[Serbrider]

Haha... yeah... I had a girl the other day hug me, then stop, a worried face... and ask "are you going to have a baby?"

The way she said it just kind of made me laugh... but yeah.

I am definitely looking forward to being tall and thin... I have a friend who is like that as well (I just don't hang out with her much at all since she has lived the past year in Colorado while I was in Texas). 5'11" and probably around 110 lbs. Skin and bones... but good grief... that girl eats every meal for about 4 people... I mean... even when I was binging I couldn't even eat that much. O_O

But yeah... I would LOVE to have nice long sexy legs, and sexy long arms, and be able to wear a bikini on the beach when I go backpacking in europe... and to be able to walk into ANY store and know that almost everything in the store will fit... maybe not look good... but at least fit.

ETA: packofneurons... haha... yeah. Tall girls do have a bit of an edge... I can see that.

As for your calories... don't go straight down to 1200! I mean... maybe this is more of my own personal thing... but 1200 calories is reserved for my last month or two... when I'm on my last 10-15 lbs... or less. But not until then. That way if I hit a plateau I can just lower my calories by 50 or 100 and keep going. For you... I would suggest around 1500-1800... there's no reason to feel like you're starving.

I feel 'hungry' right now... but in actuality it's just my muscles being all sore and trembling from their first pilates ab exercises in almost six months...

[packofneurons]

Yeah - maybe I will increase my calorie intake. But that means I'd lose weight slower and the summer would end!

I know what you mean about being tall and thin. I love Blake Lively's body, but obviously I've accepted the fact I can never look like her. But she just looks so effortlessly thin to me and I want that.

I just came back from a trip in Florida with a big group of my friends and all of them wore bikinis except me. When I saw the photoalbum uploaded on facebook I knew I had to change something.

[Serbrider]

well... you might lose weight slower... you might not. I know that I can't have my calorie count above 1800 or I stop losing weight completely and might even gain weight... and anything under 1500 is free game... and whether I'm eating 1500 calories or whether I'm eating 1200 or 800... I lose the weight just as fast.

I'd up it if I were you... just try 1500 or 1600 for a few days... and if you just don't feel right... take it down again... 1200 is just pretty low... and even though I really don't know you... I don't want you to be starving or upset or frustrated...

IMO... better to keep expectations low and be happy when you exceed them than to set expectations high and feel like a complete failure when you don't reach them.

(not with school grades though... I have to aim for a 4.0 GPA... because I need around a 3.8 for vet school... )

ETA: But yeah... to each their own. If you're happy with what you're doing... by all means... KEEP DOING IT.

[packofneurons]

Haha that's true! Maybe I will see how I feel in the next few days.

Vet school seems fun! I have a few friends that will be going this fall. Doing pre-med as my undergrad I was super narcotic with my GPA too. Always working for that 4.0 but never actually analyzing my health.

[my2cats]

So far the journey is going pretty well! I started on June 6, so I've been at it about 3 weeks now (was originally 227). Lost 9 pounds, and seem to be in a decent groove.

Getting used to less calories can be tough but what seems to help me is making sure I get a lot of protein. I also keep some super-low-calorie snacks around that I can eat if I'm just dying - I love pickled pepperoncini peppers, and pickles, and since they're so low cal I don't "count" them as calories. (If I ate the whole jar I think it'd be about 50 calories, and I'm lucky if I can eat a quarter of that in one sitting). Celery is another good low-cal snack but I really hate it

I haven't managed to start exercising regularly yet, but I know I need to. I think I'm going to start with some strength training at home with hand weights; I really hate cardio but if I gain muscles I'll look more fit and burn more calories around the clock, all of which sounds good to me!

I'm currently eating 1200-1400 calories a day. I thought about going higher but I calculated I have to eat less than 1400/day if I want to be 180 by Jan 1, sooo... for now I'm keeping it low.

That said I allow myself a cheat meal once a week. Not completely insane, but I'll eat either a main entree that is bad for me and I love (say, pad thai), OR a healthy entree with a ridiculous dessert. I still end up at max around 1800-2000 calories for the day and just knowing I am going to get a cheat meal helps me save up some of my cravings. At the same time it's not so out of control that it's going to wildly derail me, and because I'm planning it I don't feel horrible and guilty.

I've also started eating dinner later because I hate getting the late night munchies and not having any calories left. I eat about 4 meals a day that are ~300 each. Breakfast around 8, 2nd meal around 11-12, 3rd around 4, and dinner around 8-9 when I know it'll stick with me! I'm not sure this is ideal but it works for me psychologically because I "fear" that hungry, gnawing feeling.

I also had to get rid of all the unhealthy snacks in the house. (One of the perks of living alone I guess?) So that has helped a lot. I know it's pickles or bust.

[Me1stAllways]

Hi all!
Im only almost 5'9" but i say 5'8" cuz Im shrinking lol .
I used to be 5'10"+
I allways hated being so tall and never finding in style pants or shoes that would fit, but loved that my body was curvey/sexy.
Still hard to find pants and shoes and dont mind shrinking...like a lot of you, I too feel like Im extra huge when Im fat cuz I seem so, well huge lol.

My fiance is like 6'2" Thank gawd, I allways feel giant around shorter men.
But even tho my fiance is tall he is still skinner (160lbs) im 223lbs and I feel akward in bed with him, like I will crush him or somthing.

I have officialy re-sewn the inner thighs of my A&F yoga pants 3x due to fat friction, but they are all that I can find to fit my fat*ss and long leggs lol.

I love love love high heels and even tall I used to wear them and feel sexy, but with the extra lbsIi just feel akward and like I look like a drag queen trying to balance 230lbs on 2 thin 5' heels ready to buckle under the stress. miss my heels.

[my2cats]

Vet school sounds awesome! I wanted to be a vet for a long time but then changed my mind sometime in high school and ended up in web design. C'est la vie.

[my2cats]

Hey Me1st! Hehe your drag queen / heels comment made me think of the movie "Kinky Boots" (I swear it's a cute PG film).

Basically it's about a British shoemaker who goes into the niche market of steel-reinforced boots with heels for drag queens who are tired of snapping their heels off. I remember watching it and thinking "Huh, that actually sounds like something I could use..."

I've never snapped a stiletto but I hardly ever wear them either!

Also I'm impressed you've resown your pants.. I have never tried with my jeans when the inside leg wears out. I hate that's the first place they wear out but I guess better the jeans than my leg (ow!).

[Marijaux]

So glad I found you guys...5 10 here...so almost a head above the crowd...
I'm on IP diet plan right now. I started 2 weeks ago. Lost 10lbs w 1, 3lbs w 2 and I've lost 3.4 to date this week. I am so impressed by this weight loss program. Nobody has noticed changes in me yet (except hubby), but I think it is because I am tall....will take a little longer to show.... ah well, the joy of behing tall...

[X Lexi X]

can i join you? i'm 5ft 9 and hovering around 13stone and wear a uk size 14

[oxymoronica]

5' 10" here. I agree with a lot of you that have said you just feel extra gigantic because of your height... I thunder into a room, tower over the tiny little hobbits for a while trying to think skinny thoughts, knock over a few people by accidentally brushing past them, and eventually give up and thunder back out.

I too have resigned my beloved high heels to the back of my closet until I lose some more weight because of the dreaded drag queen effect. Nothing like being called "sir" a few times from someone behind me to really get the self esteem juices flowing. It's especially bad because I am taller than my boyfriend even without heels on.

Again, I wholeheartedly agree that it takes forever to notice a physical change when I lose weight. I have lost over sixty pounds so far and I still have to look back over my old weight records (I'm obsessive) to convince myself I have lost anything at all.

And to top it all off, I don't even have the tall girl's usual blessing of being able to carry weight well - ALL of my weight goes to my stomach and to my upper arms. I'm like a wrecking ball on two very long, shapely toothpicks. I originally thought my goal weight should be about 160 because "I'm tall, I'm sure I will be able to carry that fine," but now that I am nearing that goal I am finding that, since everywhere but my arms and stomach has little to no fat, I am going to need to lose a significantly larger amount of weight to make myself look even remotely proportional.

[bleujean]

Hey ladies!!! Love this thread!!!!

6'3" out here. Was just shopping and even though I've gone from a 14 to a size 10, I have just figured out that if I buy the 14 I can have it taken in at the waist and still have sleeves that fit. So much for using clothing as a goal!!!

[green chick]

Hello ladies! I'm 6'2". I've read about all the clothing issues...have any of you guys tried Gap? [i swear i'm not advertising!] They offer XXL (extra extra long) pants online and they're a godsend! I think the highest they go is a size 20, though. Thankfully my legs are really long and my torso is relatively short so I can fit in most shirts.

Apparently I'm obese according to my BMI, but because of my height everyone always tells me I'm a few pounds overweight at most. As many of you have said, being tall is a double-edged sword! Hopefully the good side of the sword works out for me in the end.

[silentarctic]

Oh Thanks for the GAP tip I'll have to check it out. I am way overweight at this point and wouldn't fit a 20 but its worth looking into for when I (hopefully) eventually do!

[Mimi123]

It's nice to see that there are lots of other tall girls out there also trying to lose weight. I'll be starting Fast-5 today

(Also to anyone else in the UK, Dorothy Perkins and Next do pretty good tall jeans. In fact, sometimes they're too long!)