Hi, I'm also 5'11, and my starting weight when I joined MFP was 204. I'm currently 189.

I am a true-and-true large frame size. My wrist measurements never fall below 6.5".

At my all time slimmest, before children and after an incredibly restricted, extremely low calorie diet, I weighed 167 pounds. As soon as I stopped following that eating plan, I jumped back up to 180.

Having lost, and maintained weight after my first child was born, I was very healthy looking and feeling when I hovered between the 170 and 175 mark. I could have stood to focus a bit more on losing body fat / gaining lean muscle, but it was a good weight for me.

Here I am, after 2 kids (my "baby" is 4.5) and I'm working at being more active, following a healthier lifestyle which includes cardio and weights. Like I said, I'm currently 189 and am working towards building lean muscle and burning more fat. I would be happy to sit at 180, which would still probably put me at looking smaller than I did at 175 because of a lower body fat percentage overall.

Most days when I look in the mirror though, I couldn't imagine losing another 10-15 pounds, I just don't know where it would come from without sacrificing some of the muscle I have been working on building. Besides, no one can see the number on the scale but me. ..heck, they can't even see the size on my clothing labels. This isn't about any of them, it's about me being healthy and active and having a balanced lifestyle.

Hi ladies

I am 33 living in the UK.

Hi all

I am 5'11, I was 210 lbs and I am currently weighing 179 lbs, looking to get down to 154 lbs.

All help and motivation greatly appreciated (please feel free to add me as a friend).

I find being tall its difficult to know what the "right" weight for you is as you are proportionally bigger than most girls.

I am large framed so even though so of my friends are the same height and clothes size as me - and to be honest I look slimmer and more toned than some of them too - I still weigh at least 10 lbs more. Even when one of them was heavily pregnant.

Whats everyone's views on weight versus frame size ??

I am 6 feet and 144lbs. I am a medium to small frame. I know for my mother which has a larger frame and same height can not go below 160 without looking funny and sick. I look funny above 159lb. So my range is 139-159.

I feel like a lot of it depends on your body shape as well. Being tall and carrying your weight in different areas changes how people view your size. At 5' 9.5, my heaviest was 160 and lowest (after two years of calorie counting and a summer of running) was 135 but still a size 10. Even at my biggest, many people (including my VERY honest sister) thought I weighed significantly less since my weight was roughly proportionate to my height. Think about the BMI figure and how it compares height to weight. At 135 I was toned but would need to run and count calories every day to maintain it. I am now at 150 and back at the gym. Being taller, we will have more muscle on our bones to support a larger frame proportionally. I feel that my healthy weight is around 145 if I maintain a moderate activity level.

Lieann22 wrote: »

Hi ladies

I am 33 living in the UK.

Hi all

I am 5'11, I was 210 lbs and I am currently weighing 179 lbs, looking to get down to 154 lbs.

All help and motivation greatly appreciated (please feel free to add me as a friend).

I find being tall its difficult to know what the "right" weight for you is as you are proportionally bigger than most girls.

I am large framed so even though so of my friends are the same height and clothes size as me - and to be honest I look slimmer and more toned than some of them too - I still weigh at least 10 lbs more. Even when one of them was heavily pregnant.

Whats everyone's views on weight versus frame size ??

I'm 5'11 at my heaviest I was about 215 and I have recently met my goal wieght of 150 I fluctuated a lot so about a year ago I went from 175 which I thought was a good wieght for me to 30 pounds of fat in a fast 4 months and said he'll to the no to that *kitten* so the past six months I started working out for the first time and eating healthy and got down to my lowest of 150 with fat still to lose but defiantly no more wieght loss planned! I might even put on a little more but not fat wieght! At 150 I'm a size 7 and I look skinny so I'm trying to put on more muscle now with diet cardio and wieght training! Feel free to add me if you like, my diary is open as well!