petite girls, does this happen to you?

stephdg89

Good for you! I definitely don't carry my weight well at all. I'm very petite and "small-boned". I am 5'2 and right now weigh 122 but up to a size 6. I think I look big too. My ideal is to be around 110 lbs and back into a size 2. I think that is when I looked the best and didn't have flabby stomach or rolls. lol

matty86suk

Rather than weight or size goals, set a fitness goal. Start at running x miles and set your goal to y miles, the weight will come of naturally, do it daily or at least 4 times a week. If running is too much, ride a bike, stair master or other cardio machine. Weight is a good indicator of progress but fitness is better. You shouldn't just want to be slim or xx pounds.

dhakiyya

weight is far more than just how much body fat you have. denser bones and muscles and a larger build will make you heavier without you having any extra fat. It's a real shame how few people realise that because people who are naturally muscular, larger build or have denser bones are often told they're overweight when they're not.

Dense bones = lower risk of osteoporosis, stronger muscles = better for your health in so many ways.

If your weight does not match your dress size, don't use weight/height (BMI) charts as your goal at all, measure your body fat percentage and use that instead.

If you have strong muscles, dense bones and not that much body fat, you may be overweight according to those charts when your body fat percentage is actually in the healthy range. Trying to lose too much weight to satisfy the BMI chart may result in you losing healthy weight (e.g. weakening your bones or muscles) in order to get there. Go by body fat percentage instead, it's a much better indicator of health and what's right for your body, than weight/height.

iiiEllie

Yeeah, I'm 5'2" and 201 pounds, and a comfortable size 9/10

sandradi87

I used to be annoyed that my old gym buddy was heavier than me, had the same strength, yet looked 100X better... I guess he had very heavy kidneys or something :laugh:

Best explanation. ever.

jennaworksout

i'm 5'2 at 119pds....I take on average a size 4 , ( i have size 2 clothing and there is NO WAY i am actually a 2) but again I think it depend on the persons body shape as well as the make of clothes, i find I'm a 2 at one brand and then a 6 at another...i say you shouldn't go by sizes

Ivana331

not to me. I am 5'2" 133lbs and wear a size 10-11pants...... I don't see how being petite has anything to do with changing pant size. I also don't understand how you are a size 6 at 160lbs....I was a size 5 at 110lbs!!

vim_n_vigor

I work with 2 women that are the same weight as me. One is 2 full sizes bigger than me and the other is 3 sizes bigger. You can't judge based just on size or height or even weight.

Cappicorn

Yeeah, I'm 5'2" and 201 pounds, and a comfortable size 9/10

See now, I'm 5'0, started at 200lbs and was almost too big for my size 16 pants. When I was 130lbs (years ago), I was never smaller than a size 9/10 pants size because of my hips and stomach, and this was before I had my kids. I'm short, but unfortunately not petite.

Completely depends on where you carry your weight. Everyone's different.

dottheallison

Oh my gosh. So many responses - I wish my computer would work for more than 10 minutes so I could answer everyone! It's so nice to know I'm not the only one.

Thank you everyone for all your honesty. I know it seems silly to talk about numbers when really I think most of us are in it to be healthy, but lets face it: to a certain degree the numbers are a signifier. They obviously aren't the end all-be all. But markable goals. I don't really care how much I end up weighing in the end, I just want to be healthier and feel better about myself.

Spanaval

I'm 5'1", and at my heaviest, 123 lbs, was wearing a size 6. Now around 111, I'm down to a 4. I thought I would be happy when I got here, but my abs are nowhere near where they need to be, so down we go. I have a feeling I'll need to end up in the low 100s to get my abs back (unless the next few pounds all come from there).

newcs

Aha thanks, and yeah I could relate to this topic because being extreme on either height scale and people will judge you, y'know? Sometimes I wish I were 5'2-5'4, that way I could wear heels galore and not look like a giant next to my 5'6 boyfriend. x)

My sister and I have this disagreement all the time. I'm 5'2" (if I stand up REALLY straight lol) and she's 5'7" and tends to date short-ish guys. We've agreed that when it comes to heels, I win. When it comes to needing something on the top shelf in the cabinet, at the grocery store, etc...she wins

On the original topic...I definitely empathize. At 5'2" my max weight was 140-ish (didn't have a scale but pretty sure I was in the low to mid 140s) a size 6 with some buttons hanging on for dear life and size small or medium tops that were pushing their limits. I was wearing 30x30 jeans that were so tight it was ridiculous. I'm now at 122, size 4 dress pants, 29x30 jeans that require a belt to keep them up. I've got some muscle and I'm eating very healthy and almost 2,000 calories/day (of straight up food, not net of exercise). I want to drop some more fat still because my midsection has betrayed me but I keep getting a lot of comments about how I'll be too skinny, I don't need to lose any weight, I'm already so tiny, etc. I know some people are trying to be nice but they haven't seen me in a bikini...I want to wear a bikini and look awesome (while also being awesomely healthy and fit). A lot of people also said they didn't think I needed to lose weight when I was 140-ish because I carry weight pretty deceptively. I dress for the size and composition I'm at so I found clothes that flattered my not-so-awesome exaggerated pear shape (still a pear, but a much more well proportioned one now).