5'6 women- at what weight did you think you looked best?
halmsafit
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I'm 5'6 and have about 32% body fat which I'm working on lowering! At what weight or body composition were you most confident/ did you think you looked the best?
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130lb2
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My lowest was 133 and liked it. Regain to 137 (marathon training) but would like to try 125 lbs.3
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137 is ideal. But I would settle for 140-145.7
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Currently around 136lbs, this seems to be my happy weight where my eating and training habits keep me maintaining.
I am satisfied with recomping at this weight but would ideally like to be around 132.
I got down to about 125 a few years ago, before I'd discovered weight training, and I can see now how much better I look even at this higher weight now thanks to lifting.2 -
I have never been a low weight, but my mom is 5'6 and I think she looks phenomenal at 160. That's my goal. I don't think I would like my look if I get any thinner than that and would definitely want to gain.17
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I got down to 135-137 once and thought I looked pretty good. I was still soft with no muscle, but clothes fit well and I felt a lot less self-conscious. Currently 150, working my way back down to 135-140.0
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I would love to go down to 1:30 again... But I am afraid I would have too much loose skin. Right now my goal is anywhere under 150.4
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115-1206
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amusedmonkey wrote: »I have never been a low weight, but my mom is 5'6 and I think she looks phenomenal at 160. That's my goal. I don't think I would like my look if I get any thinner than that and would definitely want to gain.
160 is overweight though22 -
Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »I have never been a low weight, but my mom is 5'6 and I think she looks phenomenal at 160. That's my goal. I don't think I would like my look if I get any thinner than that and would definitely want to gain.
160 is overweight though
By BMI standards, yes, but if it's less than she weighs now then it's still a pretty decent goal...20 -
I am just under 5'7, I think I look best now, I am around 133lbs. But I have been this weight many times without the muscle base and body composition I have now, so to me weight alone is irrelevant.5
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Just for context... even at the same height and weight, people can look very different. People carry their weight differently, have different body composition, etc.18
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Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »I have never been a low weight, but my mom is 5'6 and I think she looks phenomenal at 160. That's my goal. I don't think I would like my look if I get any thinner than that and would definitely want to gain.
160 is overweight though
I know, by less than 1 BMI point. I just like that look. Going lower just because BMI says so is not something I'm willing to do unless I have to. Not only will I be going for a look I don't like for myself, but I would also have to eat less to sustain it. To be perfectly honest, I could stop at a weight that's higher than that if I feel I'm where I want to be, as long as it's out of the obese range.23 -
I'm also 5'6".
I've been as low as 120 and as high as 180.
I think I looked my best between 130-140.
I'm currently around 149.6 -
I am just under 5'7, I think I look best now, I am around 133lbs. But I have been this weight many times without the muscle base and body composition I have now, so to me weight alone is irrelevant.
I'm 5'7" and this is where I like to be, too--I feel strong enough to workout, light enough to run easily, my clothes fit well, maintaining here isn't too bad, and I don't mind how I look in photographs. I do hear from my mom that I'm "too skinny" though.2 -
I'm just about 5'6". I've been between 105 pounds and 140. My preferred weight is 120-122. I'm at 130 right now and hate the way I feel around my middle, but at almost 60 years old, the extra weight suits my face (as in wrinkle camouflage).1
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Right around 5'6"-5'7", and probably about 137-140 is my happy place. Because of how my body fat distributes, if I go any lower than 137, pretty much every bone on the top half of my body is clearly visible and people start asking if I am sick. But of course, the fat on the hips and thighs still hangs on.12
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Honestly? 16516
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When I was in the 120s I was hangry and dizzy most of the time. I think my best was upper 130s and lower 140s. I weigh more than that now though and haven't decided what my final goal would be. I guess I'll see how I feel when I get there!3
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