Tall women 5'9 or taller

I'm 5 ft 9.5 and weigh 229lbs... absolute nightmare seeing as I used to weigh 145lbs! I feel like because I'm taller, the fact that I'm big sticks out a lot more - anyone else feel like that?
Feel free to add me, I'm new so need some encouragement!

Actually, I feel like because I'm taller it hides a lot more fat because I look more proportionate. My mom is only 5'7'' so her weight looks a lot more than mine, when I actually weigh in about 25 pounds more than her. I am 6'0'', and have longer legs so I feel like that helps me a bit. However, no amount of tallness can hide 360 pounds; I too felt like I was totally fat in high school, which I was compared to the other girls. However I would KILL to be as skinny as I was my Freshman year!!! I know now that losing the weight caused from years of emotional eating is going to take a lot of hard work, but if we all take it one day at a time, we WILL make our goals a reality! Keep up the great work ladies!!

I am 5'11". My high weight (3 years ago) was 279, I am currently 209. Most of the weight I lost last year when my family started a biggest loser competition (50pounds). I would like to get down to about 169-175. I try to avoid sugar & most wheat as they trigger headaches.

OMG you are 209 and your thighs don't touch! I remember your post yesterday.....yeah I'm officially jealous lol

I am 6' 0" and weigh 300.2...I have been in the 300's since I had my baby 17 YEARS AGO!!! I am trying to get to 225-250 whatever will put me in a size 16 comfortably. My highest weight was 340 pounds. I've lost 25 pounds with WW but it took THREE YEARS! I've lost 12 pounds with MFP in 6 weeks. Watching my water intake and moving more is helping. This is the year it will happen. I too always get "you don't look like you weigh 300 pounds because of your height" I fed into it and now I'm here...300 pounds and feeling like it whether I look like it or not. Luckily other than some arthritic knees I have perfect health.

Whomever suggested Eddie Bauer - what would you suggest for a person who is 5'9" and about to be wearing a size 12? For shirts? Would I be a large?

I'm 5'10. I started in January at 177 and weighed in Saturday at 165. I'm trying to reach 155. I'm medium frame and am currently fitting into a size 10 from a snug 12. I don't mind being a size 10. My goal is to convert fat into muscle. I've mainly been focusing on a daily calorie goal of around 1800 calories and working out 5-6 days a week, 3 strength sessions and 3 cardio sessions for an hour each. It's really worked. I also limit my carb intake during the week and have been very liberal with my diet on the weekends (pizza, ice cream) and I still seem to be losing weight. I've read a couple of great books - currently the '17 Day Diet' and the other book that has been inspirational is "This is why You're Fat" by Jackie Warner.

It's great to hear from other tall women and the struggles you've had with self-image over the years. I can totally relate. I feel better than I have in years and I'm looking forward to sporting my bikini at the pool this summer! It's amazing how losing some weight can boost your self esteem ).

First of, let me just say, hooray for the tall girl post! I've often heard the "you look great for your height" comment and struggle with finding jeans! I'm 5'9 (I swear I used to be 5'10 before two pregnancies!) and am 7 months post-baby. I signed up for MFP when I got my droid phone and kind of just forgot about it, but in the past month I've been getting into a routine which includes 3-4 days cardio (I use a treadmill) and limiting my caloric intake to 1500 per day. Oh, and the stairs. I have an office on the third floor, so I've been hoofing it up and down for the last month.
SW: 200
CW: 184
GW: 160
I'm fairly new to the message boards, so feel free to "friend" me!

I see so many of you 5'9" women have a GW of 160. Which is making me wonder if I should stop at 160. I am 162. I was thinking about 140. I am 43 and I still get carded for ID. So I am thinking will 140 make me look too old? If I lose too much more weight I don't want the wrinkles to show in my face.

The tee's at Target fit nicely also.

I hate being told I can carry more weight because I'm tall. Ugh!

I'm 5'11" and currently weigh 240 pounds. I started MFP at 252. I'm a size 18.

I have big bone structure (massive man-wrists and just a heavy frame in general) and I play a lot of sports, so I'm very muscular. I have gained more than 100 pounds in the past decade and it's ridiculous. I'm so done with being a fat girl.

I weight 125ish in high school... and looking at pictures of that, I can see how disgusting that was (for me). As horrible as it sounds, I looked like I had just wandered out of Auschwitz. And to think, I thought I was fat then! Talk about a warped mental picture!

My goal is 160 pounds. For me, that would be very lean, but allow for the amount of muscle I'd like to have. I will never be dainty, not in a million years! I'm just done being fat.

I'm going to try to rein in my sodium intake in the next few weeks. I try to avoid all junk food (if I have a little, I want to eat all the junk food in the entire world. Not joking). I also try to eat every few hours. I have a protein shake every morning (to drink on the bus on my way to work) to help start the day on the right foot. I still drink diet coke (one per day at most), diet Red Bull (if I have weird work hours), and diet Ocean Spray juice. I would love to get to the point where the only things i drink are water and herbal tea. I've got a long way to go in that respect.

I have also just started the Couch to 5K program. I also use kettlebells for upper-body sculpting and cardio. I have a gym membership and my asthma will force me to go to the gym to workout as the weather gets ridiculously hot and sweltering.

So done being a fat girl!

I see so many of you 5'9" women have a GW of 160. Which is making me wonder if I should stop at 160. I am 162. I was thinking about 140. I am 43 and I still get carded for ID. So I am thinking will 140 make me look too old? If I lose too much more weight I don't want the wrinkles to show in my face.

I'm shooting for 140-145 too. I was that weight 2 years ago (when I was 43!) and my face looked fine, in fact my face has stayed the same even though I've gained 20lbs!! It just depends on your frame (I'm quite small-boned - 6 inch wrist) and where you carry the weight (All of mine is on my hips and thighs!!).

I suppose the thing to do is to just keep droping slowly and if you start to feel like you look gaunt in the face then just put a few more pounds back on. We all know how easily that's done! :happy: