[danni]

I am not sure where my final weight will settle. I am just eating small portions of healthy food and waiting to see what happens. I have lost
11 pounds and I look better and the clothes fit better - but underneath
the shirt I still have rolls around my middle. I sure hope that is I keep
eating right and exercising they will eventually go away. I think somewhere
in the middle 120's would look good on me. I want to feel good and look
healthy.

[sarahlynn89]

I agree with what everyone is saying about frame size. My goal is around 115 because I have very small bones. Even at 130 I still looked slightly chubby. I wear a very small ring size and my wrists are tiny.. so I don't feel like getting to 115 would make me look unhealthy. It's definitely my ideal weight. Plus... Scarlett Johannson is my doppelganger (I'm even the same height as her!) so I'd like to think that weighing 115 would make my body look more like hers (ha, I wish).

[Mariella]

I am 5'4". I legitimately test as "large framed" via wrist measurement, etc. and I tend to carry extra weight in hips, thighs butt. I'd have be seriously skeletal to have a flat butt, it is just the way I am built.

I believe the lowest healthy weight on the BMI charts for 5'4" is 114. I could never ever weigh that.

My lowest adult weight was in the 120's when I was in my early to mid 20s.

At that age, I could easily maintain 135 without dieting. If I wanted to be restrictive or if I was extra active, my weight would go down to 125 - 130ish. Whenever I was in the 120s people would tell me I was too thin. Now...in no way were my ribs sticking out nor was I starving myself. I still wore a B cup bra, had breasts and of course a little butt but I have photos of that time period and I was quite thin, especially my arms since I never did any strength training. I really was thin and would not ever have wanted to be skinnier than that.

After pregnancy and passing the age of 35, it seemed my "comfortable" weight was around 145 - 150. I was still thin. Not model thin, but thin. Nice curves and I like it that way. And I was in perfect health.

After age 40, I could diet down to about 150 - 155 but getting to the 140s even with regular strenuous workouts was just too difficult and I would have had to be way too restrictive to diet down that far. I'm happy with the way my body looked at 150 to 160 and if I can get back there now at age 50+ I'll be more than happy to maintain it.

SO...yes...based on my experience....under 120 seems very thin for someone my height....but if they are small framed, 115 to 120 could be a healthy weight for them.

[AR4life]

I'm a wannabe 5'4" .... almost
I looked very thin at 118 after I had my first child ( I nursed him and lost a pound a week while he gained a pound a week) I had 2 more children and maintained under 130. I have curves but hate the middle roll that has developed as I age (53) I want to get down to 125, I have a medium frame, broad shoulders as well.

[choirgirlhotel]

I'm 5' 5.5", almost 5'6".

For years and years I weighed 120 lb. I thought I looked pretty normal, not too skinny - no one ever said I was "too skinny".

My goal is 135 lb, but I'm going to see how I feel at that weight and go from there. If I can get down to 120 lb and keep my boobs and butt and maintain that with ease, then that's cool.

~CGH~

[bablou00]

Im 5.5 1/2 as well but I like the sound of 5'6...hehe!! I think what is perfect for me is how my clothes fit. I find that if Im in a comfortable 2-4 then thats perfect for me. My weight around that size is usually mid 130's. I have to work to stay in the 30's so its not a forever thing. Ive been saying just once I want to see the scale say 120something but I wouldnt be mad if it didnt because I like my body where its at right now.

[messycrayola]

I would like to be 121 (or 55kg) as this is the weight I think I look the best. At the very least I want to lose the 9 kilos I have accumulated since starting university.

[MrsLovett]

Hi!

I'm 5'4" and have a small frame, according to the measurements I've done. Currently I'm about 112.5 lbs. and would like to get to 105 lbs. I think I would look better at that weight. I know I look terrible at this weight! Doesn't sound like much of a weight difference, but I think it will be.

MrsLovett

[Idealmuse]

5'5 and I'm right between large and medium frame. (I always measured large frame until recently) because I have muscle I aim for the high side. I think at 145 is probably my lower weight limit but I'm just aiming for 150. Will re-evaluate when I get there but I can't imagine being lower as even my lowest weight in HS was about 150.

[stella1609]

I have a medium frame, but a very curvy figure (at my heaviest, 186, I measured 41-35-44; I'm currently 172 lbs. and 40-31-41, size 12). No one ever believes I weigh as much as I do, which I've heard is common with hourglass figures. My goal is to hit about 155 lbs., which will put me at about a 28"-29" waist and a size 8-10. The smallest I ever was in my life was about 135 lbs. with no exercise (skinny-flabby), and I was just sickly. Even if I decide to drop a few more after my current goal weight, I can't imagine being healthy below 145 lbs. given my current activity level. BMI charts just don't work for my body type (so it sucks when I get on the Wii Fit balance board and it tells me I'm obese--not exactly).

[mulder1921]

This is a cool website with a height-weight chart with pictures of real people. Gives you an idea what different heights and weights look like.

http://www.cockeyed.com/photos/bodie...htweight.shtml

[Lori259]

I am also 5' 5 & 1/2 inches Like some other on here.My goal is 150~But I may go as low as 135 depends on how I feel when I get there.
I am 11 pounds from the 150 now & my only problem is my belly~Everything else is super! So Once the belly is gone~Even if thats just 11 pounds away then I am sticking there. I Am wearing size 6/7/& 8's
Most people guess me to be 120 to 130 now(which thrills me!)
So I think I hold my weight well & 150 just might do it for me.Will have to see when I reach that number.
Anyone interested....to see a recent before & after pic Click into my Profile I have lost almost 100 pounds & have came along ways And I am so proud of myself.

[NightAngel26]

Well, I'm posted in at like 150. I've got a long way to go. I could never imagine being 110-120, never have been. I remember 140 though I was happy there. I was ok with myself at 160. I've realized though that my sizes don't work like a lot of people's because even at 140 I still pull in at a size 14. I guess I'm a big hip/butt type and I'll probably live with it. So, ideally for me prob 140. If I were ever 110-120 I'd probably have no boobs left and my quarterback shoulders would make me look pretty freaky!!

[SickCycleCarousel]

So if I were to summarize what I think everyone on here is saying it would be:

1) Focus on fat/muscle ratios instead of just a number on the scale
2) Take your body frame size into account
3) If you feel good at that weight (have a lot of energy, confident, healthy), then it's probably a good weight regardless of if it falls at the low or high end of the BMI chart. (Or off the chart I guess in the case of people who have a lot of muscle).

The problem I run into with picking an ideal weight is that my head tends to overcomplicate the issue. When I am having a low self-esteem day what often "feels" good to me is a weight that is unhealthy and below the 18.5 BMI. When I just finish working out and I feel strong and healthy I am actually pretty happy with the weight I am at right now. (5'4" and 142) Strange huh?

If only I could take my mind and all of its crazy thoughts out of the weight loss equation.

[foresmewithlove]

So I'm not quite 5'4" but I figure i'm close enough!

My goal is 130. I have not been 130 since before puberty, so I have no idea how this will look.... But I do know that I have a large frame and I build muscle very very easily, so 130 might not look like 130.

I also think it's weird that when I was a sophomore in highschool I weighed the same (or a little more) than I do now and I was WAY skinnier! I was involved in sports back then, but I'm confused on why there is such a difference. I was a size 6 and now I'm a 10/12. I think more important than the number on the scale, I would like to be a size 6 again!