5' 2" Ladies - what is your best weight? goal weight?

Inspired by the thread for 5' 7" ladies -- same question for the shorties out there. What's your best weight for your height?
I'm 5' 2" and am currently at 127 and aiming for 120.

Whenever I get to 130, I feel yucky -- but every pound down from there is a huge improvement.

I'm 5'1" and when I started on here I was 125ish and decided my first goal was to lose 10 pounds and be 115, but now that I'm closer to my goal I have decided I want to get down to 110....that was probably the best weight I've ever been at. In high school I weighed 90-95 pounds and looked sickly although I ate like a pig I could never gain weight. I have a small/medium frame and when I put on a little bit of weight it's noticeable.

My best weight was 125, I have been everything between 104-160. Currently I am pregnant so not counting or obsessing right now. But at 125 I am a solid size 4 and generally fit. I go by that more than I go by numbers on the scale.

I'm 5'2" and like myself at 125. My goal is 130 right now. I'll be happy at that. I got down to 118 once and I looked sickly. Did not like it at all. Everyone is built different though.

I'm 5'-3" and about 114 pounds. Weight is pretty good. Trying to lose some fat and gain some muscle though, so weight may shift up a little bit.

5'2" My best weight was in the mid- to low 90s. My weight has been in the 107-108 range for months because of stress and other factors. It's alarming.

My goal weight is 120, but I'll probably start the climb to maintenance once I hit 125. But as a previous poster said, I'm more concerned with body fat percentage.

I'm around 5' 2" with a rather curvy build and currently weigh around 160. For me this is overweight, but not grotesquely by any means. My goal is to get down around 135 with a good amount of muscle.

I was down to 120-125 in college, but I looked very sickly and my hip bones and ribs stuck out (my doctor at the time once asked if I had a cocaine problem or anorexia because it looked so unnatural). I would guess that this is the normal weight range for most women my height, but as I said, I'm rather curvy, with naturally large hips and breasts and when I was down to the 120-125 range, I still wore size 10 pants.


Every woman is different: different shape, different body system, different genes. There can always be a generalized goal range for women of a certain height, but that doesn't mean that the outliers are always unhealthy or unnatural. The most important thing is to make sure you keep yourself healthy.

Wow. This thread really brought out the women who have little to lose, didn't it? I thought at 5'2" 125 would be about right for me. I'm now seeing that many/most think that is way too heavy.

I wonder if people who have never been extremely overweight have a different perspective on what is their "best" weight.

At my heaviest I was 130 lbs, and didn't feel good. I looked okay, a bit heavy, but the kicker was body fat percentage. I was kind of one of those "skinny fat" body types. So, I started doing cardio every day (thank god for bikes) and worked in some weights to build up my muscle mass. I ended up losing 20 lbs (and radically changing body composition, which was even better!), and gained a little back so I'm 113-115 and quite happy with how I feel. My energy level is much higher than when I was heavier, and the extra strength has really helped support my body so I have fewer aches and pains. Not to mention the improved balance and reflexes.