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The song said "Short people ain't got no reason to live." Well it seems we don't have no reason to EAT either! It's been determined that a woman 5'4" or under requires far fewer calories than a tall woman!
A new diet craze for short women, called the Petite Advantage Diet, was featured on TV the other day. I started adolescence at 5'5", but now am only 5'3 1/2", so I paid attention.
This diet uses "calorie cycling", changing the total calories ingested. Five days out of the week, we poor short ladies are only allowed 1,100 calories. Two days of the week, Wed. and Sat., we get 1,600.
On those 5 days of 1,100 calories, a big breakfast is essential, 400 calories. Lunch and dinner are 300 calories, one snack is 100.
I'm doing OK on Weight Watchers, so have no plans right now to try Petite Advantage, but I'm putting it out here for those who may want to do it.
A new diet craze for short women, called the Petite Advantage Diet, was featured on TV the other day. I started adolescence at 5'5", but now am only 5'3 1/2", so I paid attention.
This diet uses "calorie cycling", changing the total calories ingested. Five days out of the week, we poor short ladies are only allowed 1,100 calories. Two days of the week, Wed. and Sat., we get 1,600.
On those 5 days of 1,100 calories, a big breakfast is essential, 400 calories. Lunch and dinner are 300 calories, one snack is 100.
I'm doing OK on Weight Watchers, so have no plans right now to try Petite Advantage, but I'm putting it out here for those who may want to do it.
It's in our genes / and in our jeans. LOL
I will not starve my body to stay looking like a 5'11" 17 year old model w/ long thin legs and waist of 25 inches.
I have just accepted that I am never going to look like that and I am comfortable in my own skin.
But I am trying to keep the weight from packing on and doing WWs and doing okay so far. But I refuse to starve my body. There is so much more to life....
Not on anyone's headstone have I seen a person's weight engraved on it..... I want to be healthy and at the weight that suits ME. and that may be a little hippier than others! That's okay w/ me.
Just fyi :)
always remember Cal's in Cal's out ratio.
gee 300 cal's a person could have a veggie or turkey burger n 1/2 of baked potatoe w salad n sugar free drink. 300 cal's is a lot.
AM I have protein drink that is aprox 200 cals. I use water instead of milk r sugar free/low carb ice cream, plus I have 1/2 banana, 50 cal's. banana:carb n 100 cals. I also have cup of dry original fiber one cereal 50 r 60 cals, at this moment I think that it's 50 cal's not 60 cal's.
There are even very tasty frozzen meals that are 300 cal's. Frozen meals like but not limit to Healthy Choise.
I love salads. everyone loves my leafy green salad that I put ( cook beans n rinse w hot water, drain n use )drained beans n green peas n shreed carrots n celery n red n/or green bell peppers w yellow hot peppers, n green seedless grapes in it. sometimes I add chucks of halibrate or boiled shrimp or crab meat.
I alway make a lot so that I will have enough left over to cover a few dys/few dys for myself.
Always limit starch intake.
My weakness is pasta :I
white beans/white bean extract is carb blocker.