5' 8" and 140lbs female age 34- considered average, overweight or thin?

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Anonymous wrote:It depends on your build.

I am 5ft7 and 115ish. I look healthy and have a nice body. At 140, I'd look overweight.

Someone with my same height with a different build would look underweight at my weight.

I'm sure you look fine.

This thread seems to be a convergence of anorexics.

This is a competitive town. Most of my friends are a size zero. It's like the Incredible Shrinking Moms. Every time I see them, they're skinnier.

I'm the same height and weight as OP, and I am large compared to every mom friend, with only one exception.

I'm at the gym 6 days a week, so I see these women. They are rail thin and almost look diseased. It just does not look good and on a woman who is 35 and over it just flat out makes them look old. Super skinny looks nrmal on a teen, a size zero or two on a grown woman just looks frail and old.

I'm not sure if I agree with you that it is competition. I think middle to upper class women are plagued with body image and food disorders. They are chasing down a time in their lives long long ago and have a warped view of what looks good.

To the OP, if you think 140 is overweight, you need help. If you are flabby, then you don't need a diet, but you need a gym with some weights.

I disagree. It is a competition. And they look great, which is why they do it/want to do it. There are very few heavy socialites in this area. And even fewer fat wannabee-socialites.

I don't know any socialites, the Housewife thing is not my cup of tea, but I am an instructor at a local gym that caters to upper income customers and the super skinny 40 somethings look pretty creepy. Something about the way the muscles stretch over the bones that makes them look so much older,. And the skin on the face, the lack of body fat on the facejust makes for a haggard look.

As far as skin on the face - that's what fillers are for.

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heavy unless you have an hourglass figure.

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Anonymous wrote:I am also 5'7" and if I still weighed 115 I would look like an ethiopian.

On behalf of Ethiopians everywhere, that's a very unkind thing to say.

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This thread is hilarious! I am friends with a lot of the "stick" thin women, and they really don't eat...but boy can they drink!

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Anonymous wrote:I am also 5'7" and if I still weighed 115 I would look like an ethiopian.

On behalf of Ethiopians everywhere, that's a very unkind thing to say.

Agree.

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You all realize this thread is from February 2010, right?

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average. 100 lbs for 5 feet. 5 lbs for each inch thereafter = 140 lbs at 5'8"

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Anonymous wrote:You are the same weight and height as a model; Amber Rose. You're fine.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/14/amber-rose-reveals-her-we_n_835291.html

Amber Rose is not a model, btw.

[Anonymous]

If the majority of the women on this thread think Amber Rose has a body type to aspire to, no wonder they think the thinner women are anorexic.

Yikes.

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This whole thread is ridiculous. I am the same stats as the OP and I wear a size 4, could prob wear a 2 if I wanted but feel more comfortable in a 4. Clearly, that is not heavy! I am at the gym 6 days a week. 5 lbs less would be fine but anything less than that and I would look sickly.

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Anonymous wrote:If the majority of the women on this thread think Amber Rose has a body type to aspire to, no wonder they think the thinner women are anorexic.

Yikes.

OK, I had no idea who Amber Rose was, but after looking at the pictures, yeah, I think she has a fine body - are you saying she is fat? To me, that is yikes. She might have an ass on her, but other than that, I think she looks great. I don't know what's wrong with you folks that think that is fat.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is hilarious! I am friends with a lot of the "stick" thin women, and they really don't eat...but boy can they drink!

haha. We probably know each other!!!!

I think my skinniest friends look great.

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Anonymous wrote:I"m 5'4" and weight 150, but I fit easily into a size 6. No one has ever called me fat. I'm not skinny skinny but I am very, very athletic. You've got 4 inches on me and weigh 10 lbs less . . . unless you are all flabby muscle tone, I think you are fine.

It's not all numbers. I am also 5'4" and fluctuate between 150 and 160. At 150 I'm a size 10, so interesting that you are a 6. I am also smaller boned and by most BMI formulas am borderline overweight. Your muscle must be the difference.

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I'm 5'8'' and 140 lbs and feel a little overweight. I'm normally 135 lbs, but have been gaining around my belly area.

[Anonymous]

5'4" and weight 150 is overweight

Body Mass Index: 25.7
Your BMI is: 25.7 (How is this calculated?)
You are in the OVERWEIGHT weight range.

http://www.bmicalculator.org/