What is the right weight for someone at 5'7?

WifeofPJ

everyone is different. I'm 5'7" and right now my goal weight is 165 then I will see if I decide to go down further from there or not. You have to remember that everyone is different we have different body types. Some people have small frames and will not weigh as much, some people have larger frames and will weigh more. You need to decide what is right for you and if you are unsure about that I would ask your DR what they think your goal weight should be.

neandermagnon

everyone is different. I'm 5'7" and right now my goal weight is 165 then I will see if I decide to go down further from there or not. You have to remember that everyone is different we have different body types. Some people have small frames and will not weigh as much, some people have larger frames and will weigh more. You need to decide what is right for you and if you are unsure about that I would ask your DR what they think your goal weight should be.

^^^ this

LadyIntrepid

I'm just shy of 5'7" and i'm between 125-128, which I feel is perfect for me. BF is around 23% and I mostly wear a size 4 now. But i"m a lot older than you. You could probably get to that weight and have much lower BF. Also, I'm quite small-boned -- my wrists are like a 10-year-old. But wherever you feel good is what's best for you, so long as you are in a healthy range and are eating well and healthfully.

mdcnwolf

I am 5'8.5 and my goal is 140-145. This all depends on your bone structure and that also. I have a large bone structure so I was told no lower then 140. But 150 would be best. I would think between 125-140 is great for 5'7. Just have to go by what feels good to you, your energy level and that. Also remember that we "girls" tend to lose 5-10 lbs when sick and that makes getting well take a TON longer if you are too slight in the beginning.
Good luck.

sjkcwatson

I'm 5'7" and just hit my goal weight yesterday of 125 and am very comfortable here + or - a few since fluctuation is normal. I have a small frame though. Too much more would be too thin- if I start putting on muscle (my next goal) then 130-135 would be about right.

HIITMe

What would you say would be a good weight for me to be?

I think it depends on your frame, your muscles, etc.. I remember a long time ago someone saying if you are 5 feet tall you should be 100 pounds, and add 5 pounds for every inch That's obviously not a scientific measurement!

I don't think anyone can tell you, you'll just know when you get there.

you're right, and it's not only not scientific, it's a potentially dangerous target for all women who have average or larger than average frames. It's a good target for small framed women only.

body fat percentage is much better, i.e. get it measured reliably and base your goal weight on that, while losing fat slowly to make sure it's just fat you're losing and not muscle: http://www.leighpeele.com/body-fat-pictures-and-percentages

That makes the target for a woman of 5'7" 135. That is not "potentially dangerous" no matter what your "frame," It's pretty spot on healthy.

really, it's healthy? I'm 5'1", 130lb, and my lean body mass is 101 lb, please explain to me how I could possibly be healthy at 105lb?

2% body fat is unattainable for anyone, even male bodybuilders on steroids can't get below 3% body fat. Essential body fat in women is 12-13%. The only way I can get to 105lb is by starving off about 20lb of lean body mass. If my lean body mass was 81lb, then I could be 105lb at a healthy body fat percentage. But how is it possibly healthy for me to starve off 20lb of lean body mass?

Explanation: your calculations are wrong. AND it's quite easy to lose lean body mass where that lbm is the result of intentionally putting it on.

YEP, calculations are wrong

MOST 5'0 women look FINE and are perfectly healthy at 100 lbs... in fact thats a BMI of 19.5 which is SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE of the acceptable range... a 5'0" woman could go as low as 95 pounds and NOT be underweight

at 5'1, 130 lbs, BMI is 24.6 which is pretty close to being overweight....
now BMI is not the end all, be all...HOWEVER I find it hard to believe that someone at 5'1 has 101 lbs of lean body mass.... those calculations mentioned above are dead wrong

llkilgore

What would you say would be a good weight for me to be?

I think it depends on your frame, your muscles, etc.. I remember a long time ago someone saying if you are 5 feet tall you should be 100 pounds, and add 5 pounds for every inch That's obviously not a scientific measurement!

I don't think anyone can tell you, you'll just know when you get there.

you're right, and it's not only not scientific, it's a potentially dangerous target for all women who have average or larger than average frames. It's a good target for small framed women only.

body fat percentage is much better, i.e. get it measured reliably and base your goal weight on that, while losing fat slowly to make sure it's just fat you're losing and not muscle: http://www.leighpeele.com/body-fat-pictures-and-percentages

That makes the target for a woman of 5'7" 135. That is not "potentially dangerous" no matter what your "frame," It's pretty spot on healthy.

really, it's healthy? I'm 5'1", 130lb, and my lean body mass is 101 lb, please explain to me how I could possibly be healthy at 105lb?

2% body fat is unattainable for anyone, even male bodybuilders on steroids can't get below 3% body fat. Essential body fat in women is 12-13%. The only way I can get to 105lb is by starving off about 20lb of lean body mass. If my lean body mass was 81lb, then I could be 105lb at a healthy body fat percentage. But how is it possibly healthy for me to starve off 20lb of lean body mass?

Explanation: your calculations are wrong. AND it's quite easy to lose lean body mass where that lbm is the result of intentionally putting it on.

YEP, calculations are wrong

MOST 5'0 women look FINE and are perfectly healthy at 100 lbs... in fact thats a BMI of 19.5 which is SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE of the acceptable range... a 5'0" woman could go as low as 95 pounds and NOT be underweight

at 5'1, 130 lbs, BMI is 24.6 which is pretty close to being overweight....
now BMI is not the end all, be all...HOWEVER I find it hard to believe that someone at 5'1 has 101 lbs of lean body mass.... those calculations mentioned above are dead wrong

Actually 19.5 is near the low end of the acceptable range. 24.6 is near the high end, but is still within the acceptable range. I'd look pudgy at Neandermagnon's weight and I'm 6" taller than she is, but I'm also a 60 year old tiny framed, stringy muscled ectomorph. There is no one BMI that would be good for both of us.

schondell

I think for a 20 year old 5'7 and 125 looks average

cschiff

Rule of thumb for a woman is for 5ft its 100lbs and then 5lbs for every inch.. so not including muscles 135lbs is good. I think on a fit
woman who is ripped 140 would be perfect,
if you want to be lean 130-135.
For men its 120lbs for 5ft and 5 lbs for every inch. I am 5 foot 7 also and weigh 165 and people think I am to thin. But thats
mostly larger people.

lol i don't believe there is a rule of thumb for body type considering everyone is different....

RoadsterGirlie

What would you say would be a good weight for me to be?

I think it depends on your frame, your muscles, etc.. I remember a long time ago someone saying if you are 5 feet tall you should be 100 pounds, and add 5 pounds for every inch That's obviously not a scientific measurement!

I don't think anyone can tell you, you'll just know when you get there.

you're right, and it's not only not scientific, it's a potentially dangerous target for all women who have average or larger than average frames. It's a good target for small framed women only.

body fat percentage is much better, i.e. get it measured reliably and base your goal weight on that, while losing fat slowly to make sure it's just fat you're losing and not muscle: http://www.leighpeele.com/body-fat-pictures-and-percentages

That makes the target for a woman of 5'7" 135. That is not "potentially dangerous" no matter what your "frame," It's pretty spot on healthy.

really, it's healthy? I'm 5'1", 130lb, and my lean body mass is 101 lb, please explain to me how I could possibly be healthy at 105lb?

2% body fat is unattainable for anyone, even male bodybuilders on steroids can't get below 3% body fat. Essential body fat in women is 12-13%. The only way I can get to 105lb is by starving off about 20lb of lean body mass. If my lean body mass was 81lb, then I could be 105lb at a healthy body fat percentage. But how is it possibly healthy for me to starve off 20lb of lean body mass?

Most women at 5'1" would be healthy at 105.

mizbah09

hii i,m 20yrs old and 5`7 my sw=222lbs ,cw=188lbs gw=110-120lbs loolz it seems crazy coz when i check the bmi it will be underweight but at least i will aim on bmi of 18 lowest healthy and normal range .depends on how i will look /feel .so happy to get same height and age person i will add u best of luck

tabinmaine

I'm 16 years old, I train with my mom. Before working out I tried to cut back in weight at was 127, looked fat, pudgy, and practically what is known as "skinny-fat". Currently I weigh 150 pounds! I look a lot more toned, cut, and in the best shape of my life! So it really all depends on how much muscle you have.

kotea

I definitely think it's different for everyone. I'm 5'7 and 22 years old. I just had a baby. Before getting pregnant I maintained my weight at 143 for the past 5 years without working out or dieting, and that was always a good weight for me. But I'm a pear shape, so most of my weight is in my lower body. My waist always measured 25". Well, now that I've had a baby it measures 29" and I think my ribcage got wider I'm trying to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight (almost there! I'm at 149 right now) and hopefully I can even go lower to 135 since I'm actually working out and eating healthy since I'm a mom now. 135 would make me really happy, but then again I'd be okay with 145 too. It depends on your frame, your body shape. Also it depends on how much muscle you have!

Hildy_J

Anwhere in the healthy range is great!

Depends on your personal style... gym bunnies at the top end... fashionistas at the lower end...

LadyPakal

I'm 5' 7". Currently around 146-7 lbs - although aiming a little lower to round off the loss at 100lbs then see how I feel. Pic in my profile is me fitting into a UK size 10 dress.

neandermagnon

What would you say would be a good weight for me to be?

I think it depends on your frame, your muscles, etc.. I remember a long time ago someone saying if you are 5 feet tall you should be 100 pounds, and add 5 pounds for every inch That's obviously not a scientific measurement!

I don't think anyone can tell you, you'll just know when you get there.

you're right, and it's not only not scientific, it's a potentially dangerous target for all women who have average or larger than average frames. It's a good target for small framed women only.

body fat percentage is much better, i.e. get it measured reliably and base your goal weight on that, while losing fat slowly to make sure it's just fat you're losing and not muscle: http://www.leighpeele.com/body-fat-pictures-and-percentages

That makes the target for a woman of 5'7" 135. That is not "potentially dangerous" no matter what your "frame," It's pretty spot on healthy.

really, it's healthy? I'm 5'1", 130lb, and my lean body mass is 101 lb, please explain to me how I could possibly be healthy at 105lb?

2% body fat is unattainable for anyone, even male bodybuilders on steroids can't get below 3% body fat. Essential body fat in women is 12-13%. The only way I can get to 105lb is by starving off about 20lb of lean body mass. If my lean body mass was 81lb, then I could be 105lb at a healthy body fat percentage. But how is it possibly healthy for me to starve off 20lb of lean body mass?

Explanation: your calculations are wrong. AND it's quite easy to lose lean body mass where that lbm is the result of intentionally putting it on.

YEP, calculations are wrong

MOST 5'0 women look FINE and are perfectly healthy at 100 lbs... in fact thats a BMI of 19.5 which is SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE of the acceptable range... a 5'0" woman could go as low as 95 pounds and NOT be underweight

at 5'1, 130 lbs, BMI is 24.6 which is pretty close to being overweight....
now BMI is not the end all, be all...HOWEVER I find it hard to believe that someone at 5'1 has 101 lbs of lean body mass.... those calculations mentioned above are dead wrong

You find it hard to believe.... are you a doctor? an anthropologist? Have you studied variation in humans? do you have statistics to back that up? (and 19.something BMI is right at the low end of the BMI range, not smack bang in the middle... the middle of the BMI range for 5'1 is 116lb)

I've studied biology, anthropology and palaeoanthropology. My frame size is at the high end of the normal range for modern humans, and all my data above is within the normal range. Yes I'm at the high end of the normal range for LBM/frame size for height, but I'm not a freak of nature - there is a lot of variation in humans.

I also have a much larger rib cage than average for my height, and a much greater lung capacity than average for my height, and I also have short, wide hands and feet to the point that I can't buy shoes from normal shoe shops. They're short and wide like the rest of me. I don't call myself "neandermagnon" for no reason. (neanderthals were short and large framed, with big rib cages, wide shoulders, short and wide hands and feet, etc, and they had relatively short forearms/shins compared to upper arms/femurs, which is true about me as well, so that effectively subtracts about 2 inches from my height without affecting my weight much, compared to if I had average limb proportions, i.e. longer shins but the rest of me the same)

BTW since I wrote my earlier posts, I've done a bulk (i.e. eating and training for strength/lean mass gains).... I'm now 140lb in weight, and my lean body mass is somewhere between 102 and 107lb, depending on how my body fat percentage is measured. Most of that would be noob gains (this is my first time doing training and eating like this), I'm not expecting my lean body mass to go up by much more in the future (although if it does I won't complain)

And the reason why I'm still making this point (yeah I know it's a really old post I made months ago) is because I'm not a freak of nature, there are other large framed people out there, who don't want to be trying to weigh 105lb at 5'1" tall, and a lot of people don't realise that until they've actually lost too much weight, or got an eating disorder or something. Oh yeah, on that, as a teenager I nearly got an eating disorder because of an idiot sports coach with a BMI chart who told me to lose 10kg (22lb) when I had visible upper abs, which means I probably had a body fat percentage as low as 18%, but I was right at the top of the BMI chart for my height then as well. I know there are people who kid themselves that they're large framed/big boned/whatever because they don't want to admit that they're obese, but there are also people who *really are* large framed and should not try to get to "one size fits all" kinds of goal weights.

And it works the other way, I have a friend who has a tiny frame and she's underweight on BMI, but she's the right weight for her frame size, and she lifts weights and eats loads, and her doctor has said she's the right weight for her frame size.... yet people have told her that she has an eating disorder, is mentally ill, and even that will die if she doesn't gain weight, based on BMI. Which is kind of rude really. Any "one size fits all" goal weight, that says there's only one "right" weight for anyone of any given height, should be avoided like the plague. Instead, go by body fat percentage.