Can you get off the floor?

I think this has more to do with strength than body weight, up to a certain point. I'm 5'4 and about 170. I don't work out other than walking. I can get up without putting my hand down if I sort of swing to the side and then get up from my knees. If you're talking about being seated on the floor and then just putting your feet down flat and standing up, I think that takes a significant amount of body strength and isn't going to just come with a smaller weight. I'm pretty sure I would have never been able to do that even at my smallest and when I was working out, which was 120 pounds.

I think it's more about strength and flexibility than just weight.

I could get up from the floor without using hands at the weight where I started losing (mid-180s pounds at 5'5", so class1 obese). I can do it now at around 129 pounds, and I admit it's a little easier.

It would've been harder at age 45 (also mid-180s) than when I started losing weight (59 then, 64 now), because that was before I started being active and working out regularly. It may not be true for everyone, but for me, better fitness made more difference in getting up off the floor than weight loss made. (When I say "fitness", in this context, I mean a combination of strength, cardiovascular improvement, and flexibility.) I can't remember for sure if I could do it at age 45.

It will steadily get a little easier all the way along as you lose weight, though, I suspect . . . though it may take a few pounds head start before you really notice a difference. If your weight loss routine includes exercise, you'll reach that "getting up from the floor" goal sooner than with weight loss alone, I suspect (even though exercise is optional, strictly speaking, if the *only* goal is weight loss).

Best wishes for success in weight loss, and your "getting up from the floor without hands" goal!

I can’t do it and I never remember being able to do it as an adult even when I was a fairly low weight. For me it’s not strength it’s lack of flexibility and bad knees. I also can’t sit cross legged on the floor, can’t get anywhere near touching my toes and can’t do all sorts of other things many people take for granted.

Right now I’m about 141 lbs, 5’3” but I don’t think losing weight will make any difference. I also stretch more than many people because I have so many problems caused by overly tight muscles.

I'm not sure it's a weight/height thing.

I'm ~300lbs, 5'3" so quite obese, and I can do it - even while holding my baby (and without waking him!).