What’s a thin weight for a 5’4” middle aged woman? I’ve always been slightly on the chunky side, and then ended up

[Anonymous]

Im 5’3.5 and 106lbs and I guess “fashionably thin.” I have a very small frame so I don't look anorexic but still have small measurements - 33” hips and 25” waist. Non-existent chest.

[Anonymous]

I have always heard that a normal, healthy weight is 100 pounds + 5 lbs for every inch over 5 feet. So, 5'4 is 120 lbs. Normal, healthy.

Like you, though, I like to be thin thin, and I used a GLP-1 recently to achieve this. I am 5'7 and now weigh 125 lbs. So by my trusty old calculation, I'm 10 lbs lighter than the average normal weight and I think it's perfect. Just finished a lunch date with an old friend and at the end she said, "You look FABULOUS. You are tiny. I mean, you've always been tiny but now you are tiny tiny."

I am not too thin. Size 4 jeans now fit me perfectly - still form fitting, not baggy. If I were 5'4 I'd probably shoot for 110 lbs to look my best.

[Anonymous]

Im 5'4 and somewhere around 118. I do not look chunky or have a secret fat roll. I do have a fairly large frame for my height (broad shoulders and fairly wide hips, flat stomach, flat chest, decent butt from cycling).

At this weight I can eat whatever I want. I have never tried to maintain 110 in my life. Those 10 pounds would just come off my torso where I dont really carry any extra weight.

I was under 100 pounds in college but that was an eating disorder. I never had a really tiny 23 or 24 inch waist, even at 90 pounds

[Anonymous]

I'm 5,6" and 105 lbs in my mid 50s. Never gained more than 10lbs in my three pregnancies and gained no weight in menopause. A lot of it is genetics, the rest is diet and movement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have always heard that a normal, healthy weight is 100 pounds + 5 lbs for every inch over 5 feet. So, 5'4 is 120 lbs. Normal, healthy.

Like you, though, I like to be thin thin, and I used a GLP-1 recently to achieve this. I am 5'7 and now weigh 125 lbs. So by my trusty old calculation, I'm 10 lbs lighter than the average normal weight and I think it's perfect. Just finished a lunch date with an old friend and at the end she said, "You look FABULOUS. You are tiny. I mean, you've always been tiny but now you are tiny tiny."

I am not too thin. Size 4 jeans now fit me perfectly - still form fitting, not baggy. If I were 5'4 I'd probably shoot for 110 lbs to look my best.

Whew. I don't know about that. I'm 5'1" and haven't been 105 lbs since puberty. I bounced down to it briefly during a period of very restrictive eating in high school, but I've never been able to maintain a weight under 115 without significant effort and deprivation.

That said, I feel pretty good in the 115-120 range, but I don't think anyone would call me thin. I would say I look athletic (and I run and life weights to be happy with my looks).

I agree that OP should lift weights, but obviously that's my bias.

[Anonymous]

Keep up the shots. With the bone and muscle loss I'm sure you'll hit 100 lbs in no time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Im 5’3.5 and 106lbs and I guess “fashionably thin.” I have a very small frame so I don't look anorexic but still have small measurements - 33” hips and 25” waist. Non-existent chest.

NP. This was me before kids, I was 5'4" and 105 lbs with no hips and a small waist. During pregnancy and childbirth, my hips spread and now I'm 112 lbs. About the same thinness but I need different shaped jeans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You’re already incredibly thin! Why get thinner? You’ll only look sick as you age.

120 is not ‘incredibly thin’ at that height

In middle age it kinda is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:gaining 35 lbs during a stressful period of my life where I also had an undiagnosed thyroid disorder. Now I’m on a GLP (miracle IMO) and back to my starting weight of 120isg.

But part of me wants to be thin thin. I’ve never been fashionably thin like some people where almost all clothes just look great, and shoulders/arms are defined etc. I don’t mean anorexic btw.

At what weight does that happen? Right now I’m right in the middle of the range for a healthy weight for my height.

If you don’t believe in GLP, you can move along

Anyone btdt and managed to get very thin on a GLP?

It's not the weight on the scale but what the mirror says that matters.

Left is 140 lbs size 10, Right is 140lbs size 2.

Only way to get this is exercise.
Drugs won't get you lean and muscular, unless you are talking anabolic steroids. Weight loss drugs make you lose more muscle than fat usually.

[Anonymous]

120 lbs is your chunky? That sounds like it's because you were skinny fat and that doesn't get solved by Ozempic. You need to build muscle and focus on your waist size, not the number on the scale.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You’re already incredibly thin! Why get thinner? You’ll only look sick as you age.

120 is not ‘incredibly thin’ at that height

Another shortie and I agree. 120 is average. 110 would be skinny for me.

It depends on build.

110 would be too bony for me (old and bony doesn't make you look like a model) and too gaunt in the face.

Sadly I’m 5’0. I have a good friend my height who is 105 and she looks great. I’m a bit more muscular and 115 looked great on me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You’re already incredibly thin! Why get thinner? You’ll only look sick as you age.

120 is not ‘incredibly thin’ at that height

In middle age it kinda is.

Yeah I think at any age 120 is thin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Very thin on the GLP does not look good at all unless you are doing a lot of weight training.

Op here. I signed off for a day. Never expected so many responses! I do weight train. Not sure why everyone assumed I don’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:120 lbs is your chunky? That sounds like it's because you were skinny fat and that doesn't get solved by Ozempic. You need to build muscle and focus on your waist size, not the number on the scale.

Op here. I work out with weights

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:gaining 35 lbs during a stressful period of my life where I also had an undiagnosed thyroid disorder. Now I’m on a GLP (miracle IMO) and back to my starting weight of 120isg.

But part of me wants to be thin thin. I’ve never been fashionably thin like some people where almost all clothes just look great, and shoulders/arms are defined etc. I don’t mean anorexic btw.

At what weight does that happen? Right now I’m right in the middle of the range for a healthy weight for my height.

If you don’t believe in GLP, you can move along

Anyone btdt and managed to get very thin on a GLP?

It's not the weight on the scale but what the mirror says that matters.

Left is 140 lbs size 10, Right is 140lbs size 2.

Only way to get this is exercise.
Drugs won't get you lean and muscular, unless you are talking anabolic steroids. Weight loss drugs make you lose more muscle than fat usually.

Op. Just gonna repeat this a bunch of times. I do work out with weights