Those who are 5'4"- 5'5" what is your best weight?

[Anonymous]

5’5” and 120 pounds. I am pretty small chested (34B) and I swear that makes a difference in appearance. Late 60’s. I haven’t always been this lean. I don’t drink alcohol regularly anymore (messes with my sleep) and am in a constant struggle to avoid sugar and simple carbs. Unfortunately, crackers are my favorite food group 😀

[Anonymous]

109

[Anonymous]

Wow, these responses are interesting. I agree with a PP that at 120 as an adult I didn’t look good - I got there due to a stressful job and it wasn’t good. That was back to my weight as a high schooler. Have been as high as 160 (post pregnancy and pandemic), now 140 and would prefer to be back to low 130s.

[Anonymous]

110ish felt best for me (petite boned); I’m currently at 120. My lowest point past college was about 105 and that was fine too but I was on a serious diet and exercise regimen that did not feel sustainable.

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Anonymous wrote:For 5'4'' - 115-120 is where you want to be.

Seems lowish

I love everyones opinions though

BMI should be close to the bottom of normal

BMI is a flawed metric and it’s not worth stressing yourself over it. I’m the PP who is 5’6 137-140. I’m Black and thank god don’t have disordered body image issues that are so prevalent among white women. I’m fit, I’m strong, I have fantastic health metrics. Low BP, great cholesterol, low a1C. My BMI is 23 and I have zero reason to be closer the “bottom” of normal. I am as healthy as can be and far more robust and capable physically than I would be if I weighed close to the bottom of normal. At 120 pounds or less I would look skeletal, which is why all the white women my height and that weight look 10 years older than me.

You do you but if you look at top models and athletes of all colors it's not what you described.

What top models are 5’4”? Most humans are not too models are athletes. Weird obsession.

[Anonymous]

Im 5’5 and I can’t imagine being back down to 120. That would be a 20lb weight loss which seems like a lot for this height and current weight. I’m not sure it’s doable. When I was 120, I was a “kid” and super skinny. No muscles and I walked for exercise. Even then, though, I always thought I was fat. I always had bigger thighs and butt and I have had a decades long struggle with body image issues.

My legs and butt continue to be bigger and my pregnancies changed my body shape so much. My rib cage is bigger, my hips wider. I just don’t know that I can get 120 on this frame anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:5’5” and 120 pounds. I am pretty small chested (34B) and I swear that makes a difference in appearance. Late 60’s. I haven’t always been this lean. I don’t drink alcohol regularly anymore (messes with my sleep) and am in a constant struggle to avoid sugar and simple carbs. Unfortunately, crackers are my favorite food group 😀

Chest makes a huge difference in appearance! Mine are 38DD. When I wear a sports bra, people immediately ask if I’ve lost weight. It just makes me have a smaller profile.

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102 lbs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:5’5” and 120 pounds. I am pretty small chested (34B) and I swear that makes a difference in appearance. Late 60’s. I haven’t always been this lean. I don’t drink alcohol regularly anymore (messes with my sleep) and am in a constant struggle to avoid sugar and simple carbs. Unfortunately, crackers are my favorite food group 😀

Agree. Being small chested goes a long way in making you appear younger and thinner

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Im 5’5 and I can’t imagine being back down to 120. That would be a 20lb weight loss which seems like a lot for this height and current weight. I’m not sure it’s doable. When I was 120, I was a “kid” and super skinny. No muscles and I walked for exercise. Even then, though, I always thought I was fat. I always had bigger thighs and butt and I have had a decades long struggle with body image issues.

My legs and butt continue to be bigger and my pregnancies changed my body shape so much. My rib cage is bigger, my hips wider. I just don’t know that I can get 120 on this frame anymore.

This is me as well except my stomach is big and my butt is not. I really wish my style wasn’t baggy and grunge as a teen bc I was 115 and 5’5, but pictures don’t look it. With my now much more muscular frame, I think 135 is about as low as I can go. It also was my easily maintained pre-pregnancy weight.

Now in my late 40s, there is no easily maintained weight and the scale only moves down very slowly with a restricted diet and exercise. It moves up very easily! My goal is 141, 151 is more realistic and would still be a significant loss from my high of 191.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:5’5” and 120 pounds. I am pretty small chested (34B) and I swear that makes a difference in appearance. Late 60’s. I haven’t always been this lean. I don’t drink alcohol regularly anymore (messes with my sleep) and am in a constant struggle to avoid sugar and simple carbs. Unfortunately, crackers are my favorite food group 😀

Agree. Being small chested goes a long way in making you appear younger and thinner

PP I am super small chested barely an A cup. But my rib cage is so wide and and wide upper back I need a size large or 36 bra. It’s so annoying!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:5’3 here. 2 kids/ mid 40’s. My best weight is 145- when I’m not hardcore restricting and also weightlifting. I can’t run due to injuries.

When I was younger I would’ve said 130. I’ve always been muscular/ stout. At my skinniest I was 120 and that was in my teens (I was a multi sport athlete).

Right now I’m eating whatever I want and I’m about 150. Sometimes life is too short to pass up the ice cream.

I think you and I are twins!
I build muscle weirdly fast. I would be emaciated at 115, which was my weight at age 13. Now I'm lifting a lot and circuit training and 135ish would probably be ideal but without restricting my diet very much, I'm around 150. I'm stronger than I've ever been and my cholesterol, blood sugar, resting heart rate, etc are better than ever.

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Anonymous wrote:5’3 here. 2 kids/ mid 40’s. My best weight is 145- when I’m not hardcore restricting and also weightlifting. I can’t run due to injuries.

When I was younger I would’ve said 130. I’ve always been muscular/ stout. At my skinniest I was 120 and that was in my teens (I was a multi sport athlete).

Right now I’m eating whatever I want and I’m about 150. Sometimes life is too short to pass up the ice cream.

I think you and I are twins!
I build muscle weirdly fast. I would be emaciated at 115, which was my weight at age 13. Now I'm lifting a lot and circuit training and 135ish would probably be ideal but without restricting my diet very much, I'm around 150. I'm stronger than I've ever been and my cholesterol, blood sugar, resting heart rate, etc are better than ever.

Oh also 34DDD "dense" per my mammogram, so that's a fair bit of weight there.

[Anonymous]

Happy with being between 117-120 lbs. Petite frame.

[Anonymous]

5'5" and I look best at 98 lbs. I do yoga and pilates reformer. In my late 40, had 3 kids in my 20s. Still wearing 25" jeans.