5'3 & 5'4 ladies what's your GOAL WEIGHT??

Jesusjohnjames wrote: »

My starting weigh t was 220lbs
Currently under 178. So I'm so happy.

great job keep it up

5'3. Sw 140 cw137 Gw 118

Id love to be in the range of 130-134. I mentally dont want one number but think I look good in that range.
I was 117 when I got married 15 years ago and 3 kids later I am more concerned of feeling good about myself then looking super skinny plus I am alot more toned now then I was at 117
SW 158 2/24
CW 145
gw-130-134

I am 5' 2"
My current goal wt is 155, just as a halfway to goal point.
My ultimate goal is 145.

I'm 5'4 and my goal weight was about 135 - but as I'm at about 136 now and don't feel it's enough so might do 126ish

5'3" 32 years old
SW: 160 (156 when I got back on myfitnesspal)
CW:145
GW: I was thinking 130, but I may be happy around 140 based on what my body is doing now, Just under 140 is the top of my healthy BMI range. I try not to think about it too much because then I start stressing about changing my calories and how much I should be losing per week.

Started at exactly same height and weight. Had. goal weight at 145 by the time I hit that goal I had figured out how to lose weight so I kept on going. Just hit 125 and am glad I kept it up. I am 44 with 3 kids.

priyac1987 wrote: »

Im 5'4.5 and started at 198lbs, my initial goal was 147lbs, but now im 142lbs and I would like to get down to 125lbs!

anuhealani1 wrote: »

peleroja wrote: »

Arliah wrote: »

peleroja wrote: »

I'm 5'4", 28 (no kids) and small framed, and while I don't lift heavy I do work out moderately. I've maintained around 118 pounds for a couple years, which I know is lighter than a lot of similar height women but accounts for my build. My highest weight was about 145 and I looked visibly overweight then.

Just as an FYI, at that height you are not overweight at 145 That's in the normal BMI range.

I said I looked overweight. Due to my small frame, the top end of "healthy" BMI looks decidedly UNhealthy on me. All those people who say that BMI is crap because is doesn't account for muscle and you can be over the healthy weight and still look and feel good are right but it also works in the opposite direction for slighter people.

See what I mean? In the first two pics I think most people would consider me a bit chunky for sure.

God, posts like these really bring it home to me what a crap body type I have. Even when you were at 140 your stomach was flatter than mine is currently at 109 (same height). And at 118 you look amazing.

(no desire to be insensitive to those who are overweight - I'm just talking about myself here and my own body...)

I'm guessing you're probably way too hard on yourself, probably like I am too. I look at those "heavy" photos and I see just a big tire of fat around my waist and bulging over my hips (not to mention my arms and gross floppy boobs), and I know realistically there's no way you could have anything close to that thirty pounds lighter. I do have an hourglass shape so have a small waist compared to my hips, but the part below my navel still makes me unhappy today and always will because that's just where I carry fat - it's the last thing to go even when I'm sub-20% body fat and have visible ribs at the top of my stomach and visible hipbones below.

I'm a 51 year old mother of two grown children. During my first pregnancy my midwife told me my body would never be the same again. She was right. I'm 5 foot, 4 inches tall, and my goal weight is 130. I weighed 125 when I got married 31 years ago. Now I weigh 140. My pants are tight, and I hate that. I just wan't to loose 10 pounds.

I'm 5'3".
Sw 164
Cw 158
Gw 135
I want to hover between 135 and 140, but never move beyond 140 again!

5'4", 35 years old, 4 kids
SW: 148
CW: 126
GW: 120 (but every time I reach 123 I sabotage myself, dammit)

peleroja wrote: »

(no desire to be insensitive to those who are overweight - I'm just talking about myself here and my own body...)

I'm guessing you're probably way too hard on yourself, probably like I am too. I look at those "heavy" photos and I see just a big tire of fat around my waist and bulging over my hips (not to mention my arms and gross floppy boobs), and I know realistically there's no way you could have anything close to that thirty pounds lighter. I do have an hourglass shape so have a small waist compared to my hips, but the part below my navel still makes me unhappy today and always will because that's just where I carry fat - it's the last thing to go even when I'm sub-20% body fat and have visible ribs at the top of my stomach and visible hipbones below.

While it's definitely true I tend to be a little hard on myself, I've inherited the good old apple shape characteristic of every woman on both sides of my family. This means that unfortunately, even when my upper body looks skeletal (I lose fat in the face, arms, and chest first), I have a belly that hangs over my bottoms (which otherwise fit fine). I've even stripped off for a doctor who scolded me about losing too much weight to prove to her that I still had a big belly, despite the way the rest of me looked, and the only thing she could say was "...well, everybody has their problem areas."

I'm beginning to think that there's no weight I could be that would make me lose the belly unless I were so thin as to be near death. Sadly, lipo is too expensive and too risky for my liking so I'm likely just stuck with it.

I'm 5'5 (sorry, am I too tall for this? Lol) and my goal was 135, but I'm down to 137.5 now and I'm thinking I might push that to 130. Id be happy to be 130-135 and maintain that and focus on strength. I am on the slow track though, steadily losing 1/2-3/4 of a pound per week cause I like to eat!