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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=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.[/quote]

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. [/quote]

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 [/quote]

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