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

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Anonymous wrote:I'm 5'5" and 125, so about the same as you.

Losing more weight won't make you look better. You probably look fine just as you are.

I'd LIKE to lose 5 pounds. But at middle age, the weight seems to fall off my face and I look older.

I have a good bit of muscle, so I am trying to learn to view this as my new set point.

Op. You’re thinner than me. I do work out actually. But I have a very full face naturally and a heavier upper body so I carry my weight in an unflattering way imo (except for having a chest). My lower body looks thin but my upper body does not

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Anonymous wrote: I’m 5’3.5” age 63, currently 122. If I go down even 1 or 2 lbs my face shows it immediately. I look haggard, drawn. But my jeans feel great.

1 or 2 lbs at this height and my current age make a huge difference in how I look (face) and feel (in my clothes). I’ve found it’s absolutely true, that saying about having to make a choice between face and rear as you get older. For me the choice is pretty clear. I really don’t like looking in the mirror and seeing a face that looks older than it has to.

Op I hear that although my body type is heavy up top (including my face) and thin on the bottom. So when my upper body looks good and well proportioned, my lower body starts to look too skinny.

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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.

Op. This is helpful and realistic. Thank you. And my height is closer to 5 3 1/2 so realistically 120 is maybe a tad higher than I should be. I think 110 is a good target. And I do work out fwiw

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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

+1. LOL

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OP, you want to be 110 lbs. You are on GLP1, so it is achievable for you. Go for it and consider yourself lucky.

I am stuck at 125 at 5’4” and can’t imagine I’d find a dr to prescribe for me, but I’d also love to be 110-115 lbs. I already restrict my eating and work out including with weights but cannot get the scale to move.

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Anonymous wrote: I’m 5’3.5” age 63, currently 122. If I go down even 1 or 2 lbs my face shows it immediately. I look haggard, drawn. But my jeans feel great.

1 or 2 lbs at this height and my current age make a huge difference in how I look (face) and feel (in my clothes). I’ve found it’s absolutely true, that saying about having to make a choice between face and rear as you get older. For me the choice is pretty clear. I really don’t like looking in the mirror and seeing a face that looks older than it has to.

Op I hear that although my body type is heavy up top (including my face) and thin on the bottom. So when my upper body looks good and well proportioned, my lower body starts to look too skinny.

Maybe work on actually building muscle more intentionally in your lower body? I see you work out with weights but there are specific strategies to put on muscle. Losing weight will only make your lower body look skinnier.

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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.

Op. This is helpful and realistic. Thank you. And my height is closer to 5 3 1/2 so realistically 120 is maybe a tad higher than I should be. I think 110 is a good target. And I do work out fwiw

OP, being “tiny tiny” is not a good thing for an older woman. You are on the road to basically wasting away your muscle and energy stores. Please talk to your doctor before you do this, and a dietician, so at the minimum you are educated on the protein consumption and exercise you need to do so you don’t weaken your body.

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“Working out with weights” meaning what? You do bicep curls with a 10lb weight?

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Anonymous wrote:Instead of losing more weight, you should be lifting weight. That will tone your arms and back.

Doesn’t muscle weigh more?

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Muscle and fat weigh the same but muscle is more compact so you look thinner.

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Muscles are denser than fat. Thats why muscles, are much more firm than fat. And they do not jiggle when you walk.

So you can actually weigh more and look better, if you are mostly muscle.

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Anonymous wrote: I’m 5’3.5” age 63, currently 122. If I go down even 1 or 2 lbs my face shows it immediately. I look haggard, drawn. But my jeans feel great.

1 or 2 lbs at this height and my current age make a huge difference in how I look (face) and feel (in my clothes). I’ve found it’s absolutely true, that saying about having to make a choice between face and rear as you get older. For me the choice is pretty clear. I really don’t like looking in the mirror and seeing a face that looks older than it has to.

Same height at weight. Last summer I went down to 118 and it was too thin. I feel great around 121. Anymore than 124 is when my clothes will leave marks on my skin and I feel uncomfortable.

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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.

Ditto. Some people are just not built to meet that formula. Im 5’4” and remember being around 115 when I got married. Now at 45 Im 135. I build muscle easily and exercise. What else can I do but appreciate my body and try to dress it reasonably well. I mean no one is looking at at 45 year old as the pinnacle of beauty and that’s actually a relief to me

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

Op. This is helpful and realistic. Thank you. And my height is closer to 5 3 1/2 so realistically 120 is maybe a tad higher than I should be. I think 110 is a good target. And I do work out fwiw

OP, being “tiny tiny” is not a good thing for an older woman. You are on the road to basically wasting away your muscle and energy stores. Please talk to your doctor before you do this, and a dietician, so at the minimum you are educated on the protein consumption and exercise you need to do so you don’t weaken your body.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:Muscles are denser than fat. Thats why muscles, are much more firm than fat. And they do not jiggle when you walk.

So you can actually weigh more and look better, if you are mostly muscle.

Yes. I'm 5'3" and was 118 in college but not fit at all. Now I lift weights and weigh 127 but I can fit in the same clothes from college and my legs are firm with almost no cellulite. I understand that I'm not "thin" but I feel and look healthy and my stomach is flat.