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What is your "ideal" weight?

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  • kster083
    kster083 Posts: 1
    I'm 4ft 11inches and would love to be anywhere from 100-105 as long as my body fat is around 20%. I got mine checked and it's on the fringe of being unhealthy so I'd love to lose some weight and get it remeasured once I'm at my goal weight.
  • Crochetluvr
    Crochetluvr Posts: 3,427 Member
    It's been so long since I have been thin, I just chose the top number of what is recommended for my height and frame. When I get there and if I feel I should lose more, I will.
  • TheFitHooker
    TheFitHooker Posts: 3,357 Member
    I'm 5'3 and I'd like to be 120. I came up with mine but seeing if I was big boned and then seeing what my BMI was, andI should weigh between 107-127 so I picked 120-115. However after I get to that goal I plan on building up muscle back to 125-130.
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    5'9"
    150ish.
    I've been 145 before but with less muscle and still had chubby legs.
  • laurwillbelovely
    laurwillbelovely Posts: 44
    i'm 169cn (5.6) and 63 kilos (140)...i'm hoping to get to about 58-60 kilos (128-130)...10 pounds to go....
  • genetlj
    genetlj Posts: 4 Member
    my ideal weight would be 52- 54kg... i'm now 59. Working on it :D
  • jily310
    jily310 Posts: 38 Member
    Started at 202, currently 142. Ideal- 130....soon, I hope!
  • newme1850
    newme1850 Posts: 16 Member
    Dallasford - can you post that site? I'm curious :)


    I'm 5'10" and weigh about 195lbs right now. My goal is 150. I don't remember being less than 160, and even then i wanted to drop 10lbs.
  • mimiluci07
    mimiluci07 Posts: 19
    my first goal is to get at 200..... then after that my second goal is 185...... i make short goals, so it seems more realistic. after i reach 185.... i would like to be at 170 bc that is in the "healthy bmi" for my height at 5'11...... and that works for me... doing short term goals so i can feel i can reach those marks.... every time.... good luck
  • alisiaendris
    alisiaendris Posts: 213 Member
    I am 5'4" and I would like to get to 140. At 135 you can count all my ribs with my arms down and at 115 (Got there when I was annorexic), I look really sick! My tummy actually was concave-not a pretty sight!
  • gingerveg
    gingerveg Posts: 748 Member
    116-118 is my ideal weight. I am 5'4" and currently 124lbs (I'm 39 years old ) so I have a ways to go but I'm getting there :)
  • MaraDiaz
    MaraDiaz Posts: 4,604 Member
    Anywhere in the 120s is fine. Under that and I start to get scrawny (although I'm tempted to initially lose a few pounds below it just so I can say I lost a supermodel-yes, I know, pathetic!), and if I'm over 130 I always have a fat roll or two hanging around.
  • pg3ibew
    pg3ibew Posts: 1,026 Member
    I'm 5'4 and would like to get down to 170 lbs. I found that to be a "reasonable" weight. The freakin' BMI calculator says I should be in the 130's. Yeah, right......

    I am 5'10" and never, in a million years, thought I would get to what my BMI is supposed to be.
    Guess what? I did it. I am 170 as of last Sunday. 4 pounds on the better side of the high end. Plan is to be between 165-170 which should be achieved by tomorrow morning's weigh in.

    WOOT WOOT.

    The reason I quoted you: If I could do it, you certainly can.
  • lioness0806
    lioness0806 Posts: 115 Member
    I'm 5'6 and m ideal weight is 150. I think the last time I weighed close to that was 145, I was still a smoker and that was 2+ years ago. I've tried different sites like MFP with no success and only got to 157. I'm gonna push it a little harder and maybe I'll see the elusive 150 again.
  • rogerbosch
    rogerbosch Posts: 343 Member
    5'65, ideal weight = 137 lbs w 10% BF. That means I still have to cultivate some 4 lbs of pure muscle.
  • Rockmyskinnyjeans
    Rockmyskinnyjeans Posts: 431 Member
    I'm between 5'6" and 5'7" and my ideal weight is 134-140 (which I'm in that range) and toned (I'm working on that part).
  • Awkward30
    Awkward30 Posts: 1,927 Member
    My goal weight is 137. That should put me around 17% body fat, which I think will be a good look? But really I'm going by aesthetics.

    If you know your body fat %, you can use http://www.cordianet.com/calculator.htm to calculate what weight you would be at a particular body fat %
  • YoungDoc2B
    YoungDoc2B Posts: 1,593 Member
    About 175..maybe even closer to 170
  • Wiggs1619
    Wiggs1619 Posts: 6 Member
    I'm aiming for a 170 lbs. The last time I was there, I was in a healthy body fat range.
  • ms_rayzd
    ms_rayzd Posts: 21
    I am 5-7, all through high school I was super skinny! I weight about 115ish and was made fun of all the time. When I joined the Air Force 15 years ago, I gained a little weight (especially after my daughter). While I was in the prefered weight for my height was 150 however when I look at pictures from those days, I thought I looked like a bobble head. I was happiest at 170, that was my weight in my profile picture. If felt sexy back then!!
  • mell6355
    mell6355 Posts: 171 Member
    I am around 5'11" I thought I looked good and got a lot of positive comments when I was 175lb. No one believed that I weighed that much. I am pretty strong for a lady and I have a wider frame, shoulders ribs and hips. I will never be anything but an extra large, but I want to look better in my extra large clothes!
  • flatblade
    flatblade Posts: 224 Member
    I'm 58, officially I've shrunk to 5"9.25" and I'm male. I think my ideal weight is 180, fully dressed, but without shoes.
  • Jacole18
    Jacole18 Posts: 716 Member
    I'm 5'7" and I am aiming for a goal weight between 150-160.
  • msdani12
    msdani12 Posts: 132 Member
    I'm 5'8" I would like to be about 150-165
  • mccbabe1
    mccbabe1 Posts: 737 Member
    I'm 5'9", so maybe 130? :)
    I haven't weighed that much since the 5th grade. (Course back then that was a lot)

    130 is VERY thin for 5'9"!!
  • banks89202
    banks89202 Posts: 270
    5"10 @ 180lbs is what I'm shooting for !
  • AnnilyiahMarie
    AnnilyiahMarie Posts: 31 Member
    I'm 5'5 1/2'' and I want to weigh 120- 145lbs
  • Klem4
    Klem4 Posts: 399 Member
    current goal is 140, but i think my ideal would be 130. im 5'6''
  • mdorsey2010
    mdorsey2010 Posts: 55
    5'7 at 151 ....size 6 in most things --- shooting for 145 b/c I want to be a 6 in EVERYTHING!!!:wink:
  • cutiepieinchi
    cutiepieinchi Posts: 158
    Im 5'4..Im think 135-140? I will evaluate when I get there though.
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