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Aluna · 31/12/2025 21:21

hardhatson · 31/12/2025 18:13

I’m a bit shorter than that and weigh about that - but I have a healthy BMI and my muscle mass is 80%+. So I’m definitely not unhealthy or wasting away, if anything I have bulky quads and back/shoulders from training. I don’t think someone would look at me and think gaunt, I look normal to fit.

Beyond that, I definitely still carry excess fat in areas as you can’t really target that. So I’m not skinny everywhere nor “gaunt”.

I do sometimes think people have an unrealistic idea of what healthy actually looks like - and just the sheer mention of “7 stone” will get people’s backs up because they’re so used to size 16 figures being the norm. In reality most shorter women don’t need to eat as much as average sized women, and it’s totally fine for them to exist at lower body weights if not healthier. I don’t think shorter women carry weight as well, as it is more noticeable on a compressed figure. It’s not that, shorter women will look skeletal which I think is the assumption people are making

I agree. I think a lot of the population has supersized to the point that it’s lost touch with normal.

There’s a really messed up association of lower BMIs with EDs despite the fact Anorexics form 0.3% of the population whereas diagnosed binge EDs is 1-2% and 60% of the population is overweight or obese. Overall, overeating/binge/addiction type eating patterns are far more prevalent.

BringBackCatsEyes · 31/12/2025 21:44

Aluna · 31/12/2025 21:10

The lower end of the healthy range means it’s healthy.

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She said she weighed about the same as the person in the OP - 7 stone. This is lower than the healthy range.

Missj25 · 01/01/2026 14:19

I’m 5/4 . I’m 8 stone 7lbs so I’m quite slim , can’t imagine being 7 stone . Yes , it’s definitely dangerously underweight in my opinion.

ThisUniqueLilacBee · 03/01/2026 12:02

Aluna · 31/12/2025 21:21

I agree. I think a lot of the population has supersized to the point that it’s lost touch with normal.

There’s a really messed up association of lower BMIs with EDs despite the fact Anorexics form 0.3% of the population whereas diagnosed binge EDs is 1-2% and 60% of the population is overweight or obese. Overall, overeating/binge/addiction type eating patterns are far more prevalent.

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It’s even less 1 in 300 is anorexic so 0.03

ObelixtheGaul · 03/01/2026 13:13

Nucleus · 31/12/2025 19:07

Oh FFS. Those of us within the broad category of healthy weight but petite are not underweight whatever you would say.

It sometimes feels like the only acceptable shape for small statured women on MN is beach ball. PP is correct, when you are barely 5', every pound shows.

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Yep, 5ft 2 here and, at 9 stone 3lb I've got a podge. Most of my weight goes on my middle, so my BMI is still in healthy range, but my waist measurement isn't. I was 6 and a half stone back in the day (very physical job, fit as a flea), but now, post menopause and more sedentary, I have put it on and yes, it shows.
But people on here scoff about it because they don't get my height and weight distribution isn't the same as theirs. OK 6.5 stone was too light, but I certainly wasn't ill and was definitely eating. For my frame late 7s/early 8s is optimum. I currently look like I swallowed a beach ball.