To think being 8 stone at

[Iftheclouds]

5’4 is very slim?

I'm 5ft 8, weigh just over 8st. Except for when I was pregnant, I've been pretty much the same weight my entire adult life (in my 40s now).

I eat well, am healthy and active. It's just my natural weight.

Everyone is different. The number on the scale doesn't mean a thing.

My mum is 5'5, 8.5stone and 70.
She looks dreadful. She has never been slimmer and looks like she's wasting away.

At 8stone and 5'4" I was very slim, quite bony really. My ideal was about 9.5st.

I was 8 stone and 5'4 for about 2 days back in the 80's. I was a size 12, and still had a fairly rounded belly and a 25" waist.. I'm not a particularly small frame, size 5 1/2 feet in those days, and most of my friends were thinner than me. You'd never have described me as skinny.

I’m 5’4 and size 8. I weight 9stone bang on but during my uni days I was 8 stone and size 6-8 I wasn’t noticeably skinny in a way that people would worry about me though.

Pre kids i was 7 and a half stone at 5ft 3inch. I was a size 6/8 but had a bmi within the healthy range.

It is slim but healthy. People carry weight differently. At my pre kid weight I did not look my best.

Yet another person checking in to say that 8st / 5'4 really is fine. I'm 5'6 and apart from pregnancies have always weight about 8.5st, usually a bit less. I definitely wouldn't say I look unnaturally or unhealthily skinny. Its just my build.

This is me, albeit not at the moment as I'm pregnant! I've always been small built.

I'm 5ft 5 and 7 and a half stone. I think I do look quite skinny because I'm very pear shaped my top half is tiny but my hips are quite a lot wider in comparison. Still slim but my hips are a good 10-11 inches bigger than my waist. I lived my figure a few weeks after giving birth! I was about 8 1/2 stone but it's not meant to be. I do think as the average weight has risen people think slimmer people are slimmer than they are or unhealthily slim. I find it strange that sizing recently has become vanity sizing. It's frustrating. I bought a vintage 1970s skirt by M&S and the waist was 23 inches and it was a size 10!

@borntohula

I love how this thread has become a kind of competition. 😂

These threads always do.

@Tw001

Thats fine. I weight 7stone I'm 5 ft 5. Have been 6 stone , to thin. If you wonder how I weigh what I weigh i am intermittent eater. Have been for decades.

Do you mean intermittent fasting?

Would you mind sharing what you typically eat in a day, thanks

Disagree. It totally depends on someone’s body shape. I’m 8 stone and 5’6”. I’m slightly built but active and have good muscle tone. I don’t look ‘skinny’.

yup - thats about me. Im very slim.

I eat what I like 2 or 3 course meal. That is you fed for the day. Drink what you like you rest of day. You need to set how many hour you eat over. If you eat over 4 hours, your body got 20 hours to burn of the calories you have taken. It very simple way of eating what you need and want once a day.

I’m 5ft3 and 8 stone. I’m slim but not really skinny. A bit of a tummy/overhang after 4 c sections and definitely not bony..

I'm not quite 5ft 4lb. I've never ever been under 9st. In fact the lowest I hit was 9st 7lb. When I was that weight my periods stopped, so I was definitely underweight for my frame. The best weight for me was around 10 to 10st 7lb (I am nowhere near that now I'm sorry to say). I think this maybe because I am BAME and may have denser bones. According to the BMI charts I would be overweight at 10st 7lbs.

Hasn't there been some calls to scrap BMI charts or to substantially revamp them because they don't take into account such things?

Different bodies carry weight differently I guess, but most would look pretty slender at that height and weight I imagine.

I'm 5'5 and usually weigh 8st. I'm not all bony but other women often will remark on how slim I am. So yes, I think it must be slim at 5'4 as well.

It's a slim and healthy weight but I don't think it's very slim. I'm 5'9'' and weigh a touch under 9 stone at the moment and am not very slim, just slim. I still have noticeably rounded thighs, a biggish bum, and muscular legs. Models are often about my height but even the healthiest looking ones are smaller than I am.

I would say that is slim but not skinny depending on build
I’m shorter at 5ft but weigh 7st - I’m a petite build so I don’t look skinny and I’ve got a bum and boobs lol

Im 5ft3 and just a little bit under 8st. People comment that I’m petite but I’m not bony in any way. I’ve got boobs and a bum, hourglass figure.

I think people have a natural size and shape that looks right on them. I look very in proportion to my size so I wouldn’t say I was too thin.

I'm that height and weight. Size 8. Of course it is slim. Who is saying it isnt?!

I'm 5'4 and was just under 8 stone when I was in my late teens/early 20s. I didn't consider myself skinny, definitely more healthy though! Not sure I'll see 8 stone again though!

@hopsalong

It's a slim and healthy weight but I don't think it's very slim. I'm 5'9'' and weigh a touch under 9 stone at the moment and am not very slim, just slim. I still have noticeably rounded thighs, a biggish bum, and muscular legs. Models are often about my height but even the healthiest looking ones are smaller than I am.

5ft9 is really tall compared to 5ft 3 so even weighing 9 stone you must look very slim at that height! I know I’m happy when I weigh 9 stone and I’m a lot shorter than you (5ft 3).

It depends on your age and figure. My teen dd is 5’6” and 8 stone, and while she is very slim, she is also very healthy and does not look at all underweight.

I’m that height and just over 9 stone, I have a large bum and boobs but skinny arms and legs (I wear child’s bracelets).

DD1 (16) is also that height and 7 stone she’s very slim. She eats well, has periods and is active she always been really slim. Of course she’s not happy and wants boobs.