5'6 Ladies: what's your goal weight?

Hi. I'm 5'6 and my goal weight is 115. I'm 127 now and can't fit into the clothes I wore last summer. I'm 47 years old and the older I get, the fatter I feel.

Congrats on your weight loss thus far.

I'm in between 5'6 and 5'7, and my current goal weight is 140. I think I could go lower, but right now 140 is less daunting. Personally, once I reach my goal weight (i've still 27lbs to go yet!) I may reconsider, depending on how comfortable I feel physically - after all, my real goal weight is happy and healthy.

As long as you don't get to carried away, In the 130s sounds totally reasonable to me! Good luck.

First of all - well done!!!

I'm 5'6" and my GW is 133-135 pounds but the weight depends on your bone structure etc. A size 8 is very small so you should be happy with that!

If you are not happy with your thighs, try exercise instead vs losing too much weight. (Kick boxing is a great exercise.)

Good luck!

I want to go down to 140 but would be happy at 150 im currently 183 and have lost 26lb altogether since havin my youngest 11 weeks ago but only have start mfp again 2 weeks ago so lost 6lb need to get it down as I had gestational diabetes and doc said its impaired so im on my way to havin full blown diabetes which is not good as Im only 29 but sayin that I do actually want to look good for my 30th at the end of august :laugh:

I don't think I could go lower than 140 as apparently I looked ill wen I was just under that before a few years ago :noway: so I couldn't be a skinny minny

I'm aiming for the same as you but like the others have said its about the muscle also so if I'm still flabby by then it'll have to get changed

i am 27yrs old and 5'6''....my current wt is 136lbs and my GW is 127lbs....

I agree with what has been said about muscle toning. I suggest adding strength training exercises into your diet/exercise regime now, see how that affects your body and then how you feel once you get to 145. You can always change your mind and aim lower once you get there! Also, if you find that you enjoy something like kickboxing or zumba, hopefully it will be easier to keep doing that after you reach your goal weight so that you can maintain a flab-free figure.

Vune, that sounds like the perfect goal for you! I'm 5'9", and feel the exact same way at 125. Not bone skinny, but enough to show off the muscles and maintain my sanity without starving.

I want to add that one should be happy with themselves and their current shape on the way to their goal, but why not set a goal that is what you truly want to look like. Anyone who says they wouldn't want a firm, toned body that turns heads in a bathing suit is lying to themselves.5'6" 145 is not firm and toned. It's just "good enough" to not look fat in clothes. No offense. Just trying to be honest.

I am 5'6" 145lbs with a body fat % of just over 19% (determined professionally). I wear I size four and rock a bikini. I am firm and toned. This is the most idiotic post I have seen in a while.

A 5' 6" woman, regardless of "frame", should weigh no more than 130 lbs. There is very little variation of muscle mass in woman unless they are into bodybuilding, and frame size only accounts for a few pounds one way or the other. Any goal over that is a consolation and a cop out.

Agreed! When I see really high goal weights on here, I find it rather puzzling.

How is 140 or even 145 a high goal weight. It is well with in the healthy range. I know you like to be as close to under weight as possible but some women would rather not to look like that.

I'm 5'6" and my goal on MFP is 135. That is just some arbitrary number I pulled out of the air though. I'm don't dwell on it because honestly I am happy with myself at any weight as long as I am eating right and exercising regularly.

Sorry that people feel that it's a cop out to not want to turn heads in a bikini. That's not my goal, and I think that it's a bit unrealistic. There is not a single female in my family, no matter the weight or age, who would turn heads in a bikini. lol

I'm shooting for 150 right now and then will reassess how I look and feel when I get there.

Agreed again, schmoony. A skeleton is a skeleton, and has very little variation from one person to another, other than height. There really is no such thing as "big boned." People however do distribute fat around different parts of the body which is why this myth is so widely accepted. The places where you store fat the most is what determines your shape - not your skeleton.

145 would technically put a 5'6" women in the "healthy" weight category, but chances are that woman would not be happy there. Why not go for the whole package?

Who are you to say what weight would make people more happy? When people comes on here and say things such as " oh frame size doesn't matter" or "unless you are a body builder muscle mass makes little difference" etc...BS!
2 people at exact same weight and height can have 2 completely different body types and muscle mass and that my dear makes a huge difference. When I was 145 at 5'5" I was in excellent shape and very athletic. My BF was 5'6" and 130 pounds. We had the same measurements. My hips were actually an inch smaller than hers. So if I want my goal weight at 145, I chose that weight, not because its an easy way out, ..but because I happen to know what works the best for me. Everybody is different.
Try to focus on your own body and what works for you and your whole package. Your body might look better at 125 than at 140. So in other word, that works for you.

My ideal weight would be 125lbs, give or take 5, meaning I have 43lbs more to lose. I started at 178 and am currently at 168, so I've lost 10, and managed to keep it off for a year and a half so far, but I definitely want and need to lose more. I may adjust it with time; we'll see! But yeah, 125lbs would be my ideal.

140-145 is my end goal (142 is actual goal).