Tall girls...goal weight?

Yay tall girls!

I am 5'9 and hit my heaviest in the fall of 2010. I was staying away from the scale, but believe I was at 180-185. I found MFP in the beginning of March at 177.9lbs and have been conisistently logging for 7 1/2 weeks. I am down 15 lbs, and fitting into my skinnest clothes. I dropped a dress size last week, and am now into a 10, way to small for a 12! Getting compliments and feeling great at 162.7, but hoping to hit 160 in the next couple of weeks!

What matters most is that you are healthy, comfortable in your skin, and have confidence. Best of luck to all of us!

i am 5'9 and i have read that a "healthy" weight for me is anywhere between 125-170. i cannot ever see myself weighing 120 without looking disgustingly sick! I'm aiming for 150-160. We'll see how i feel when i get there! But i would never go lower then 140.

go with how you feel. if you are healthy, and feel great, then just maintain your weight!

I'm 5'8" and have always been overweight/obese, according to the official ranges. I would just be happy to be in the "normal" range. My goal weight is 160. I'd still be curvy enough for my husband but healthy enough for me. I think I would look disgusting at 120.

I am 5'7" - 5'8" and right now fluctuate between 145 - 148 but I have a smaller, althetically built frame (smaller upper body but larger legs from all the years playing soccer/basketball/softball/tennis, however the legs and bum are NOWHERE near as toned as they once were). Which by the way makes it almost impossible to find jeans that fit... So frustrating!

Anyway, when I graduated high school I weighed 112 lbs.... very, very skinny and ate anything and everything I wanted. I still thought I was fat, but I was trying to compare myself to the 5'0" cheerleaders that weighed maybe 90lbs! Then I went to college and put on NOT the freshmen 15 more like the freshmen 45! I went from wearing size 2 to wearing a size 10-12. Too much beer, late night food, and NO excercise. I lived at home after freshmen year and life guarded at a fitness center. I swam probably 3 miles a day on my breaks, did the eleptical, and lifted weights 6 times a week! Its amazing how dedicated you can become if you're dating a regular gym member, I don't think I skipped a workout ever, b/c that meant I wouldn't get to see him that day! By the end of the summer I weight about 142 lbs but had about 12%BF. I was by far in the best shape of my life, no one believed I weighed that much. I was back wearing size 4. Then I went back to college and wasn't so strict with my workout and/or diet. I stayed pretty much the same weight just wasn't ripped like before.

I then got into another relationship which was an emotionally abusive one and every time I even talked about wanting to work out or get back in shape his response was, "for who? What guy are you trying to impress? I love you how you are, you're just going to leave me if you lose weight..." and so on and so on. I think this really took a toll on my psyche and has caused some long term self esteem issues that I'm still trying to get under control.

Fast forward about 8 years down the road and I am now married to the most wonderful supportive man, who has taken a high interest in fitness as well. He does get frustrated with me when I say I need to lose weight, but in actuallity I'm fine with my weight I'd just like to tone my bottom half. I have a round face and always seem to gain weight there first... even if I put on 5 lbs I think it all goes straight to my face. So I see my face appearing rounder in pictures then my body dismorphia kicks in and I see my over all body being much larger than what it is!

Anyway, I would like to get down to get into the 135-140 range. I was there for my wedding (10/25/2010) and thought I looked pretty darn good, but as a lot of people do I put on about 10-15 lbs the first 6 months we were married. I don't have goals to be like ripped like I once was, just leaner, and stronger. I also want to be comfortable in my skin this summer when we go to the lake!

I am 5'10" and I have a very large bone structure. My goal weight is 180, which I know looks and feels good on me. I might drop another 10 when I reach that point just so I am within the healthy BMI, but I don't want to weigh less than 170 because I have been thinner than that before and it doesn't look or feel good on me.

I agree. I am also 5'10" with a large structure. I started at 230 and was at 187 on my last weigh in. My goal is 175. I could never go below 170 (charts say 169 would be good) because it looks unhealthy and is impossible to maintain. I think that how you feel physically and feel about how you look is more important than what any chart says.
Amber

Thanks beccalinda!

I'm 5'8 and aiming for 170 lbs right now. It might be difficult, after getting a test done (don't remember the name), it was established that I have 143 lbs of muscles, so I would be able to go lower than 170. I'm currently 222 lbs.

I'm 5'11.5", and I currently am at 159. My highest I was 172, and freaked. My goal is 135, which may be stretching it because I am large framed [my wrist's circumference is 8"]. And I want to tone, which means I should go to the gym more often.

It has been hard for me to accept the higher numbers as "normal" because of my height, but I'm slowly getting there.

I'm 5'10" and my goal weight is 140 lbs. I was always a normal weight growing up and as an adult I hovered between 140-150 lbs until I got pregnant for the first time. I've had three kids now, and I weigh 176. I just want to be back to my normal weight. I know that at 150 I look slim but I feel pudgy in places, and at 140 I feel as thin as I should be. The lowest I've ever been is about 135 and that felt too skinny.

im tall (5'8) but i carry all my weight on my bum so its hard to know what weight i should be.....

I am 6 feet even and I really felt like I was WAY too thin in HS (145-150) I went to college and put on 20 lbs of muscle. (165-170) I have a big frame (at least medium) and really feel like being between 175 and 185 would be a good range for me. It really is what you are comfortable with. Being tall, I would suggest going by what you feel like and not what the scale says because it is always going to be higher than it will be for shorter gals. Besides, what is sexier than a tall, lean, athletic, confident woman? Not much!

I am 5'9 and right now hoovering between 165-170 but trying to get back down to around 155. My lowest was 145 and I looked like someone on 'that stuff". So like all the others said, be whatever you feel comfortable with..

I am 5'7" and look best at around 135-140. Anything smaller than that just isn't necessary. I like my natural curves!

If you feel good than that is all that counts. You actually are where you should be. They say to add 5 pounds for every inch over 5 ft so 5ft 1 in = 105. 5 ft 2 +110lbs and so forth so you are right on tract

I didn't say this in my original post, but my goal is a size 4. Which is going to be tough, since I too carry a lot of weight in my butt and thighs. Not to mention, my hips measure 40", no matter what I do. I have very wide hips. I wish I could find jeans designed for someone with curves