5 feet tall ladies

trina1049

Thank goodness the regular petites fit me great. Easy to find in South Florida.

RaspberryTickleChicken

WEEEE look at all us 'fun size'

44 yo
4'10"
SW 133 lbs
CW 94 lbs (maintaining for 18+ mos)

segacs

By the way, this is a post I wrote a while back on another short women thread, with some tips on losing weight while short. Of course, these won't apply to everyone, since we're all different. But I hope some of you find these helpful:

I'm 5'1" and recently hit the 155 mark on the scale, which is the most I've ever weighed and not a number I'd like to see there for very long. In my teens and early 20s I could maintain 105 and be healthy, but now I think 115-120 is more realistic for long term so that's my goal. I know I'll be able to get the first 5-10 pounds off fairly easily, but after that I expect I'll plateau and probably be in here with setbacks asking for your advice. At this point, though, I'd consider fitting back into the jeans I wore when I was 135 to be a major accomplishment! (Ed: I'm past that point now, yay!)

Anyway, in the past when I've been successful at weight loss, it's never really stuck, mostly because the #1 way I shed pounds is when I travel. If I'm not at my desk job, but instead out sightseeing and walking and climbing and hiking and being active morning 'till night, I lose weight easily. But when I get back home, I tend to fall back into my old habits and gain it back. Not good.

So this is a bit more of a "don't do what I did" post than anything with helpful advice. But I'm trying it differently this time around. In addition to all the usual stuff -- logging, exercising, etc. I think there are a couple of tricks to doing this for women of our height/size:

1. Get comfortable with leaving food on your plate. I have to keep reminding myself that restaurant portions are like clothes and chairs -- they're made for average-sized *men* and therefore way too big for me. Restaurant portions have gotten so big lately, and even packaged portions at the grocery store are way out of whack. It took me a while to get socially comfortable enough to eat half of what's on my plate and simply send the rest back. Yes, I had enough. Yes, I'm full. No, I don't want a doggie bag, thanks very much.

2. Recognize that one size doesn't fit all when it comes to calculators. The estimates on calculators and tools -- especially free online ones -- tend to also be made for those aforementioned 5'9" men, and extrapolated from there. So at the smaller end of the height spectrum for us ladies, they could be wildly inaccurate. I use them as a starting point and then listen to my body.

3. Find a physical activity that suits your body type. I ski in the wintertime, for example; skiing is a sport that isn't height-dependent to succeed. I've tried spinning classes and been frustrated by spin bikes that don't adjust small enough for me to properly reach the pedals or the handlebars. A basketball league would be a terrible idea for someone my height (unless I were unusually talented) but a squash league might work. I think the key is not to fight our bodies, but to work with them.

4. Get some awesome tailored clothing that makes you feel great about yourself. Weight loss is *much* easier when we're not battling self-esteem issues. Unfortunately, body image gets all tied up in the media "ideal" of long, tall, leggy women with willowy limbs. We're never going to look like that no matter how thin we get. But that's okay. Buying some awesome petite-proportioned clothes -- or finding a great local tailor who can adjust them for me -- is one trick I use to feel svelte and sexy in whatever I'm wearing. After all, it's not my fault that the fashion industry would prefer to pretend that women under 5'10" don't exist. I know I'm awesome at any size.

many_splendored

5'3", have been as low as 133, as high as 210, am currently at 169. I'll take all the support I can get to get back down to the 130's somewhere.

KHaverstick

I'm 5'0", and my goal is 115. I joined MFP the first time in 2011 to lose the weight I gained with baby #1. I was 180-something at my heaviest, and probably 160 postpartum. I did get back down to 115 with the help of MFP, and maintained until I got pregnant again. Didn't gain as much with #2. I'm now about 8 lbs from goal.

dizzzigrl

mamapeach910 wrote: »

5'1.5" (that .5 is important! ) and I'm thinking around 125-130. I'm older and rather well-endowed and have been that weight before.

I agree! we are the same height, and I totally claim that .5!

deannaxsmithx

4'9" currently at 134lbs. goal is 118lbs

Nadiabear14

5 ft 0

goal weight to look good in the mirror.

Add me because i love have friends

Laurensanders30

4ft 11

huango

Didn't realize that there are so many of us "Shorties" out there.
None of my tall Amazon friends can relate when I whine about how little calories I get.

One of my friend's cut = what I eat for maintenance.

Going to a fundraiser next weekend: need to get my dress hemmed, even with 4inch heels on!!!

emma_vdv

I'm 5'2" and 174 at the moment. I'm aiming for between 130 and 140 depending on how I feel when I get there. Even when I weighed 105 I had very wide hips, broad shoulders and a bigger chest so anything less than 120 has never looked or felt healthy on my frame

Cobourg

4'10" having a hard time losing. Been working out since September lost a couple of inches. Keeping away from the scale though as I can get obsessive with the numbers. Try to do cardio most lunches and strength training at night.