Is anyone here tall AND fat?

StarlaTheTempAtKZUG
StarlaTheTempAtKZUG Posts: 10
edited November 12 in Health and Weight Loss
I am almost 5'11'' and roughly fifty kilos (110 pounds) overweight. I feel huge next to 80% of women, and I am bigger than most of the men that I know as well.

I just feel like a whale, and I sometimes feel so jealous of petite girls.

Who can relate? If you are in the same boat as me, feel free to add me as a friend. I understand you!
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  • Amanda4change
    Amanda4change Posts: 620 Member
    I'm almost as tall as you 5' 9.5" I have about 60 pounds or so left to lose (I have already lost 26 pounds). I'm taller than all but one of my female friends and taller than most of my male friends (though my hubby is 6'2"). Even when I wasn't overweight I always felt like an amazon around most people. While my dad (and grandfathers were tall) all the women in my family are 5'3" or shorter... I sent you a friend request
  • azulvioleta6
    azulvioleta6 Posts: 4,195 Member
    edited February 2015
    Yep! I'm only about 25 pounds overweight at this point, but I started out at 5'10" and 300 pounds.

    Actually, I am not jealous of small girls generally--I like being tall and strong. Sometimes it is a bit awkward though and I know what you mean about being bigger than most men.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Use those feelings to commit to eating at a defecit

    It works
  • gemm30
    gemm30 Posts: 110 Member
    I'm not as tall 5.9 and a bit, and need to lose about 100 LB , the advantage of being tall no one can ever believe how much I actually weigh, so must carry it well.
  • StarlaTheTempAtKZUG
    StarlaTheTempAtKZUG Posts: 10
    Gemm30, me too! People tend to think that I'm 15-20 kilos lighter than what I am. The downside to that, however, is that, because the fat is so "spread out", you need to lose at least 15 kilos before it really starts to become noticeable, which can be really discouraging. I do tend to lose weight much faster than thinner people though, but each kilo is not as noticeable.
  • AglaeaC
    AglaeaC Posts: 1,974 Member
    StarlaTheTempAtKZUG wrote: »
    Gemm30, me too! People tend to think that I'm 15-20 kilos lighter than what I am. The downside to that, however, is that, because the fat is so "spread out", you need to lose at least 15 kilos before it really starts to become noticeable, which can be really discouraging. I do tend to lose weight much faster than thinner people though, but each kilo is not as noticeable.

    I'm tall and have quite a few kg to lose. I don't focus that much on what it looks like during the process of losing and for your own sake I think it would be a good idea to compare yourself to you only, rather than everyone around you. Even after you've lost what needs to go, you still have to feel comfortable in your own skin, with the frame you have.

    Take photos, they will be valuable. Currently there's a before and after thread being bumped constantly and it is full of fantastic photographic evidence of progress made.
  • AmazonMayan
    AmazonMayan Posts: 1,168 Member
    I'm 6', big frame, and have more than 100 to lose. I always feel like the giant everywhere I go. I agree that most people, even drs and nurses, think I weigh much less than I do. The shock on their faces when I step on the scale. ...

    I look forward to the day when I'm just the tallest in the room and no longer the fattest. :smile:
  • fannydazzle
    fannydazzle Posts: 16 Member
    Story of my life! I am a shade under six feet tall and have a fair bit to lose. I hate the way I look like such a colossus in photos with my shorter, smaller friends!
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    Use those feelings to commit to eating at a defecit

    It works
    Fantastic advice.
  • Purity4all
    Purity4all Posts: 13
    I feel your pain! I'm the same way but we can do this life is a challenge and we can win!
  • spikrgrl503
    spikrgrl503 Posts: 247 Member
    I'm 6'1". I feel the tall thing. I'm not fat, but I understand what it's like to always feel like people are looking at you (and judging!)
  • MelodyandBarbells
    MelodyandBarbells Posts: 7,724 Member
    But when you hit goal you still get more calories than the shorties
  • TasnimEz
    TasnimEz Posts: 280 Member
    I'm 5'11.. Was 220 lbs, down to 195 lbs now. I was always big next to others, always looked huge in photos.. :o
  • baconslave
    baconslave Posts: 7,018 Member
    5'10" and I WAS 102lb overweight. Now I'm just 24lbs overweight. I feel you. Felt like a mountain walking around sometimes. So hard to find clothes to fit. I'm still a giant but feeling much better at 174lb.

    It can be done. I'm even lifting and running now.
    JaneiR36 wrote: »
    But when you hit goal you still get more calories than the shorties

    LOL! True! At least there's that going for us.
  • rebelyell118
    rebelyell118 Posts: 1
    Hi. I'm 5'10 and at one time was 351 lbs. I shed 250 through diet, and exercise...or as I say, blood, sweat, and tears! I kept it off for 4 yrs. Now at 278 lbs I'm beginning my journey again. I always feel like an Amazon with women and men. Now I'm on mfp logging everything with little weight loss. Very frustrated. Being tall is one thing...fat another!!
  • softblondechick
    softblondechick Posts: 1,275 Member
    I have never been petite. I have always been a giant. My ex told me once that he married me because I looked like I could move furniture without help. Nice compliment.

    I will always be tall, but I can control my weight. Getting smaller every day.

    5'11, 230.
  • whitxorose
    whitxorose Posts: 7 Member
    I completely understand your pain. I am 6'1 and apparently I am 50 lbs overweight. Luckily with my height I "carry it well" as people tell me, but it's super challenging because I will never feel small and petite like a majority of women are. Feel free to add me!
  • NikonPal
    NikonPal Posts: 1,346 Member
    StarlaTheTempAtKZUG wrote: »
    I am almost 5'11'' and roughly fifty kilos (110 pounds) overweight. I feel huge next to 80% of women, and I am bigger than most of the men that I know as well. I just feel like a whale, and I sometimes feel so jealous of petite girls. Who can relate? If you are in the same boat as me, feel free to add me as a friend. I understand you!

    Nothing wrong with being tall...my guess is most people feel different after losing weight...especially large amounts of weight. Nicole Kidman is 5'11" & Uma Thurman is 6'. Last I knew no one called them unattractive.

    That was just a guys perspective who felt like Orca at times.

    ONLY 2 MORE POUNDS TO MY FINAL GOAL.

    Lost 2 lbs since his last weigh-in! Total loss 191 lbs so far. Weighed in today for a Challenge Group I belong to - and will weigh again tomorrow because that is my personal “record date” each week. Not expecting a change.

    BUT – that is just the weight scale. I have goals already re: inches, strength & toning etc. and expect weight will fluctuate a few pounds for a bit. Burned 341 calories doing 60 minutes of walking this morning.

    NOTE: I had lost 7 pounds in November 2013 before setting 12/1/2013 as an official “calorie-counting” program starting date using an app. TOTAL LOSS SINCE NOVEMBER 2013 is 191!



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  • Kirstie155
    Kirstie155 Posts: 1,001 Member
    Im 5'11 and growing up my nickname in my family was "Amazon." At my biggest I was 250lbs, and now am in the 190s and hoping to be in the 150s when I am done with my weightloss, but it is a journey and I dont think it will ever really end.

    My husband and I want to have children in the next few years, so there will be pregnancy weight to get rid of at some point. I am trying to be as healthy as possible before pregnancy so I wont be "Amazon Mommy."
  • dougpconnell219
    dougpconnell219 Posts: 566 Member
    I'm 6'4" currently 280, have been as high as 315.

    Thank God im tall, gives me a place to spread all that lard around!
  • mnewell0293
    mnewell0293 Posts: 34 Member
    I am 5'10" and I dont think anyone would have believed me if I said I weighted 205 when I started my new and improved weight loss journey with MFP. I have lost 13 lbs since January 3rd already! Easiest weight loss ever!

    I want to lose another 35-40 for a total of around 55ish...I will be 47 in a few weeks and really need to be fit for myself and my family.

    I want to be healthy and feel better about myself and THIS IS MY YEAR! I can't wait to wear those jeans with my boots and my tshirt TUCKED IN! with a belt! lol (it's the little things)

    Everyone is so inspirational on here...love it!
  • slimdownsteph
    slimdownsteph Posts: 71 Member
    6' here and probably 80 lbs away from my goal weight... Granted I don't even know what weight I'd be happy at because I've always been over weight. I knew there are a few groups on here for tall women that you may be interested in. Good luck!
  • JPW1990
    JPW1990 Posts: 2,424 Member
    5'11" and at my absolute highest was 500. A lot of people I know now didn't know me back then, so they don't believe me. Then I show them pictures and they still don't believe it. I take that as a clue they have no idea what I weigh now, either. I have somewhere over 50 to lose again, not sure exactly how much.

    I don't compare myself so much to shorter people, because I consider it to be mostly an advantage. Yes, buying pants is a pain in the butt if I don't want to look like I'm waiting for a flood, but I can put things I use every day on the top shelves in my kitchen, I can see over most people at the movie theater, and I'm easier for my son to spot in a crowd of moms and other kids at school.
  • azulvioleta6
    azulvioleta6 Posts: 4,195 Member
    AmazonMayan wrote: »
    I'm 6', big frame, and have more than 100 to lose. I always feel like the giant everywhere I go. I agree that most people, even drs and nurses, think I weigh much less than I do. The shock on their faces when I step on the scale. ...

    I look forward to the day when I'm just the tallest in the room and no longer the fattest. :smile:

    I've reached that point and it feels very strange.
  • ashley92188
    ashley92188 Posts: 49 Member
    I'm 5'11 290lbs. My ultimate goal is to lose about 120lbs. I don't wanna get back to my old high school weight of 150 I feel like I will be too thin. And yes only good thing about being tall and fat is I don't look like I weigh wat I do lol.
  • xsupergemx
    xsupergemx Posts: 12 Member
    I am 5'11 and 220 pounds. A lot of my uni friends are around 5'3 and very slim, sometime I feel like a giant, like I might squish them.
  • jenniemariehebert
    jenniemariehebert Posts: 8 Member
    5'11 and 288lbs. I've been up to 318, in my teens. A healthy weight according to my BMI should be 174, or under, but my goal is to get under 200. Hoping to start a family in the next few years! Pretty new, and I don't have a ton of friends so if anyone is interested - add me!
  • Atagi73
    Atagi73 Posts: 96 Member
    6'6" here and trying to lose about 50 pounds , tall people can carry weight a bit better but then personally , i prefer ladies with a figure not a stick
  • MKEgal
    MKEgal Posts: 3,250 Member
    I'm 5'10" erso (depends on when in the day I'm measured & how tired I am), and started at 275 lb, 100 lb over the top end of a healthy weight range. People used to argue with me that I wasn't fat, simply because I was tall. Some still tell me I shouldn't lose any more.

    I'm down to "only" 25 left to drop to get into a healthy range (below 175), am aiming for another 35 (165), and depending on how I look/feel I _might_ go for as much as 50 (150).
    But if I do it's going to be a very long process and as long as I'm in a healthy weight range I won't be stressing or unhappy at all.

    It's strange to no longer think of myself as fat, no longer avoid mirrors, be somewhat happy with my body, and be able to order clothes (or buy a sewing pattern) in normal sizes, not "women's" (fat).

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  • MKEgal
    MKEgal Posts: 3,250 Member
    Atagi73 wrote:
    personally, i prefer ladies with a figure not a stick
    Even when I get to a healthy weight, I'll still have curves "in all the right places". :grinning:

    Recently tried on some jeans (supposed to be for women) and found that they were not cut for women with curves. :angry: My hips are 10" larger than my waist, and the jeans were gapping several inches at the waist. Need to keep shopping for different brands; there have to be some made for more curvy women.
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