I'm short by genetics and I find people always say I weigh far less than I really am. I've had friends that tell me I looked good at 146 pounds. According to my BMI I was at serious risk for heart and health disease, not to mention heavily padded. I think that when short people are on the heavier side, the fat gets evenly distributed throughout the body. So yeah, I looked okay, but I was the same width from shoulders to legs (yuck). If you have the same problem as I do and are on atkins, tell your friends to wait and see the after results and then they'll know whats healthy. I'm really fed up having to explain why I'm on Atkins.