5'6 females: what do you consider to be a healthy weight, and what is your personal goal weight?
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I'm just under 5'7" and I'm currently about 128lbs. I would be fine at this weight with a lower bodyfat. I'm somewhere around 25%.0
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I'm 5'5 and aiming for 148lbs which would at least put me in a healthy range at which point I can assess what would be a good goal weight. I've always thought 130 would be ideal. In the end its not the scale number I'm after just a much healthier lifestyle and a strong healthy body.
Have you been to mybodygallery.com ? It's very interesting to see the variation in body shapes. Sadly, I realized what I consider thin is actually underweight.
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at 5'7" my goal is 155lb.the lowest I've ever been is 206 and people already said if I lost another 60 I'd been nothing but bones lol
I get the feeling that you and I are a lot alike. I can't even imagine what it would be like to be under 155 at 5'7. I got down to 168 once, and was a size 10, 155 would probably be an 8. I see these other women with goal weights 25-30 pounds under mine and it sorta blows my mind that it's even possible to be that small!1 -
I'm 5'6 and my goal weight is 150. I was that weight when I graduated HS. I am 42 now and weigh 175 down from 256.2
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Am 5'5.
In my 20's and before marriage & giving birth, I was happy at 122.
In my 30's, working full time, with 2 little kiddos, I devolved to 140.
Weight continued to climb in my 40's and 50's. My number was around 153.
Well am now in my 60's and am in the 190's.
Am setting incremental goals: first to get to 180, then 160, then 150. Since it has been many years since being 150, I want to enjoy that goal. Then push for the 140s.
Am retired now, an empty-nester and so have more time to focus on myself!5 -
I'm 165 right now with a goal of 130. And 5'6/5'7. Healthy weight is normal BMI for me.0
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5'6", feel best around 120-123. Currently 127, took a year to lose 3lb from 130. Urgh.0
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60 kgs0
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I think once you're in a healthy range you should probably go more by body composition than a scale weight. As you can see they're all over the place. I'm perfectly comfortable being 160 but others at the same height would probably cringe lol. 25%bf is where I'm comfortable3
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5'5" and currently 147. I look best 130-135. I have too much fat currently.0
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I'm 5'6", and 52 (menopausal). My happiest weight is 130-135. My goal with menopause was to stay and be under 140. So I'm fine under 140 these days0
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mrsnattybulking wrote: »I think once you're in a healthy range you should probably go more by body composition than a scale weight. As you can see they're all over the place. I'm perfectly comfortable being 160 but others at the same height would probably cringe lol. 25%bf is where I'm comfortable
No one is obligated to be at the top of the normal BMI range if they prefer to be closer to the bottom of it. I prefer for myself to be a bit lower than the midpoint, and definitely am not interested in being at the top end regardless of composition.3 -
heiliskrimsli wrote: »mrsnattybulking wrote: »I think once you're in a healthy range you should probably go more by body composition than a scale weight. As you can see they're all over the place. I'm perfectly comfortable being 160 but others at the same height would probably cringe lol. 25%bf is where I'm comfortable
No one is obligated to be at the top of the normal BMI range if they prefer to be closer to the bottom of it. I prefer for myself to be a bit lower than the midpoint, and definitely am not interested in being at the top end regardless of composition.
No one is obligated to be in it at all, just pointing out that scale weight isn't the be all end all way to select your goal once you're close to it.
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I'm 5'7 and 146-147 now. Want to go down to 140-143.0
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mrsnattybulking wrote: »heiliskrimsli wrote: »mrsnattybulking wrote: »I think once you're in a healthy range you should probably go more by body composition than a scale weight. As you can see they're all over the place. I'm perfectly comfortable being 160 but others at the same height would probably cringe lol. 25%bf is where I'm comfortable
No one is obligated to be at the top of the normal BMI range if they prefer to be closer to the bottom of it. I prefer for myself to be a bit lower than the midpoint, and definitely am not interested in being at the top end regardless of composition.
No one is obligated to be in it at all, just pointing out that scale weight isn't the be all end all way to select your goal once you're close to it.
Your use of "should" indicated to me that you think it is preferable for everyone to be at the top of the normal BMI range than to have a goal that is at the lower end. Perhaps "could" would be more accurate?2 -
I am 5'7 and I would imagine my current goal weight is around 130-132, but it is really a guess because at this point I am more interested in body comp vs scale weight.
My ultimate goal would be to be around 17-18% bodyfat and 140lbs. Maybe in a few more bulk cycles0 -
5'6 here, aiming for 140lbs = BMI 22.5. Saying that I haven't been that weight since my late teens, now 45, so will play it by ear from 147lbs. Still got a lot of fat over stomach though legs and upper body are much slimmer. Hoping to start recomp once I hit goal.1
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It's all individual and depends on mass, body fat %, bone density, etc. Everyone will have different goals and ideal weights, even those at the same gender and height. I'm 5'6 and started in 2013 at 187, went down to 115, then bulked to 130-135, then recomped for a while (staying between 133-135). After that, I bulked to 145 and am cutting back down to 120-125. Am currently at 138.0
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I'm 5'6" and I weighed 115lb at my smallest and 180lb at my largest. I feel the best at 125-135 because it is a weight that I can maintain with the least amount of effort. Right now I'm maintaining at 133 and about 25% body fat (I'd like to reduce my BF to about 23%).2
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heiliskrimsli wrote: »mrsnattybulking wrote: »heiliskrimsli wrote: »mrsnattybulking wrote: »I think once you're in a healthy range you should probably go more by body composition than a scale weight. As you can see they're all over the place. I'm perfectly comfortable being 160 but others at the same height would probably cringe lol. 25%bf is where I'm comfortable
No one is obligated to be at the top of the normal BMI range if they prefer to be closer to the bottom of it. I prefer for myself to be a bit lower than the midpoint, and definitely am not interested in being at the top end regardless of composition.
No one is obligated to be in it at all, just pointing out that scale weight isn't the be all end all way to select your goal once you're close to it.
Your use of "should" indicated to me that you think it is preferable for everyone to be at the top of the normal BMI range than to have a goal that is at the lower end. Perhaps "could" would be more accurate?
Maybe we could split hairs further and amend my op to say "should consider"
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