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5'8" Women weight goal?

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  • 7elizamae
    7elizamae Posts: 758 Member
    I'm almost 5'9". I was ill once and lost enough weight that I was down below 120. :( I looked horrible. I went from a C cup to an A, none of my clothes fit, and my bones protruded. So, no, no 120 goal weight for me. I like around 140 - 145.
  • robinsvitakjones
    robinsvitakjones Posts: 20 Member
    I'm 5'7 1/2 and about 119 lbs. I've always been thin. I gave birth to my son at 143 lbs.
  • Kait_Dee
    Kait_Dee Posts: 176 Member
    I'm 5'8" and started out at 260lbs. I spend most of my time at around 150-155 comfortably (with little effort from a food portion perspective). I'm a competitive bodybuilder and in my last competitive season I got down to 144 - giving me a hug was like cuddling a little bag of antlers. No Bueno!! I like the 155lb range for the steady state!!
  • Cheryl_in_AL
    Cheryl_in_AL Posts: 7 Member
    I am 5'8". I started at 225. My starter goal is 170. When I get close I will reevaluate.
  • marissarekush
    marissarekush Posts: 10 Member
    I'm slightly shorter at 5'7" and two years ago I started at 215 and got down to 140-142 and I didn't look too good. My hips and shoulders were sticking out quite a bit, kind of as if I was sucking all the time. I've since went back up to 189 and now I'm working on getting to about 150ish.
  • tinab190
    tinab190 Posts: 110 Member
    Beploveshomer wrote: »
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    This is me at 175 pounds, I think 15 less would look perfect, get rid of the last bits of flab, according to BMI, I could lose 50 pounds and still be healthy. 50 pounds??! That's like a huge bag of dog food, where would it even come off? Goes to show I guess, how different it is for everyone!

    Thank you for posting this! I am 5' 9" and my goal honestly is 185. And I'll see how I feel at that weight. Maybe then go to 175. But I could NEVER get down to 150 and maintain it. Ever. People are calling me "skinny" now and I'm not down to 185 at all.

  • Willbenchforcupcakes
    Willbenchforcupcakes Posts: 4,955 Member
    I'm 5'8" and currently happily maintaining at 82-85kg (180-187).

    I got down to 150lb, and it was too skinny for me. Bulked back up here with now zero intentions of cutting any weight. Other than shifting my range to 80-83kg, just cause water loading to make weight for meets sucks.
  • ArcticSero
    ArcticSero Posts: 63 Member
    I'm 5'8" and I want to be around 160-170. I was 170 in HS (Although I never looked my weight so people guessed 140) only for me to gain 30 pounds and be 200. (Although people assumed I'm 170ish). I can tell the difference though severely in my body and would love to go back down to my original weight.
  • KatherinePM
    KatherinePM Posts: 22 Member
    robininfl wrote: »
    I'm closer to 5'9" and my goal is to stay around 130lb, more specifically goal is to have waist at 28" and that's about it, really, more than the pounds; if I can gain some muscle in my butt then bigger hip measurement would be OK with me but not seeking to get bigger anywhere at this point.

    I am built streamlined and not curvy I guess, and historically have looked best when pretty light, 125-130. But at 125lb I had 20% bodyfat and was 33-28-35, with 18" thighs; made an effort to gain fitness and muscle (bulk) now at 135lb I am 20% bodyfat and 35-29-37 with thighs at least 21" so think I gained appx. 8lb muscle and 2lb fat, and am not sure I can drop much without losing healthy body mass. So goal is changed to waist size not weight.

    Me too. If I was more hourglass shaped or even pear shaped I'd probably be happier with a higher weight. But I'm either apple or square shaped so a lighter weight suits me (unless I get butt and boob implants :smiley: lol)

  • MamaFunky
    MamaFunky Posts: 735 Member
    Paiger816 wrote: »
    MamaFunky wrote: »
    I'm 5'8" (42 yrs old) and have been maintaining around 138-140lbs for two years now. I lost about 15 lbs and feel like this is the perfect weight for me. Since I wasn't technically overweight it was not as much about losing weight, it was reducing my BF%.

    I want your stomach. <3 (I mean that in a super non-creepy way!) You look fab.

    Thank you!! I appreciate the compliment! :smile:
  • theresam2469
    theresam2469 Posts: 23 Member
    my goal is 145-150 5'7
  • starwhisperer6
    starwhisperer6 Posts: 402 Member
    I am 5'9 my SW was 163, and my CW is 145. I would love to lose the lower belly pudge, but I am fast losing the curves that my guy loves so I am stopping here for now. I am still very "healthy" looking at this weight though, not too skinny at all, at 163 my pants got too tight and I was tired of having to tuck my stomach under my waistband when I sat down :)
  • mimimunchery
    mimimunchery Posts: 69 Member
    I'm 5'8" (maybe a tiny bit taller) and I weigh 185 lbs currently.

    At my lowest I weighed 136 lbs. I wore a size 6, sometimes even a 4. I looked great! That was 13 years ago : )

    Now I would be ecstatic with 150. 160 wouldn't be bad either. I'd like to get into the "normal" BMI range - I'm currently towards the high end of the "overweight" range. At my heaviest I was in the lower part of the obese range.
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