05/20/2026
a 2015 study tracked petite women and taller women eating the same amount of foodš
the petite group burned fewer calories.
the exact same ādietā put them in a deeper hole.
for petites, itās dangerous š¶ļø
the 6 signs youāre starving as a petite:
1. your workouts feel HARDER even though youāre ādoing everything rightāš
when thereās not enough fuel or protein coming in, your body burns fat AND muscle mass.
less muscle = less strength = slower metabolism
now youāre weaker, workouts are exhausting and you have no energy to fuel them
& your weight loss has completely plateaued
2. hair loss/shedding šŖ®
this is the first ānon-essentialā thing your body ditches when running too low on fuel
the freaky part: the shed shows up about 3 months after the undereating started
so you blame stress or your shampoo instead of the deficit youāve been in since spring.
3. youāre hands and feet are COLD š„¶
your hands and feet are weirdly cold and you bruise easier
a shorter body conserving fuel pulls circulation toward your core & away from extremities.
the protein youāre not eating keeps capillaries and connective tissue resilient.
cold fingers + random bruises = not enough coming in.
4. you crash at 3pm every day (and coffee doesnāt fix) āļø
a petite body has less glycogen storage to begin with.
undereat on top of that and your blood sugar has nothing to coast on
so you crash out mid-afternoon and drink caffeine to bandaid the problem
5. youāre āfineā all day then RAVENOUS + canāt sleep at night š¤¤
you eat like a bird all day, then your survival brain takes over at night
you binge at night, blood sugar swings, and the cortisol spike that follows wrecks your sleep.
then you wake up not hungry and do it all again.
6. you used an online calorie calculator š§®
these are too generic and do not scale down correctly for petites
means generic āeat lessā advice cuts deeper and faster on you than on anyone else.
if 3+ of these are youā¦
š£ļø comment āCOURSEā and Iāll send you my free video course on how to lose 10-15lbs as a petite without dieting, starving, restricting or doing tons
