how do I lose weight as a short female?

Stats: 4’11”, Female, 15 Years, 150lbs

I would like to weigh about 115lbs. I’ve heard that this is around the healthy weight for girls my age/height.

I’ve been working out and watching what I eat for a little more than 3 weeks now. My weight hasn’t moved. In fact I think I gained a pound. I workout about 4-5 days a week switching between moderate and light exercise. I would try and eat about 1200-1500 calories a day. I have cut back on a lot of carbs, sugar, and dairy. I’ve been trying to drink more water and consume more foods high in protein and nutrients. Yesterday I started HIIT workouts and the 16:8 intermittent fasting. I want to try and stick to 3 meals around 1200 cals during my food window now. I’ve seen others drop about 1-2 pounds a week. I’d love to drop at least 1 a week but I’m not sure if this is realistic with my height and diet/exercise plan.

Are there any short girls out here struggling with the same thing? It’s so difficult and frustrating trying to drop the weight at this height. I’d appreciate any input anyone has that would be of some use to me. I’ll take any suggestions or feedback on my diet/exercise that will help speed my weight loss up. I’m getting pretty desperate at this point lol.

edit: I am also done growing for the most part. I started my cycle at 9 and usually girls stop growing two years after. It’s very unlikely I’ll grow anymore so I wouldn’t really worry about stunting my growth.

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How do you make yourself "care" about weight loss when you're very busy and have little energy left to give?

I hope this doesn't sound too silly, but I'm on my second weight loss journey and have been encountering much more difficulty this time around.

When I first lost weight I was 17 and had nothing else to do. I'd finished highschool, didn't have a job, and nobody around to bother me. I found weight loss to be easy and I suspect that is partially because I could put all of my energy towards that. I maintained for years with no difficulty either.

Now I am 25, but I developed a metabolic disorder when I was pregnant with my kid. It wasn't diagnosed for 4 years, and the change to my BMR, pregnancy, and the sheer exhaustion of life with that untreated illness contributed to a 40lb gain. Now I find myself a busy adult with a full time job, a child, and a household to manage and I've been struggling to maintain any ability to produce the discipline required for calorie counting. I tried intuitively eating for a month and ensuring the majority of my food choices were healthy, such as salads/tofu and greens/smoothies/etc, but that did not produce any weight loss. I struggle during the day, especially around shared meals, as food is cooked for the whole family and not always by me. It's as if I have no willpower left over for something I know I need.

So, in short, how do you stay disciplined during the day when you're so busy? I feel like I've just been fumbling at the start of this and never picking up steam. Any advice is welcome!

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I lost 180 pounds in 2.5 years!

https://imgur.com/a/RRexxoU

(I am not my starting weight in the picture as I was terrified of pictures before, so I am ~280 in the first picture)

2.5 years ago I started my weight loss. I was 320 pounds. I currently weigh 140. I remember at the time I thought I would be content with just getting out of the obese category because I thought I wouldn't have the discipline to do this for more than a few months. Turns out weight loss is actually shockingly easy. I ended up choosing to make it to the (very high end) normal weight bmi category. I owe most of my success to intermittent fasting and omad. I eat during the evening in a four hour timeframe. I was also very adamant about never eating over maintenance on any day, ever. I logged all my calories in myfitnesspal and let the app calculate my calorie limit for me. I never limited what kind of foods I ate.

My ADHD diagnosis also played a huge role in my success. Before medication, I was basically nonfunctional. I do not think I could have been successful if I was not medicated. Even something as simple as brushing my teeth used to be a daily struggle before medication.

I never incorporated exercise into my routine because ever since I got covid a little over a year ago I've had fainting spells whenever I get too warm or tired. Physically, I can't say I feel much better than I did before I lost the weight. I did eventually stop snoring and no longer have sleep apnea, so I am free of the cpap demon forever. That's probably the best physical aspect of the weight loss for me. I do have a decent amount of loose skin, mainly on my stomach and thighs. I can't wear shorts or short skirts anymore because of the sagging, which is a bummer. But I'll take being covered and thin over being exposed and fat any day.

I don't post a lot here but lurking around this community helped me a ton. On the periods where I wasn't doing so good on my diet I noticed myself consciously avoiding looking at posts here.

I'm still trying to lose a bit more weight, ten or twenty pounds I think, but it's a lot harder now! Being short and lazy means you have a depressing number of calories to work with. So it's slow going now. But I'm really grateful to this subreddit for helping me stick to my goals.

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Losing weight like a champ!

I heard over and over not to focus on your week to week weight loss.. Focus on the overall average.. I told myself that and felt like I wouldn't ever get discouraged. I have a goal of being 230lb by my 40th birthday July 19th.. I think that goal is what caused me to get discouraged even though I knew I shouldn't... One week I lost 1lb.. The next 2.4lbs... The next 1lb (This is when I was getting really discouraged but kept on trekking)... The next .6 pounds.. HALF A POUND! I'm on a 1500 calorie diet.. I work out at least once a day and often twice a day.. I kept telling myself I need to do MORE.. I need to cut to 1200 calories even though my dietician wants me at 1800 calories because of how much I work out.. I know some people when they plateau they binge eat or give up.. I do the opposite and it's just as much of a problem.. I freak out and go into over time. But I kept what my dietician guided me to do. I still had my cheat days. I still kept at minimum 1500 calories and didn't go crazy with my workouts.. And you know what? I LOST 5 POUNDS LAST WEEK! I weigh daily but only log and count Saturday. I weight today and I'm down another friggin 1.8lb! It's proof that weight loss isn't lateral and whatever you do DO NOT GIVE UP! Or in my case do not go overboard! Because either way may hinder your weight loss even more. Just give your body time to catch up. Its doing what even doctors dont understand yet but we dont need to fully understand it just know it works. Today is my cheat day.. I enjoyed a 6 inch philly cheesesteak and split some onion rings. Tonight I'll have a delicious chocolate pie.. I enjoy this stuff so much more when it's not a daily thing and I stick to moderation! I fully believe I'll be 230 by my birthday which will be the lowest weight I've ever been in my adult life!

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How do I stop waiting for results and start living my life in the meantime?

I'm a male, 30, starting weight over 400 pounds last year, and current weight about 340.

There are a lot of things I want to do with my life. I'm really far behind the societal curve because I've spent the last ~20 years of my life basically in isolation. I want to be a normal person doing normal things, but my weight and other factors are holding me back.

I'm working on it really hard, and I am seeing results... but it's slow. I know that's just the way it is when you're losing weight at about the 1% rate you're supposed to lose it, and I know it's only going to get slower as I get smaller.

I'm very grateful and appreciative of how far I've progressed... I'm almost half way there, after all (my goal weight is 200lbs).

But I feel like my life is just on pause until I meet my goals. I don't enjoy ANYTHING anymore. None of my hobbies satisfy me, and any time I do start to enjoy something for a minute, this fear creeps up that if I enjoy anything right now, I'll fall off the wagon and stop making progress.

I don't have anyone in my life to support and encourage me. Family criticizes my weight loss... trying to tell me my diet choices aren't healthy (while they stuff their faces with sugar). I'm single and my only true friend lives in another state. All my other friends are coworkers either focused on work, or who have their own lives and their own friend circles to interact with.

This loneliness is one of the things I want to correct, but I can't get past my weight, and whenever I'm out in public, I look at all the other happy people and just get depressed, sitting alone with my fatness.

I don't even enjoy watching movies or playing games anymore. If I try to distract or entertain myself, I just start thinking about the fact that sitting on my ass all day is how I got this fat to begin with... it immediately makes me feel like I'm just putting the weight back on.

I don't want to be fat and alone and depressed anymore.

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Unsure if I can even see my own weight loss

So I’ve been trying to do CICO and run a decent calorie deficit the past few months, with April being the most consistent. I’ve noticed clothes fitting more comfortably, so I’m pretty certain I must’ve lost something but I just can’t see past my flaws at all.

I’m going to keep going of course because I want to finally feel confident in my own body and wear the clothes I want to wear but I keep second-guessing myself if I’m doing it right.

I have some pics for reference, please tell me I’m not going insane here 😭 19 M 5’7”. Unsure of my weight because I can’t get a scale. (https://imgur.com/a/SuDaiVl)

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How to stop using junk food and chocolates as a reward system?

I’m really struggling with this when it comes to my weight loss progress.

Here’s how my mind works:

“I did that presentation that I was so scared of, now as a reward I’m gonna go to the shop and get my favorite chocolate, then I’m going to chill in-front of the tv with it.”

“I’ve got so much work to do, I should go get some chocolate to cheer myself up and also to give me a boost to get all of this done!”

“Ugh I’ve worked so late today so it wouldn’t be bad if I ordered take out, if I cook then it will be even later I’m eating”.

“Phew I just did an hour of exercise, if I eat that junk food then it has already technically been worked off.”

How the hell do I get out of this mindset? I can’t even tell myself it in the moment and it terrifies me that I can’t physically convince myself not to do it. When I’m hungry or craving chocolate, it’s like someone else is in control of my body.

Help!

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