Any petite ladies out there!

How does one train to get taller?

I'm assuming eating at a surplus and undergoing some sort of stretching exercise.

Maybe yoga?

Is there anyway I can get shorter?

I'd like it if people thought I was cute when I got really really mad.

There are two methods. I was a gymnast when I was younger (until I grew too tall) and coached gymnastics in college. Gymanstics/yoga/pilates help stretch the ligaments and increase height.

The second method is to "stretch" the bones, like this link explains:
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/york-man-grows-inches-surgery/story?id=15776730

A reverse method can probably be employed to reduce your height to "undateable," if you will.

The AF put it in my records that I was 5'3" & that my story & I am sticking to it... I don't call myself petite but just the right height for me.

My highest weight was 220, currently i am about 143. I would like to be smaller, but i am in a size 8 pants and a small top. According the the what all the websites say, my bmi has me at obese. I'm 42 yrs old, in better shape now that I have ever been in my life, curvy, and love myself and how far I have come in my weightloss journey. Can I lose more wieght?? Possibly. Will I lose more weight? I'm not going to kill myself to get to what society says I should be as opposed to what I am - happy. If I lose and tone more, all the better. If not, I take life one day at a time and improve what I can.

Short, tall, thin, not thin... when you love yourself, other people will see the real you & not your size.

Shorties sounds a bit derogatory to me.

They prefer to be called vertically challenged.

Please refer to them as such.

How does one train to get taller?

I'm assuming eating at a surplus and undergoing some sort of stretching exercise.

Maybe yoga?

Is there anyway I can get shorter?

I'd like it if people thought I was cute when I got really really mad.

If you made cuter faces when you were mad, it wouldn't be so difficult.

Why do we say ''petite''? Is "small woman" incorrect or rude?

I guess "short woman'' would be even more correct. Sorry, my mothertongue is not English and I'm always curious about the way english language would use this type of words more than another

As I explained in another response,"short woman" would not be an adequate substitute for "petite" in many contexts. You can be tall and petite. It relates to frame size and shorter proportions. Two women can be 5', but one may wear a regular size, while the other would do better with a petite cut. They could wear the same numerical size.

There are plenty of native English speakers who are unaware of this distinction.

It's not that we don't want to be friends with taller women. I love being friends will all different types of women and we often have a lot in common.

Maybe this is just for me, but because I am petite, it does not only apply to my height. My entire frame is very small, so a lot of things are different for me. With other petite women, we can share in understanding calorie goals, weight lifting goals, clothing resources (xxs), even where to buy shoes (since a lot of us have feet smaller than the smallest size sold in most mainstream stores at the mall). And discuss certain challenges or issues we may have. And because we are small, people will misunderstand why our weight is so low, but still healthy. Those are just some examples.

I'm 5'2", but not trying to lose weight.

Also, tall women post threads like this also. As well as women of different body types and frame sizes (those things are not height dependent, but can vary with height also).

As I've discussed before, you and I are the same height, weight, and frame size, but we're differently shaped, which is why in theory I'm trying to lose a few more pounds. You're younger and more active (a dancer) and have a naturally fast metabolism, even after becoming a mother. (You hit the lottery. :-) )

Everyone's one different. We have to deal with what we've got.

This thread is seriously making me lol.

I love tall people. I am 5ft and my husband is 6ft 2in.

This thread is seriously making me lol.

I love tall people. I am 5ft and my husband is 6ft 2in.

Not that I had any say in the matter, but I like my size. It's only an issue when other people make it so.

I can't recall the term, but when architects and ergonomics experts and others design spaces, etc., they plan for use by a spectrum of of people. The height range is broader than you might think.

I'm 5'2" and have gone from 170 to 128. Pics in profile!

Incredible! If you don't mind me asking, how long did it take you to go from 170 to 128?

Edit: I'm 4'9 1/2'', and I truly have no problem with being short and having tall friends. I mean my husband is 6'2'' (you can kind of see the height difference in my profile picture), but it definitely is discouraging when I gain some weight because you can see it almost right away. When my taller friends gain weight, you can't even tell unless they put on a significant amount of weight. I feel like it is nice to relate to women of a similar build.