5'2 ladies, what is your goal weight?

My happy place is around 120-125. Easy to maintain. I'm a size 4.

29 yrs old. 5'2.25" currently 158-160lbs. 30% body fat, 37 in bust, 29 in waist, 41 in hip.. Not counting on the scale. But my goal is around 22-25% body fat (for now.)

Hmm at the moment I'm aiming for 130-140, anything lower is a bonus :-) I guess I will reevaluate how I feel about myself when I get there!

Ideally what should be a healthy body fat percentage for someone of my height?

healthy body fat percentage is the same regardless of height and frame size. It's different for men and women, because women carry fat in their boobs and hips that men don't have. Because it's a percentage, a small person will have less actual fat than a larger person at the same percentage, but the way it sits on the body will be roughly the same (i.e. there's more space on the larger person for it to go)

The healthy range for women is 18-28%, although 15-18% is healthy if you work out enough to have strong bones and muscles... if you starve yourself down to 15% it's not healthy. Female body builders go down to 13% body fat for contests then go up to around 17% off season, because it's not healthy to sustain 13% body fat long term. 28-34% is overfat, and 35%+ is obese.

As to what your goal should be, it depends how you want to look

13% - women at this low percentage usually look very muscular with a lot of definition

15% - visible abs and definition, but softer than at 13%

18-20% - some muscle definition but overall a more softer look, a lot of bikini models have their body fat percentage around this, because there's less definition but you still look slim and toned

low 20's - most women will not have muscle definition but will still look slim and fit, but maybe softer than 18-20%

25%-28% - this is a more soft and curvy look

as you get higher body fat percentages above this, you start to look chubby, then fat, then obese

hope that helps.

Ideally what should be a healthy body fat percentage for someone of my height?

healthy body fat percentage is the same regardless of height and frame size. It's different for men and women, because women carry fat in their boobs and hips that men don't have. Because it's a percentage, a small person will have less actual fat than a larger person at the same percentage, but the way it sits on the body will be roughly the same (i.e. there's more space on the larger person for it to go)

The healthy range for women is 18-28%, although 15-18% is healthy if you work out enough to have strong bones and muscles... if you starve yourself down to 15% it's not healthy. Female body builders go down to 13% body fat for contests then go up to around 17% off season, because it's not healthy to sustain 13% body fat long term. 28-34% is overfat, and 35%+ is obese.

As to what your goal should be, it depends how you want to look

13% - women at this low percentage usually look very muscular with a lot of definition

15% - visible abs and definition, but softer than at 13%

18-20% - some muscle definition but overall a more softer look, a lot of bikini models have their body fat percentage around this, because there's less definition but you still look slim and toned

low 20's - most women will not have muscle definition but will still look slim and fit, but maybe softer than 18-20%

25%-28% - this is a more soft and curvy look

as you get higher body fat percentages above this, you start to look chubby, then fat, then obese

hope that helps.

Right now I am 26 percent body fat, but want to be 20

4ft 11
Goal
115