I'm 49 and the perfect weight for me is 120. Anything over 123 and I start feeling uncomfortable in my clothes. They leave lines in my skin.

I'm 5'4" and medium-boned.

I looked great in my 20s at 120 lbs, and I wasn't trying hard to maintain it. Would rate my body a nine out of ten.

Haven't weighed less than 130 lbs after the age of 30, though. Would rate my body in my 30s a seven.

Now, in my 40s, I'm 135 lbs, with probably average diet and exercise. Would rate my body a six.

I think I'd be satisfied at 125 lbs (an eight), but it would require a lot of effort to get there.

In a perfect world, back to being 20, I looked stunning at 115lbs. I'd need to lose 40!

98lbs

105, anything more than that my clothes start to feel tight. Asian if that makes a difference.

I have heavy legs. Thick thighs and calves and ankles. If I want my legs to look nice I need to get down to 110-115. But then my upper half looks emaciated. It’s frustrating.

It all depends on how you are built. If you go to reddit you can find subreddits of people showing full body shots who post their height and weight, and you'd be shocked at how different some people look at the exact same height and weight.

I am 5'3 and currently 123. I look best around 120. I'm strong but not a powerlifter - you can see the outline of my upper abs and I don't have much belly fat, have very little upper arm fat but you can only see my arm muscles when I flex. My butt is fairly jiggly unless I squeeze it, despite doing lots of squats.

135 Muscle is ideal and necessary.

I'm 5'4, I like my weight from 115 to the low 120s, my husband likes me in the high 120s.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, I'm a small boned Asian, 5'4" and 110lbs, so if I was 5'3", maybe 105?

Lordy, I must be fat. I'm 54 yr Asian thin boned, 5'0 and 116lb.

Asians like more the anorexic look than Americans and there is more pressure to achieve it, especially for those that travel back and forth.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:120. At 125 I start to feel fluffy.

This. About 120 is good for me, though I prefer how I look at 117-18.

+1
Exactly my numbers. Currently feeling the "fluffy" 125 the PP mentioned. I feel like I'm designed for famine - I can eat nothing and only ever get to 120.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Humans are roughly the same density as water, so if my math is right about 4,700 pounds. Just a perfect, flawless sphere.

Best answer ever!! Thanks for the laugh.

Indeed. Threads like this give me the ick. Shudder.

For my specific body type (flat rectangular shape, broad shoulders, muscular thighs) probably 115 at 5'3.

I'm 5'4 and 120, age 52, and I seem to eat 2 to 3 times more than most women my age to maintain. None of my weight goes to my boobs or stomach.

My 20-something DD is 5'3 and looks best at 125-130 (different build)

145 is a smidge above “healthy” on bmi and that is the healthiest for a 50 something.

There is no correct answer to this. I have a tiny frame and don't look good at 137 lbs. It mostly sits in my midsection and hips. My sister has a more athletic build, is around the same height, and 3 years younger, and looks fine at 145.