5'9" - what's your happy weight?

[Fabuleuse]

As the title says - I'm 5'9" and at the moment I'm aiming for about 10 stone 7 to 10 stone 10 but it's been a long time since I've been anywhere near that weight! I know everyone is different but I just wanted an idea of where other 5'9"ers feel happy. I'd say I'm medium frame - don't carry excess fat well though - get back fat, double chin, c section overhang etc. I was bang on 10 stone for about 5 minutes aged 21, which is the lightest I've been as an adult, but I went really flat chested and hated it. Currently 11 stone 10 and a smallish size 14. Could maybe do with size 12 jeans depending on make as my 14s are falling down a bit. I was 15 stone on 1st Jan so I'm very pleased with my progress this year.

This thread has inspired me to diet. 12 stone here I come. Yikes.

I’m 5’9 and my happy weight is about 9 stone 12. I’m currently about 10 stone 2 and a size 10 most of the time.
I used to around 11 - 11.5 stone, carried it relatively well but lost a load of weight through work stress and stopping taking the contraceptive pill about 8 years ago and it never went back on.
At my lowest I was about 9 stone 3 and really didn’t look that well, although clothes hung very well on me!
I’m 53 by the way.

I like to stay under 10 stone. but at 9 and a half stone I look quite scrawny and my friends start to worry. (I lose the weight off my body first but also from my face so start to look ill).

10 stone but I'm 11ish at the moment

I'm 5 foot 9 and my happy weight is 9 stone 3.

Currently closer to 9.5 and feeling uncomfortable.

Thanks to everyone who said well done. This is the third time I've lost a significant amount of weight - I just hope I can maintain it this time. Hopefully it's sunk in that I can't go back to being a sugar fiend - I feel so much better now.

11 stone 7 this morning and sashaying about in my new size 12 jeans (vanity sized no doubt but my vanity doesn't care) feeling like a supermodel, without the beautiful face. So those of you who are around the 10 stone mark or less and feeling too big, I bet you look amazing really!

I'm just over 5'9'' and currently 10 stone 13 which is fat and a size 14-16.

Pre-perimenopause I was always 10st - 10st7 and a size 12-14 apart from a period of marathon training when I went down to 9st 7 and a size 10.

I'd say that 9st 7 would be my weight of choice but 10st is realistic.

Isn't that funny. I'm an inch shorter than you and 2 stone heavier and also a size 16/14

I’m 5ft 9 and currently about 11 stone 4. My ideal weight used to be about 10.7 to 10.10 but I’m realising now that I’m getting older (48) I probably look better a little bit heavier so would like to be around 11. I’m a small-medium build (Slightly wobbly) hour glass.

It’s odd how variable it all seems. I guess it depends how the weight is distributed. I wouldn’t be able to pull size 12s up my thighs, let alone do them up, because I have saddlebag thighs, but Fabuleuse can.

Sorry, forgot to say I’m a size 12 in everything but trousers where I’m always a 14.

Always interesting to read the variations. I'm 5 foot 8 and my happy weight is 8 stone 10; I'm currently about 9 stone 5 and feeling really lumpy because my clothes don't fit as well - otherwise I would mind as much. Finding the colder weather makes it much harder to eat less too. I met a friend yesterday who's the same height as me and just over 10 stone but looks much smaller - it's all about build and distribution.

I’m just under 5’9 and am currently 9st3. This is half a stone heavier than my happy weight of around 8st10 - I’ve spent the summer (and beyond) drinking and eating far too much! I’m a size 8 and I have a very small frame which is why I think any extra weight seems to be more noticeable on me. I’m trying to lose the weight now not because I think I look fat but because I’d really like to sit down in my skinny jeans without having to unbutton them!

I am 5.7 and 10s7lb is my happy weight too. I am currently 11ish st and size 12 bottom, 10 top but always have an aim to get back to 10st7 when i feel a bit wobbly! Doesn't feel like too much effort but i am happy with the way I look at that weight.

Also my top half seems to always stay the same dress size just my hips and backside get larger!!

5'9", happy weight 10st 7. At that weight I'm a size 10 on top, 14 at the hips. I've not been lower, but am sure I'd still look healthy and not too thin at half a stone under that. Am currently 12 st 4 and with my frame am noticeably overweight.

Here’s my 10st 13lb frame

Fascinating how everyone is different. My happy weight is around 10.10 either a few pounds above or below. I had an ED 10 years ago and went down to 9.10, my periods stopped and I looked dreadful. An apple shaped so any weight goes to my tummy but my arms and legs stay lean - like a barrel with 4 sticks in!