I am 5ft 6 and a half inches. Aibu to ask, what do you think I should weigh?

[ferriswheel]

Am very fat and need perspective and motivation.

tia

[lightgreenglass]

thefitfatty you look fab and fit.

[SarfEast1cated]

I'm slim 10 1/2 stone - lead bones again!

[ZouBisou]

Interesting reading people's take on frame size.

From the front I think I am quite broad in terms of my torso: broad shoulders, wide set ribcage, waist doesn't go in that much, pelvic bone goes out quite wide. Even pictures of me when I was little and had no fat on me, you can see the same broad torso shape.

From the side I think I look totally different: much skinnier and quite 'narrow'. My frame looks a lot smaller side-on. There's more width to me than depth!

[FunkinEll]

I'm 5ft 6, 10 stone and I take a size 10 in most places.

[ShowMePotatoSalad]

I'm an inch taller than you and I'm 10 stone 1. I'd rather be half a stone lighter but i feel quite slim as I am.

[Thefitfatty]

Skeletons don't actually weigh that much, yes there is differences some people have lighter thinner bones than others, but it's still not a major differentiator.

Well, obviously there would be a skeletal weight difference between a woman with osteoperosis and one whose an athlete (tend to have denser bones). But yes, skeletal weight isn't a huge difference. Frame size, however, can make a "largish" difference, especially if a person with a large frame is active. It's quite possible that a person with a large frame can weigh in the overweight category without actually being overweight.

[lljkk]

I'm 1-1.5 inches taller than OP so if I were 5'6.5" I imagine my ideal would be about 130 lbs.

DS was saying some statistic how much of our body weight is muscle, more than the bones.

DH is 5'11" & ~67 kg.
MA (Male acquaintance) is 6' and 90 kg.
Both men look about the same build, neither is over/under weight. They know each other thru shared sports.
MA (not DH) does rowing... Come to think of it, MA has no neck.

[surferjet]

I'm 5.6 & weigh anything from 9.8 to 10.st. I look very skinny at 9.7 I must say so generally don't go under that. I look ok at 10.5 but anything over that & I feel very overweight. 10 stone is perfect for me.

[GinIsIn]

It really depends on your frame as well - I'm 5'5, and and anything under 10 stone and I start to look quite unwell. 10 stone on me is a small 8, so I tend to keep my weight at about 10.7, making me an 8-10. I'm a regular runner, so quite dense leg muscles, but very hourglass so will still need an F cup bra but get increasingly gaunt in the face and narrow around the waist.

[wetotter]

"It's quite possible that a person with a large frame can weigh in the overweight category without actually being overweight."

Unless a real outlier, in terms of both size and density of bones, it's pretty unlikely this is the case. It's one of the variables allowed for in setting the range.

[Thefitfatty]

Unless a real outlier, in terms of both size and density of bones, it's pretty unlikely this is the case. It's one of the variables allowed for in setting the range.

Nope. BMI does not account for frame size. BMI is purely weight vs. height and doesn't account for the fact that people are 3 dimensional.

www.livestrong.com/article/36520-calculate-accurate-bmi-large-frame/

[lljkk]

hmmm... according to the wrist measurements I have a large frame.
I have a BMI of 21-22.
I have lots of wobbly flabby flubby soft squidgy fatty bits. I am about the right weight, but in no way would I be a better size if 10% heavier.
The idea that large frame gives me extra BMI allowance.. doesn't make any sense to me.

[frumpet]

Are you sure that the wobbly bits arn't just skin llijkk

[frumpet]

Hmm according to that thing i have a medium frame , but what happens if I just have small hands ? I have short fingers !

[TaraCarter]

Hmm. Rough and ready screening tool. At a guess, I bet it's as effective as predicting Shoulder Dystocia in childbirth from the pregnant woman's shoe size- i.e. there's a grain of truth in a link between pelvis width and shoe size, but there will be women with tiny feet who can give birth naturally in a turnip-field and women with size nine feet who have narrow hips.

Apparently I have a small frame. Weeeeell. No. I have tiny hands and a pinhead on top of my shoulders. My frame, in terms of ribcage and hip-width is medium/large! If I doubted that, I'd just need to stand next to my genuinely small-framed mother of same height, who is a size 6-8 and has a bigger head and hands.

[Whatthefuckis1tnow]

I am 5'9 and 9 stone 1. I would say medium build. I'm generally an 8/10. Have been a size 14 many years ago. Have to be careful what I eat as put on weight fairly easily.
Used to have big boobs but now have very small ones after two kids.

[73kittycat73]

I'm 5'6 1/2 too. I currently weigh 15 stone and am a size 24. The best motivation I have found so far is posting a photograph of myself (Side on and front.) on the fridge door and kitchen cupboard.

[goose1964]

I'm slightly taller than you and my best weight is 9 1\2 stone , a lot less than I actually weigh, at you height between 9 and10 stone should be healthy

[MrsPMT]

I'm same height and just under 11 stone. Slim for me is 10 stone and that's what I aim for. Below 10 stone I get bony looking, have broad shoulders. I think if you can get anywhere below 11 stone with healthy diet & exercise then you should feel good and look fine and healthy (and slimmer than most people tbh). Obviously if you still look overweight at 11 stone then you can re-assess.

I may be wrong but I kind of assume anyone who feels flabby at 10stone & this height still actually looks slim, but would prefer to be thinner, and does not in any way look overweight.

[problembottom]

I'm the same height and have been lots of different weights. At 9 stone I was a size 8 and everyone said I looked too thin (I thought I looked fabulous!), at 10 stone and size 10 I look well, at 11 stone and a size 12 my bottom is looking ginormous and at 12 stone all hope is gone for me in all areas.

But it's a really personal thing - I have a friend that height who weighs 12 stone, has big boobs and great legs and nothing wobbles! She looks great. I have a more difficult figure and I think I need to be slimmer to make it work.

[GreekGod]

I'm the same height as you and weigh 9 stone and am a size 10. I was heavier two years ago (almost 13 stone) but just walked a lot and ate less. No fad diets. I've done them all, weight watchers, slimming world, cambridge, I've done them all but in the end the only thing that worked was eating less and walking more. For the first month I went no-where, avoided all invites at weekends (I know its really boring but it worked for me) and basically kids only went out with DH as food was too much of a distraction. Don't be too hard on yourself. Life is too short.

[HelsBels5000]

I'm 5ft 7 and about 11.7 currently, I've been between 10.7 and 13.7 over the last 10 years, three pregnancies later, I'm at the lower end now and hoping to get a bit closer to 10 stone. Im comfortably a size 12, sometimes 10. I think I'm pretty muscly though, and I don't have any boobs, or bum - I'm very straight up and down. If I gain weight, it distributes everywhere very evenly, so I'm just an enlarged or shrunken version of myself whether I gain or lose weight.

[januarybooze]

10 stone is my punt.

[ThroneofJudgypants]

I'm the same height and at 10stone I'm a12-14 and feel pudgy. I have a spare tyre at that weight so it's definitely a bit too fat for my height.
At 9stone I'm an 8-10 and feel good. And no spare tyre.