5'9 and taller ladies

I'm 5'9" and 123 pounds (down from 170, then up from 115). I'm slowly gaining muscle now.

It all depends on how much muscle you have! I looked "fatter" at 115 pounds than I do now, because I was skinny fat and have since filled out with some muscle by weight training.
So you can be 120 pounds and flabby/non muscular and look fine, or you can be 150 and full of muscle and look great, too. Depends on your ultimate goal!

The scale isn't the whole story.

I agree with this

funny enough i was just discussing this with my husband! I'm 5'9" and I was 135 for my whole 20's. Then...at my highest I got to 199 lbs. I was telling my hubby I wanted to get to 145 lbs around a size 6/7 for me. my husband feels for my age, i turn 40 in June, that is too thin. my profile pic on here was when I reached 164 lbs. my new goal is 160 lbs so that I can gain up to 165 during vacations and holidays. at that weight I'll be a size 9/10. i'll be a woman that looks healthy and have some curves just like i feel a woman should have.
i think your weight should be where you feel your best at. we are all so critical of ourselves. i'm not saying at 160 i'll feel 'good' about myself. I'm sure when i get used to being 160 i'll feel 'fat' again! we all need to learn to be comfortable in our bodies and know at what weight we feel 'good' at.
at 164 I felt healthy and looked healthy. that's my goal.

Great posts! I'm 5'9" and 158 en route to 137. When I'm at mid-140's though I'll re-evaluate, and perhaps do some weight training to get some muscle definition...otherwise the string-bean look applies. Bottom line - does it feel right/healthy? Thanks also for the post that reminds some of us that we're no longer in our '20s, so need to take a deep breath and give ourselves a (little) break!

I'm 5'9 and my current weight is 266, my goal weight as of right now is 185. I think when i get there if I still want to lose (which i probably will because thats still the "overweight" area on the BMI scale) I will set my goal down to 170-175. I don't want to be tiny, I just want to look better than I do now.

I'm 5' 10", and 285 lbs. I was 140 lbs. back in 1985 when I got married for the first time. After having the kids, I never made it below 180 lbs. I met my current husband at 180 lbs, and that is my goal weight to get back to. I just pulled out the wedding pictures a few weeks ago, and realized I look good at that weight. (Compared to how I look now). I remember at the time thinking I looked overweight. Now I have a lot of work to do to get back to that weight. I am a stress eater, and went through a VERY bad time around from 2005 to 2007. Things are getting better, slowly, so it' time to release this weight. Because of my height, my weight gets distributed all over, so it's hard for people to determne just how much I weigh.

We should start a tall girls group....seriously!

It is good to hear from those who weigh more because we are taller...it helps to keep things in perspective!

I am 6'1" CW 188. SW 210. GW 170. I agree it is so important for tall girls to know we are not going to weigh the same as our not   so tall friends Lol! When I was in 6th grade I was 5'11" and 150 lbs (great weight for 5'11") my girlfriends were 5'2" and 110lbs. I felt huge until I realized I would be dead or at least look dead at 110. It really helped me feel better about myself. Now I embrace my height and am realistic about a good weight. And my husband loves my height! Good luck my beautiful tall friends! :flowerforyou:

i'm 5'11 with a solid build so my goal is 185

me I am 5'9 and 142lbs and I am a size 8 but I also have wide hips (thanks to 3 kids) and a nice round bum LOL that prevents me from being able to ever fit into a size 6 (even when I was at 126lbs I still couldn't fit well into a size 6 because of my hips....and I am happy at 142lbs....this was my goal weight I would like to ton up however

I'm 5'9" started at 168lbs at my heaviest last April, now at 144lbs and happy with that, at my age I might look a bit too thin if I went under 140. I used to be about 133 when I was your age, and I think that's pretty reasonable - I didn't feel like a bean pole and even back then I used to go to the gym, go cycling and do a lot of walking which kept me well toned. So yeah, seems like a good weight to go for.

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5'10" and goal is 160ish. I know the actual number I'm happy with will change once I get there. I've never had muscles and right now weight training is something I'm really enjoying. So considering that I've never had the body I'm currently aiming for... who knows where the scale will end up.

5'11 trying to get to 150- about 12 more lb. I never had an ultimate goal weight because I didn't know how the weight loss would effect me physically and when I would be happy with how i looked and felt. I've lost most from my legs and butt and a little from my arms but belly is being very stubborn (It's like my butt is living in my stomach lol). If it doesn't improve once I reach my goal weight i'll continue to 145 or maybe even 140. After that I would be technically underweight though, which I definitely don't want.

I am 5'9 and my goal is 160 lbs. I do not think anything below that would look very good on me. I don't mind being curvy, I prefer curves, as long as I am healthy. My real goal is to be healthy and happy with my body. :-)

For my tall girls (I am 5'9), I'm curious what everyone else has set as a goal weight?

I started my new lifestyle (I hate the word diet) right after I had my daughter, my highest weight was 220 and size 14-16. I originally just wanted to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight (170). Once I hit that I wanted to get to my goal weight that I had set before I got preggo which was 155 (closest I got was 160).

Now, current weight is 154 and I'm into a size 6. Everyone is telling me I look good and don't need to lose anymore but I'm not happy with where I'm at. I would like to lose another 15-20lbs, putting me at 140 or less.

Don't get me wrong I know it's not about the numbers more about your overall health but I'd like to hear what other girls my height have to say! Thanks in advance girls.

What country are you from if you don't mind me asking? (sorry if you've already answered this). I'm 5'9 and currently 176 and a UK size 14-16. My goal weight is your current weight - 154 pounds. I used to weigh 140 about 5 years ago and for me, it was too thin and unhealthy. But I will just go where my body takes me, as long as I am eating right and exercising 90% of the time I'm okay with that.