Could you really be healthy at 5'7 and 113?

kimber607
kimber607 Posts: 7,128 Member
edited September 18 in Health and Weight Loss
Hey everyone

This is so dumb..but my FIL gets playboy and gives it to Dh after he finishes reading it
Anyway, I admit..I was glancing through and the centerfold claims she is 5'7 (my height) and weighs 113?
Is that possible w/ out looking completely ill and could that be healthy?
I guess some celebes and models are that thin....

Just throwing it out there for discussion
I'm 5'7 right now and 133 (started here at 155)

Kim
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  • kimber607
    kimber607 Posts: 7,128 Member
    Hey everyone

    This is so dumb..but my FIL gets playboy and gives it to Dh after he finishes reading it
    Anyway, I admit..I was glancing through and the centerfold claims she is 5'7 (my height) and weighs 113?
    Is that possible w/ out looking completely ill and could that be healthy?
    I guess some celebes and models are that thin....

    Just throwing it out there for discussion
    I'm 5'7 right now and 133 (started here at 155)

    Kim
  • iojoi
    iojoi Posts: 378 Member
    check it on the BMI in tools and see what you think?
    I am also 5ft 7" and i would look dreadful at that weight
    the lowest i have ever been was 128 lbs and i looked skeletal at the time but I have a large frame
    its about what you want and what you are content with? for me with my build thats a step too far.
  • kimber607
    kimber607 Posts: 7,128 Member
    Hi

    I agree!!!
    I was just curious what others thought...

    Kim
  • sgtinvincible
    sgtinvincible Posts: 2,559
    check it on the BMI in tools and see what you think?
    I am also 5ft 7" and i would look dreadful at that weight
    the lowest i have ever been was 128 lbs and i looked skeletal at the time but I have a large frame
    its about what you want and what you are content with? for me with my build thats a step too far.

    Agreed. :smile: It is very possible to be too skinny, and that to me is a major turnoff.
  • iojoi
    iojoi Posts: 378 Member
    its a shame these claims get published it puts so much pressure on some to conform to something that isnt healthy or responsible. Getting down to an ideal weight is hard enough without feeling that you should lose even more weight.
  • kimber607
    kimber607 Posts: 7,128 Member
    Hi

    What's scary is that as a 34yr old woman, I'm mature enough now to realize that even if I'm the same height as this woman, 113 just isn't appropriate for ME...I need to do what is best for ME
    Young girls don't have this perspective....

    Kim
  • Loretta_Jo
    Loretta_Jo Posts: 609 Member
    Agreed. :smile: It is very possible to be too skinny, and that to me is a major turnoff.

    WooHoo! Listen up ladies that’s a man speaking there and he said it is a turn off to him to be too thin and I know that he isn’t alone there either.
    No man wants a woman he has to shake the sheets out to find. The only one that wants a bone is a dog and he buries it.
    Thank you for speaking up sgtinvincible and letting us know how you feel about this.
    LoJo :flowerforyou:
  • lotusfromthemud
    lotusfromthemud Posts: 5,335 Member
    It's amazing to me how low an "attractive" weight is going. The other day, the "80s-tastic" movie "Working Girl" was on TV. . .and I kept marveling at how heavy Melanie Griffith looked. The point is, she wasn't "heavy" she was a movie star, and up to the 80s ideal. You can do the same experiment with watching early reruns of "Friends" compared to later ones. Jennifer Anniston looks normal in the early ones, and then gets skinnier and skinnier as time goes on.

    I could go on a long feminist diatribe about how if we're starving we can't make any trouble, but I'll stop there.

    It's just interesting how bones are becoming the new curves.
  • banks1850
    banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
    woof that's a BMI of 17.7 and that is considered unhealthy, and I agree wholeheartedly. That's a little gross as far as im concerned. if you have a BMI of under about 20 or so, you're too thin for me. I wouldn't want to break anyone.:tongue:

    Hey, my thoughts? Curves are sexy!
  • kimber607
    kimber607 Posts: 7,128 Member
    Hi

    I hear ya..and that seems to be what ALL men say
    Just throwing this out their to debate..but are u telling me you don't think the centerfold in playboy is attractive..most men would think she is TOO thin?
    If you saw her in 'real' life you would think her body was unattractive?

    Kim
  • kerrilucko
    kerrilucko Posts: 3,852 Member
    Hi, just my 2 cents Kimber but I'm willing to bet that centerfold weighs more than she claims. I have seen centerfolds in playboy before and they tend to be almost muscular, usually quite curvy and attractive. I have never seen one that is a rack of bones like that height to weight ratio suggests!
  • sgtinvincible
    sgtinvincible Posts: 2,559
    Yeah, I am almost positive that she weighs more than that. Add in airbrushing, etc, and chances are she has just as many blemishes etc as anyone else.

    I'm with Banks on the whole 'breakage' issue. As a muscular guy, I want my lady to be able to withstand a simple ggood hug without me having to worry about hurting her. Much less when things become....more vigorous. :bigsmile:
  • WillPillageYourVillageForFood
    WillPillageYourVillageForFood Posts: 777 Member
    I wouldn't want to break anyone.:tongue:

    I'm with Banks on the whole 'breakage' issue. As a muscular guy, I want my lady to be able to withstand a simple ggood hug without me having to worry about hurting her. Much less when things become....more vigorous.:bigsmile:

    Banks and Sarge......you two kill me, I really enjoy reading y'alls posts. Too bad you don't live closer to Arkansas, I'd invite y'all over for some beer and BBQ and kick back and enjoy listening to you two. :laugh:
  • GinaB30
    GinaB30 Posts: 725 Member
    I was 123 lbs and 5'8 (medium build) and was very sickly looking...very very!
    I was starving myself to be that thin and I'm pretty sure that if that girl isn't naturally very thin than she's probably doing what I was and is sickly! :sick:
    On me at the time you could see every bone and I was starting to have heart palpatations...

    I'm very glad that once we grow UP and get some age behind us we can look back and see how bad that was for us!
    I'd never wish to be that thin again!!
  • abbychelle07
    abbychelle07 Posts: 656 Member

    No man wants a woman he has to shake the sheets out to find. The only one that wants a bone is a dog and he buries it.

    OMG, I almost died laughing!! :laugh:
  • sgtinvincible
    sgtinvincible Posts: 2,559
    Banks and Sarge......you two kill me, I really enjoy reading y'alls posts. Too bad you don't live closer to Arkansas, I'd invite y'all over for some beer and BBQ and kick back and enjoy listening to you two. :laugh:

    Now, as a good southern boy, I could DEFINATELY go for some beer and BBQ. :bigsmile:
  • sgtinvincible
    sgtinvincible Posts: 2,559

    No man wants a woman he has to shake the sheets out to find. The only one that wants a bone is a dog and he buries it.

    OMG, I almost died laughing!! :laugh:

    Lol, yeah, now that's a metaphor I can get behind. :laugh:
  • GTOgirl1969
    GTOgirl1969 Posts: 2,527 Member
    At one point in my life I was underweight (according to my doctor). I am 5'7 and I weighed 125 lbs. I got my butt jumped all over by the doctor and was told that I needed to gain about 15 lbs.

    I agree that the media sometimes promotes an unhealthy standard as far as women's bodies are concerned. We can't ALL be a size 2, and it's unrealistic to be expected to do so. I am aiming for a HEALTHY (for me) weight of 145...

    And yes, those Playboy models probably do "embellish" their stats a little.
  • blakfar
    blakfar Posts: 4
    Hi everyone!

    I have never posted a message before, I have just recently started coming on this website. I joined out of curiousity to see how many calories I eat and burn in a day. I am currently 24 years old, 5'4", and 104 lbs. According to the BMI I am considered underweight. I have a very small frame and eat perfectly healthy. Actually, people always find it hard to believe that I eat so much and stay so small. My doctor has no concerns either. I'm not saying that some of these extremely small women in show buisness aren't starving themselves, but, on the other hand, not all small people are unhealthy. It's sometimes just natural.
  • sgtinvincible
    sgtinvincible Posts: 2,559
    Hi everyone!

    I have never posted a message before, I have just recently started coming on this website. I joined out of curiousity to see how many calories I eat and burn in a day. I am currently 24 years old, 5'4", and 104 lbs. According to the BMI I am considered underweight. I have a very small frame and eat perfectly healthy. Actually, people always find it hard to believe that I eat so much and stay so small. My doctor has no concerns either. I'm not saying that some of these extremely small women in show buisness aren't starving themselves, but, on the other hand, not all small people are unhealthy. It's sometimes just natural.

    I agree with that also. My ex was 5'4" and weighed 108. She was small, but never seemed unhealthy. She once lost down to around 98 pounds though, and she began looking sickly. I guess the thing, is that when you are a smaller framed person, you don't have as much room to work with weight, either over or under. I can put on or lose ten pounds and not really notice. I would think someone your size doesn't share that luxury. :smile:

    -Jeremy
  • banks1850
    banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
    What was Marylin Monroe? A size 11? now She was sexy! You don't have to be a single digit size to be sexy.

    Hey, if you like to be on the low side of BMI and you're doctor said you're ok, then that's fine with me. It's just not my thing.

    And beer and BBQ sounds great! Can I have the chicken though (just grilled please, I don't need bbq sauce, I'm a plain kinda guy)? And a game of horse shoes, I love horse shoes! As long as you guys serve up the Sam Adams beer (Sam lite is fine) LOL, just like a Yankee to qualify a BBQ isn't it?:tongue:
  • sgtinvincible
    sgtinvincible Posts: 2,559
    What was Marylin Monroe? A size 11? now She was sexy! You don't have to be a single digit size to be sexy.

    Hey, if you like to be on the low side of BMI and you're doctor said you're ok, then that's fine with me. It's just not my thing.

    And beer and BBQ sounds great! Can I have the chicken though (just grilled please, I don't need bbq sauce, I'm a plain kinda guy)? And a game of horse shoes, I love horse shoes! As long as you guys serve up the Sam Adams beer (Sam lite is fine) LOL, just like a Yankee to qualify a BBQ isn't it?:tongue:

    You masshole! :wink:
  • banks1850
    banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
    Ha! I heard some yankee chick saying that as she walked by last night at the game. She said "I finally got to meet a Masshole today." I cracked up.
  • REB89
    REB89 Posts: 493 Member
    Hi everyone!

    I have never posted a message before, I have just recently started coming on this website. I joined out of curiousity to see how many calories I eat and burn in a day. I am currently 24 years old, 5'4", and 104 lbs. According to the BMI I am considered underweight. I have a very small frame and eat perfectly healthy. Actually, people always find it hard to believe that I eat so much and stay so small. My doctor has no concerns either. I'm not saying that some of these extremely small women in show buisness aren't starving themselves, but, on the other hand, not all small people are unhealthy. It's sometimes just natural.

    I don't mean to be offensive but if you're already considered underweight then why on your profile does it say that you are trying to lose 4 pounds, surely that's not healthy?!
  • LightenUp_Caro
    LightenUp_Caro Posts: 572 Member
    I'm 5'9 and currently about 145. I am in my healthy range but would like to be on the lower side of it. More like 130...if I got any lower Id look sick.
    On the other hand my best friend is 5'6 and 102. She is very thin but doesn't look unhealthy at all.
    It all depends on your body type...even though I'd imagine that staying in the healthy BMI range is best.

    ps- guys like like curvy women make me happy! who wants to date a pencil?
  • deanea
    deanea Posts: 1,437
    I started in November, I am pretty small now, some say too small, but to maintain my current weight I eat 1900 without exersice cals, I am at the low end of the healthy weight scale. 1900 plus exersice cals brings me to an average of 2200 to maintain my new weight, so definatly not starving. I think our journeys are very individual, and many factors need to be looked at to decide how low is too low.
  • healthychic
    healthychic Posts: 298
    I was in this health class in college and we took BMI's and other tests, and according to all of them it says I can weigh 115 pounds and NOT be underweight! And I am 5'6. I think if I was that thin I would look disgusting, but who knows? I weigh 135 right now

    :heart: Danielle
  • banks1850
    banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
    I'm 5'9 and currently about 145. I am in my healthy range but would like to be on the lower side of it. More like 130...if I got any lower Id look sick.
    On the other hand my best friend is 5'6 and 102. She is very thin but doesn't look unhealthy at all.
    It all depends on your body type...even though I'd imagine that staying in the healthy BMI range is best.

    ps- guys like like curvy women make me happy! who wants to date a pencil?

    5'6" 102, wow, that's pretty small, that's a BMI of 16.5. She can't have much muscle at that weight. How does she open pickle jars? :tongue:
  • HOTmaddie
    HOTmaddie Posts: 4
    anyone that height would be too sickly at that weight

    I had a friend in the adult business in Europe - she said they all lie about their weight because before seeing a girl in real life, they would think 135 is fat because all women have been lying about their weight for so long men think that to be normal is like 110 and huge,obese (ala vintage rosanne barr) is like 170. We women all know differently.

    I myself am 5'9" and look awesome at 160/165 - ripped and perfect. (Its my goal weight). I've never weighed less than 145 and people told me i didn't look well at that weight.

    Don't worry. Its because of women tending to lie about their weight that the numbers are skewed downward. Women who weight 130 are saying 105 or 110 cuz it "sounds better" - more petite. Then women who re actually 150 are saying they are 120. And so on and so on. Its BS so don't worry about it.
  • GTOgirl1969
    GTOgirl1969 Posts: 2,527 Member
    lmao @ "masshole".....:laugh:
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