Seeking help from tall women roughly 5'8''-5'10''!!!

I'm 5'8 (used to be 5'9", dang back injury.... grumble grumble) I set mine for 145. I had it at 135, but I don't know if that's too low for me, and I've never really been there. I figured I have been to 145 and looked good and felt good (my profile pic is around 145) and I thought that this time i will probably have more muscle when I get there so I might actually be "thinner" or look better at 145 than I did in the past.

BUT I am also happy in the 150 range because I feel healthy (I have also since had a kid, and know I will never be quite back to where I was unless I did an extreme clean diet and exercise, which is not worth it to me - I like food...). I still have my goal down for 145 and might drop to 135 again after that, but I'm fine if I don't. Most importantly, make your goal obtainable. It does not have to be your final weight - it's just a goal. Make it something you can reach and then reevaluate! Otherwise, if turns out you are going for something "unobtainable" you will get frustrated.

PPS... I have like NO boobs.... so, I know a lot of ladies have to consider several lbs there :laugh: and maybe can't get away with lighter weights. So.... just sayin' - consider your body type!

I'm 5'10" and medium frame...my ideal weight is 170-175. The smallest I ever been was 158lbs and everyone said I was too small so I guess 170 -175lbs would be a happy medium.

You have the right weights for your height and frame. I am almost 5'8" and at my smallest I was 145 and I was tiny. If I would have lost anymore fat I would have been too thin. The only place I had fat left was on my butt and boobs. I dont have a large frame but I am curvy. Even when I am super skinny the smallest my chest has ever been is a 34 D (full D). I say this because it is very individual for all of us. Even in nursing school they taught us that the numbers are ideas of where you should be but everyone is different. If you get to a place where you are healthy and your body looks good then stay there. Dont obsess over the scale. I was in a size 6 to a size 4 and still weighed 145, there was no way I needed to be any smaller (and that was with me not eating much lol, I will prob not be able to get that small again!) But good luck! I think you are doing great. I read your posts and it looks like you are making great progress and have a good outlook.

I'm about 5'8.5" with a small/medium frame (although I have often said large to make myself feel better) and currently around 164. My original goal weight was 135 but, although I'm definately not happy with where I'm at, I'm beginning to think 145 is more realistic. My smallest adult weight was about 150 and I wasn't quite *there* by my standards but that may have just been a toning issue. Right now I'm going to try to get to 145 and then reevaluate whether I want to go on down to my 135 goal.

Im 6"2
I was 260 in high school got down to 140 then got pregnant with my 1st went up to 214 then 4 months after having him i was 150. Then i got pregnant again just 1 year later went up to 237 now 3 months after having her im 184:/ I working hard to be 150 again

I'm 5'8 3/4 (got to get my partial in there) and have a small/medium frame with hips. I started on here at 157 feeling really heavy, mushy and out of shape and I work out ALOT. I'm now down to 138 and my goal is 135. My face and upper body are as this as I would ever want them to be (at 47, you need a little fat to look good) but I still have a little tummy pooch (which I've had since I was a freshman in high school) and a little flab on my thighs. I think once I get to 135, I'll go to maintenance and really start hitting toning with yoga supplementing my spinning and strength training I already do. This is very maintainable (so far!) and I think I look good with those flaws I've already mentioned. I think there are different frame sizes and you have to get to where you are healthy and you feel good about the way you look.

I'm 6'0" and 175 lbs. I haven't been this weight since my senior year in high school (3 years ago). I didn't really weigh myself from when I was 13 to 17. All I know that when I was 13 I was 130. I was embarrassed because I thought that was a lot, and just stopped weighing myself. Everyone always told me I was skinny through high school, and if I told them my weight (probably 160-170 for most of it) they wouldn't have believed me!
My goal weight is 160 for now, but I would really like to get below 150, which I think is definitely possible but will take some time and some work I have always had a lot of muscle so I don't want to lose that! Although I don't always like beating guys at arm wrestling...

I am 5'9" tall and I am large framed (my size 11 feet agree) I am muscular, my goal weight is 170.

I'm 5'10 and weigh 136lbs; however although I'm small-framed I have wide shoulders and hips and long legs so at 131 I looked a bit daft (and clothes were baggy around my waist but not on my shoulders/hips, which looked silly) As long as you stick within the 'Normal' BMI then you can please yourself. Good luck!

There can be a wide range of what is considered "average", "typical", or "desirable". Ideally, you should have your body fat percentage tested to determine your fat-free mass. From that, you can calculate a "goal" weight based on your desired body fat percentage.

Depending on all these factors, a "desired" body weight for you could fall within a range of 40 pounds or more.