Women who are 5' 8", what is your weight goal?
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My original goal was 130 (starting weight 150) I got to that and was happy with it, but wanted more muscle, so purposefully "bulked up" to gain muscle (and fat) . Now my goal is 135, taking into account extra muscle.0
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I think one would be suprised. When you start getting to the normal -lower end of the normal range, you realize that your body stores fat in places that you didn't even see before. Like for instance, the area underneath my armpit where my bra used to dig in a touch doesn't dig in anymore. Or on your calves, or your forearms, or your neck or arms. It's the kind of thing where you think that "oh if I lost 30 lbs from my stomach I would be nonexistant!" But you have to remember that the weight comes from all over your body. From what I've seen on the forums, it seems like even people who think that they "have a large frame" actually don't but just don't realize that if they got to a low BF%, they are actually very narrow!
Reminds me of this article:
http://nerdfitness.com/blog/2011/07/21/meet-staci-your-new-powerlifting-super-hero/
My cousin was saying that she is big boned and would never be narrow or a certain weight, and then when she was scrolling through this article she said "oh I look like that now" (at the before pic of the girl, implying that she is also big boned)... but then you scroll down more and you see that once she became fit, she was actually very tiny, not big boned at all!
Obviously I've never done research into the topic it's just what it seems like to me. Then again, women's hips def wider as we get older (experienced that one first hand!) so everyone's body is definitely different. Also depends on if your goal is to just be slender or to be at a low bf%/muscle-y
TBH, I'd rather look like her "before" picture. She's gorgeous both before and after, but the before is just my personal preference0 -
I'm right in between 5'7'' and 5'8'' and I'm aiming for 120-1230
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Im 5'8 and currently 203lbs i had a baby 7 months ago and managed to put more weight on after giving birth. I'd love to get in to 160's, then re evaluate and hopefully make it back down into 150s xx0
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I am 5'7 and I am thinking of a goal of 145. I would like to be actually under that, but with my frame I don't know if that would be like overly slim I guess. Good luck with your activity goals, etc!!1
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I'm 5'8.5 and I am 140 right now. I would just like to get more muscular, not lose weight so I guess my gw is 14 lol0
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I am 5'8 and 246 right now. Started here a month ago at 255. My first goal is to be 200, then 180, then 160.0
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I'm 5'8 and I'm aiming for about 162lbs - I've been that weight before (and lower) and that's about the weight I feel most comfortable at.0
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I would like to be at 150ish. I am one that people are surprised at how much I weigh at 183 because I apparently carry it well..lol I just want to get rid of the flab and be healthy. Not so concerned with what I weigh just how I look.0
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A fit 150, maybe 145 to 155. I'm currently at 173lbs.0
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I'm 5-8 and 140. I'd like to get closer to 135 but 140 seems to be my body's happy place. I recently got back into CrossFit so I'm excited to see what happens from that. At my heaviest (about 7 years ago) I was 170 and wore a 14. Now I wear mostly 8s.0
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first goal:180
second goal: 170
third goal: 165
and well toned1 -
i would love to be in 120's. 123-128. something like that. ;D0
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I'm 5'7 and 25 yrs old. I used to be 140 before I met my current bf and now I'm trying to get back down to that number!0
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I'm 5'8'' and aiming for somewhere between 150 and 160, maybe even 165. Anything less than that and I'd look like a stick - I want to be STRONG! I'm around 185 ish now and need to lose the flab and build some more muscles!0
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I'm currently around 165 but it is definitely too heavy for me. I would like to be about 140.0
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I'm 5'8-ish, and my goal is 150.
I think that may or may not change as I see myself change in the mirror, but for now, the goal is 150.
I'm currently at 190-ish, and my jeans size is 10, which is too much for me. I can't handle being in the double digits0 -
i'm 133 in my picture. my goal is 130
I WISH I looked like your profile picture lol but my goal is also 130 . . . . Ok I really want 1250 -
133 if i wanna retain all my lean mass and 18% bf0
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