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If you’re 5”8 what’s your ideal weight

75 replies

GoGoFloFlo · 16/09/2025 11:25

If your goal is to look slim, fit and athletic but not super skinny

Thanks

OP posts:
AllStar4 · 16/09/2025 15:48

I am 5'8 and around 12stone currently. I felt best at 11st and a size 12, that's what I am aiming for!

olderandnonthewiser · 16/09/2025 15:55

Around 11 stone. I like being 10.7 but find it impossible to maintain.

NoelFurlong · 16/09/2025 16:00

Im 5’8.5 and I weigh 9 stone 6. Definitely not skinny.

Empress13 · 16/09/2025 16:04

11 stone

BG2015 · 16/09/2025 16:05

I'm currently 12st 4lb but I'd love to be 11st 7lb. I'm 56 and battling my weight.

petermaddog · 16/09/2025 16:09

5'9 135

Pigmum86 · 16/09/2025 16:11

olderandnonthewiser · 16/09/2025 15:55

Around 11 stone. I like being 10.7 but find it impossible to maintain.

What clothing size do you wear at that weight may I ask?

WhatATimeToBeAlive · 16/09/2025 16:11

I'm 5'9" and 10.5 is when I was at my fittest and best.

thenightsky · 16/09/2025 16:11

5ft 8in and currently 11 stone. I know I looked and felt my best at 10st, but now I'm post menopausal its impossible to maintain.

SeeYouInHell · 16/09/2025 16:18

I am 5’8” but I no longer weigh myself. No point obsessing over a number. I can tell if I’m flabby or not from the amount of padding I can see accumulating (quite a lot at the moment). Even women of the same height can have vastly different frames, so comparing weight is not something I want to do. I have a massive head and broad shoulders plus big feet etc(lucky me 😂) all of which contributes to more weight than the average.

Starlight1984 · 16/09/2025 16:21

I'm 5ft7" and my ideal weight is 10st5 or 6.

Currently weigh about 11st and am a size 10-12.

BeMintViper · 16/09/2025 16:24

5'8.5 and 10 stone. Size 8/10

SameOldMe · 16/09/2025 16:40

5ft8 and 14 stone is my ideal. I can eat some of what I enjoy and lift weights easily. Any less and I don't have the energy for exercise which is what I really enjoy. At 14 stone I feel great. Everyone feels different, but for me that how my body feels the strongest.

olderandnonthewiser · 16/09/2025 16:45

Pigmum86 · 16/09/2025 16:11

What clothing size do you wear at that weight may I ask?

10 or 12. I often find one too big and the other too small.

Ifitaintgotnoswing · 16/09/2025 16:53

5ft 8 inches and 10 st 4
but i am a classic apple shape, skinny arms/legs so much heavier and my waist / height is over 2

bumbaloo · 16/09/2025 16:55

SeeYouInHell · 16/09/2025 16:18

I am 5’8” but I no longer weigh myself. No point obsessing over a number. I can tell if I’m flabby or not from the amount of padding I can see accumulating (quite a lot at the moment). Even women of the same height can have vastly different frames, so comparing weight is not something I want to do. I have a massive head and broad shoulders plus big feet etc(lucky me 😂) all of which contributes to more weight than the average.

How much would feet weigh? 😂

GoGoFloFlo · 16/09/2025 16:59

Thanks

I’m currently 10st 8

have come down from 11stone 9. I didn’t feel or look good then. Had excess tummy fat and a puffy face

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imnottoofussed · 16/09/2025 17:01

5ft 9 and currently 10st 2lb size 12

id like to get to around 9st 6lb and hope that some of my tummy fat disappeared

Liondoesntsleepatnight · 16/09/2025 17:27

About 10st10. Prefer 10.7 but hard to maintain

Paperwhite13 · 16/09/2025 17:28

5’8 and 9st 9lbs (size 8) and feel like this is the lowest I’d go but also v-happy at this weight.

Foolsgold74 · 16/09/2025 17:30

10 stone is awesome, up to 10.7 is great, up to 11 is bearable, anything over 11 is getting in to the chubby zone for me.

Thewalrusandthecarpenter · 16/09/2025 17:31

I’m 5 foot 8 and 8 and a half stone but have a small frame

Harrysmummy246 · 16/09/2025 17:31

Currently far more than I want to admit, but I tend to start looking too thin below 11 stone (had to convert from KGs too). Not been there since i was 21 :-(

HeartbrokenCatMum · 16/09/2025 17:50

I’m an inch shorter and 10 1/2 is my perfect weight, any less and I look skeletal.

JollyRoseBiscuit · 16/09/2025 17:52

12st7 is perfect for me.

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