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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You need to focus way more on the dieting portion than the working out portion. Do workout , I’m not saying don’t. But the biggest component of losing that much weight is overhauling your diet. Eat about .75g of protein per pound of body weight. Split up the remaining calories between fats and carbs. Weigh everything you eat; you CANNOT eyeball a portion and you WILL end up overeating/undercounting your true caloric consumption. You need to start at a manageable deficit; don’t starve yourself on 1200 a day, you will not be able to adhere to it and will struggle to lose. [/quote]

Agree with all of this except the calories. at 5'1, 1200 calories is generous. I did 1200-1400 while working out (hard, running, weight lifting or orangetheory) and I'm 5'8. I lost 25 lbs in 3 months and have kept it off for a year. [/quote]

I'm 5'1 and trying to lose 10 pounds - goal weight 115. I've been eating 1200-1500 calories a day, weighing and tracking everything I eat, trying to keep my carbs to a lower percentage of my overall calorie intake and eating no refined sugar but otherwise not restricting. I'm doing orangetheory 3-4 times a week and a full body heavy lifting session 1-2 times a week depending on how those OTF sessions shake out. I'm losing about 1-2 lbs a week, so it is definitely slow going. I think with 40 lbs to lose at 5'1 you could follow a similar plan and start out losing a bit more per week, but the closer you get to your goal weight the harder it will be to lose. I'm 41, have a hormonal IUD and take an antidepressant that both anecdotally cause weight gain or inhibit weight loss. It's hard work![/quote]

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