Sounded good, but also kinda pricey. Decided to keep doing the cc thing. Feb, recv'd a call from the gals at LAWL, offering a 1/2 price offer. Also, if you meet your goal weight they will give you 1/4 of your money back. Then if you maintain the weight loss for 1 yr, you get another 1/4.

Decided to give it a try. I had lost 4 lbs on my own by the time I started LAWL in March. Well, here I am - completeing my 24th wk, and I have lost 31 lbs, total, 27 lbs since joining LAWL.  (I don't do their bars!)

I am not endorsing LAWL in any way. I believe if a person is truly motivated and uses this site, they will be successful. For me, though, I needed the accountability, 3 wkly weigh-ins, and (minimal) support that LAWL offers.

Whew, where did all that come from?  

loosingit57:  I don't mean to sound stupid, but what is LAWL?  I've never heard of it.  thanks!

mrsmao: LAWL is LA Weight Loss Centers

Like I said, I think cc will work just as well as LAWL. At LAWL you eat according to their menu plans(Mine is 3 protein/4 Veggies/3 fruits/4 starch/2 dairy/2 fat/up to 3 condiments daily). They also offer packaged foods, but I don't buy those. I don't do their bars as they really are not very healthy. Take that back, I do buy their coffee/dairy drink JetStart, takes care of my coffee house cravings.

loosingit57: Thanks for the info.  I have heard of them after all!

I haven't logged ANYTHING in 3 days.

I'm not expecting much for weigh in this week - it's that TOM, and I've been eating terribly. Hopefully tomorrow I can keep it healthy though and to 1500. But I still doubt I'll see my goal of 16_._ this week.

I've decided to set a new goal; I would like to lose another 20 pounds by the time I go home for Christmas. That will be the first time I'll be seeing my Mom and Dad since they came for my university grad in June, when I was at my heaviest of 182.

So, that's 20 pounds in 17 weeks. I CAN DO THIS.

I don't know why I'm so unmotivated lately, I can tell that I've lost weight and I know that others can tell too...perhaps it's all the junk I ate this weekend that's plotting against me.

Give me a.. 1

Give me a.. 7

Give me a..1

Whats that say?? What I weigh today!  171 (.6)  lol 171.6 on my scale today is A number I haven't seen since the early 90's.  A new low, yeah!  

Now on to the next  number, anyone see a 170 laying around here somewhere?  :) 

WOOHOO halizabeth!!!  Way to go!

Lynners, I've had those 3-4 (sometimes 5!) days of no logging and what I like to call "goal amnesia".  And TTOM is grrrrr so frustrating when you're trying to restrict.  But YES, you CAN do this!  Look at how far you've come since we started a month ago.  You've lost 4 pounds in less than a month, and that is no small feat for us short girls.

Speaking of which... good lord, my body is stubborn about losing weight.  But!  After flopping around in the low 180s for the past 2 weeks, my scale has read 179-point-something for the past 2 days.  Progress?  Maybe?  And this is after a pretty big cheat meal at a Mexican restaurant on Thursday night (whoops, there went my mini-goal).  Then I was starving so badly on Saturday, no matter what I ate, that I thought I would die, but I stuck to my 1500 calories.  Then, bam. I woke up Sunday under 180 for the first time in... well, I can't even remember.  *bites fingernails nervously* I know it's probably a fluke.  I hope not.  I swear I will just bust out and cry if I see 181 EVER AGAIN.  I am so finished with the 180s.  Finished, finished, finished!  I have fought tooth and nail with my eating (and drinking), and I'm ready for the 180s to be a thing of the past!

*breathes deeply*

Anyway, I'm gonna keep on keepin' on.  Yahoo.

Hi. I'm 5'3 and sitting here at 202 lbs. Within the last two weeks I dropped about 14 lbs. Which that was all water weight but I feel a lot better but I still want to lose 60+ lbs. Its hard because I love food! I have a very strong addiction. I want to finally take control of my life, I'm tired of being the fat girl, and I'm tired of being  addicted to food. I'm starting a fast. I know people say it's not healthy but I'm doing it more to prove to myself that I can over-come this food addiction. Good luck everyone!