what should i weigh

hey, im 5'5 and i have been told that a healthy weight i should weigh is 135-145 lbs. dont stress out about it you will get to where you need to be. start there and then go from there.thats what im doing and thats all i can do too. best of luck.

When I started on MFP February 29 I weighed 241 and I am 5' 5". My goal is 150, but MFP says for my height I should weigh in between 111 - 150. I am not a doctor but just take baby steps and the weight will fall off. Good luck on your journey.

How about a simple thing such as using a bmi calculator like this one from the mayo clinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/bmi-calculator/NU00597

I wouldn't focus on the end goal right away. I think if you just take it slow you will have better success and will be less likely to get frustrated. For your height 115 might be your ideal weight but very few people are actually their ideal weight. I think you will figure out a weight at which you are comfortable at for yourself.

In my opinion, a 5'5" woman should weigh around 130, even less, I'm 5'5" and weigh 120........

Get to 150 and then decide. Typically people readjust their goals along the way. I'm 5'3" and have no idea what my final weight will be. I have lots of muscle.
Don't sweat this stuff, just pick a first goal and work towards it!
Good luck!!

Exactly! Ypu can guess, but it's always just going to be a guess that doesn't matter at all. You are in no way bound to that original goal, it just motivates some people to have one.

One thing you could do is some math: I started at 33% body fat and 174 pounds. I think women look hot (and I would look hot) around 20% body fat. I started with 174*(1-.33) = 116.6 lb of lean body mass. IF I could maintain all of that lean mass, then my final equation would be (goal weight)*(1-.2) = 116.6 rearranging and solving, my goal weight would be 145.7. Then, as I lost weight (and lean body mass ) I readjusted my equation to get an estimate of how much more I think I need to lose. It's not perfect, but I like math, so it works for me! And I still don't know if I will be "done" at that number, but we'll see!

According to my BMI chart, 115 pounds is at the very bottom of the Normal range for 5'5". The top of the Normal range for 5'5" is 150 pounds. So, I suppose anywhere in between where you feel comfortable would be just fine. I wonder why a doctor would tell you 115? Maybe he likes skinny girls, who knows.

General rule of thumb is 100 lbs at 5 feet plus 5-6lbs for every inch over

The above is a good indicator, but I agree with pretty much everyone here: set your "now" goal and then reassess once you've reached it. It's better to have smaller goals that you keep pushing than have a massive goal that may leave you unmotivated.

I'm just under 5'10'' and I used to be 193lbs (size14 in clothes). I set my 1st goal as a purely weight goal which was 175lbs. Once I reached it, I set another for 165lbs. Being a size 8 at that point, I realized I still had quite allot of fat, so I decided to start weight training (3x a week with a trainer for 25min) and do cardio every other day. I then changed my goal from a purely weight goal to a body fat% goal. I'm at 21.6% now (measured properly at my gym) which is "good" for my age and height and I aim for 19.5% which is just under the 19.7% maximum to be in the "Excellent" category. All this to say that I'm 156lbs now (size 6), but I don't really care anymore what the scale needs to say or what the doctor wants it to say: I just look at BF% (and how my clothes fit).

If I had started this journey with a goal to lose 30lbs+, I'd probably would have been discouraged by the number, so that's why small goals worked for me.

Oh, and it was determined by my doctor that I have a big bone structure and I used that for a long time as an excuse why I was bigger. While I will always have a large frame and never look "petite" and "delicate" I'm looking more and more like a strong lean athlete and I'm happy with that

My doc told me I should weigh 125. Im 5 6 and the least I've weighed is 140 and I wore an 8 then. I dont have a small frame either. I feel comfortable at 160 ish. I could never see myself weighing 125. I'd look like a bone!!!! My mom is 5 foot 9 and she weighs 115. She has a very small frame and her ring finger is like a size 4. Unfortunately, Im built medium frame and muscular. Unlucky me.

General rule of thumb is 100 lbs at 5 feet plus 5-6lbs for every inch over

That's only a guide. I've known plenty of 5' women who weighed under 100 and they were perfectly healthy. I know you said "general," but some people treat these guides as dictates..