Shorties 5'4" and under - tell me your story!

[KaiserKid 81]

Some days I feel like my weight wouldn't be such a big deal if I were just taller. BMI scale is not a friend to short people in my humble opinion.

Tell me about how your height has impacted your weight loss journey!

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[ProudGrammy 8,322]

Tell me how your height has impacted your weight loss journey!

@@KaiserKid

i am 5'3 short (higher end of petite)

when/if i bought from womens area, jeans, blouses etc they would be too long for me to wear

being short and "heavy" i aways would look bigger because my size (width looked big)

i'm still 5'3 short

but i feel 10 ft tall!!!

that's my story and i'm stickin' to it!!

good luck

kathy

[Cervidae 2,389]

I'm 5ft5 but I am shaped like most people on my mother's side. We call ourselves eggs, because we're top heavy and have extremely short legs. Even shopping petite is sometimes too long for my legs. It's so hard to find clothes that fit! Jeans that fit my hips are like parachute pants on my legs, and things that fit my legs are incredibly tight or won't even zip up around my hips. I hate it. :/ I also feel like the bmi scale is unfair to my shape. I carry almost all my weight in my stomach. At this point, even though I'm still 221 pounds, my legs look normal, my arms look normal, and my belly is still big but also has a ton of loose skin. Ugh. D:

[freelee 128]

So happy I can shop in the petite dept now.....even better that it is a 6 or 8 petite, compared to my 24 a year ago. My newest challenge is that being between 5ft and 5ft 1in, on any given day according to the bmi chart I am in the bottom of the"overweight range" or the very top if the "normal range". I'm determined to get to a solid normal in the very near future.

[KristenLe 5,979]

So happy I can shop in the petite dept now.....even better that it is a 6 or 8 petite, compared to my 24 a year ago. My newest challenge is that being between 5ft and 5ft 1in, on any given day according to the bmi chart I am in the bottom of the"overweight range" or the very top if the "normal range". I'm determined to get to a solid normal in the very near future.

Honestly - don't even worry about the BMI chart - it's completely unrealistic! Be happy and healthy!

[biginjapan 647]

I'm 5'3" and pear-shaped so I've always had problems, regardless of my weight. Because I'm at the high end of the petite range I find pants often run short and that the sizes do too - I'd much rather get something regular and hem it myself. My upper half is 1-2 sizes smaller than my lower half, and I always have to play the balancing game - do I buy a shirt that is comfortable across my breasts or my hips? If the former, the shirt will be too tight around the hips and ride up, if the latter then the shirt is too big and I drown in it.

Now that I'm really heavy I feel like I'm as wide as I am tall, although I know that's not true. Sometimes I look at people's weight or BMI here on BP and I think "oh! we're the same ___" and then I realise that they are like, 6 inches taller than me!

I look forward to being properly "petite" once more.

Edited July 11, 2016 by biginjapan

[gowalking 10,790]

Some days I feel like my weight wouldn't be such a big deal if I were just taller. BMI scale is not a friend to short people in my humble opinion.

Tell me about how your height has impacted your weight loss journey!

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I'm exactly five feet tall. I used to be an extra 1/2 inch taller but no more. So..I understand being 'vertically challenged' and also used to think that a few extra inches of height would help me in terms of being excessivly large. Now that I am normal sized, I see that thinking same as wishing I had won the lottery. Not gonna happen. And being taller would not make my weight issues any easier. Fat is fat and I would have been obese at any height. I simply ate more than I burned.

Turns out that I am simply a petite woman. I may not be able to take items off the top shelf of my kitchen cabinets without a step stool, but I fit into almost any space with no issues...and for every man who says I'm too petite for them, ten like a smaller woman. It makes them feel more masculine. This is not a judgement mind you...merely an observation.

Here it is in a nutshell. As long as I'm a normal weight, my height is a non issue. Yes...I have to likely eat even less than someone who has six more inches than me, but like one of the posters said, BMI is not the be all end all. It's just one indicator that the medical community uses to determine overall health.

[hebert5943 8]

I'm 4'11 and I feel the same way, If I was taller I wouldn't be shaped like a pear lol. I'm hoping this surgery does me justice, because right now I'm having the hardest time. However I am determined to lose this 100lbs.

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[bg9249 18]

So happy I can shop in the petite dept now.....even better that it is a 6 or 8 petite, compared to my 24 a year ago. My newest challenge is that being between 5ft and 5ft 1in, on any given day according to the bmi chart I am in the bottom of the"overweight range" or the very top if the "normal range". I'm determined to get to a solid normal in the very near future.

I am 5 feet and 3/4 of an inch. I feel the BMI struggle. My doctor told me ideally I should weigh 100 pounds...it was a good laugh.