Is 175 pounds/80kg overweight?

It depends. How tall are you?

At 5'5" and 175 lbs, weight loss along with the weight lifting is a given if you want to achieve a defined look.

Sofiahuerta wrote: »

Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »

Sofiahuerta wrote: »

I can't really make up my mind if I should lose any weight or not. I'm trying to build a bit of muscle and tone up as well, so I'm not sure what path to take
Any advice or suggestions?

Are you 5'0"? Are you 6'0"?
175 is very different at those two heights.

I'm about 5'5"

Do you do a lot of weight training?

imho? yes, if you're an ADULT at 5'5" and 175# you could stand to lose some weight.
Not knowing anything about you, I don't know what a good weight is.
When I was starting out I aimed for 130 (I'm 5'6"). I used the very simple formula of: 100# at 5'0" and then 5# per inch after (125# in your case). But that may be too thin for you. I have no way of knowing that.

But, definitely start lifting weights if you aren't doing it already.

Sofiahuerta wrote: »

Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »

Sofiahuerta wrote: »

Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »

Sofiahuerta wrote: »

I can't really make up my mind if I should lose any weight or not. I'm trying to build a bit of muscle and tone up as well, so I'm not sure what path to take
Any advice or suggestions?

Are you 5'0"? Are you 6'0"?
175 is very different at those two heights.

I'm about 5'5"

Do you do a lot of weight training?

imho? yes, if you're an ADULT at 5'5" and 175# you could stand to lose some weight.
Not knowing anything about you, I don't know what a good weight is.
When I was starting out I aimed for 130 (I'm 5'6"). I used the very simple formula of: 100# at 5'0" and then 5# per inch after (125# in your case). But that may be too thin for you. I have no way of knowing that.

But, definitely start lifting weights if you aren't doing it already.

How much weight would you recommend losing? I feel that if I maintained lifting and excersize in general I would naturally lose weight gradually anyway.

You would only lose weight if you burned more calories than you ate.

I have no idea what you should weigh. What do you look like at 125# or 130#? Again, if you were really lifting, then you could probably weigh more. 140# or so.

rabbitjb wrote: »

Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »

Sofiahuerta wrote: »

Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »

Sofiahuerta wrote: »

I can't really make up my mind if I should lose any weight or not. I'm trying to build a bit of muscle and tone up as well, so I'm not sure what path to take
Any advice or suggestions?

Are you 5'0"? Are you 6'0"?
175 is very different at those two heights.

I'm about 5'5"

Do you do a lot of weight training?

imho? yes, if you're an ADULT at 5'5" and 175# you could stand to lose some weight.
Not knowing anything about you, I don't know what a good weight is.
When I was starting out I aimed for 130 (I'm 5'6"). I used the very simple formula of: 100# at 5'0" and then 5# per inch after (125# in your case). But that may be too thin for you. I have no way of knowing that.

But, definitely start lifting weights if you aren't doing it already.

That calculation would put me 20lbs under my current weight ...and my current weight is 5lbs under my initial goal and the weight I don't want to drop below (5'8 and 160lbs)

So I agree that It so very much depends on the body you want

And whilst I don't accept BMI as a hard and fast rule, it's a good enough scale when you're far outside it to head towards and reassess as you get closer

Yup, it does depend. If she's really lifting, then she could probably weigh 10-20# more than 125# and look great.