Attention all Shorties!!!

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  • BigDaddyBRC
    BigDaddyBRC Posts: 2,395 Member
    "SHORTIES" - Please read...

    You need to get off a GENERALIZED perception. What say you to a 5' individual that is RIPPED and weighs 160?? Would you call this person OBESE? NO!!!

    So I say to you this...Look at yourself, toss out all preconcieved and socially predispositioned imterpretations of what healthy is supposed to look like and understand that the BMI is an Averaged curve. If you truly want a GOOD BETTER BEST standing, get measurements to incorporate Body Fat %. This is a better scale to go from than a BMI or weight alone.
  • hazelmae123
    hazelmae123 Posts: 109 Member
    I'm 5'3.5" and I have been from 198 to 129. At 129, and I usually flux between 130-135, I am a size four and tiny, but I retain the same shape I have at my current 160, I just have more padding. I think it depends on your shape and also you muscle mass. I am always heavier in the legs but tone and muscular on top when very thin. I shoot for a range I have been in before 130, and then judge at that point.
  • splackk
    splackk Posts: 163
    Ahaha, it's always interesting to compare to other shorties. I WISH I could look normal and good at 140 pounds like others, but I look like a bloated whale at that weight. I'm 5'1'' as well but have a tiny frame and was naturally in the low 100's until I gained a ton my first year of college (after I stopped playing on a sports team). I'm almost two years out of college now and finally back down to a reasonable weight for me, but even at 113 I've still got thick thighs and a bit of a tummy! Getting to the lower end of the BMI scale is perfectly natural for me, I definitely look and feel better at 105 than 145!
  • sugarbeans
    sugarbeans Posts: 676 Member
    I am 5'1 and I am currently considered morbidly obese according to the BMI I disagree. Before meeting my personal trainer I thought that my weight should be 120-130ish, however my trainer disagrees and says according to my body composition I will look like I'm that weight but realistically I shouldn't go below 140lbs. This is due to the fact that I am 126lbs of lean muscle mass and my 120 lbs goal would make me in the -ves for fat% and a healthy is between 15-25%ish.

    Honestly this process has made me realize that weight loss can be a slow process until you accept and learn to love yourself and that being comfortable in your own skin, and being healthier beats what the BMI category puts you in.
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