To ask if at 5'4 and nine and half stone I would be considered slim

[Worried61]

Mil commented today that I'm in her words quite a high weight for my height. She is around the same height and over a stone lighter. I think I'm a good weight and that 5'4 is slim and not overweight at all. Am I in denial?

[finova]

Not sure I'm usually about 10 stone 4 at 5ft 10....depends on your build I guess. I'd guess that you'd be a size 12?

[Winniethepooer]

Almost identical to me. Im a size 8/10.
Most would consider thst slim

[Haggisfish]

Only just imo. I'm the same and that weight is the upper limit for my 'slim'.

[sonyaya]

I'm your height, half a stone heavier and a size 8 top ten bottom. I'd love to shave a few pounds but I'm not a "high weight" and you even less so!

It was a bitchy and untrue thing for her to say.

[DorotheaHomeAlone]

I'm your height and I look a bit flabby at that weight. Better for me to be best 8 stone but in no way is that overweight. You're still slim. Wtf is your mil making comments like that? Beyond rude.

[Worried61]

I know it depends on build but I'm quite board and have big boobs. Mil is a small build.

[DorotheaHomeAlone]

Sorry that should say better for me to be under 9 stone. I'd be too skinny at 8.

[HeyYouYesYou]

I wouldn't have thought you were 'slim' as such.

That said, that has nothing to do with being 'a good weight' or being within the healthy weight range for your height, and I can't tell really just from seeing numbers on a page, and 'slim' is fairly subjective anyway.

So I wouldn't sweat it

[ErrolTheDragon]

Sounds pretty slim to me. Of course, your 'slimness' does depend what your weight consists of (more muscle or fat) and how it's distributed.

[Elllicam]

I'm 5'4 and 9 stone is my goal weight but I would be happy at 9.5 too. Your MIL is a bit of a bitch I'm afraid.

[treaclesoda]

I'd say you sound fine. But this is mumsnet and therefore you will have responses telling you that you are tiny and many many responses saying that you are borderline obese, that a modern size ten was a size 16 twenty years ago and that our normal healthy state of affairs is to be ravenously hungry all day.

[GinIsIn]

I'm a size 8/10 at that weight and height - 36-24-36 so I think it's fine!

[SEsofty]

Normal. Rather than slim

[Wishiwasmoiradingle2017]

Tell her she would be heavier - with a fat lip. . .

[crabwoman]

I'm 5"5 and I consider that weight to be my absolute limit. But it depends on build. I've got a tiny frame, so I don't look or feel great over 9 and a half.

[Worried61]

She's very judgemental about food and weight but this is the first time she has said something directly to me

[AreWeThereYet000]

I'm 5'4 and usually (when I'm not pregnant) I'm 9st 1 and that puts me at an 8/10 I'd say that was slim - obviously some people can be larger and toned or slim but flabby but I'd say you perfect height to weight x

[MuseumOfCurry]

I'd say average rather than slim. Your MIL is a fool for walking into such provocative territory.

[Artandco]

I'm same height and just under 8 stone. I would be quiet large for me If 1 1/2 stone heavier ( afraid that was weight at 9 months pregnant)
But you can be heavier to a degrees and super toned also still

[NotSayingImBatman]

Mumsnet is seriously fucked up about weight. OP you're a clear stone within the healthy BMI range for your height. Ignore your MIL, she's a twat.

[Thumbcat]

I'm 5'3" and 9.5 stone. Size 10. I'd consider it to be a normal healthy size.

[orzal]

Age 27 I was 5ft 4in and weighed 8.5 stone, size 12.

[ArgyMargy]

I'm an inch shorter than you and a stone and a half lighter. I've never considered myself slim, just normal weight. However I am thin bordering on skeletal compared with what people consider to be normal nowadays.

[Mulberry72]

Batman is absolutely right.

Ignore your MIL.

[Whocansay]

I'm that height and weight at the moment and am a 10 or a 12 (depending on the shop). I wouldn't say I was tiny, but would say I was slim.

Your MIL was being bitchy, imho.