5'5" Woman Goal Weight?

i'm 5'5" and large framed/muscular and look great between 150-160. I set my goal for 155, which is the very tippy top of a weight chart i saw for large boned women of my height (i cannot touch my thumb and finger together when around my wrist and so i actually do have large bones). I haven't been at that weight in many years, so I'll be thrilled to even see the other side of 170. Set a realistic goal, and you can always re-evaluate it when you get closer to it!

i posted a similar thread about goal weights on here a week ago so i feel ya, there's a lot of information out there about what your weight should be, but all the great advice i got from my post was to choose a goal based on what you know about your own body, and then yes - reevaluate as you make progress!

LynnBBQ72 wrote: »

I love these threads!
I'm 5'5, probably medium frame but fairly muscular, 44 years old. Heaviest weight was 245. Joined MFP in late July 2016 at 222 lbs, size 22 W pants. Now 173 lbs, size 14 pants are getting loose. All of my weight is in the belly. My original pie-in-the-sky goal was 150 lbs. Now I'm realizing that I won't be happy there and my new goal is 140. My doctor says 135 is his goal for me but I'm not sure that is sustainable because of my broad shoulders and muscles. I'll have to re-evaluate when I get to 145-140 to see if I want to go lower.

congratulations first and foremost!

now here's proof of how goal weights and weight ranges are very different for everyone. we're the same height, close in age, and both say we're muscular. however, i weigh 189 and wear a size 12, and my 14s are already falling off me. i'm very dense haha!! when i'm 173, i can start to squeeze into size 10 pants. just illustrating this because it shows that we all have different bodies and don't need to all weigh the same even at our same height! that's why i think i can stop at 150-155, i'd be a size 8 around there and that sounds great to me, because of how i carry my weight i guess. and Lynn who knows, you might be just fine at 145-150, and you can change your mind whenever you want!

@rhiawiz57 wrote: »

LynnBBQ72 wrote: »

I love these threads!
I'm 5'5, probably medium frame but fairly muscular, 44 years old. Heaviest weight was 245. Joined MFP in late July 2016 at 222 lbs, size 22 W pants. Now 173 lbs, size 14 pants are getting loose. All of my weight is in the belly. My original pie-in-the-sky goal was 150 lbs. Now I'm realizing that I won't be happy there and my new goal is 140. My doctor says 135 is his goal for me but I'm not sure that is sustainable because of my broad shoulders and muscles. I'll have to re-evaluate when I get to 145-140 to see if I want to go lower.

now here's proof of how goal weights and weight ranges are very different for everyone. !

This is so true. I'm 5'5" and closing in on 40 years old. I carry extra weight in my belly and I don't have a well defined waist. I'm also small chested and don't have "women" hips. I weigh around 128lbs now and I am pretty happy here.
I wear a size 4 typically, mostly due to not having much in the hip/butt area.
When I started MFP I was about 144lbs and MISERABLE. So much jelly belly.
But if I were to recomp and build up more muscle, 128 wouldn't be as realistic as perhaps 144 would be with more muscle. So body comp has a lot to do with goal weight too.

That's true