Petite People?

[DawnM]

Interesting article on the myth of starvation mode.


http://www.weightwatchers.com/util/art/index_art.aspx?tabnum=1&art_id=35501

 

[DawnM]

Judy,

Clear out your PM box! I tried to PM you, but you are far too popular to have room for me!

Dawn

 

[Eeyores Butterfly]

I'm too exhausted to go through every post- but can people under 5' join? Pretty pretty please? (Insert beggin smiley here).

I'm 4'10" and my height has been a big (pun intended) issue for me my whole life. Even with weight loss. A little bit of weight makes a huge difference for me because there is less space to spread it out. I have problems buying clothes (God forbid a petite person be overweight). I go to university in a small town, and only two stores have petite departments- and they're what I call the old lady petites. Stuff that my grandmother wore.

I also have a problem with exercise equipment not being small enough for me. I had knee surgery earlier this month and the physical therapy place wanted me to ride a bicycle, but the seat wouldn't go low enough for my legs. *Sigh* A lot of people just don't understand how being not of average height can affect every part of your life. It's nice to know there are others who get it.

My boyfriend has the opposite problem, he is 6'4". If we get married, it will be perfect. He can use the top shelves in the cabinets and I will use the bottom.

 

[anniet]

I'm too exhausted to go through every post- but can people under 5' join? Pretty pretty please? (Insert beggin smiley here).

Absolutely! I'm going to start a post on Monday for everyone. Can't wait to see you and everyone else there!

 

[anniet]

As for your running pace (which is why you started this thread, if I am correct)...

Ummm...no - I started this thread for petite people.....

 

[MagicalMom]

People really don't get it when you are 5'3", size 6 and you BMI is still too high. Then they try to treat me like I have an eating disorder and want to be "too skinny." I swear if one more person tells me that, I am going to strip in public and let them see why a 5'3" person is not supposed to weigh 145. I guess they never really realized how tiny the real me was supposed to be when I was hiding under so many layers of adipose tissue! LOL

 

[DawnM]

Judy,

I am in much the same boat. I have tried and tried various things that other people say works for them. I go out to eat with friends and eat 1/2 of what they eat, take the rest home, etc...and they lose weight or stay slim and don't do much more exercise than I do.

One thing I do know has worked for me in the past, but is VERY hard to stick to, is to eat only whole/real foods. Cut out all the processed foods. My body recognizes it as food and is able to say "enough" faster. It is hard because you can't go out to eat much, there just aren't very many options for eating at restaurants and I HATE spending $10 for a plate of lettuce!

When I ate 1200 calories in whole foods and did weights and cardio daily, I did lose some and then stalled big time and got discouraged and stopped.

Dawn

Oh, man. I feel awful now. I have been trying for about two years to get my speed up, with no luck. I can only do faster than 4 mph for about 30 seconds before I get really winded and have to stop. I can't average more than 3.4 mph, it seems, no matter how hard I try or how long I train. I exercise a lot -- at least an hour every day -- and I do those little 30 second jogs diligently, but I never seem to improve. The idea of 5.2 being an "easy pace" just seems inconceivable to me.

As for losing more weight, I would love to, but I have really really really struggled just to lose the weight I have so far, with feeling absolutely famished and freezing cold a lot. (I was even using an electric blanket for part of July.) I am just a naturally heavy person, so please don't post telling me that I must be eating wrong -- I have tried all sorts of diets and losing about 35 or 40 pounds is a major accomplishment for me; I don't think losing more is possible until modern medicine invents something that makes my hunger level and metabolism more like a normal person's.

It makes me so upset when people say what worked for them, and then I try it and it doesn't work for me. I don't know what's wrong with my body, but it just doesn't seem to work like other people's bodies do. I would desperately like to find other people in the same boat so I wouldn't feel so alone, but they don't seem to exist.

I've started crying now. I really wish I hadn't posted.

 

[Eeyores Butterfly]

Lisa, I know the feeling. My goal weight is tentatively set at 100- the last weight I felt comfortable at. I can go down to 95 and still be healthy. What a mind trip it was for me to be in the "triple digits" as I used to think of them. On the WW boards, they have a place to put your starting, current, and goal weight. I finally had to put my height in my profile so that people would quit accusing me of being anorexic. I think it's hard for them when my starting weight is their goal weight- even though my BMI says that I am obese. People just don't get it!

 

[FSUDisneyGirl]

Oooo...can I join? I'm 5'3" and I understand the frustration. I am about 100 pounds from my goal weight...and I'm just at a loss. I've tried many things, but everything was so slow going, and I didn't notice the results much at all. For ex, 20 pounds lost was barely felt or seen! I need inspiration. I guess I need to understand that it's going to be a slow process, and be okay with that. Sigh. Has anyone had success with exercise beside running?

 

[anniet]

Hi Everyone -

here's a link to the first thread...



http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1938296

 

[TiggersPal]

Hi everyone! PJ here and nice to meet you all. I'm 5'0" and currently 187 lbs. I'm 49 years old and dealing with the old mid-life crisis issue as well as being "fat". Gosh, already I feel like I'm in AA - "HI my name is PJ and I'm a food addict". Which I think is pretty true. My friend, my enemy, food. It hasn't always been this way, which is why I'm really really sick of this situation. I was an athlete and not just as a child, well into my 30's. But life with it's lovely "lessons" has taught me you can't run from your issues. Heck, I can't even jog away from then right now with my poor old sore knees.

I'm reallly thinking of Bistro MD (similar to Jenny Craig and Nutrisystem but better food - so I am told). Anyway...

POWER TO THE PETITES! If I could just get back on the wagon, in June I was walking on the treadmill or biking 30-40 minutes and cutting portions and doing great, then I went on vacation and BAM - I have YET to get back on the horse, so-to-speak. But this thread has lifted my spirits and so - I am getting motivated as I sit here typing. Let's just all become SASSY SHRIMPS! Ok, maybe that's not a great slogan, I apologize... my humor is a little muted from being weary. Anyway, thanks for starting the thread - and let's just remember - we are in it together...

 

[anniet]

HI PJ!!!!

Sassy Shrimps! I LOVE IT, if nobody else is offended. I mean, I know I've been called Shrimp a lot in my time, so this would be a way to turn it around! You know, make it a positive thing...anybody else like or not like the idea?

Welcome!

 

[pixiedust23]

I enjoy the title sassy shrimps! I'm a huge fan of working out (I try to do at least an hour of cardio at least 5 times a week) and I still have some flab that needs to go. I also try to eat healthy, so having a support group would be very helpful for me!

 

[TiggersPal]

Am I lost or confused??? There seems to be two threads for us shorty pudgy types... and I can't keep up!

 

[anniet]

Hi Tiggerspal -

You're not lost or confused. I was trying to start a weekly thread but people kept coming back to this one.

Should we start a weekly thread?

Keep this one going?

Or start one under a new name, Sassy Shrimps and/or Petite Princesses?

 

[jbucci]

I vote start a new thread with the new name Petite Princesses is more "Disney"-- that way we won't get confused by the similar thread names.

 

[anniet]

I vote start a new thread with the new name Petite Princesses is more "Disney"-- that way we won't get confused by the similar thread names.

Done!

 

[pixiedust23]

Could you post a link to the new site?

 

[flying_babyb]

count this short girl in. Im 5 foot

 

[TiggersPal]

I love the idea of Petit Princesses! Where oh where is the new thread... (PJ singing...)