If you're 5 foot 6 and a half... how much do you weigh...

[BigBeachWales]

As the title says... and do you think of yourself as slim, average or overweight?
I think I'm struggling with body image. I've gone down from 11 stone 9 a year ago to approx 9 stone 11... I still feel very overweight and want to lose another 0.5 stone at least. But people say I'll look too thin then. I'm 48 if that helps.

Exactly the same height as you OP.

However I weigh 14 st and am a size 14/16 currently. This is after many years at the 10-11 stone mark and happy. I do build a fair bit of muscle quite easily so at 10 stone I am a size 8/10 and as close to ‘perfect body’ (for me) as I’ll ever get.

On a mission to lose weight but it’s not budging easy. Must be my age!!!

9st4lbs. I'm going to lose the 4lbs because it's impacting on the fit of my clothes (I've developed a small belly that bulges below waistbands which seem to now cut in). I know I'm slim but I feel fat now having been naturally underweight for most of my life. I look best at 9st. For my clothes to fit properly I need to be 8st7lbs to 9st. Less than that my body looks a bit scrawny and my clothes hang off me.

Most people here are much lighter than me.

I'm 5'7 and I'm 11 stone 10. I have lost around 3 or 4 lbs in the past few months. It doesn't sound like much but it's the first time I'be ever really lost weight (weight has just gradually crept up over the years) so I'm really pleased about that.

The weight loss does seem to have just stopped though. I think I am going to have to try harder.

In an ideal world, I would love to be 10 stone, but to be honest I can't see that happening. I would be happy with 11 stone.

10 stone 5, very curvy even at 5 ft 6 .5.
I exercise a lot to stay this size, but could easily drop a stone.
My body image couldn’t be worse if totally honest.

5’6 and 8.12. Breastfeeding a baby with allergies and there’s nothing to eat!

8 stone 5. I'm a slim build but not skinny.

5'6' 11 stone 5llbs . I'm 55 and fat. Best weight is 9 stone 10

Might have got away with weight if I was younger but menopause and middle aged makes me look like a barrel! Hate being this fat.

Exactly the same height. I'm 10.12 and want to lose about another 7lb. Just lost a stone doing a 28 day body blast with a personal trainer so I'm feeling pretty good about my weight right now. Well I was until i read this thread 🤣

I'm 48, that height and about 10&1/2 stone.
I lost weight through 5:2 a few years back, went done from just under 12 stone to just about 10 stone, then dropped to about 9&1/4 stone due to a traumatic time - I was too thin at that point.
My ideal is 10 stone I think.

I'm a half inch shorter and currently 10st 11. I've lost nearly a stone since January, but will stop at 10st 4. That's my post children happy weight. I'm in size 10 clothes at that weight.

Pre kids I was 9st 4, but that was my early 20s when it was effortless to maintain!

Don't know, don't care!

same height 9 stone, - was 10st 8lb this time last year.

I’m 5ft 6 and currently 8 stone 13.6 lb. This is overweight for me, I am comfortable at 8 stone 7 lbs and look great at 8 stone 2lbs - but this depends on muscle, muscle is heavier than fat so if I’ve been working out well with weights I would expect to be heavier and look good.

Right now I’m just a big blob from a year in lockdown and then injuring myself so no exercise at all for the last 8 weeks. So my extra weight is definitely flab rather than muscle right now.

Everyone is different though!

Nearly 12 stone. I’m A size 12 on the bottom. And any size I can get over my huge J cup boobs. I look awful tbh.

I'm 11 stone 8. I cannot seem to shift the weight since lockdown and feel and look rather round.
However I was 9stone 9 about 2 years ago and 8stone 11 three years ago.
I looked good at 9 stone 9 and thin at 8stone 11.

8 stone

@Pbur

I’m 5ft 6 and currently 8 stone 13.6 lb. This is overweight for me, I am comfortable at 8 stone 7 lbs and look great at 8 stone 2lbs - but this depends on muscle, muscle is heavier than fat so if I’ve been working out well with weights I would expect to be heavier and look good.

Right now I’m just a big blob from a year in lockdown and then injuring myself so no exercise at all for the last 8 weeks. So my extra weight is definitely flab rather than muscle right now.

Everyone is different though!

Actually to be honest I haven’t been 8st 2lb since I was a teenager and I think I’m more “toned” now so I don’t think I could achieve that again and still maintain good muscle tone. I think a BMI of 19 always feels slim for me! Right now it’s 21 and I’m just flabby! I notice curvier women who just hold their weight well and look good - my extra weight shows up as a cellulite belly, a double chin and soft flab rather than nice round curves, so I just don’t hold extra weight really well. So you might well look fabulous but be heavier!

I'm 5'6 and 8 stone 8 lbs. I feel slim. I'd imagine at your height and weight you're a completely normal size, not over or underweight.

No idea. I want to be a size 10/12 so eat and train to be a size 10/12.

I'm about 8st 12/56kg, late 30s; have always hovered around this weight. I consider myself slim. It doesn't seem to fluctuate much according to how much muscle I have.

I am 52 and very between 9 stone 9lbs to 10 stone or 61kg to 67kg size 10 to 12 but turning into an apple since menopause. Not worried but trying to stay fit and moving as much as possible!

Same age, same height, 9 and a half stone. I'm could use some strengthening exercises.

I’m 5’6 and a half and 52. I’m currently 11stone 7 and feel overweight. I’m a snug size 12 top and bottom. A stone off at 10 stone 7 and I’d be a slim size 10 from previous experience

At this mo.in time I'm feeling fat at 10st6. I like 9.5 stone. I'm 31

I'm 5ft 7"and weight 9st 8lbs. Dress size 10.