Curves vs. Skinny

At 5'8 100 pounds would be way to thin! Do not go that low again, that is terrible for your health. I'm 5'8 and i'm aiming for 125 right now, which is thin and not curvy at all for me. your lucky if you can have curves at 135. I would say stay between 125-135.

At 5'8 100 pounds would be way to thin! Do not go that low again, that is terrible for your health. I'm 5'8 and i'm aiming for 125 right now, which is thin and not curvy at all for me. your lucky if you can have curves at 135. I would say stay between 125-135.

Oh, sweet, 5'8" users unite cx The first time I started to lose weight I started out at 125, I can't remmeber what I looked like, so once I get down to there, I'm going to see what I look like and how happy I am with myself, I have a feeling I will be, I just set myself for 115 because thats what I was aiming for the very first time I got into weight loss.

I'm 5'8 and my GW is 135

You need to be happy with yourself before anyone else matters. That's a lesson I had to learn ( and am still working on). I was 185 when I met my husband. (Im only 5'6" tall) He fell for me anyway. He jokingly told me that he had a two bill rule. (Meaning at 200 lbs, I am gone!). After a couple years, guess what....201. He didn't get rid of me. Im now down to 153 and he says my legs are getting too skinny. :-) Your size doesn't matter as much as how you view yourself. If you don't believe that you can hang out with skinnier girls because you weigh more than them, then you need a new view. The view that mainstream media puts into young girls heads is ridiculous. Real women.....Beautiful women...are healthy, and happy with themselves.
My opinion? Ditch the scale. Track your macros and start some strength training. Build strength and beautiful muscles. They will give you some curves and definition, and you don't need to worry about a number. Being healthy is better! Good luck! !!!

It sounds like you've spent most of your life deferring to other people regarding how you should look. Luckily you are a part of an online community now that generally is more concerned about health than looks, but you might not always have that. I think, second only to being healthy, you should really try to determine what body type *you* prefer. Ultimately, what people are going to be attracted to is your confidence, how happy you are with you. And I don't just mean attraction as in lust or finding a partner; I mean general likability.

Also, muscle weighs significantly more than fat (as has been mentioned), so try not to get too attached to an arbitrary number. There is nothing wrong with setting a weight goal when you set it based on your own body and not on some perceived standard.

Hope that didn't come off as harsh. I just think too many people fight with their minds/bodies because they try to be what other people want them to be. It sounds cliche, but be who you want to be, and people will like you for you.

Oh man, I haven't stepped on a scale since the year began. I'm not even looking at numbers right now, I'd drive myself nuts all over again xc I'm doing a photo progress thing, so I can SEE any physical changes, not let myself be run by numbers. I'm learning the toned side of life, I didn't go that approach before so this time, I am, its just, I don't wanna be curvy and have my stomach stay curvy too, and ab work outs are way too hard man!

Love this! That's my approach now, too.

At first, I didn't care about losing weight because I didn't think I could. Then I did and I liked the thrill of it... the tangible progress of logging weight loss and seeing the number on the scale drop. But since going on maintenance in October, I've gained pounds, but gotten leaner. I'm about the same weight as I was in June... even my measurements are very close, but the way clothes fit, and the way I look out of clothes is so much different.

Photos are the way to go.

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think about angelina jolie.... how sexy she was as lara croft............. compared to her skin n bones look now!!!

back then she was perfection - toned, fit, healthy with killer curves. :happy:

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think about angelina jolie.... how sexy she was as lara croft............. compared to her skin n bones look now!!!

back then she was perfection - toned, fit, healthy with killer curves. :happy:

^^^^^ THIS. So true.

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think about angelina jolie.... how sexy she was as lara croft............. compared to her skin n bones look now!!!

back then she was perfection - toned, fit, healthy with killer curves. :happy:

^^^^^ THIS. So true.

thank u. lol

Curves. No doubt about it.

I heard somewhere that research has shown that men are biologically more attracted to women with an hour glass shape.. something to do with the bigger hips and birthing babies. LOL So from an evolutionary perspective,go curves!

I hadn't heard this before but it wouldn't surprise me. Some research found that strippers make more money during times of the month when they are ovulating.

I just wanted to throw this out there, and leave the 'looks' part of the equation out... at 5'8" and 100 pounds (even at 5'8" and 115 pounds) you might be putting your health at risk.

I see that you're 18, so you have lots of years left ahead that you'll want to enjoy your health. Maybe one day you'll want to have baby. Being that thin puts your fertility in jeopardy.

Being that thin also puts your bone health in serious jeopardy. A friend of mine, who is in her early 50's, spent her life being very proud of her athletic 5'7" 115 pound figure. She thought she was super-healthy, but she's broken three bones this year. Her doctor said the primary causal factor for her osteoporosis was her low body weight - she was a regular exerciser and had no family history.

There are other health consequences of being too thin, but these are two I've seen first hand.

135 would be a very healthy (yet still quite thin) weight for someone your height.

One of my biggest factors in my weight loss/physical wellness journey is... which is more attractive and appealing- a full, curvy voluptious body- or a skinny, thin, little, light and tiny body?
I've had both, at my lowest I've been 100 lbs and at my highest I've been 135 lbs. I'm five feet and eight inches tall. So I've been rail thin bones and right now I'm back to being fully equiped with curves.
But I'm not sure which one I want to aspire to have more, the skinny girl bones or the full curves, besides the fact of being healthy either ways! I just want to be wanted and desired and beautiful but while the media says that skinnyskinnyskinny is the way to go and then some outputs say that curves and being fuller is the way to go! I look at photos of me at my lowest and highest weight and I look good both ways I think, but I don't know which way I want to go, right now I'm definately trying to get back to being skinnier, but any thoughts on this?? It confuses me and makes me frustrated, which way I want to keep my body. I just want to be wanted

Personally I prefer a woman that has curves. Women have curves.. You at 5’8’’ and 135 lbs. puts your BMI about 20 (about right) . .. your goal of 115 might be a bit low…100 WAS to low! (IMHO)
Don’t get me wrong.. I have seen attractive woman that were very thin. But The answer lies within you. If you feed your body the right amount of fuel and stay healthy, then your body will take care of the rest. Many naturally thin women look beautiful and healthy. However, women who are not naturally thin (the thinness is forced) do not look healthy, they look sick. I find that very unattractive (personally).

I agree with this post, if you are seeing anything you don't like then you will want to start lifting weights to lean-out a bit and sow off leaner curve.

I have an hourglass figure and I get many complements. I love it!!! Exercise and a healthy diet does wonders to the human body.

Curves, for sure! My husband would wholeheartedly agree!

Sofia Vergara or Mary Kate Olsen?!

Its also depends were do you carry your weight?! Im 5'8 too BUT I carry my weight on my top half, so if I work on building muscle on my butt and leg I look much better when im on the skinner side ( my waist and collarbone finally appear)!
My best friend is 5'6 and is the same weight as me now, and she looks great bc she is a little more bottom heavy, so if she ever dropped to my GW she will lose her hips, butt and she will be shapeless!

So i think it depends on bdy type, and also muscle tone is super important!