28F, 5’5”, 159 lbs. Looking to lose 10 lbs before my engagement and get to 130 lbs by my fall 2028 wedding. Where would you start?
Hi everyone. I’m 28F, 5’5”, and currently around 159 lbs. My long-term goal is to get down to about 130 lbs by my wedding in fall 2028, but my first goal is to lose around 10 lbs before I get engaged in the next few months.
For context, I’ve never been below 145lbs in my life and that was probably in my freshman year of high school. My heaviest was around 194lbs at the end of high school, but for the last 5+ years I’ve stayed been between 150-160lbs.
My boyfriend and I have been looking at rings, so I know the proposal is probably happening sometime soon. I’d love to feel more confident when that day comes and in all the photos afterward.
I think my biggest struggles are that I work a 9-5 office job (with an hour commute), so I’m sitting for most of the day, and I have a hard time meal prepping or coming up with healthy lunches that are easy to bring to work. I also do Club Pilates a couple of times a week, which I really enjoy, and I have access to a gym, but I honestly don’t know how to use most of the machines, so I end up avoiding it - so really Pilates has been my only consistent workout and that’s been since January 2026.
I would greatly appreciate any advice I can get especially for EASY meal prep ideas and an EASY fitness plan that can be stuck to without getting boring or burning out and giving up.