Hi everybody,
So I've been lurking for about three weeks and finally got the courage to sign up and make a post. The environment here is so positive and calming and focuses mostly on health, which I love.
I'm 30 years old and really short (5'1''). My weight has been up and down for a long time. I was a skinny kid and took dance through most of my teen years, but stopped when I went to college and ate junk food pretty much every day, gained maybe 30-40 lbs. Then, got all activist and went vegan and went down to 111 lbs, but I wasn't exercising so I had no muscle definition and was a total weakling. So after four years of that I started eating dairy again and didn't pay attention to my weight for a long time. A little over two years ago I started exercising pretty regularly, I started at 145lbs and was able to get down to about 133lbs and hold. It stopped there, I think because I was never as committed to my diet as I was to exercise. As of January of 2011 I've paid more attention to my diet and ramped up my exercise. I've made it down to 124lbs so far and seem to be holding here, but I suspect I have gained a lot of muscle in the past two months and lost more fat. 124lbs is on the higher side of a normal BMI for me. I know that I want to lose more fat and gain more muscle but I'm really not sure how much. I love athletic bodies, but I don't play any sports so I'm considering taking up Ballet again, or maybe some sort of sparring type sport. I know my numbers seem low, but keep in mind that at 5'1'', my normal weight range is going to be a lot lower that most of you
So here I am. I'm hoping to post pictures in the before and after section if I can adequately disguise myself (I have a nasty case of social anxiety that translates even through internet communications, eek!). I'm looking forward to sharing my struggles and progress and defining better goals (my goals right now are vague and nebulous) and maybe communicating with some other short girls that have had the same struggles.
I'm a total sci fi and video game geek (WoW, Final Fantasy, Fallout, any RPG really)...so in my head I'm this kick-ass graceful ninja girl that can leap and fight with agility! But on the outside, I'm just kind of frumpy and shy. So, I'm going to try and let my inner ninja out, with your help of course!
Thanks everyone!
So I've been lurking for about three weeks and finally got the courage to sign up and make a post. The environment here is so positive and calming and focuses mostly on health, which I love.
I'm 30 years old and really short (5'1''). My weight has been up and down for a long time. I was a skinny kid and took dance through most of my teen years, but stopped when I went to college and ate junk food pretty much every day, gained maybe 30-40 lbs. Then, got all activist and went vegan and went down to 111 lbs, but I wasn't exercising so I had no muscle definition and was a total weakling. So after four years of that I started eating dairy again and didn't pay attention to my weight for a long time. A little over two years ago I started exercising pretty regularly, I started at 145lbs and was able to get down to about 133lbs and hold. It stopped there, I think because I was never as committed to my diet as I was to exercise. As of January of 2011 I've paid more attention to my diet and ramped up my exercise. I've made it down to 124lbs so far and seem to be holding here, but I suspect I have gained a lot of muscle in the past two months and lost more fat. 124lbs is on the higher side of a normal BMI for me. I know that I want to lose more fat and gain more muscle but I'm really not sure how much. I love athletic bodies, but I don't play any sports so I'm considering taking up Ballet again, or maybe some sort of sparring type sport. I know my numbers seem low, but keep in mind that at 5'1'', my normal weight range is going to be a lot lower that most of you
So here I am. I'm hoping to post pictures in the before and after section if I can adequately disguise myself (I have a nasty case of social anxiety that translates even through internet communications, eek!). I'm looking forward to sharing my struggles and progress and defining better goals (my goals right now are vague and nebulous) and maybe communicating with some other short girls that have had the same struggles.
I'm a total sci fi and video game geek (WoW, Final Fantasy, Fallout, any RPG really)...so in my head I'm this kick-ass graceful ninja girl that can leap and fight with agility! But on the outside, I'm just kind of frumpy and shy. So, I'm going to try and let my inner ninja out, with your help of course!
Thanks everyone!
