Has anyone ever actually been the weight they've wanted to (short people. No Giants)...

I'm down to 124 today (5 feet) and I'm shooting for a weight goal that is quite low.  But I'm losing motivation.  I want to give up.  It just seems so far away.  It's not the exercise that I can't take.  It's watching what I eat.  I've got half a burger and fries (red robin) in the fridge screaming my name.  I just want to hear from people like me who've actually made it to their weight goal at one point and how happy they were when they got their.  It would really help me a lot.  I'm going out for my run now but when I come back, I'd like encouragement so that I can refrain from gobbling it all up.  See you in 30 minutes.

I'm 5'3", so I'm "almost" normal sized, but I'd like to tell you about my mother's experience, as she's 4'11" and was anorexic when she got married in 1987.

My mother explained to me that she controlled food beyond reason, and it was all due to the lack of control she had in her life after her accident when she was almost 13 years old (in 1987 she was 18 - 19).  She started trying to control her appetite, and she used the BMI as an example.  At 4'11", her BMI got down to 18, and she was 92 lb.

If you're down to 124, and 5'0", then you shouldn't have to try working down to any lower.  Be careful with yourself.  124 is a big accomplishment, although I don't know where you started.

Jo

i dont know of anyone who has ever been their goal weight. I have however shifted my goals to keep me motivatted. Make smaller goals that you know you can achieve and when you reach them, it will help alot. I am 5'4" and 116lb...as ballerina none of my teachers think i am thin enough. So back when i was 120lb i started little goals (like a lb a week). Achieving them allowed me to lose 4lbs in three weeks. I will continue in this until i am my teachers and my doctors approved weight of 100lb. keep on working! You can do it.

ps red robin is one of my worst temptations!!! i cant go there without pigging out! try making yourself a burger on the george foreman grill at home with lean meat, on whole grain bread, and with you favorite condiments. Satisfies the burger craving without the extra 1600 or so calories!!!

5 ft 2 here and I've never been my "goal" weight. When I was 115 lbs I thought I was HUGE. Major body image problems then. Now I'm older and wiser, but I found myself hiding behind my fat. Now, with so much to lose, and four kids to boot, I don't think I will ever see 115. That doesn't make me sad or anything, I just wish I would have realized what I had when I had it! It's taken me so long to get to my heaviest weight of 207, that I don't remember what it was like to be 115. But I'm down 16 lbs and 15 inches so I'm on my way...

Thanks you guys.  I ate the half burger but I rationed out to where I hate half of the half for breakfast and the last half of the half for lunch.  So instead of pigging out and eating all at once and eating lunch and dinner on top of it, I turned it into two meals.  Thanks you guys.  You really helped out.  So it's dinner time now.  I'm not sure exactly what I want to eat.  That burger was so good that nothing in the fridge will satisfy me now lol.  Do you ever get that feeling?  When, no matter what you eat, you're still not satisfied?

hhahaa. it wa like reading something i would write. Im 5'0 even and right now about 144. HATE IT! People are like oh your so little, its like, yeah right, wanna see my gut (keep in mind 2 kids later) Ironically, after I had my 4.5 year old I was at my goal weight, I was 5'0 about 105 and was cut. But that also happened becuase i was single and couldnt afford to eat, so i drank my protein and vitamin shakes all day and veggies and fruit were cheap so i pigged out. and carrying around a newborn all the time up 3 flights of stairs helped. But after that i met my  now ex-husband and the man loved 3 meals a day. i gained 30 pounds before even getting pregnant with second child. all down hill from there. and that was only 4 years ago so its not like i cant get back there. I am 143 and WILL be 110 by the end of the summer. I swear to it. I have a 8X10 of myself in a bikini holding my 6 month old daughter, if that isnt motivation, nothing is.

I agree with you also Prac - I love food. And i eat what i want, and i justify everything. at least i try to. But now when i go to eat something, i just think the worst of it, even if it isnt bad and it usually works. like i convince myself that i CANT have it. HAHA. like today actually, my bf and my kids were at a cookout and he offered me a burger and i was like oh i cant have that, i have to work at 4 and the grease will affect me all night. Bullll ... i love greasy burgers but because i mentally made myself believe that i couldnt have it, i didnt, i had pasta salad, which isnt 100 percent better, but not a greasy burger. Try that. Im telling you it works. Find every reason in the book to stay away from "those Foods" that you love that you shouldnt love, LOL.

I hear you, although at this present time I can say that I am at the weight I want to be at -- but it has been a long journey. I'm 5.3 - correction, 5.2 and 3/4 but I claim the extra 1/4 inch and currently weigh (on a good day) around 115. It is my goal weight and any lower for my build and body I think is too thin.

The long journey is considering 2 kids (3 and 5 in August) and the fact that I love food and live in Italy where food and wine is practically religion. (hope I don't offend anyone here, but it is so entwined in every single aspect of life and culture that the ONLY comparison you can make is religion). Anyway, when I started counting calories I lost weight. Then it went up a bit and down a bit so that every two weeks I was gaining and losing the same darn pounds. But slowly, very slowly the set weight changed so that my 2 pound difference was no longer 124 but 117 and finally 115 (had a day where I was 113 and several that are around 116).

So stick with it (motivational message) because I am convinced that what we're doing here is learning about our bodies and our food habits and how to make reasonable choices. Which means lifestyle choices (as in, have the burger and fries for lunch but you may want to be a bit more careful with dinner) and not dieting.

PracticallyPeach,

Try adjusting your goals to more reasonable goals if they seem too far away. Baby steps never hurt anyone and they help me from losing my sanity. I'm 5ft 4 and I weight 139-143lbs at any given time (wear a size 4 in womens; 5 in misses). Ultimately I'd love to be a 1 or a 2 and at 125 lbs, but whatev... I don't even know if it's possible! lol!! In fact although I weigh more now, when I was 130lbs I was a size 5 (from age 12-17)... so idk... maybe it's the added muscle that prevents me from ever hitting my goal. Technically I guess I'm smaller now than I ever have been and yet I weigh about 10lbs more. (I also eat a lot now though too). My temporary goal is at 135. If I can get there and maintain it for say a month, I will move it to 130. Its those last few lbs that f*** with you though! lol!!'

Keep at it girl, you'll get it!!

Mel

PS - Stay away from Red Robin... that garbage has no place in your body... lol.

Hi Peach, I'm 5'0", and I don't think I will ever see my high school weight again... That was...... 135, and if I do see it.. I will make sure I let you know all about it. Right now! I am very happy with going for 145, and I am going to get that number.. I've lost over 67 pounds, and I got 14 more to go. I will get that 14 more pounds, and I will not stop until I get it. But! I am being real with myself. I'm 30, and my body has had 3 kids.

I know, I will reach my goal weight of 145, and if I want to lose some more.. Then, I will go for it. My body looks great for a short woman like me.  BUT! I'm a pear, bottom heavy, and there is nothing about me out of shape now.

I use to run track, so all my muscles are very large in my legs.. No big deal. My arms are very toned, and in great shape. I lift weight like a mad woman in the gym with my trainer. I'm really not looking for a set number, but I had to pick a stopping point. But who is to say that's my stopping point. I just may say.. Okay! Let's get those last 10 pounds and go for it. 

If you have a goal weight that is in your reach then go for it. Mines is in my reach, and I'm not stopping until I reach it. You can look at my gallery, and see a fat pic of me, and my new up date photos if you like..

~ Lynn

Ohhhh I love these.  Thank you all.  Keep them coming.  I'm down to 124 this very monday.  Actually 124.2.  But enough knit picking.  I love hearing people say they've lost 30+ pounds.  It makes me so happy.