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So inspirational to see another small person :) I feel like I rarely see short girls on here. I'm 4'10 and my goal weight is 115 so it's nice to see your results.

Great photos! You make me have hope that I will actually lose that lower belly nonsense. I call it my backwards butt. Yours is completely gone!

I know...that's the killer about being so short. Do you follow BiteSizedFitness? She's 4'10''. I follow her instagram. It's amazing to see some of her before/after weight lifting pictures.

I'm 4'10'' also but starting at a much higher weight than you. My goal is 115 which seems so far away so I'm trying to focus on each 10 lbs. What was your target for calories while you were losing?

I'm 4'10''. I eat about 1200-1500 and lose about .5-1 lb a week. I eat close to 1500 on the days that I exercise. It can be hard...I feel like my hunger level and stomach can hold the same as a 6 ft person!

You look great! I'm also 4'11'' but I have a lot more to lose than 18 lbs. do you mind sharing your starting weight?

Thanks for asking! It was great. Now that I've taken the learn to row class, I'm going to sign up for the club. adults meet Tuesdays and Thursday evenings through mid-November. I think it will make a difference in my commitment that people are relying on me to show up...you have to have at least 8 rowers to go out on a…

I'm 4'10 and lost 4 lbs in the first month. I'm 1 lb away from being out of the obese category. I find that if I work really hard I lose 1 lb a week. If I'm not as focused half a lb a week is realistic...but I also know it only takes me 10 lbs to lose/gain 2 pants sizes. For taller people who lose faster they don't see the…

Have you read The Petite Advantage Diet? It might be worth a read. If you think about it a pound for a short person makes a much bigger difference than a pound for a tall person. If we gain 15 lbs it can be a difference of 5 sizes in our pants but a tall person gains 15 and maybe has slightly tighter pants. That's what I'm…

It definitly matters how much you have to lose, but I also think height plays into it. If you are taller there is more places to store fat and you have to lose lbs across all of those areas to lose a size. I'm only 4 ft 10 in. When I weighed 40 lbs less I was a size 2-4. Now 40 lbs heavier and I'm a size 12-14. I lose 5-7…

I"m going to have to try this way. I did the overnight soak and then 5 minute boil followed by an hour in the hot water and they were still hard.

Amazing!! You did all of this in 8 months? Did the weight come off really fast in the beginning? Did you plateau at any time?

I should take the same attitude. I've yo-yo'd the same 15-20 lbs for multiple years, always gaining more than I lost. It's depressing that I'm losing again and it will take all summer to get back down to the weight I was a year ago. Tracking and prepping has been pretty easy. Summers are always a much lower stress time at…

4'11'' SW: 150 GW: 110-115 Haven't seen those numbers since college. Has anyone followed The Petite Advantage book? I read it today. I'd boil the whole premise to "when you are short you have to be extra careful with calories than taller people. There isn't much room for error for petite women when losing weight" I think…

Amen! Did you read the article in The Atlantic about how women can't have it all? They were mainly talking about high powered lawyers, congress women, that kind of thing but did touch on the regular working mom too. The author pointed out that a company would look at a marathon runner and think of all the dedication and…

I'm 4'10'' and have been eating at about 1200 net. If I do a lot of exercise I don't eat it all back. I decided this morning that I need to be happy with 2-3 lb weight loss per month. I just can't do any more than that. Yes, I think it is harder for short people. We have very little wiggle room to get in our nutrients and…

I work for a non-profit raising money for medical research...mainly cancer and alzheimers. I love it. everyone has such interesting jobs!! I wish I had known more about what was out there when I was a kid. I thought "I'll be an actress or a teacher"

I'm 4'10'' and 138. Got about 28 to go. There are 2 boards for shorties. One is called Petites Unite and the other is Shorties!5ft It would be great if more people could join those as they are a little sloooow right now.

A study in JAMA came out this week about all calories not being equal. Here's an editorial about it http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kristin-wartman/caloric-intake-study_b_1638216.html I'm trying hard to get rid of processed foods and stick to veggies, fruit and high fiber whole grain carbs (steel cut oats, brown rice, quinoa…

My gym has a great cafe/restaurant. There is a full 2 page hot item menu, salad bar, soups, smoothies and to go items so you can grab breakfast or lunch on your way out. They have a whole section called Superfoods so I can get quinoa with berries and almond milk, or salmon salad to go. I had an amazing tomato basil soup…

You look like a different person! I bet people don't recognize you if they haven't seen you in a while.

Yum!!

I bike commute to work. People seem to think it is crazy, but I find it one of the best ways to get in my cardio. I hook up my burley and haul my 3 year old daughter to daycare. We sing songs and look for birds and bunnies for 2 miles, then I drop off the burley at day care and ride 2 more miles to work. So it is 8 miles…

Way to go! It's such a great workout! One of the best team sports out there I think. Everyone has to help each other to keep the boat moving. In college my roommate asked me to come to an informational meeting with her about the beginning rowing team. The coach saw how short and little I was (this was 30 lbs ago) and…

Hey there! We have a lot in common :) I grew up in a vegetarian household. We weren't banned from eating meat so if I went to a friend's house I'd eat bacon (my favorite!), but I grew up eating very little meat. In high school through college I was a complete vegetarian. I started eating meat again when I got…

Green monster 1 cup almond milk (I do vanilla flavor) banana 1 cup spinach peanut butter or flax power optional Blend it all together! Triple B (this is what I've been having every morning) banana beet (diced so it will blend) 1/3 cup blueberries (frozen work well because they make it icy) almond milk 1 cup spinach

Yoga is great. I also like the NYC Ballet workout DVD because the stretching section really works on areas that I'm the tightest like my hips.

Way to go! I'm 4'11'' and at 140 now...same goal weight as you. We can do this!!

People really like to comment about how short I am. I can't tell you how many meetings I've been in where I've stood up at the end and people will say "Oh my goodness. I didn't know you were so short when you were sitting! How tall are you?" When I say 4'10'' I often get a "My grandma/mom/cousin is the same height, but…

I agree with everyone's suggestions. Find a grocery store that has bulk. Whole grains will fill you up! I make a pot of steel cut oats that last my daughter a whole week. I add in some frozen blueberries or diced apple. It equals like $2.00 for a whole week of breakfast for 2 of us! Same with brown rice and quinoa in bulk.…