5ft 3.5 - 5ft 4 ladies - goal weight?

Hey I'm about 5'3 and my goal weight is about 64kg (about 141 lb). Though with a bit of exercise I can afford to hover a bit higher (possibly around 66kg 145.5 lb) due to muscles taking up less room even though they are heavier. I don't tend to got that hard out with exercise, so it doesn't allow me too much leeway.
It pays to have a goal dress size, instead of weight due to muscle and fluid influences. Especially as these are likely to have a bigger impact less you weigh. If you find you have self image issues, it may be good to find out what size friends or family with your ideal body weight wear. I personally am looking to comfortably fit a NZ size 10.

I'm 5'4.5" tall, and my goal weight is whatever I happen to weigh when I look a certain way in the mirror and feel/look/am healthy and fit.

I know, probably doesn't help much if it's not what you want to hear.

But it really is liberating to simply workout and fuel those workouts with good nutrition if your goals are something other than a number on the scale. In fact, since I've changed my thinking and decided to focus on things like running faster, endurance, power, strength, etc. I've gotten smaller and leaner even though "weight loss" wasn't even on the scope of goals. Not worrying about what I weigh any given day makes me happy.

I just feel it's more important to reach health and fitness goals, and whatever your weight happens to be when you are fit and healthy and lookin' good is what you should be. And it will be different for everyone. I know people leaner than I am who wear smaller clothes than me that weigh MORE than me. And vice versa, of course.

Im 5'4 and i weigh 127lbs my highest was 156 lbs And my lowest was summer 2013 and i was 118 lbs.

i looked terrible and felt so stressed now im the best ive ever looked and it was all down to regular heavy lifting and uping my protein

Ive always wanted a body that looks awesome in a bikini and doing cardio 6 days a week doesnt get you that!!!

it took a long time for me to realise that lifting heavy is the secret

I am currently 195. My goal is 135 but I think that might be too much for me. I had lost weight a few years ago, I stopped at 145 - size 4. I looked good at that weight. I am worried if I am less than that, I might look sick.

Im 5'4 and i weigh 127lbs my highest was 156 lbs And my lowest was summer 2013 and i was 118 lbs.

i looked terrible and felt so stressed now im the best ive ever looked and it was all down to regular heavy lifting and uping my protein

Ive always wanted a body that looks awesome in a bikini and doing cardio 6 days a week doesnt get you that!!!

it took a long time for me to realise that lifting heavy is the secret

Me too! Me too! I may have found my weight loss twin! Also 5' 4", SW: 135lbs. I was aiming for 115lbs, but since I'll be adding weightier muscle with my heavy lifting I have no idea what weight is 'right' for me. Now aiming for 20% body fat (am currently around 25%).

Everyone's frame is so different that there is no ideal number. I'm 5'4" and anything over 120lbs would look chunky on me unless maybe if I'm lifting heavy. I'm currently 113-114lbs on most days and I'm comfortable with that. However, I'm still working on building strength and definition in my body.

Im 5'4 started at 141 down to 130, my goal is somewhere in the 122-118 range. For those of you at 5'4 wanting to be 110lbs or less, i have a friend who is 5'3 and models for a very successful boutique, she is tiny but very fit, weighs 117 and is in a size zero…if you want to be "skinny fat" with no muscle tone under 110 is ok i guess, but if you want to be thin and toned you should up your goal weight and go for measurements not weight

According to the National Institutes of Health, a woman should weigh roughly 100 lbs. for the first 5 feet of height and then an additional 5 lbs. for every inch over this height. If you're 5 feet 4 inches tall, your ideal body weight is right around 120 lbs. But with petite women of a small frame, you should also subtract 10 percent from this body weight. This means that your ideal body weight is now 108 lbs. Larger frames add 10 percent, so your ideal body weight is now 132 lbs.

That's interesting. I am larger framed and when I lost weight and added lean muscle I dropped to 120 lbs. I had never weighed so little before; well except maybe 6th grade... Even though I had muscle and was eating healthy and exercising, I was asked by many of my friends if I was sick; they suspected the worse. I took a really good look in the mirror and my face was way too thin and it made me look old. Yikes! So I gained back about 8 pounds and looked fabulous and healthy at 128. So that's my goal at 5'4"

So by the NIH standard, my goal weight is 132? Screw the NIH. Seriously!
Body Composition is way more important. I currently have an estimated 135 lbs of lean tissue. More lean tissue means your metabolism stays higher and you actually can eat more food to maintain. If I were to get to 132 and even get to 18% body fat (which is on the verge of unhealthly for a woman of child bearing age), I'd have to lose 27 pounds of lean tissue. No thanks.

I'm 5'4"

Heaviest: 200lbs
CW: 141
GW: 130-135

Was down and maintained 135 for a couple years and loved it. So would be happy there, but would love to see 130.

I read American Cancer Society recommend 100 lbs for 5 feet then 5 lbs for every inch after that...but I am 5'4" and I think 120 may be too thin for me so you should take body type into account...personally I am aiming for 130....best wishes to you!!!

28 yrs old
5'3.5

SW: 203
CW: 145
GW:130-135

At 145 pounds I wear a size 4 or 6. I'm muscular and couldn't imagine myself less than 130 pounds. It would definitely look unhealthy.

43 yo
5ft 3.5 in

SW: 181
CW: 161
GW: 130

That's my first goal. If I am still feeling great, I will then go for 125.



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I'm barely off 5'4" (I just tell people I'm 5'4" ) and my current weight is 135ish (not sure because my scale broke and i haven't weighed myself in a while). My first goal weight is in the 120-125 range, but my ultimate goal weight is 110-115 lbs (I have to be skinny because I'm a dancer...so what's abnormally skinny for some is average for me....) Plus I have a large frame and I'm pretty muscular and curvy. I do know some girls that are 5'4 and 70lbs but that's too thin. It's natural for them, but if you are trying to lose weight to get to that size it is unhealthy. It all depends on if you have a small, medium, or large frame and also how much muscle you have.

And also looking at it from a size perspective I'm a 0-2 in jeans and adult small/medium in shirts (I have a larger chest area)

According to the National Institutes of Health, a woman should weigh roughly 100 lbs. for the first 5 feet of height and then an additional 5 lbs. for every inch over this height. If you're 5 feet 4 inches tall, your ideal body weight is right around 120 lbs. But with petite women of a small frame, you should also subtract 10 percent from this body weight. This means that your ideal body weight is now 108 lbs. Larger frames add 10 percent, so your ideal body weight is now 132 lbs.

That sounds good except for body shape side of it. For example, women with more chest should weigh more than those of us with little. Same for bottom. Some of you are beautifully thin and curvy. It seems that measurements would also be helpful.

I'm 5'3.5" ish. My goal right now is 130lbs. Once I get there, I will check my Bf% and go from there and recomp my body. According to most charts, medium framed me "should" be 110-120.... I have a hard time believing that, since I haven't been under 150 since elementary school...but we shall see.

Don't believe it. I'm your same height and frame (and wear a 36B). If I weighed 110lbs I would need to be admitted to a hospital, unless somehow I were all muscle. Right now I'm 140lbs but at 120lbs I've got bones sticking out everywhere.