Originally Posted by Karen31:
I like this!!!

Don't you hate it when..... the shoulder seat belt "chokes" you!!

Yes, yes, arrghh!, gurgle, yes.

Also, I hate the fact that I have to sit on one pillow and have another one behind me in order to drive.

And can't drive a new car due to airbag dangers.

Originally Posted by likenoother:

Don't you hate it when....you're sitting all the way back in a chair and your feet don't touch the ground

OMG YES!!! I've gotten a reputation at work for getting up and pacing around during meetings, but that's because my feet dangle and fall asleep. I'd be more comfortable if I could sit with one leg tucked under, but that's too undignified for the corporate world.

Merry Christmas to all the Short Chicks :)

We had to get special permission from the state and then find a dealership that would turn the drivers side air bag off on my Caddie. Darn thing ever went off it would have crushed my chest lol.

My feet never touch the floor if I am sitting down.

I have Buster Brown's dog pooping in my shoes, rainbow bright and I are best friends, I had the first pair of light up shoes on the block.

I have to have dress shoes special made. I wear a size 4 in womans dress shoes but my foot is as wide as the box lol. The box tends to fit better than the shoes. I wear a size 2 in kids tennis shoes. Hard to get shoes when it is time for the back to school sales. All that pushing and shoving. If those darn grade schoolers would get out of my way, they wouldn't get knocked down so much lol.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL THE SHORT CHICKS!! I'll be back later to chat more. Have a WONDERFUL DAY!!

Good morning all! I hope your holidays were as good as mine! Apparently someone thought I was a very good girl this year!

But today I'm back to work. I weighed in first thing this morning - and I did good. i'm up #.4 from Friday. I'm still #2.8 away from my New Years goal - so I have to be on my best behavior this week to get close!

:santa: didn't bring a scale for me - so I'm going to buy one - before Sunday. I'm starting over again then with the new scale - and I have OCD about everything having to start on Sundays :)

I'm putting together a new contest for work... I'm hoping that more people will stick to it this time! Although - the extra $40 from the last one was nice - I'd love to have it be more :D

Have a great day girls - I have to get back to work.... *sigh*

Hello short chicks,
I had to move my ticker up :( But I'm back ready to start journaling my food and exercising. My elliptical was delivered Monday but was missing a bolt. They're coming today to fix it. I'll let everyone know how it goes. :)

teacher - I had to move mine up a bit this morning too... and then i binged at lunch and had Red Robin... Chicken burger w/ fries! *ugh* I guess it'll be soup tonight to keep under my cals for the day! Oh well - It could've been much worse!!!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas, I know I did. It is now time to pay the piper.....I have a weigh in tonight, then I am off to Vegas for 5 days tomorrow! :dancer: I'm pretty sure I will show a gain, I have just been indulging my sweet tooth since last Wednesday. Then I made 2 batches of cookies on 2 consecutive days, and had to sample them all of course! Oy! Oh well, I am not pressuring myself to stay totally OP until after the New year.....I also promise myself that I won't overindulge too much while eating at all those fabulous buffets.

Rennie, you crack me up every time! :lol:

Teacher, don't you just hate it when parts are missing from things? I hope you get it replaced with no problem. Our TV had some bolts missing from the stand so my hubby had to go to the hardware store to improvise. Either that or wait a week for some replacements to come by mail...what a pain either way.

Good luck on your challenge Enygirl, you can do it!!! :strong:

Hello Magrat! :wave:


Hello to all and especially hello to any newcomers as well. I have to get cracking if I'm going to get packing :lol: :rolleyes:

I bought my scale today! :woohoo: so I'm going to change my tickers over to the *new* scale in the morning and consider it my start.. well actually when i weigh in on Suday that will be my official start weight... OCD. :)

:dancer: I had a MAINTAIN at my weigh-in tonight. I am in disbelief!!! Off to Vegas I go! :wave:

Hello Ladies! I hope everyone had a good Christmas and Santa was good to you!
I don't know if I told you that I've been watching craigslist for an elliptical--- Well, I found a Gazelle on there the first of December that the lady said was just like new and she wanted $100 for it. I sent her an email I think it was last week and asked if she still had it. She said she did but they were leaving and wouldn't be back until the 28th. So I figured that I would keep watching and if nothing came along better than I would call her this Friday and offer her $50 for it. I got all my "horse trading mentality" from my Daddy! Anyway, I got on craigslist this morning and they had a Proform elliptical for $25 ! I sent an email and asked if they still had it and where would I see it. They replied and then said they had to go to a birthday party this afternoon and wouldn't be home until about 3:00. He said that there was something wrong with adjusting the resistance and the console didn't light up but thought it would just need new batteries. So I told them that I would just buy it and we would be at their house at 3:00. We got down there and looked at it and tried it out. I asked if he would take $20 for it and he agreed! So I now have it here at home. I was pretty excited about it. We tried new batteries and that didn't help the console display but Tim hasn't got into it anymore tonight. And right now I sure don't need to change the resistance because I was on it for about 5 minutes and was just about worn out! He told us he thought that the resistance level right now was set at the lowest. It is a Proform 485E which is an older model but the price was definitely right!! I went ahead and got the internet and downloaded an owners manual for it so maybe we can get it figured out and fix those two things that are wrong with it. If not-- it was still worth the $20! I guess you can tell that I'm pretty happy about it!
Here are a couple pictures of Ginger & Sissy in their new dresses! I just couldn't resist!
Well, it is getting late but wanted to pop in and say Hello. I will try to get caught up with everyone tomorrow! Have a good night!

Mele - Great Job maintaining! It's hard to do that during this time of year! Have a BLAST in Las Vegas!!!

Karen - Great Find!!! I'm jealous! :) I would LOVE to have an elliptical machine!

I weighed in on my new scale this morning.. in the buff... at my house... ahhh... it's so nice to be able to do that! The scale isn't off from the one at work - if it is it's barely off. i weighed in at #187 this morning. I'm making my "official" weigh in day Sunday's starting the 30th (although I may weigh in on the 31st if I'm not at my mini-goal yet :))

Envy- Congrats on the new scale!
Mele- Have fun in Vegas.
Karen- I love the pixs of your puppies. Pink is my favorite color :)

The elliptical I got is still having problems so the company is coming this morning to switch out the machine. I'll let you know how it goes.

The elliptical is working. I just did 30 minutes. After the first 10 min I wanted to stop but I pushed on for the full 30 min :)

teacher1--- I am so excited about mine! Right now my DH is taking it apart to see if he can see why the display doesn't work and to see if there is a way to adjsut the resistance. We knew when we got it the resistance know wasn't working but thank goodness DH is pretty handy when it comes to stuff like this. Maybe he can get it working but if not after being on it last night for about 10 minutes I don't think I will need the resistance adjusted for quite awhile anyway! And I'll just use the clock to see how long I've been doing it if the display can't be fixed. But still figure the price was right! Let me know how you enjoy yours. I did find some workout music on itunes that are free downloads. Thought that you might be interested.

Welcome Magrat!

Karen31 & Teacher1--Ellipticals are fantastic workouts. I remember when I first started exercising on one I started with 5 minutes and added 2 minutes each time until I got to the 30 minutes.

Noelle--Congrats on the maintaining!

Shymoment--ROTFL. I'm 4'11" like you but I wear a 7.5 wide. I would not have the patience....

Originally Posted by the slim me:
Hi all, This may not be for everyone, but.......Don't you hate it when you choose which car to buy, by how high you sit in the seat and can see out the window?

No, but I do hate the fact that I can't ever buy a new, or even recent model car due to the fact they all have airbags, which can be lethal for a short person.

I'm short and new!
 

Hey girls! I hope you don't mind if I join ya'll. I've been looking for a place where people have the same problems that I have. I am 5'00''...flat... needless to say; I am vertically challenged! ...and yes, every pound I gain looks like 5 on me. I am trying to get an elliptical machine through the 'want ads'. I hope that I can find a decent one. Our ground turns to pure mud when it just sprinkles, so walking on a daily basis is out of the question, plus, leaving my two year old girl with the 12 and 10 year old brothers is a little un-nerving. I am in serious need of motivation and recipes that work for my entire family. I will do all that I can to encourage any and all of you to my best ability. Thanks for considering me to be a part of ya'lls group!

Wiley- :welcome: Good luck on finding the ellipical machine - I would love to have one too! Us short chicks have to stick togehter!

Magrat - there are some dealerships that will turn off the driver's side air bag for you. Next time you go looking - that may be a great aspect of customer service to help you make your decision. :)

Today - I'm feeling very blah.. my whole family has differnet aspects of a cold/flu... it's lovely. I'm actually the best of the three of us - but I'm playing hookie anyhow. I'm hoping to catch up on some sleep this weekend. :tired:

I wish I was playing hookie...might as well have..I have been so unproductive at work.

I never really thought about the airbags in my car...

Welcome Wiley!!!

Day 2 with the new elliptical went great :0

Hey girls! Thanks for the welcome.

Karen - girl...you got a steal on that Proform! They are the best you can get. My brother works in a gym, and that is what all of their ellipticals are...the Proform type...eveyone says they are simply the best. After looking at their prices, I can see why!!

Well, I am not making much progress with anything. I think it is because I am cooped up in the house. Too muddy outside, and too expensive to drive anywhere. I am considering a membership to Curves. Do any of you have any experience with them? I feel like it will probably be a waste of time because I don't know when I will even have the time to go there. On top of that, I don't know who will keep my kids while I do it. The prospects of going there are getting slimmer and slimmer. One more obstacle to deal with.

I am going to try the core diet of WW. I have done the flex diet before and meetings, and it was allright, but that counting thing is just too much to deal with on a daily basis. Plus, I think that the core recipes will be a little more 'family' friendly.

Hope that you all are doing great! Let's all start out this new year with a new us!!

teacher 1-
CONGRATS on your eliptical, i honestly think if I had room for one I would drop my gym membership for a half a year or something...
im so jelous,
so proud of you for getting in your 30 minutes, weight is going to start dropping soon,
HAPPY NEW YEAR SHORT GIRLIES!
GOOD THINGS COME IN LITTLE PACKAGES!!
SHOULD WE ALL SAY OUR NEW YEARS RESOLUTION PLANS!
I HAVE TO ORGANIZE MINE FIRST!
LOL!

vixjean- I'm hoping this weight will start to slide off. I did it 2 days in a row then took a break today because my legs are sore. I'm a big baby.
Wiley- My friend owns a Curves and I've been told it's a really supportive place.

Have a great night everyone.

I decided not to exercise tyesterday.. ugh It sucks when you're not up to par! I'm definately going to today though. I'm having a very relaxing weekend - it's wonderful I started crocheting a poncho for my dd yesterday, and I'm about 1/2 way done now. I need more "me" time! I'm tryign to figure out how to rearrange my office to have more work out room - I'm not sure yet since it already is an office/craft room. Oh well - I'll think of something! Less then #2 aways from my goal for the New Year... it's so close - even if I don't hit it I'm proud!

Hello ladies, I saw the name of this thread and had to respond, Im 5'0 and love every minute of it except for the "5 lbs gained looks like 15 lbs". Ive been really dedicated to my weight loss lately and working out consistently. So hi and hello!

Welcome Purdue Girl :)

Hi i wondered if I could Join. I am 5'4" but i feel short compared to most people. I to am always being choked by my seat belt. I am over 200 pounds and at my height that is very unhealthy. I am looking for some support, encouragement and motivation.

Welcome WileyB, PurdueGirl98, and CherryAutumn!

Vixjean--I think we should definitely do New Year's Resolutions. I will start a new thread for the month of January tomorrow so we can post them in there.

5'4" is short enough to me.. I wouldn't have to stand on my tip toes to look into your eyes. - so :welcome: :)

I'm gloating (before i ruin it all with drinking tonight) I am #1.1 away from my goal for the new year! WOO HOO! :yay: I'm proud

Happy New Years Eve everyone!!! Have a fun and safe night :)

I'm starting a new thread. Please post in there.

I'll close this thread.

Happy New Year, everyone! :wave: