Women 5'4 - 5'6 PLEASE READ

Bumping for later (I'm in work!)

Height: 5'4"
Start weight: 248lbs
Current weight: 200lbs
Goal weight: 150lbs
Age: 31
Calories: 1600 to 1800 depending how active I am.

I feel quite horrified at the number of very young girls who are the same height as me with a target weight of 110lb's - I am interested to know why people feel they need to be so skinny - because 110lb's IS skinny - thats just over 7 stone!!

It is so important to stay healthy people - 110lb's is very borderline underweight for a 5"4 frame - there is nothing wrong with having at least a little meat on your bones!

I agree, as I was reading down the list I was gobsmacked that girls wanted to be 30 pounds lower than my ultimate goal, many had starting weights lower than my goal.

I agree. I also notice that there are so many people eating below 1200 and thinking it is perfectly fine. For some it might be ok but for most it is not healthy and eventually it will catch up to them.

Up until my mid-20s, I was around 110 pounds.

My lean mass now is between 105-110 pounds. There's no frickin' way i could ever weigh what I weighed in high school or college again. I'm currently about 25 pounds heavier than I was back then, but I can still fit into my old prom gown, some jeans from high school, the bridesmaid dress I wore when I was 21, and I'm now wearing my old leather biker-jacket I got when I was 18 years old. (Yay for retro styles.)

Striving for very low weights and eating very low calories is setting yourself up for a lifetime of struggling and yo-yo dieting. Not to mention the risks to your health from underfeeding.

Forget the frickin' scale. Forget low calories. Aim for health, fitness and strength.

No one EVER looks better malnourished and skinny than they do fit and healthy.

I feel quite horrified at the number of very young girls who are the same height as me with a target weight of 110lb's - I am interested to know why people feel they need to be so skinny - because 110lb's IS skinny - thats just over 7 stone!!

It is so important to stay healthy people - 110lb's is very borderline underweight for a 5"4 frame - there is nothing wrong with having at least a little meat on your bones!

I agree, as I was reading down the list I was gobsmacked that girls wanted to be 30 pounds lower than my ultimate goal, many had starting weights lower than my goal.

I agree. I also notice that there are so many people eating below 1200 and thinking it is perfectly fine. For some it might be ok but for most it is not healthy and eventually it will catch up to them.

I posted on my wall on MFP last night that this has to be the most depressing thread I've seen in awhile for all these reasons.

At 135lbs, I had abs (pic is in my profile). I eat over 1600 calories a day right now, more on my more intense workout days. (I am losing weight because I put some on between the wedding and 3 week honeymoon). My goal is 140-145 at 5'5. The number is not my goal but I know what I look like at that weight.

23 years old
Height:5'5.5"
SW:180lbs
CW:174lbs
TW:129lbs
I eat 1320 calories/day

Height - 5'6
Starting weight - 145 pounds
Current weight - 128-131
Goal Weight - 130 pounds
Age - 36
How many calories you eat a day - I eat about 2000 each day regardless of exercise.

OMG people EAT!!!! Eat the food! How are you going to maintain anything healthy if you don't eat? This thread is sad.

Height: 5'4"
Starting weigh: 130
Current weight: 120
Goal Weight: 115-118
Age:39
How many calories you eat a day: 1400

Some of the responses on here make me really sad. :frown:

Me too!

Height: 5'6"
Starting weight: 215lbs
Current weight:158lbs
Goal Weight: 145lbs
Age: 25
How many calories you eat a day: varies 1400-1800