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jayashreeravi1
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How come at 5'6", they have smoking hot bodies at mere 123 pounds?
Isn't 5'6" better off with around 150 lbs?
-- Just curious. How is it possible not to look sickly at 123 lbs for these celebrities?
Isn't 5'6" better off with around 150 lbs?
-- Just curious. How is it possible not to look sickly at 123 lbs for these celebrities?
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Huh? both are healthy weights for that height... although 150 is close to being a bit "overweight". However, it really all depends on how that weight is distributed and how much is lean muscle. Two people of identical height and the same weight can look completely different.4
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123 at 5'6 isn't even underweight.4
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As jseams 1234 said, it depends on how the weight is distributed and how much is lean muscle. I would add that many Americans no longer recognize what is a normal weight and tolerate much higher weights than they would have in the past. They think that people who are normal weight or thin are anorexic.7
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Yeah, and my sister is almost 5'6" and weighs about 116. It just depends on your body type. I am shorter, weigh more, but we wear almost the same size clothes, sometimes I wear smaller.2
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The healthy weight range for someone 5'6" is 118lbs to 154lbs. Anne Hathaway has a fairly petite build, so there is no reason for 123 to be sickly or 150 to be better. Actresses tend to be on the lower side of a healthy weight anyway (if not a bit underweight) and most likely still look great thanks to chefs, nutritionists, personal trainers, makeup artists, fashion designers, lighting, professional photographers, and photo shop.6
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- Both of those ladies are lovely but keep in mind that any image of them that you see will have been touched up to make it look as good as possible
- A lot of time, people look a bit heavier in pictures than in real life
- "Smoking hot" is a bit arbitrary as is the idea that one has to be around 150 at 5'6" to look good. The basis of your question is a bit weird.5 -
Reported weights for celebrities are often way, way off. They're people just like you and me, and their weight can fluctuate all the time (particularly for roles).1
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I was just wondering because this is an old picture of me looking perfectly fit at 150 and I am 5'6" tall. Then I had a big bout of illness / diarrhea and lost 20 lbs (that time) and when I became 130 lbs, I looked anorexic and everyone started fearing for my well-being.
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Cause exercise.1
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jayashreeravi1 wrote: »I was just wondering because this is an old picture of me looking perfectly fit at 150 and I am 5'6" tall. Then I had a big bout of illness / diarrhea and lost 20 lbs (that time) and when I became 130 lbs, I looked anorexic and everyone started fearing for my well-being.
Losing weight due to extreme sickness, and losing weight due to eating calorie appropriate foods and exercising while being attended to by a staff of experts, is going to result in very different looks. Unless Ann Hathaway and Asin achieved their weight by getting sick there is really no reason to compare.5 -
jayashreeravi1 wrote: »I was just wondering because this is an old picture of me looking perfectly fit at 150 and I am 5'6" tall. Then I had a big bout of illness / diarrhea and lost 20 lbs (that time) and when I became 130 lbs, I looked anorexic and everyone started fearing for my well-being.
Losing weight due to extreme sickness, and losing weight due to eating calorie appropriate foods and exercising while being attended to by a staff of experts, is going to result in very different looks. Unless Ann Hathaway and Asin achieved their weight by getting sick there is really no reason to compare.
Exactly. My current measurements correlate to when I was 10lbs lighter a couple of years ago simply because I'm working out in a different way right now.
You can't just look at an actor or some random person on the street and assume to know what's going on with their weight because we all carry it differently. And even within a single person how you exercise can change how you carry your weight.
And for SURE, losing weight due to illness will look much different from losing weight (or fat) due to fitness.
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150 at 5"6 is not close to being overweight1
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150 at 5"6 is not close to being overweight
I'd tend to disagree, but this is where individual build and cost/benefit analysis come in. I'm 5'4 and 1/2" and when I got up to 145 i felt like a beached whale. My quality of life improved dramatically from losing 15 lbs.
Unless one is muscular, the medical community would consider 150 at 5'6" close to overweight.2 -
jseams1234 wrote: »
I hadn't realized it was that close to being overweight, I've always hovered between 150-160 but I didn't feel/look very big,what a drag! Wish I was taller.1 -
I have NEVER been told I was overweight by my doctors.150 at 5"6 is not close to being overweight
I'd tend to disagree, but this is where individual build and cost/benefit analysis come in. I'm 5'4 and 1/2" and when I got up to 145 i felt like a beached whale. My quality of life improved dramatically from losing 15 lbs.
Unless one is muscular, the medical community would consider 150 at 5'6" close to overweight.
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I have NEVER been told I was overweight by my doctors.150 at 5"6 is not close to being overweight
I'd tend to disagree, but this is where individual build and cost/benefit analysis come in. I'm 5'4 and 1/2" and when I got up to 145 i felt like a beached whale. My quality of life improved dramatically from losing 15 lbs.
Unless one is muscular, the medical community would consider 150 at 5'6" close to overweight.
Me neither thats why I was surprised to read that but after I googled found out it is true
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As measure by body mass index? If so, that measurement does not take into consideration the persons physique or lean body mass. Some pro athletes could be considered obese. Not a good measurement or use for anyone.
I have NEVER been told I was overweight by my doctors.150 at 5"6 is not close to being overweight
I'd tend to disagree, but this is where individual build and cost/benefit analysis come in. I'm 5'4 and 1/2" and when I got up to 145 i felt like a beached whale. My quality of life improved dramatically from losing 15 lbs.
Unless one is muscular, the medical community would consider 150 at 5'6" close to overweight.
Me neither thats why I was surprised to read that but after I googled found out it is true
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Body shape matters.
The women upthread (@Joenali, @jayashreeravi1) look great at 150, but I'm better at 115-120, by far, than at 150. I was still pretty fat at 150.
Age 61 and post-mastectomies, nobody's claiming "smokin' hot" here - LOL! - but I don't think I look sickly or emaciated, either. (FWIW, the mastectomy situation only accounts for 4-5 pounds in my case.) I'm 5'5", but was 5'6" before li'l ol' lady shrinkage started happening.
Body shapes with more bust and hips can look great at 150, or even higher with some solid muscle besides. However, more narrow-hipped woman like me can still be fat at 150 . . . and I don't think I'm completely muscle-free here at 115-120, either.
Honestly, couldn't we women just get beyond critiquing (or questioning) other women's weights? What someone else weighs, or claims to weigh, just doesn't matter when we set our goals - why not just be a healthy and beautiful you?12
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