Weight loss

I think another way of looking at this is to step away from the scale, and stop focusing on reaching a specific number. Scales can be tricky, as you can workout a lot and eat healthy, and then lose fat but gain muscle tone and the scale will stay about the same. Muscle weighs more than fat. Instead, I would focus on making lifestyle changes, such as working out 1 or 2 days a week then working up to more and eating healthier meals you guys can make together, etc. Good luck!

First off- don't stress about it. And if you can't get to that goal weight but you feel healthier then take that as a big achievement. I started trying to lose weight even before I was engaged because I'm my sister's MOH in her upcoming wedding. I'm 5'4" too and was 198lbs. I have some physical restraints on my ability to exercise but through a lot of work I was able to lose only 13 pounds down to 185. (This was over 4 months btw). Now, three months after that, I have not changed what I'm doing but have not lost any more weight. I've been stuck. It wasn't until recently that I realized 185 is my personal healthy body weight. Health-wise I'm better off than some of my friends who are much lighter than me, I'm just built bigger. I decided instead to work more on strength training and built more muscle definition even though it increased my weight a little since muscle weighs more than fat. So if this happens to you and you also get "stuck" don't blame yourself. If you feel good and your FH thinks you look good (which I'm willing to bet he always will!) then don't worry about the number.

Ps. BMI is slowly being faded out of use since it can't always accurately describe someone's health. What is now being used more often is the circumference of your waist. The goal for women in this is 30". So don't focus as much on the number on the scale.

I hope this helped at least a little!

Eat healthy by focusing on fruits and vegetables. Cut off sugar (soda, sweets, anything processed). Your body will feel differently too if you eat less carbs, less dairy, and less sugar.

I'd just eat healthy & start working out. I wouldn't set a weight goal (unless it's super important to you), I'd set a "feel healthy" goal. Everyone has their own goal weight their body feels happiest at. I'm 5'2" and mine is 120 lbs. My husband is 6'5" and his is 260 lbs. Does he look fat at 280? Absolutely not, he lifts a huge amount of weight so when he starts to "bulk up" it's purely muscle weight & not fat. When he "slims down" and focuses more on cardio, he can be 240-250 and still look great.