Large Framed Ladies - 5'6" Goal Weight

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  • Mariacarr1992
    Mariacarr1992 Posts: 14 Member
    I am 5ft 6 and I weigh 15 stone 8 i was weighed on Sunday using special scales andy bone weight was low my muscle weight was 8 stone which I was told was ry good anyhow I aimed t
    To reach a earthy weight of 10.7 stone so I have 66lbs to lose :/ on day 2 and ATM I feel like 66 lba is such a long way a way :(
    Maria x
  • Sarahbara76
    Sarahbara76 Posts: 601 Member
    I am 5' 61/2" but I round up to 7" because if I am doing my stretches then I am right at that height ..my wrist are 6inches ..teeny teeny bones but my goal is 133-130. I was surprised that I was so small framed everyone all my life insisted I was big-boned.. I am not I am teeny tiny bird boned and I am heavier then I look because I am dense and have a higher amount of mass because of muscular legs. Now that I work out all the time my legs are solid muscle
  • matthej28
    matthej28 Posts: 40 Member
    I am also 5'6 (almost 5'7) and large framed!!!!! My goal weight is definitely higher than everyone else: 180. I know that's still technically overweight, but at that weight I feel like I will look and feel good! My UGW is 175 though, and the lowest I would be willing to go is 170. I couldn't imagine being 120, 130, or even 140, I would be WAAAAY too thin!! I think my wrist are also about 7' and they are so bony! I also have pretty bony knees, and really noticable collar bones too!
  • amberm912
    amberm912 Posts: 85 Member
    Everyone is different. I am 5'4"-5'5" and my goal weight is 150...everyone even says they think that is too low for me and I should aim for 165....I am pear shaped and I think 150 is the perfect weight for me...to keep my curves and all...I feel like you...I want to be toned and still have my curves. I love being a large framed woman...I couldnt imagine being 120-130...but everyones body is different...but I think youre on the right track...MY BMI says that to be in a healthy category I should be... 145.7-150.2 :-) So keep up the amazing work!! Its all about how YOU feel in your skin!

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  • 1Cor1510
    1Cor1510 Posts: 413 Member
    I too am 5'6", was at 202 for about the last 10 years, I'm now down to 178 (as of yesterday, yay!) and my goal weight is 145. I am a size 6-8 at 135 (at least I was in high school) and I'm comfortable in the size 8-10 range for clothes.
  • Southernb3lle
    Southernb3lle Posts: 862 Member
    Well, I am also 5'6". Currently I am at 188. I have been at the low, 120 lbs, for my frame and I've been at 140. Even though I thought I looked good at 120 everyone commented on how I looked sick after I gained some weight. So as of this time around, I am going for 140s or 150.
  • fteale
    fteale Posts: 5,310 Member
    My wrist is right under 6", I used the calculator and am told I'm small framed. This does NOT seem accurate. And it's discouraging :/ Guess I'll keep plugging away anyway!

    That is accurate by wrist measurement. Mine is 5.5-6" and I am definitely small framed.
  • meg_ashley
    meg_ashley Posts: 1
    Well I have around a medium frame. My wrist is just at 6" and I'm 5'6 :) I used to weigh over 180lbs but I am currently at 144:) my goal weight right now is 110-115. Is this unrealistic? I've always been teased about my weight in the past and I'm so unhappy with how I look- even after losing a lot of weight.
  • lwagnitz
    lwagnitz Posts: 1,321 Member
    I have the same goal weight as yours. However, I can touch my fingers around my wrists, but my fingers are long, so I'm not sure if that's an accurate measurement. I've had plenty of physical therapists comment on my large frame though. One teased me about how large my rib cage is. There's almost no space between my hips and ribs they're so big. I have a small waist and wide hips... so I think it's not necessarily frame, but proportions as well.
  • myfitnessval
    myfitnessval Posts: 687 Member
    yeah i just realized i'm large framed too! lol my UGW was 140 and i was originally planning to push for 135 but it looks like i should stay to my original 140 goal lol. i wanna look good, not sickly.
  • NoAdditives
    NoAdditives Posts: 4,251 Member
    I'm 5'5.5" and I'm med-large framed. My goal weight range is 125-135.
  • NoAdditives
    NoAdditives Posts: 4,251 Member
    Well I have around a medium frame. My wrist is just at 6" and I'm 5'6 :) I used to weigh over 180lbs but I am currently at 144:) my goal weight right now is 110-115. Is this unrealistic? I've always been teased about my weight in the past and I'm so unhappy with how I look- even after losing a lot of weight.

    That's probably at least 10 pounds too low. Get to 130 and see what your body fat percentage is.
  • denisebme
    denisebme Posts: 103 Member
    I'm 5'5", definitely large framed, and my goal weight is somewhere between 130-140. I'll know it when I get there.
  • Vnm77
    Vnm77 Posts: 32 Member
    According the link, i am medium sized. My wrist measures 6.25 inches and I'm 5'6", so my ideal body weight is 130 lbs. Interesting...I always thought I was just "BIG BONEDED!...lol. Yikes...more weight to lose.

    http://www.ehow.com/how_2346297_determine-body-frame-size.html
  • gauchogirl
    gauchogirl Posts: 467 Member
    I'm kind of the opposite. 5'6" also, but I always thought I was large framed and now realize I am small-framed. I could always (barely) touch my fingers around my wrist, but now that I have lost 65lbs, my fingers overlap. And since I still have 50 to lose (for my GW of 150) it should get a little smaller.

    My GW is 150, and then I'll see how I feel. May go to 140, but I can't imagine lower than that. When I see the "I'm 5'6" and my GW is 120-130" threads, it freaks me out. That seems too low and would be smaller than I was as at 14 years old as a freshman in HS (I was 135 then and the same height).
  • Chameleone
    Chameleone Posts: 281 Member
    I'm 5'5" and also large framed. My ultimate goal weight is 140. And I'd like to stay between 140 and 145. =)
  • fteale
    fteale Posts: 5,310 Member
    There is actually a large difference between bone size which can affect weight. If neither of us has any fat on their wrist (which I don't and I doubt you do!), then what accounts for the almost 2" difference in the size of our wrists? Bigger bones! Trust me, it makes a difference! Check out this link! Seriously, it's legit! I really dont appreciate the implication that I'm chunky just because I literally have bigger, heavier bones.
    http://www.ehow.com/how_2346297_determine-body-frame-size.html


    Bone size doesn't affect weight as such. There's no such thing as heavier bones, your skeleton only accounts for around 12-15% of your healthy weight.

    Having bigger bones does determine the amount of muscle attached to them, and the amount of flesh you can carry without appearing fat, though. I have small bones, and look fat at 150 lbs. I look ok at 125 (where I am now) but I still have a fair bit of podge. However, I only have 34" hips. If I had 40" hips I would look a lot thinner at my weight and with my amount of BF (about 20%) because that same amount of flesh would be stretched on a bigger frame, so bigger boned people look better with a bit more weight on them. It's nothing to do with the weight of the actual bones, though, as that is minimal.
  • quietattheback
    quietattheback Posts: 84 Member
    i am 5'6 and my wrist is 5" tha calculator says i am a small frame... i disagree, anything under 140 and i look ill... 'lollypop head'.. i have very skinny wrists and ankles tho... am i a freak?? :blushing:
  • mariposa224
    mariposa224 Posts: 1,241 Member
    I'm 5'5", 6.5" wrist, which puts me in the large-framed category. I made it to my goal weight of 140 last week. Thinking of trying for 135, but that's absolutely IT for me. I'm wearing size 8s now and some of them are big on me. At just under 140 (139.4), I all ready have very little in the way of curves and I'd like to still look like a woman. :smile: So I'm good with 135-140 for myself, though I know many women my height would like to be much smaller.
  • GuineaMother
    GuineaMother Posts: 59 Member
    i am 5'6 and my wrist is 5" tha calculator says i am a small frame... i disagree, anything under 140 and i look ill... 'lollypop head'.. i have very skinny wrists and ankles tho... am i a freak?? :blushing:
    I'm the same! Really skinny wrists and ankles. When I needed an ankle support once the pharmacist had to give me an elbow one because they didn't make ankle ones small enough.
    I'm 5'5" and the calculater says I'm a small frame and so should be aiming for 112! That, frankly, is insane. I'm aiming for 133, would look like a child at 112. Add me and we can be small wrist/ankle people together, not freaks!
  • fteale
    fteale Posts: 5,310 Member
    i am 5'6 and my wrist is 5" tha calculator says i am a small frame... i disagree, anything under 140 and i look ill... 'lollypop head'.. i have very skinny wrists and ankles tho... am i a freak?? :blushing:
    I'm the same! Really skinny wrists and ankles. When I needed an ankle support once the pharmacist had to give me an elbow one because they didn't make ankle ones small enough.
    I'm 5'5" and the calculater says I'm a small frame and so should be aiming for 112! That, frankly, is insane. I'm aiming for 133, would look like a child at 112. Add me and we can be small wrist/ankle people together, not freaks!

    That's weird. I am also 5'5" and small framed and at 112 lbs I didn't get periods and had every symptom of anorexia. That is very firmly underweight.
  • nessa1879
    nessa1879 Posts: 8
    I'm 5'6 and my ideal weight is 140. I'm 180 right now.
  • quietattheback
    quietattheback Posts: 84 Member
    I'm 5'6 and my ideal weight is 140. I'm 180 right now.

    snap :smile:
  • Koldnomore
    Koldnomore Posts: 1,613 Member
    5'6 - @8inch wrist (I can see the bones so I know it's not just fat) size 10- 11 feet. I'm not a small lady. Built like a linebacker and even at my thinnest I never needed shoulder pads. I have been every weight between 130 and 235 and having had that experience I will say that 140 is nice for me at 'skinny fat' but I'll likely end up closer to 160-180 cut.
  • sabolfitwife
    sabolfitwife Posts: 423 Member
    First of all, love this thread!! I'm 5'7" and currently weight 185. My original goal was 170, have changed it to 160. However, to be in the "healthy" range for BMI (I want to get my body fat % to 19) it says I need to get down to 145. Whether or not that is at all possible (I think I would be soooo skinny!!!), is yet to be determined. I'm just going to take it one day at a time and do everything the healthy way and see where I end up. Already 25 lbs down and ready to keep on rockin'!! :-)
  • nataliexxxx
    nataliexxxx Posts: 262
    Im going for 140lbs as my first goal weight and if im not happy 130lbs
  • ellenxmariex3
    ellenxmariex3 Posts: 165 Member
    I'm not a small girl. I have broad shoulders and size 10 feet. I'm 5' 5.5" and my wrist measurement is 6.75" which according to the calculator means I have a large frame.

    I started at 160 lbs. I'm now about 150 lbs. I want to get down to 145 but honestly I'm pretty happy now.

    I would look way too skinny at 130 lbs or less. I think I could realistically get down to 140 or so but I want to have more muscle/curves.
  • littlek735
    littlek735 Posts: 28
    I am 5'6 with a 6.50" wrist and broad shouldered. I was at 135 once, but I was entirely too thin. My body is more comfortable in the 160 range. I look like I starve myself if I fall below 160. Hope that helps.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    My wrist is 7.5" :tongue:

    I always knew I had a large frame because we did the wrist measurements in 6th grade, and I had the largest wrist in class. :bigsmile:

    My current long-term goal weight is 150 pounds. I am 5' 4" and that should put me back into a size 17/18 that I was wearing before I got pregnant. That goal weight is a tad bit in the "overweight" category for BMI, but I figure that I will reevaluate my goals when I hit 150. Once I hit my "adult height" I was hovering between 127 and 135. I was 135 through most of high school when I was lifting weights on a regular basis. So I may end up going down to 135, but 150 is my goal for now.
  • licorice_tea
    licorice_tea Posts: 59 Member
    AH! I am so confused by this! I have these super-tiny hands and wrists and apparently elbows too that all put me at "small frame" if I use a calculator (seriously, I'm 5'7" and have hands the size of my 5' tall friends). I know this isn't right. It's just up to the elbows that I'm small, I swear! I wonder if there's a frame calculator that uses feet and ankles instead? My feet are size 10 and my ankles are pretty large too >_>

    Edit: Err to answer the question, I've never been lower than 130 and didn't used to think it was even possible because I have a larger frame, but basically... I'm going to try it anyway, just to kind of see what it looks like... maybe I'll look very strange, or more likely, maybe my body will be like "no, this isn't happening!" I'm kind of pushing the envelope by dropping below my current 145 weight though. Already I'm starting to become less busty T_T and I know from high school that being 130 doesn't change my shape in any significant way from 145. So actually I think 145 is probably a great goal weight, but I'm kind of just pushing the envelope "for (personal) science!"

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