5'6 Ladies: what's your goal weight?
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I agree!
with what?!0 -
I'm thinking ~125lbs, but it's hard to say at this point.0
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130-135.... I'm 5'6 and I want to be at 135 at my heaviest... So im going to try and get to 130 and stay below 135...0
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5'5'' and about 136-137 pounds in this pic. So freaking fat indeed.0 -
5'5'' and about 136-137 pounds in this pic. So freaking fat indeed.
HUGE!! I want to be your kind of fat one day! For realsies!0 -
5'5'' and about 136-137 pounds in this pic. So freaking fat indeed.
Not fat, just bulky!0 -
I'm 5'5" and my goal weight is 1350
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To Sara, I guess the part I kinda agree with is about vanity;
"You could say, "who cares what men think!" You do! Otherwise, why lose weight at all. Once you reach a weight range that does not present health risks, there is no reason other than vanity and female competition to lose weight. "I just feel better about myself" ...bs. "I just like the way my clothes fit"..double bs! It's a similar reason why women are intrinsically attracted to men with muscles; the inate need to be protected, provided for, blah, blah, blah. You think we go to the gym and pump iron for hours and hours to "better ourselves"?"
There is an element for sure of women caring what others think. I am not saying it's a good thing - but it's there for many of us. I like to look good mostly for myself, but of course I like others to think I look good. Society is judgemental, we do not live in a utopia, and appearances do matter. As much as people go on about looks not being important, I won't listen to anyone who preaches on about that until I meet someone who only wears the cheapest clothes, doesn't care about doing their hair/makeup etc and never, ever comments on another person's appearances.
That may be true for you. I do not try to speak for everyone. I lift weights because I love lifting heavy arsed weights.0 -
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Ladies..I have no goal weight...there, I said it.
I have no goal weight either. I have lots of fitness goals, but none of them weight. :flowerforyou:0 -
Crap..I weigh 188...darn charmer wouldnt like me...i R SO disappointed.
You don't look even near 188!0 -
To Sara, I guess the part I kinda agree with is about vanity;
"You could say, "who cares what men think!" You do! Otherwise, why lose weight at all. Once you reach a weight range that does not present health risks, there is no reason other than vanity and female competition to lose weight. "I just feel better about myself" ...bs. "I just like the way my clothes fit"..double bs! It's a similar reason why women are intrinsically attracted to men with muscles; the inate need to be protected, provided for, blah, blah, blah. You think we go to the gym and pump iron for hours and hours to "better ourselves"?"
There is an element for sure of women caring what others think. I am not saying it's a good thing - but it's there for many of us. I like to look good mostly for myself, but of course I like others to think I look good. Society is judgemental, we do not live in a utopia, and appearances do matter. As much as people go on about looks not being important, I won't listen to anyone who preaches on about that until I meet someone who only wears the cheapest clothes, doesn't care about doing their hair/makeup etc and never, ever comments on another person's appearances.
That may be true for you. I do not try to speak for everyone. I lift weights because I love lifting heavy arsed weights.
I don't try to speak for others either, but I don't think it's appropriate to either to say people don't want to lose weight/tone for appearances. Had a huge fb status (lol) argument the other day when I was *****ing about girls showing bras and guys showing nip with tiny singlets. Apparently I am a judgemental *****, and that's fine, but appearances are a fabric of our society. If we took everyone at face value then it'd be difficult, wouldn't it? You can meet 100s of people in a day, and if you weren't to subconsciously to categorise them then I think we'd all be a bit stuck. Judging and generalisations are a form of categorising - something which is important, whether or not people like it. Anddddd I know I will be attacked for saying that, so be it.
I have started lifting this past month and love it - love seeing your pics as well. I want that sexy back haha0 -
5'5'' and about 136-137 pounds in this pic. So freaking fat indeed.
Not fat, just bulky!
lol are you joking. This is pretty fit to me0 -
I’m 23 years old and currently weigh 191 lbs. After talking to numerous doctors and working with personal trainers a healthy target weight for someone who is 5’6” is anywhere from 120-145 lbs. Just remember that muscle weighs more than fat so it’s not all about the number on the scale. Get your body to where you are happy and confident with it but also be healthy. In high school I weighed 115 lbs but I also didn’t have hips or boobs at the time either so I would be extremely happy with myself if I made it to where you’re at. Keep up the good work!0
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For my frame, 125. When I was 119 one summer, I didn't look healthy, and after 3 kids, I doubt I'll ever get down that far anyway. That, and with all the strength training I'm doing, I figure the muscles will keep me between 125 and 130.0
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You know...with ALL of it. The universe. Everything!I agree!
with what?!0 -
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Ty so much0 -
To Sara, I guess the part I kinda agree with is about vanity;
"You could say, "who cares what men think!" You do! Otherwise, why lose weight at all. Once you reach a weight range that does not present health risks, there is no reason other than vanity and female competition to lose weight. "I just feel better about myself" ...bs. "I just like the way my clothes fit"..double bs! It's a similar reason why women are intrinsically attracted to men with muscles; the inate need to be protected, provided for, blah, blah, blah. You think we go to the gym and pump iron for hours and hours to "better ourselves"?"
There is an element for sure of women caring what others think. I am not saying it's a good thing - but it's there for many of us. I like to look good mostly for myself, but of course I like others to think I look good. Society is judgemental, we do not live in a utopia, and appearances do matter. As much as people go on about looks not being important, I won't listen to anyone who preaches on about that until I meet someone who only wears the cheapest clothes, doesn't care about doing their hair/makeup etc and never, ever comments on another person's appearances.
That may be true for you. I do not try to speak for everyone. I lift weights because I love lifting heavy arsed weights.
Agree!! Please don't assume that the way you feel is the way everyone else feels. I personally work out because in doing so I have been able to completely come off all my heart meds as of last week!!!!!!! I want to maintain my new health and I feel better when I am not drugged up so that is my motivation to work out hard.0 -
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For an idea of my bone structure, I can still fit my hand into a narrow mouth mason jar. If my bones were bigger so I couldn't do it, I would need to weigh more. Someone with a smaller bone structure could get away with a bit less.0
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5'5'' and about 136-137 pounds in this pic. So freaking fat indeed.
Not fat, just bulky!
lol are you joking. This is pretty fit to me
Yes, yes I am.0 -
*looks around*
This thread has recently lost some weight. Some useless dead weight. Much improved
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I'm 5"6 my goal weight is 140 being I'm 177 now and my rib cage is big and pops out slightly at this weight
Im 177 size 11 juniors and medium junior top as of today's date0 -
To Sara, I guess the part I kinda agree with is about vanity;
"You could say, "who cares what men think!" You do! Otherwise, why lose weight at all. Once you reach a weight range that does not present health risks, there is no reason other than vanity and female competition to lose weight. "I just feel better about myself" ...bs. "I just like the way my clothes fit"..double bs! It's a similar reason why women are intrinsically attracted to men with muscles; the inate need to be protected, provided for, blah, blah, blah. You think we go to the gym and pump iron for hours and hours to "better ourselves"?"
There is an element for sure of women caring what others think. I am not saying it's a good thing - but it's there for many of us. I like to look good mostly for myself, but of course I like others to think I look good. Society is judgemental, we do not live in a utopia, and appearances do matter. As much as people go on about looks not being important, I won't listen to anyone who preaches on about that until I meet someone who only wears the cheapest clothes, doesn't care about doing their hair/makeup etc and never, ever comments on another person's appearances.
That may be true for you. I do not try to speak for everyone. I lift weights because I love lifting heavy arsed weights.
I don't try to speak for others either, but I don't think it's appropriate to either to say people don't want to lose weight/tone for appearances. Had a huge fb status (lol) argument the other day when I was *****ing about girls showing bras and guys showing nip with tiny singlets. Apparently I am a judgemental *****, and that's fine, but appearances are a fabric of our society. If we took everyone at face value then it'd be difficult, wouldn't it? You can meet 100s of people in a day, and if you weren't to subconsciously to categorise them then I think we'd all be a bit stuck. Judging and generalisations are a form of categorising - something which is important, whether or not people like it. Anddddd I know I will be attacked for saying that, so be it.
I have started lifting this past month and love it - love seeing your pics as well. I want that sexy back haha
You are totally missing the point here - you have no idea why I do what I do and I find it rather amusing that you think you do to be honest.0 -
First of all, I want to apologize to everybody in this thread who has a goal weight of over 130 lbs at 5'6". My first reaction was to agree with the original poster as many times I do think people pick goal weights that are too high and end up selling themselves short. However, I jumped the gun on this one though, and I am sorry. Many of you have lost a lot of weight and made many wonderful accomplishments. For me to undermine any of that was REALLY bad on my part - I'm truly am sorry so please accept my apologies.
However, those of you who now want to pick apart my own goal weight (which I've maintained now for two years btw) are full of rubbish too. I am at the tip top of my health both physically and mentally and feel awesome. Read my profile - I've never felt better. I LIFT HEAVY. I do cardio. I have a six pack. I eat at maintenance, which is roughly 2200 to 2300 calories a day. Wtf would I eat at a surplus? It's called maintenance for a reason. Thanks to those of you who stood up for me on that note. You guys are great!
We only have our own experience regarding weight loss to go by, which sometimes makes it difficult to understand when others goals are different from our own.
And you guys are right - the person who I initially jumped the gun by agreeing with is a 39 year old male. WTF does he know?!!?
I think my other reply got lost somewhere in the clean-up.
I wanted to say I appreciate this post of yours. I do agree that you have a point and that sometimes we do sell ourselves short as to what we can accomplish. However, for some of us it really just is not realistic to get to certain weights. I truly believe I would look ill at 130 pounds, and my goals have now shifted to focusing on lifting really heavy stuff and putting it back down.
You, however, certainly appear to be well-suited to your weight, and if you feel healthy and strong, then that is further proof that you are at a good weight for YOU. One thing I have learned is that there are many different healthy body shapes and weights.0 -
I realized I never posted my own goal weight. It's around 145lbs, but really it's 20-22% BF. I don't want my BF to get too too low because I'm trying to make a baby right now
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ETA: I am 5'6"...goal weight range 136-141, but more importantly I have a goal BF of 19-20% and a goal "look" of hot as hell in a two piece.0 -
To Sara, I guess the part I kinda agree with is about vanity;
"You could say, "who cares what men think!" You do! Otherwise, why lose weight at all. Once you reach a weight range that does not present health risks, there is no reason other than vanity and female competition to lose weight. "I just feel better about myself" ...bs. "I just like the way my clothes fit"..double bs! It's a similar reason why women are intrinsically attracted to men with muscles; the inate need to be protected, provided for, blah, blah, blah. You think we go to the gym and pump iron for hours and hours to "better ourselves"?"
There is an element for sure of women caring what others think. I am not saying it's a good thing - but it's there for many of us. I like to look good mostly for myself, but of course I like others to think I look good. Society is judgemental, we do not live in a utopia, and appearances do matter. As much as people go on about looks not being important, I won't listen to anyone who preaches on about that until I meet someone who only wears the cheapest clothes, doesn't care about doing their hair/makeup etc and never, ever comments on another person's appearances.
That may be true for you. I do not try to speak for everyone. I lift weights because I love lifting heavy arsed weights.
I don't try to speak for others either, but I don't think it's appropriate to either to say people don't want to lose weight/tone for appearances. Had a huge fb status (lol) argument the other day when I was *****ing about girls showing bras and guys showing nip with tiny singlets. Apparently I am a judgemental *****, and that's fine, but appearances are a fabric of our society. If we took everyone at face value then it'd be difficult, wouldn't it? You can meet 100s of people in a day, and if you weren't to subconsciously to categorise them then I think we'd all be a bit stuck. Judging and generalisations are a form of categorising - something which is important, whether or not people like it. Anddddd I know I will be attacked for saying that, so be it.
I have started lifting this past month and love it - love seeing your pics as well. I want that sexy back haha
You are totally missing the point here - you have no idea why I do what I do and I find it rather amusing that you think you do to be honest.
I never said I know why you do what you do. Everyone can/does have specific personal reasons.
Anyway this is totally off topic for the thread now!0 -
To Sara, I guess the part I kinda agree with is about vanity;
"You could say, "who cares what men think!" You do! Otherwise, why lose weight at all. Once you reach a weight range that does not present health risks, there is no reason other than vanity and female competition to lose weight. "I just feel better about myself" ...bs. "I just like the way my clothes fit"..double bs! It's a similar reason why women are intrinsically attracted to men with muscles; the inate need to be protected, provided for, blah, blah, blah. You think we go to the gym and pump iron for hours and hours to "better ourselves"?"
There is an element for sure of women caring what others think. I am not saying it's a good thing - but it's there for many of us. I like to look good mostly for myself, but of course I like others to think I look good. Society is judgemental, we do not live in a utopia, and appearances do matter. As much as people go on about looks not being important, I won't listen to anyone who preaches on about that until I meet someone who only wears the cheapest clothes, doesn't care about doing their hair/makeup etc and never, ever comments on another person's appearances.
That may be true for you. I do not try to speak for everyone. I lift weights because I love lifting heavy arsed weights.
I don't try to speak for others either, but I don't think it's appropriate to either to say people don't want to lose weight/tone for appearances. Had a huge fb status (lol) argument the other day when I was *****ing about girls showing bras and guys showing nip with tiny singlets. Apparently I am a judgemental *****, and that's fine, but appearances are a fabric of our society. If we took everyone at face value then it'd be difficult, wouldn't it? You can meet 100s of people in a day, and if you weren't to subconsciously to categorise them then I think we'd all be a bit stuck. Judging and generalisations are a form of categorising - something which is important, whether or not people like it. Anddddd I know I will be attacked for saying that, so be it.
I have started lifting this past month and love it - love seeing your pics as well. I want that sexy back haha
You are totally missing the point here - you have no idea why I do what I do and I find it rather amusing that you think you do to be honest.
I never said I know why you do what you do. Everyone can/does have specific personal reasons.
Anyway this is totally off topic for the thread now!
Then do not make sweeping generalizations like you just did. Simple as that.0 -
To Sara, I guess the part I kinda agree with is about vanity;
"You could say, "who cares what men think!" You do! Otherwise, why lose weight at all. Once you reach a weight range that does not present health risks, there is no reason other than vanity and female competition to lose weight. "I just feel better about myself" ...bs. "I just like the way my clothes fit"..double bs! It's a similar reason why women are intrinsically attracted to men with muscles; the inate need to be protected, provided for, blah, blah, blah. You think we go to the gym and pump iron for hours and hours to "better ourselves"?"
There is an element for sure of women caring what others think. I am not saying it's a good thing - but it's there for many of us. I like to look good mostly for myself, but of course I like others to think I look good. Society is judgemental, we do not live in a utopia, and appearances do matter. As much as people go on about looks not being important, I won't listen to anyone who preaches on about that until I meet someone who only wears the cheapest clothes, doesn't care about doing their hair/makeup etc and never, ever comments on another person's appearances.
That may be true for you. I do not try to speak for everyone. I lift weights because I love lifting heavy arsed weights.
I don't try to speak for others either, but I don't think it's appropriate to either to say people don't want to lose weight/tone for appearances. Had a huge fb status (lol) argument the other day when I was *****ing about girls showing bras and guys showing nip with tiny singlets. Apparently I am a judgemental *****, and that's fine, but appearances are a fabric of our society. If we took everyone at face value then it'd be difficult, wouldn't it? You can meet 100s of people in a day, and if you weren't to subconsciously to categorise them then I think we'd all be a bit stuck. Judging and generalisations are a form of categorising - something which is important, whether or not people like it. Anddddd I know I will be attacked for saying that, so be it.
I have started lifting this past month and love it - love seeing your pics as well. I want that sexy back haha
You are totally missing the point here - you have no idea why I do what I do and I find it rather amusing that you think you do to be honest.
I never said I know why you do what you do. Everyone can/does have specific personal reasons.
Anyway this is totally off topic for the thread now!
Go back to the first quote
""You could say, "who cares what men think!" You do! Otherwise, why lose weight at all. Once you reach a weight range that does not present health risks, there is no reason other than vanity and female competition to lose weight "0
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