to think it’s a bit depressing how little you can eat when you’re short?

@jamimmi it's a big portion tbf! It's chicken, water and vegetables so it's about as low calorie and high nutrition as you can get for the volume.

I loose weight when I eat soup. I buy ones that are close to 200 cal for the whole can, like Heinz French onion. That way I feel fuller and haven't gone over on calories.
Harder to do when Dh is around and wants chips with his tea.
Yesterday I had
Breakfast
Milk coffee
Lunch
A full fat greek yoghurt with a bit of peach in it.
Gluten free toast butter no jam
Tea
Leftover homemade spaghetti
I wasn't hungry for the rest of the day so just drank water till bedtime.
No Idea on yesterdays calorie count, but when I eat like this for most of the week I might loose 1/2 to 1 kg

Soup sounds great but its half my daily calorie intake😒

I'd rather be short and not be self-conscious about my massive feet, hands and broad shoulders. Plus, no matter how much weight I lose I'll always weigh a lot more than a petite woman. Which sucks. I remember one of my (male) family members telling me "no woman should weigh more than 10 stone" and he knew damn well I probably weighed over that when he said it!

I really struggle and am.very overweight at 4ft 11. Moderatly active job but at 54 dont loose weight unless I eat under 1000 per day. I walk 7 to 8 k steps per day. Week day food, small bowl 0% fat yog and fruit. Lunch normally low cal soup and a warbutions thin , tea chicken or fish sometimes pasta. Its boring doent always work, and lack.of food in an active job makes me tured in the pm . I need another 6 inches !

Yes, I agree - I find that it’s bad enough for me at 5ft 4. I’ve definitely noticed that tall people can put on a lot of weight and it doesn’t seem to show.

Today’s meals were
Breakfast black coffee
Lunch chicken salad
Dinner chicken with green veg
Tonight 2 Lindt chocolate mini bunnies and some vodka!
Stayed in my calorie allowance - just!

I have lost quite a lot of weight through changing my diet, and kept it off. I always eat 3 meals a day but I eat lots of protein, veg and salad, and a bit of fruit. I just don't eat carbs much at all.
Usual day might be something like
Breakfast - omelette with tomatoes, mushrooms, cheese
Lunch - tuna mayo salad
Dinner - chicken/bolognaise/salmon/meat or fish of choice, with lots of veg. Today I had a bit of rice with beef and mushroom stroganoff, but when I was losing weight I wouldn't have any.

I lost weight never going hungry, really just by stopping pasta/bread/rice/potatoes, and adding more protein.

@Pinkfluffypencilcase the injections help although I’m on a quite low dose
Due to health I’ve been gluten and dairy free for a number of years and as GF bread, cakes, biscuits etc aren’t that nice the temptation isn’t as bad
My main sins are alcohol and chocolate!

That must take a lot of will power.

I’m short and overweight - I’ve recently lost nearly 3 stone - mostly on SW and more recently with WLI
I have still got a fair bit to lose and sticking to under 1000 calories sucks
Due to health issues the only exercise I can do is swimming as can’t even walk very far
I manage by limiting my diet to only protein/fruit/veg/salad, black coffee and low calorie drinks

I batch cook chicken soup in the pressure cooker, a bowl of it is around 500 calories and 50g protein so it's very filling. I also make a low fat beef chilli every week with lots of veg in it. Having those in the fridge means I can grab them at the times I might otherwise pick up an oven pizza on the way home, ie when I just want something convenient.

Also re the gyms comment, strength training/bodybuilding type gyms are some of the friendliest places. They won't have swimming, classes etc which keeps their costs down.

That’s really interesting.
Another poster said the same too, I couldn’t find their post when I went back to quote them, so apologies other poster.
last time I looked, they were £50-£70 a month. I’d assumed they’d go up - like everything else has

M&S and next do decent jeans.
M&S also do extra short in some of their trousers though weirdly I find them too short at 4ft 11!
If you’re on insta then Oh.My.Style and Katie_Gibbons1 are good to follow for petites.

Unfortunately I have the appetite of a 6 foot Viking 😫

Also pregnant again and starting to feel like a beach ball 😢

Yeah I think I’ve shrunk. 😢

You’ve got half a foot on me. I’m v envious. So 10 stone would look vastly different on me v you.

My appetite I suppose is smaller generally. I use a side plate or bowl for my dinners. Never a big dinner plate.

Whilst there’s a few short women here - where do you buy jeans from to fit length?!!
(sorry op x)

Yes- I make a point of having some dairy as I don’t like milk in hot drinks, so don’t get the usual dairy intake most tea/coffee drinkers have. Always think “at my height, can’t afford to shrink”.

If I shrink in old age I risk being mistaken for a borrower.

I would like to see the MINI! Shetland please thank you 😀

I am 5’1 and have always thought how I would be able to eat more if I were taller, or eat the same but be slimmer.

I am about 49-50kg now but have always had a good appetite and at one point was several kg heavier.

I think my maintenance calories are about the same as the allowance in the Minnesota Starvation Experiment!

@Thesofathatwas how do you get the vitamins and minerals etc you need if you are eating less than 600-800 calories?

My nana who was under 5ft, 4 ft 12 or something was a size 6-8 up to 90 years old. She had no breakfast but 2 digestive biscuits, cup a soup and toast for lunch, normal dinner, rarely snacked but had fish and chip supper once a week and cake every afternoon with friends. She also had osteoporosis probably as she had hardly any dairy.

I’m 5ft 4.5. In my teens was 6.5/7 stone. In 20s 8 to 8.5, 30s 9-9.5, 40s 10 stone etc. I’m now almost 13 stone but this is due to anti depressants medication. I’d be happy at 10 stone, I look pretty good then. My willpower is pretty bad though when it comes to food.