Shortie Porties--Banders that are short!

PigsRFlying · 08-10-2007, 06:41 PM

If you are short, you know , that we carry and lose weight differently
than people of "normal" stature!! Therefore, I figured a thread dealing with short people would be good. Seems like it takes longer to notice weight loss but only a milli second to notice when we gain weight!!

I am 5'. Yip, that's it just straight up 5 feet!

Calling all you "Shortie Porties!":D

chimboree26 · 08-10-2007, 07:24 PM

LOL. I'm 5'4. Short enough?

GayleTX · 08-10-2007, 07:24 PM

I have been grumbling about this very subject all afternoon.....I went shopping today. Everything is too short, of course, and there is not one alteration lady left in captivity in our area - even the dry cleaners can't hired one. Why do the manufacturers think that just because you have a 'generous' waist, you have legs like an Amazon?!!

I'm 5'2" and sure isn't much space to pack a lot of poundage into.

PigsRFlying · 08-10-2007, 09:04 PM

Yes, 3/4 sleeves are perfect! Also, I loved whenever the capri came back!! Many of the large waisted capris will come to my ankle , therefore, I am able to wear them to school. I will be so glad that the clothes that are made for short people will fit again!!

It seems like we always have to lose twice as much as taller people before anyone can tell there is a difference! lol

OregonHolly · 08-10-2007, 09:14 PM

OK ladies, prepare to feel tall: I'm 4'11", so quit complaining, LOL! I used to be a tall 5 foot, but with the weight gain (to 203 lbs) came the "degenerative disc" back problems and I lost an inch in height. :frusty:
BUT in Oct I get my band, things are gonna change! I can't wait to buy clothes I actually like. Imagine not having to hem everything you purchase. And high heels will be so much fun again!

speina · 08-10-2007, 09:36 PM

Hi There
I'm 5'1" and I agree shorty porty is very difficult, but getting better every day since the band! I was banded 5/5/07, had a flipped port that needed surgery on 7/31/07 but am doing pretty well and looking foward to a new me!

sbee · 08-10-2007, 09:43 PM

Hi,

I'm 5'1 and finishing up my testing. I was shocked to find out what a healthy weight BMI is for my height. I would have thought that to be anorexic.

Great thread, hope it keeps going

stonersmom · 08-11-2007, 01:41 AM

Right here with all of you at 5'2" and I love capris and 3/4 sleeves. lol. I don't feel swallowed up in them.
NEXT WEEK BANDLAND:whoo::whoo::whoo::whoo:

METALBAND · 08-11-2007, 06:32 AM

Hello I am 5'1/4" (got to have that 1/4")!! I am also short for my weight!
I have the same problem and as I lose weight things are getting longer, like pants that are now baggy seem longer, does that make sense???? I do have someone in town that does alterations and it is costing me a fortune. I buy suits for work and when I am in the store....I look at the price and add in how much it is going to cost to hem the pant and shorten the sleeves!

Here is the good thing though, I had to drop off one of my suits to get the pants take in too. I didn't mind so much paying to have it taken in instead of out!!!!!

lawanda jessica · 08-12-2007, 08:46 PM

I was just in ashley stewart and I tried on this dress.
I'm 5ft2 244 and I looked like aunt sally's cousin sweeping floors with my dress.
Just awful.
I try different pants on and I have to roll up every pair of pants I get except for capris.
I even put rubber bands under the bottom and fold the pants under.
I got that from my 11yr old daughter and my co-workers.
I'm very petite with 62 inch bow hips and a large put a drink on my ass.
Lets not talk about my lower stomach that looks like a kangaroo pouch.
The only thing that is little on me is my hands,arms and legs.
I love my shape.
Just not the fat that comes along with it!
But I dont think anyone is looking for a super sized beyonce shaped woman.
When I lose weight though I look fabulous!
I can't wait until I am banded!

RedFiona · 08-12-2007, 09:26 PM

Hello! I am 5'3, and belive me that one inch makes no difference at all!! Ha ha!! I have been very overweight my entire life and am at my heaviest now at 307. I turn 39 in september and I dont want to be fat at fourty!!! My surgery date is 8/20, less than a week!!
All those clothing stories, I am right there with you!!!

JulieNYC · 08-12-2007, 09:55 PM

I'm 5'1 1/2 and I'm very protective of that 1/2"!

Ladies, I can tell you first hand that this gets better. It's one of the great joys of being banded for a while and starting to see the smaller sizes. Once you get to single digits, which you ALL will at our meager stature, things start to be cut to our length! It's so fabulous. I went outlet shopping today and was so happy to be in a size where the length worked as well as the width.

sbee, I can really identify with your comment about thinking a normal-by-the-charts BMI seems unrealistic (and anorexic). But then when you get closer and closer to it, it doesn't seem so unreasonable any more. It's super strange. For my BMI to be "normal" (at 5'2 because, again, I round my height UP!) I need to get to or below 136. Doesn't that seem ridiculous? Well, sitting at 157, I can tell you, I could still lose 20+ with no problem. There's more truth to those charts than I ever thought, my whole life.

I love my band.

PigsRFlying · 08-12-2007, 10:15 PM

CARTOON COURTESY OF WENDY645!!

jfran · 08-12-2007, 10:19 PM

I'm 5'3.5" with short legs and long (relatively) torso. I have been overweight forever and don't have a clue what I will look like at goal, but I am anxious to see.

My doc was telling me about a patient of his that lost over a 100lbs and gained a couple of inches in height. His weight was pulling him down, damn that gravity! Maybe I will be fortunate to gain some height rather than weight.

wendy645 · 08-13-2007, 12:42 PM

Well I was beat to the punch! I was going to come in and post something to share my signature with you lovelies :)

When I saw this thread I read the name to my mom and she asked if she was a shorty porty. I exlplained the band has a port and that was the reference. She's overweight but losing, and not banded.

It's funny how a lot of us aren't happy with what we've got, huh? For instance, I'd LOVE to be 5'9" but it's not gonna happen (probably? That patient gaining some height inches is inspiring!!) but at the same time, I'm thankful I'm 5'7", which I know a lot of people here and gonna be like "Oh shut up, you!!" about LOL

For the poster who noticed things getting longer on her as she loses: I hope to have the same problem! I have faily long legs, but the pants I can find are short on me (I'm not much of a loser yet!) but instead of having a belly sticking out to make the fabric go out and then down... without it going out, the only place for it to go is down! Holy run-on sentence, bat man!

Anyway, good on you all for working with what you've got, and I hope my signature picture can bring you a smile :)

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