Women who are 5' 8", what is your weight goal?

peachygrrl32

I am 5'8" and am aiming for 165-170 as i have a bigger body type. I am not petite and will never be petite so i think this is a good goal for me.

5kidsforme

I'm 5'7 3/4" tall. I weigh 154.4 lbs. I'm trying to get to 150 lbs. When I was married in 1989 I weighed 145 lbs. In High School I weighed 135 lbs.

Right now I wear Medium tops because I'm a 34 DD bust. On the bottom I wear some size 6 but mostly size 8.

Back in 2007 I was 150 and very happy at that weight, that's why I would like to get there now.

We will see!

snowbab

5'8 and maintaining at 120

(I know it sounds low but I swear it doesn't look like that. Goig to focus on toning a bit more once at uni where i can use the gym there )

beautyofthedark

I'm 5'7.5" and I'm currently at 179. My goal is to be 145 but I'll be happy with 155. I think 155 is where my body stalls naturally & I look good at that weight, so if I go below great if not I'm ok with that.

jordanreddick

I'm 5'8" and my goal is between 160 and 170. I have a huge bone structure and lots of muscle, so if you are anything like me you will look emaciated anything lower than that. Feel free to add me and take a look at my pictures

HornsUT32

I am 5'6 and 189 pounds. People tell me I look like I weigh less, but who knows. My goal is 150.

LoriFalce

I'm a morbidly obese 5'9" and my ultimate goal is 180. I actually can't even imagine being smaller than that. I think I would look like a concentration camp victim.

WeatherGirl88

I'm 5' 8'' and 3/4, and I currently weight about 108 lbs. Seeing all of these posts I wonder if my goal should be higher. Right now I just want to step up to 112 or so... but should really probably reach for 118 or 120. It's hard to think about gaining weight, though, when everyone around you is so set on loosing it.

jesss5885

I am 5'8" and am aiming for 165-170 as i have a bigger body type. I am not petite and will never be petite so i think this is a good goal for me.

i'm in that range-ish.
165-170 is hard to maintain for me. i've gotten as low as 172 and it was tough!
i'm happy at 175-180

EvilMomma

I am 51, I stand 5'8" tall and weighed 230 lbs mid-April, 2012. I am aiming for the Marilyn Monroe ideal (size 12) and that is 170-165 lbs. I am not a teenager (duh) and I don't aspire to weigh in at the very athletic 130 lbs I was at 17; I don't have the time to work out that much and no desire to fight my body or starve myself. I just want to be a healthy, curvy middle aged woman with gorgeous white hair and lovely skin to go with the personality. Good luck ladies. Remember that who we are isn't "forever 21" .

ahelgers10

I am 5'7" and I am my goal is in the 140's, that is what I was at before I had kids and I look at those pictures and how I looked.

kini324

I'm 5'8" and currently 152 lb. My goal is 140 and I've been having a hard time getting there once I hit 155. I'm hoping to rev things up with P90X and get to goal!

lilyxD

I'm 5'7.5- 5'8, and I'm 118 right now, i would like to be about 110ish!(:

mycatchicken

125 is my weight goal. I keep my calories at 1200 and cant seem to drop any weight. Still stuck at 149! Any help would be much appreciated.

tb_lawkid13

Dang, lol. I'm shooting for like 180. It's technically above the "healthy" weight, but I'm built thick. When I get there, I'll re-evaluate and see if I want/need to go any smaller.

This.
I'm 5'7.5 and as an African American, I hate that BMI chart! How can they tell what ethnicity we are from our bones, but expect that all 5'8 women that are a certain age should weight the same!? Makes no sense.

I'm very boob-heavy, so I'm shooting for 175, and then I'll decide if I want to lose more...shoot at this point, I'd take a %10 loss! Still struggling!

_KatieKat

I like to be 125 to 130. But I model so I have to be on the low end of the BMI scale.

shelbynicole32

135...but if I look right I will stop at 140

Me too. I *want* to be 135, but realistically 140 with 18-20% body fat would make me happy.

kaotik26

I'm aiming for 150-155. I think if I went any lower it wouldn't look right on me, I have sturdy bones!

LauriesTrying2BeFit

im 5'8.5 and currently around 138lbs iv been maintaing this for a good few months now i like this weight just want thinner legs now so not trying to get below 135lb

MrsAmySchoener

I agree with you! I want to be about 170-175... I'm 5'8" and I can't see myself at 135.

hottiebikerchick

Dang, lol. I'm shooting for like 180. It's technically above the "healthy" weight, but I'm built thick. When I get there, I'll re-evaluate and see if I want/need to go any smaller.

Im built like my dad- big bones- Im also shooting for 180-190 and I would be great with that!

tb_lawkid13

I'm 5'8" and I'm going for 160-170. I have never been "skinny", even since high school. I wasn't "fat" back then, I was about 150...size 9 or so. A size 9 would be awesome for me.

I think it's in the way I carry the weight. Most people think I'm 130-140 now, and I'm 192!!!!! Crazy they don't see it, I sure do.

YAHZ!
I'm 228 and I always get 160-170!! I know my boobs throw people off (I'm a 36F) but the 50lbs swing is cray to me.
Another reason why I'm shooting for around 175. I think if I get too small I'll look crazy!

queenhiphop

I am aiming for about 160-165 lbs. About 11.4 - 11.7 stone. Maybe even a couple of pounds extra. I want to be curvy and toned, not 'thin' at all, even if the BMI says 'overweight'

MrsAmySchoener

Dang, lol. I'm shooting for like 180. It's technically above the "healthy" weight, but I'm built thick. When I get there, I'll re-evaluate and see if I want/need to go any smaller.

Im built like my dad- big bones- Im also shooting for 180-190 and I would be great with that!

I agree with BOTH of you! I want to be about 170-175... I'm 5'8" and I can't see myself at 135.

gaerielsky

I'm aiming for 165. The closest I ever got was 185 and I was a size 8-10. I'm bottom heavy, and if I lose more I end up looking emaciated on top and my eye get sunken.

kirstywebster1

I'm 5"9 my goal was 150 but i think anything after 160 i will be happy i still want my curves i just want to be toned i think once i have hit 155 i will start to focus on toning and not my weight goal!

SF2514

175 for me 165 is the lowest I'll go lol. I'm a big person though, even at 240 I didn't look huge.

this is me around 245 (I wish I could say some of that weight was boobage lmao. No such genetic luck )

castadiva

Dang, lol. I'm shooting for like 180. It's technically above the "healthy" weight, but I'm built thick. When I get there, I'll re-evaluate and see if I want/need to go any smaller.

This.
I'm 5'7.5 and as an African American, I hate that BMI chart! How can they tell what ethnicity we are from our bones, but expect that all 5'8 women that are a certain age should weight the same!? Makes no sense.

I'm very boob-heavy, so I'm shooting for 175, and then I'll decide if I want to lose more...shoot at this point, I'd take a %10 loss! Still struggling!

Just as a point of interest, the BMI charts have actually been scaled downwards as the reach of the World Health Organisation has expanded to include countries where a slight frame is the norm, which does rather leave all of us with genetics that indicate a heavy, more muscular frame out in the cold somewhat.

I'm another strongly-built, just-under-5'8" of Scottish Highland and Norwegian descent (not even half a chance of having a small frame there!), with a goal of 165-175 at minimum, and likely to be at the higher end of that range - I'll see how it looks when I get a bit closer (203 right now). I can't realistically see how weighing less than that would healthily be possible for me.

vgaucher

I'm 5' 8". I've been everywhere from 130 to 235. 165 right now, I'm trying to go down to 145 because it was a comfortable weight. I liked 133 most but everyone was bugging me saying I was too thin. It depends on your bones, if you have smaller bones 135 will look good on you, but medium-large bones look better on 145. You can find out the size of your bones by wrapping your hand, finger to finger, around the base of your others hand's wrist (smallest part). If your fingers can't reach, you have larger bones. If they touch, you're average. If they overlap. you have smaller bones. Cool, huh? It's just different for everyone.

Jolkapolka

At the moment I weight 170ish (give or take a bit), and my immediate short-term goal is 165. My ideal goal is 145 (what I weighted in my 20s...before Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, as a smoker, and a non-beer drinker). While 145 would be nice and ideal, I think it may probably be too low for me. I'd be a very happy camper at 150-155, and I think that is what I will ultimately shoot for. It also happens to be what my doctor recommends.