Any other tall people trying to lose weight?

I'm somewhere between 5'10" and 5'11", female, 176.

I am desperately trying to lose another 20lb by the new year, as I'm getting married in May, and want to look thin in my dress!  I've just ordered my dress and when I went to try them all on, most wouldn't do up at the back, which was really embarrassing.

Because I'm tall, I can carry the extra weight without looking so large, which means no-one is taking my dieting seriously!  But I weigh more than my husband to be, half my clothes don't fit me, it's impossible to fit my boobs into loads of UK size 14 clothes... so I'm miserable!

Anyone else tall out there suffering similarly?

yes, yes, YES!!! Everyone keeps telling me, "oh, you're skinny, you don't need to lose weight." In the meantime, my BMI was reading as obese and I was 185 lbs. I am 5'9", and granted, not as tall as you, but the weight definately spreads all out, and no one else seems to be able to see it.

AT LAST!  Someone else who understands what I'm going through! 

It also doesn't help that the majority of my friends are under 5'6" and skinny as.... I saw a photo of myself next to my best friend at her wedding and I look like A GIANT - tall and wide... it was hideous.

But whenever I mention dieting, particularly to any friends who are also overweight but shorter, they look at me like I'm crazy.

OMG bev1976, I have that exact same photo! I have about 25 more pounds to lose, and I've had to stop telling people, because they make comments like "I don't know where you think it's going to come from, you'll be too skinny", when in reality I will be about 15 pounds heavier than I was in high school.

bev, there are lots of tall people here!  it just takes time to find them.  i am 5'10 and started at 182 in jan of 06.  by august i was down to 150.  so, i just want to say welcome, and good luck!  (actually you don't need luck, you just need patience.   you ARE doing the right thing, and cal-count is DEFINITELY the way to do it.)  if you have any questions, feel free to message me or email.
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Hi All,

Ditto for me.  I'm 5'8 and 153 and it is hard to stay motivated when you can't even admit you are on a diet.  They look at you like your are a crazy perfectionist or something.  My dad used to say I was just "big boned".  Whatever, it's fat!  Good Luck guys.....

You will find that there are a LOT of tall ladies here.  Myself included.  I'm like you, somewhere between 5'10 and 5'11, depending who you ask and how tall I'm being that day.  I must say, however, that if I were 176, I'd be a HAPPY HAPPY woman.  That's actually my goal, and having been there before I can tell you that part of the reason people are probably not taking your diet seriously is that they think you don't need to lose weight and they could be right.  Of course, it all depends on your frame size, but I tend to disagree with the idea that we should be nearer to 140.  I've been there too... and I looked SICK.

We can't all be a size 4... for some of us it just isn't healthy.  Please don't push yourself over the edge of being too skinny, just for the sake of weighing less than someone else.  In comparison to our shorter friends, we will always look like giants.  Own and it enjoy it, instead of letting it make you feel bad.

ahh, me too!  They all thought I was delusional, since I dressed well and carried it well. 

I just ended up not telling anyone since I felt too self-conscious, but now I'm happy :)

Me too!

I'm 5'9" and 148 and I really want to get back down to my college weight of 133. I wasn't "too skinny" back then, but because of my height people don't seem to see the extra 15 I'm carrying as fat. My husband likes the way I am, etc. etc. and everyone tries to say "but you're slim!" so now I just don't tell them I'm dieting and try and make my food choices wisely. I know it might take a while, but I just want to see the other side of 140 again!

HI!  I'm 5'11!!  I started out around 260 and I am now down to 175-182 (give or take the day!!!)  I am currently a size 10-12 right now, which I think is really weird, because my weight is alot more than others, but thank God for the height!!!  I would love to get down to 155 or 160, but really, if I could keep my weight where it is right now, I'd be ok with that!!!  I really never had a "problem" area, so everyone couldn't believe my starting weight!!  Be glad for your height--I'm finally comfortable with it, and the recent weight loss--I think if I would be 130--I still think my thighs were too big!!!  But I would be sickly looking!!!  We should imbrace our height, and the larger numbers on the scale!!!(I used to say that I think my bones themselves weigh at least 150 lbs!!!!!  Right???:)

Hello - I am 5'11.  I started @224 at the end of July 2007.  I used the South Beach Diet and lost 15 pounds with no problem.  I have been at this weight now for 3 or 4 weeks.  I am exercising also, 5 days a week, 20 min.  I want to reach 170 lbs., soon, what should I do next?  I feel like I am frozen in time with this weight of 210 pounds.  Any suggestions out there?

You guys are pretty much all like me.. I'm somewhere between 5' 11 and 6' (closer to 6' but shh.. ;) )

Personally I absolutely hate the BMI chart, it says around 140 is a healthy weight for me, I'd be lucky to get anywhere near 150 without being completely unhealthy.

Im a guy! im 6 feet 1 inch. Lucky for us giants, a large number doens't always mean that we 'look' fat to others. I weigh about 275, and with clothes on i look like anyone else, but because i hold in my stomac,h, but when i de-robe? My mirror breaks and we all scream. People alwyas tell me i look fine an dont need to lsoe weight, so i put them into the uncomfy position that they just put me in by asking them how much i look like i weigh.."umm..maybe 210" Im like no..try 275-280...i love the looks on their faces haha.

 I also hate the BMI for us giants. It says i shoudl be 170-190. Last time I was in that range i was deathly sick with mono an hadnt eaten in weeks. I looked like death, literally. They want me to look like that again? Cuz that is what healthy looks like?

i'm 5'10 and was 250. just about at the 200 mark, so 50 more pounds to go. i definitely look different but it still kind of does suck though, because i'm in college and surrounded by a bunch of short skinny girls (including my roommate). i feel like a blimpy giant compared to all of them! it's just silly.

Hi, I am 5'11 and started out at 185 pounds.  I am down to 145 now.  nobody can believe that I lost 40 pounds because being tall I also carried it well.  Nobody took my diet seriously and some even acted worried that I was trying to lose weight.  I ignored them.  You know your body best!!  They can't understand unless they're in your shoes.

Hi everyone, im 5'10 and a bit lol you are ALL sooooo right!!! i told my bf i want to lose weight and even he doesnt understand it let alone any0ne else! I started out at 190 lbs in january and am down to 170lbs my goal is to get to 150lbs by.... well whenever i manage to get to it lol it would be nice to get there by before easter tho. however if i manage to get into a size 12 uk (8 or 10 us i think) i will be just as happy no matter what my weight at the time

hey everyone, i am 5'9-5'10 and weigh 165lbs. thank god others understand what i am going through! i look at pics of me in high school (when i weighted about 145-150) and i dont think i look too much different a bit fuller, but nothing that would indicate i packed on 20lbs!!. i would love to get back to that weight again. some people think im crazy because they think i weigh the same as i did in high school. my question is....for us taller people, does it take longer for the weight to come off???? 

Oh, dear, dear, dear!

bev: "I saw a photo of myself next to my best friend at her wedding and I look like A GIANT - tall and wide... it was hideous."

No, no! You looked tall and stately and beautiful, and this was accentuated because you were standing next to a person of short stature. (I'm thinking "midget," but don't want to come across as mean... :-D )

It's all perception, my dear, and as a 5'10" woman who was, as my ex so amusingly put it, the "runt of the litter" (because both my siblings were taller than I), and who is now shorter than my 13-year-old son (by several inches), you did not look like a giant -- your best friend simply looked short in that photo. Very very short.

Because she is! You, on the other hand, are gracefully tall and lovely!

Let's hear it for tall women!!! w00t!!!

Ah, thanks Athena, for your kind words.  The problem is that nearly all my friends are midgets!

It's good to hear that other people feel the same way... it feels so much better when you're not on your own!

It's making me feel a lot more motivated! 

I'm 6ft tall and currently 165 (was 162 last week but slacked on the healthy food - argh! - I'll get there again)

I have experienced the same thing - the good thing is people don't notice when you gain weight - but they also don't really notice when you lose it and it's hard to stay motivated with very little support.

I was in my Asian friend's wedding and it was all these shorter asian people with darker skin and me - tall, wide and pale - I looked like a giant ghost!

"The problem is that nearly all my friends are midgets!"

I hear you, Bev!

 "the good thing is people don't notice when you gain weight - but they also don't really notice when you lose it" 

And you, Lucy Chris!

I'm wee compared to some of you guys (between 5'9" and 5'10") but next to all my friends (and even my husband, who's 5'8") I'm a giant. It's ridiculous. My dad's 6'3" and my mum's 5'7", so being tall was on the cards for me (although not, apparently, for my sister!). Whatever, it's good to own your height. It can be hard to own your weight though, because even though you KNOW that you're taller and ergo are going to be naturally heavier, the willowy-thin Hollywood 100-125lbs is depicted as the only ideal. It's hard to remember that many of those actresses are about 5'2"!