Under 5'5" Shorties UNITE!

im sad that 5'3 is considered short. ive never thought of myself as being short, but I guess it explains why when I lose weight, it doesn't seem to make much difference i guess i like to delude myself. need to lose 15 pounds!

I used to be 5' 1 1/2, but I think I shrunk. I seem to be only 5'1" now...lol I don't mind being short, but I am not happy about being so overweight. It's called obese(what a horrible word) I need to lose about 50 lbs. I would love to join in.

Well....looks like I'm in! I'm 5 ft 2 and weigh 143.5. My starting weight on MFP was 152 and my Goal weight is 120. I feel like I've already hit a plateau. I've been at the same weight for the past 3 weeks...UGH!! I'm doing JM 30 Day Shred and am on Week 5 of C25K. Maybe the push I need is a little motivation from folks in the same boat as me! Here's to pushing through the brick wall!!!

:flowerforyou: 5' 1" here- Would love to have more shorties as my friends- Add me if you'd like

I am 5'1 and need to lose about 64lbs to reach my 1st goal of 145lbs.

5'2" and a half here. Yes, I'll keep that half inch, thankyouverymuch!

15 pounds down, about 10-15 to go.

Who else has trouble buying jeans? I HATE buying jeans. My thighs and butt are bigger (size-wise) than my waist, and then on top of that I'm short, so nothing ever fits right

OOH Me too my bottom half is bigger than the top half. I have a hard time buying jeans cuz my butt is so big there is a gap in the waist. I don't like that at all!! All the pants tend to be too long fo rme too. Or the jeans are tight from my thinghs to the knees then they loosen after that.

I found that Gap (I always go to Gap Outlet though) has fantastic jeans! By far my favorite. If you look they have jeans for everyone, long & lean, short, curvy & short, and so many other types. I would recommend looking there for those hard to find jeans, they work awesome on me

Thank you for this thread! Shorties, it is so hard to lose the weight! I am 5'4" (feel so tall here!) and need to lose another 8 pounds or so. Really, I just want to have a waist again. I'm actually happy for my 32DD's - they round out my "child bearing" hips. But my hips are still much bigger than the top half of me and the waist, well, it just isn't defined like it used to be. Love the idea of having a number for the waist as a goal - I'd be happy with 28 (or lower!). Right now I'm at 31 inches.

I recently lost 3 pounds with the help of MFP after not losing anything for over 4 months! I'm very small framed and would ideally like to weigh about 118 or so. Before kids, I weighed 113-115. I'm not so stuck on the number, I just want to look good in a bathing suit, lol.

I'll go through and send some friend requests after I get home, gotta run right now. :flowerforyou:

I have noticed some change and my husband definitely has. I guess my main problem is that I've always been a numbers girl. Always wanting the scale to change and my clothes size to drop. My husband says I'm being too hard on myself, and I know that he's right. I know that I'm on the right track, I just have to keep on trucking!!!

5'3 and am thick all around. I never really minded because I was always strong and athletic but things rapidly changed after I had my 3 children. It's been a roller coaster ever since. I am here to manage my health and fitness to get that "I feel good" feeling again and keep it that way. I love, love, love food so I'm my own worst enemy.

It feels like a snails pace right now.

best to all of you.

I am just over 5 feet tall, and I am with you! It has always killed me that I can say that I want to lose a few pounds and people act as though the tiny amount I mention is insignificant. On my frame, 5 pounds is a pants size. That's a big issue when some of my friends are closer to 6 feet tall. To make matters worse, I weigh 140 lbs., and I am a size 6 or 8. People look at me cross-eyed when I say I need to lose weight. 140 is nearly obese for someone my height! Ugh....

The above quote was posted a long time ago, but really says it all for me!

I'm in. I'm 5' 3" and need to lose 14 pounds.

This is so true. Each lb. can mean pain in my knees, tendinitis and moving up a size. My alarms start to sound off when I'm 5lbs. over my GW but I'm essentially 20lbs over so things are hurting and it makes it really hard to get back on track. Cutting out my favorite fatty foods is not fun either.

Hey All! I'm 5'1 (and a half) - tired of being a short round! I've been on this just over a month and really get a kick out of some of the support I see bouncing around on here. Best of luck to all shorties!

Kim

Does anyone else in the shorty group feel like the BMI is kinda off for people of our height range? I really feel like a lot of those weights they suggest for me would be way too low...

Does anyone else in the shorty group feel like the BMI is kinda off for people of our height range? I really feel like a lot of those weights they suggest for me would be way too low...

I used to think this was true for males in my height range. Because based on the BMI chart, a healthy weight range for me would be 111-146lbs as a 5'4" male, aged 36. I'd look SKELETAL at 111! 146 is somewhat reasonable I think, but still.

111?? You got to be kidding me hahaha!! For a full grown man?? That's insane... XD

can i join too? i'm 5"2. Why is it harder for shorter girls to lose weight?


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