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Healthy?

SaraBunny592
SaraBunny592 Posts: 73
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I am 5' 8" and my goal weight is 120 lbs, Is that a healthy goal for my height?

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  • Poods71
    Poods71 Posts: 502 Member
    Put it in a BMI calculator and see what it says. I think it sounds a little low as I am 5' 2" and I am not even aiming that low. But the calculator may say that is ok.
  • melaniecheeks
    melaniecheeks Posts: 6,349 Member
    Sounds on the low side to me, but there isn't One True Answer. Why did you choose that number?
  • hunter624
    hunter624 Posts: 252
    It gives BMI reading 1.8 "Unhealthy", take heed. good luck in gaining some lbs...

    :drinker:
  • SaraBunny592
    SaraBunny592 Posts: 73
    At one point I was struggling with an eating disorder, I got down to 105 lbs and I still thot I was huge :( Im a little better now so I thot maybe somewhere between would be a good goal for me.
  • helenwilliams78
    helenwilliams78 Posts: 46 Member
    I'm no expert but I think it's too low. I'm 5' 5" and aiming for 126.

    Don't forget, it's not all about numbers - it's how you look and feel too!
  • SaraBunny592
    SaraBunny592 Posts: 73
    But to me I was starting to get happy with how i looked at 105 lbs but everyone else said I looked sick. Looking back at the pictures of last summer I looked HORRIBLE. and I relize that now but my body image is still distorted
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