Tall Girls needed for Advice/support

5ft 9" here! im steadily loosing weight as expected - i have hit a wall recently in regards to loosing the weight - but still im keeping at it as we all have our goals and working through the tough parts is all part of the process i guess!

but recently im only loosing 1/2lb here and there (which is a little frustrating at times)

Ive lost 26.5lb so far since changing my eating lifestyle Dec 2012 and exercising more - but i honestly cannot notice any difference.


but us tall girls gotta stick together! and keep on going!

Hi,

You are the height I wanted to be! LOL. I am 5'10 and really could have used another 2 inches, yes I played basketball. I have been working on my weight loss since last May. I joined a gym where they made up a special weights program for you and you are supervised by a trainer. I lost 2 pounds since then but even better, 6% body fat. And I can see it on me for sure. In February I actually admitted to myself that I needed to track my food so I started looking for an easy online tracking program, I hate writing things down but figured that if I was logging it on my computer that was different than writing. I have successfully lost weight after my 3 pregnancies with WW but I didn't want to go back there. I also easily put the weight back on when not writing it down. I probably have been this weight for the past 4 years.

The thing I find the most helpful is knowing how much calories I am actually eating and what that means in my day (sort of like how much that is worth). I have lost a further 2 pounds since starting on MFP about 5 weeks ago. It feels really slow to me but as this isn't a race but my life (yep I have to remind myself that one over and over) I am not going to sweat it. At least it is a loss and not a gain. I also eat fairly clean, I do have the odd processed item (a granola bar or a prepared meal) but I find it easier to control calories by making most of my own food from scratch, and leftovers for lunches.

My diary is open right now, I posted a question about increasing calories as some of the thread are about eating more to lose. We will see this week if it made a difference. So, if you are looking feel free to add me. Hope you have a great day.

Jacqueline

Do any of you ladies ever get random requests from people for you to reach something for them in a store? I wondered about that the other day. I couldn't quite reach the top shelf at a Petco and I thought about asking this taller lady but didn't want to offend her. Is it okay to ask you to get something that I can't quite reach?

Nearly every shop i do an old lady will ask for my help!! Dont mind at all!
There are lots of perks when your tall - reaching high shelves is one of them (scarcasm is the lowest form of wit - i know!) ;-)

That's great to hear. I'm not an old lady but I've had a few times when it would have been nice getting some help reaching the higher shelves. You never can find a sales associate to help you when you need one.

I don't know if you've ever seen the movie Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo but I always laugh at the part where he has to date this super tall lady. I know that's an exaggeration but I'm sure some of you feel this way some times out on dates with shorter guys. This part of the movie always cracked me up.

I"m 5'10" and my BF is the same, I don't like wearing super tall heals because I hate feeling like I'm towering over him and everyone I'm out with. I like being at eye level for conversation.

Feel free to add me!! I'd love to have some more fitness friends to loose the weight with. I've fallen off the wagon today, ate cake, ouch, but I usually eat pretty well. I'm just starting back at MFP, can't wait to loose more!

These posts have brought a smile to my face knowing that others have encountered the same misconception I've dealt with for years & am still trying to overcome...the idea that it's okay to be heavier if you're tall because your height hides the weight. I'm 5'9"...the tallest of all my friends & coworkers & when I first told them about starting my weight loss journey they all told me I was crazy because I didn't need to lose any weight; I almost weighed 200lbs, but they didn't believe me because my height "hid" it.

My weight has buoyed often since starting my commitment on here in 2012...the lowest I've weighed is 159 & people told me I was "too thin." It blows my mind, though, that the healthy BMI range for someone my height is 130lbs-160lbs, since I do think I'd look unhealthy at 130. I'm still fighting to maintain & tone; my overall goal is to reach 155-160.

As for the shorter boyfriend question that was posed earlier...my personal preference is taller men. When I was in the dating pool, I had a difficult time finding a lot of guys who were taller than me; the average height of eligible men seemed to be between 5'6"-5'8". I've dated shorter guys in the past & felt awkward. My boyfriend now is 5'9" & I often feel like I can't wear heels around him. Plus, he often requests that I don't when we're out in public because it makes him feel too short.

Anyway, feel free to add...as someone else said, we tall ladies need to stick together

Hi

I am a 6ft girl from the UK i have been on here for over a year been a lot more serious about it since January. I have lost 18 pounds but have a total of 72 pounds to lose.

I seem to have halted for 3 weeks and i am frustrated!!!

I would like to hear your success stories and hear your inspirational journeys! I would love to have some more friends who are tall girls so i can see what your diaries are like and get an idea if I am on the right track!

Thanks!!

5'10" tall from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. I feel positively short compared to some of the ladies who have responded.

Personally, I'm on my third stab at weight loss. I lost 60 lbs in 2003, only to gain it all back in 2008 when I became pregnant with my youngest son. I then lost 50 of that, but I've gained back 20 since June (when hubby started buying "Family Sized" bags of potato chips (crisps)). I'm now down 8 lbs.

I'm quite a bit taller than almost every other lady I know, by 4 to 10 inches. I find that I can easily gain 10 lbs without noticing, and nearly 20 lbs before I go up a clothing size.

As I have arthritis in my knees, I am happiest with my BMI around 19. It seems to be the magic number: where most of the pain in my knees disappears. Everyone seems to think that is far too thin, but I like being able to take the stairs instead of the elevator.

Uuum, it's like, no fair, you get to play all the basketball. It's not about how tall you are, it's about how well you dribble past everyone and can aim, as you shoot at the basket. You think you are the only ones that get that glorious moment of lifting off, while watching the ball soar towards the basket and make it!?!

p.s. Thanks for getting stuff for me when I was in the grocery store, on my tip toes, climbing up the shelves, trying to stretch myself taller and taller, thinking that I could just knock it off the shelf and catch it, no problem. I wouldn't fail or accidentally knock ten items on my head. But, you helped me, even though I was too shy to ask.

Just a question:

Do you tall girls have problems finding men?

I mean . . . it seems that for some of you who are super tall (you know above 5'11"), do you have trouble finding a man that's about your height or taller?



I have never responded to a post before, but would like to answer your question. I am 6ft tall and my husband of 6 years (together for 12 years) is only 5'5". We are very happy together. Yes there are people that make comments but to be honest I don't ever really think about it. No he does not have any problem with me being so much taller.

I'm 5'11" and losing very slowly. But I'm more interested in making a long term commitment to my health than starving myself to lose quickly. Anyone can feel free to add me.

To answer the "finding tall men" question - I dated shorter guys before I got married and didn't have a problem with it. My husband is around 6' but he loves it when I wear high heels when we go out.