What is a healthy but also slim weight for a girl who is around 5’9”

There is no one right answer. 120-125 would definitely be too for you. Let's say you are 5'9.5". What is considered a "normal" BMI is anywhere between 128 and 171 pounds. As you can see, that is quite a wide range. You likely do not want to be at the very low end of that as it can be hard to maintain, and despite being considered "normal" is not necessarily healthy for everyone. A lot of women tend to target around mid point of BMI (21 or so) as a target weight. In your case, that would be 145 pounds.

That could be a good target for you, or maybe you decide you want to carry some more muscle, and then maybe towards the higher end of normal BMI is a better fit for you. But without knowing anything about you, the 140-155 range is probably a good place to start seeing how you feel.

My daughter is 5"8 and weighs around 180 but she looks trim,not overly thin but in proportion so I think it just varies,she also had a skewed vision of herself in high school and ended up with an eating disorder😭 luckily she's fine now but still always trying to lose"10 pounds" I think it's hard for you taller girls cuz you hear how your shorter friends weigh 115 or 120 and cringe at the 145+ numbers but your friends' weights would look awful on you tall gals💖

My wife is 5'9", usually stays around 140 lbs and wears a 6-8 depending on styles and brands. She's not muscular but is an avid runner, occasionally does yoga, and played volleyball in high school.

I'm 5'9" around 160 lbs and size 4...I have been as light as 135, but I was 2 sizes larger at that time. It's not really about the scale, body composition and measurements matter more to me...I'm currently between 17-18% body fat and trying to squeak down to 15% before the end of the year. Which to be fair, is only about a 6 lb drop in weight, or less if I also put on some more muscle...at the moment my lifting is increasing in weights, so either I'm growing muscle or just adapting, but I'll do measurements at the end of the month to confirm.

According to my weight chart anything between 129 and 170 is a healthy weight for 5'9"...so it's quite a range depending on bone structure and body composition. I was way too thin when I was 110, I feel like I was way too thin even when I was 125, so I wouldn't ever want to be that thin again.

Also, if you might be 5'10" then the lowest healthy weight on my chart for that is 132...let me see if I can find a web version of this chart, it might help you...though it lists me as "small frame" and while I agree with that listing, I'm way over the ideal weight for that range, and I have no desire to lose muscle to be that weight. I'm looking to be totally badass, not totally skinny, but to each their own.

This looks like the same chart:
https://thefreewindows.com/normal-weight/

I am 5'10 and currently weigh 173, which is OK but I am carrying more weight than I want to. I don't want to be thin but my aim is to get to 159, then work on getting my body fat percentage to 30 and see what I look like. When I was 18 I weighed 145 and looked good BUT I know I had no muscle to speak of, and now I want muscle so I will want to weigh more.

It's going to depend on your body composition and frame size. You could shoot for the middle of the BMI range and reevaluate when you get there.

I have a large frame (big wrists, hands, feet, head, broad shoulders, etc.) and am shooting for just over the top of the BMI for my height.

I know small-framed Asian women who are perfect at the bottom of their BMI range.

I’m 5 ft 8.5 and 136 pounds. I’m too lean in the top half and carry some fat stil in my lower half. I’m planning on bulking as would like some more muscle at around 10 pounds heavier

I'm 5'10 and my goal weight is 135. I hit my goal weight about 6 years ago, maintained for a few years - and then let the pounds creep back on. But I liked how I looked at that weight. I'm sitting at 154 right now, and while I'm certainly not overweight, I'm not as lean as I like. Like others have suggested - perhaps shoot for the middle of the range and then reevaluate.

Just as no one way of eating works for everyone, there is no one answer to the OP's question.

I have a weight range I chose as a final goal. As I get closer to that number, I will reevaluate. Once I feel healthy and fit, I won't care what the number on the scale is.

Hi All!

I’m 5’9, I weigh 148lbs. I’ll agree that body composition is more than just height and weight. What is lean on one person, may not be for the next.

My BMI is 21.9. I wear a size 8/10 in most clothing. I’ve been a size 4 and I’ve been a size 16. I felt best and thought I looked best around 130ish. Normal BMI range is considered 18.5-24.9. At 130lbs that makes my BMI about 19.2.

Most people would think for my height and weight I would be very slender - truth is - I’m very small boned and my family tends to be long and lanky. So I have some extra fat on me, not a lot - but my waist is 31inches, my hips are 41 inches. That’s up from 25/35. I wish I could say that was big bones, but it’s not! Lol! I have about 6-7 extra inches of love there that I’m trying to whittle down. (Crazy to think when i was 18 - i was 118lbs and ate like a beast!)
I don’t really look at lbs anymore- mostly inches and how my clothes fit. My goal is to build more muscle and be lean and solid and healthy. So as I tighten and tone - I re evaluate my goal as I drop the inches.
So for me- my range would probably be 130-140ish. (Size 6ish) Knowing the aim is muscle density and fat loss and my waist getting back to the area of 25inches - ish.