5'1-5'2 girls

I'm also between 5'2'' and 5'3''- and I'm currently 214lbs. YUCK!

Working on it.

You have to consider your build when you consider your ideal weight. You MUST take muscle weight into account, and count is seperately than fat weight. That's why they give a healthy weight range for a person's height, and not a specific #.

My example:

As a child and through HS I stayed active- I had some fat for sure, but I had a lot of muscle on me too from the different things I did.

When I was 118lbs I thought I looked great- but now when I look at pictures from that size, I realize I looked sick. Literally. I looked ill, and looked like I had a "bobble head".

I was actually my healthiest at around 130lbs. I had good definition and was trim enough to be in ONE size clothing, and my head didn't look too big for my body.

I talked to a Dr about it recently, and told me point blank, that if I get under 135lbs at my current build, I'm going to loose muscle mass, because I have about 115lbs of muscle on me right now. That's not counting the weight of organs and everything else in there. The average human head weighs around 10lbs right there!

So it's not a BAD thing to focus on a target weight, but please- take into account your build.
Someone our height with a slim build who isn't muscular would be perfectly healthy at 115lbs- but that isn't my build, I'd look skeletal.

So figure out where you should be within the healthy weight range, based on your build, BEFORE you set the target #.

I'm 5'2 and currently weight 144, down from 185! Just had a baby 6 months ago and lost all of the baby weight but now I'm working on my getting back to my HS weight, which was between 130-135. I'm naturally curvy and would like to keep my shape and just add muscle. So my goal weight right now is 135. We'll see how I feel once I get there!

I am 5' 2.5" and I am starting at 225. I am down 4 lbs in the last week, but I am just starting. My goal is 135... I do not know if I can physically be that small, but we shall see. Any ideas that could help are welcomed!!!

I'm about 5'0 (really 4'11" but i don't always claim it) and i have the same end goal in mind. right now, i'd like to get to 200, which is alot of pounds away and sometimes i seriously feel like it is a lifetime away. but i'll get there! don't give up! good luck

Hi . I'm 45, 5'1 1/2" and I think I must be the only one who has always "rounded down" - lol - I always say I'm 5'1"! I started at 206 in October after being as low as 127 in 2007 & 2008, gradually gaining as I went through a lot of stress with my husband, my life, quit smoking, diagnosed with fibromyalgia, arthritis in my right foot & ankle, etc. I began MFP at 198 in January, currently 161 and my long term goal is 104 just because it's the lowest I've ever been. 118 is my "realistic goal" and 132 would be what I can probably maintain. I don't have a lot of MFP friends - I don't go searching, but am happy to have them & support the ones I do have so feel free to add me if you like! Even at my current weight, I am ecstatic to be wearing size 10's again and out of "plus size" anything!! I love zumba and running now that it's nice out, but looking forward to my Jillian Michael's and Bob Harper DVDs in the fall and winter (I don't have central air and it is just too hot inside for now).

Hi I am 41 and 5ft 2 always was 5ft 3 but must have lost an inch as I got weighed and measured by the dr. I was 238 lb and am now 220lb. I want to lose another 52lb that will take me to 168. Now in a previous life I was in the Royal Navy and an aerobics instuctor needless to say I was very fit, I weighed then between 150 -168. Even at 168 I was a size UK 10/12. If I could get back to that I would be very happy. But for now its just 1lb at a time. I have to remember I didn't go to bed slim and wake up fat lol xx

Hi

I am 5'1.5 lol
I am sitting at 171lbs at the minute
Would be happy wat 133lbs but if i loose more then thats great

I grained all my weight through being ill and being given a constant supply of steriods because I have asthma and I can never just seem to shift the weight i put on 6 years ago! I am also allergic to wheat, dairy, fish and all nuts!

If there is anyone with the same stats/goals please add me.

Trudy

Hey I am around that weight too. Want to be friends?

Hi! just started here. I am 23 yrs old. I am 5" 2.5 but always say 5"3.

Highest Weight - 150
Current Weight- 140
Goal Weight- 125

I got down to 122 after I had my son and was nursing him. After I stoped nursing I got the highest I had ever been at 150. Nursing was the best diet ever! I hope to get back to 125 or lower if I don't feel happy. Heres to us shorter gals and our goals!!! :-) I just joined MFP so I am excited and really hope it will work for me!

I'm 5'2 and currently weight 144, down from 185! Just had a baby 6 months ago and lost all of the baby weight but now I'm working on my getting back to my HS weight, which was between 130-135. I'm naturally curvy and would like to keep my shape and just add muscle. So my goal weight right now is 135. We'll see how I feel once I get there!

We're pretty similar! (although I had my son 6 years ago!)
Height: 5ft2
Heaviest weight: 191
SW: 183
CW: 143
GW: 129