If you are 5ft 5/6 ish what’s your ideal weight?

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I am working hard at losing weight but can’t really decide what I am aiming for - how do you set your targets and would you mind sharing.
Thanks

10-10.5 suits my body shape. I’ll get there 🙈

Ideally 8.5st but I’d settle for 9st.

Same 10/10.5 stone even 11 stone suits me well. Currently 13 😱😱😱

I don’t have a flat tummy at 10st, I’m still fat with a paunch. I have to be under 9st to flatten my tummy. Puzzled me how others who are the same height can be 10st and have a nice body shape.

I was stressed and fell to 7st 10 at Christmas and looked incredible from behind however, the front looked a little saggy and concave, and my face looked gaunt.

At about 8st I looked good but still a tad saggy, probably my best at 8st 3. I'm now 8st 10 because I've been really lazy for the last 6 months, and it really shows. I just don't have the discipline to get the weight off again.

At 5ft 6, if you can get around 8 and a half stone, you'll look pretty hot.

I’m 5’7”. I feel good at 9 st 7. My body prefers to be 10 stone.

I’m 5 7 too and feel good at 10 but body wants to be 10 and a half

I am exactly 5' 5.5" and currently just over 11st having plateaued here on my weight-loss journey for quite a while now. I was intending to get down to 9.5st but tbh I suspect that I may never get much below 10.5 and even getting to thar point could be quite a struggle. It was a lot easier to lose weight when I was massively obese. Now that there's just a small way left to go every pound is very reluctant to leave.

I can get to 9.5st. I just can’t stay there. I’m ravenous all the time. My body is much happier with that extra half a stone

9st.
Currently 9st13 and the extra 13lb are all around my middle.

I’d like to be 8.5 but I get comments below 10 that I’m too skinny
I’m probably happiest at about 11, I feel more sexy and happy with my curves
Below 11 and above 8.5 I feel like I’m not ‘skinny’ and I’m not curvy so I don’t feel great

God if I was 8.5 stone at 5'5 I'd look very, very slim.

For me around 9 stone 10 is about right. Very tough getting there though, I'm usually around 10 stone.

Like pp's my body just seems to settle at that weight.

I'm 5' 5.5'' (1m66) - I feel best at just over 10 stone, around 10 stone 2 - 3, which is what I am at the moment. Then I'm a size 10 all over, and I really like my shape - flat tummy, breasts quite big. I was 11 stone earlier this year and just a bit too big all over, but especially around the middle. It's surprising how much difference a relatively small weight gain/ loss makes. Anything under 10 stone and I start to lose my shape and go very bottom heavy, and get loads of comments about looking drawn/tired/ unhealthy. So I want to stick at just over 10 stone.

I'm 5'6, 9 stone. Ideally would like to be just under that but my body is fit and healthy and happy, it would seem, at 9

8st 3 to 8st 7 at 5'5" is best for me, I've been over 9st in the past & felt I was too big. I've also hovered around 7st - that was definately too small. But we are all very different!

I'm 5ft 6 and feel my best between 8.5 to just below 9. If I got to around 9 now I'd be happy, I'm currently somewhere just over 10 after having a baby 3 months ago, but I'm still eating everything in sight and super unmotivated so I'm a bit off losing weight for now...

I would say 9-10 stone (give or take a couple of pounds either way) is the healthy weight range for a 5’6”. A PP said 7 stone… that’s borderline underweight for someone who is 5’2” (bmi 18)… and bmi 16 for someone who is 5’6”. @Back2Black I think you need to see a therapist for body dysmorphia.

www.caloriecounting.co.uk/resources/charts/bmi.htm

I'm 5'8'' and weigh 10 stone. Slim, but not skinny. I did weigh 9 stone 7 lbs at one point and did have a saggy arse with that (not always a great look )

@TattySlippers

I can get to 9.5st. I just can’t stay there. I’m ravenous all the time. My body is much happier with that extra half a stone

Exactly this. I've been anything from 8.10 to 12.2 but neither extreme looked or felt healthy.

Depends on your age. If you are over 40, you need to factor in Ass Vs Face. If you focus on the size of your ass (lose too much weight), your face will suffer (become gaunt), while if you allow for a bit more weight, you will look younger.

If you are younger, you can aim to be thinner as this doesn't need to be factored in.

I'm 5'7" and weigh 53 kilos at the moment which is a little underweight for me (recent illness). Around 58 kilos is a good weight for me.

A bit under 9stone. I'm quite small framed. Find it hard to stay there though, normally hover around 9 stone 5. For 5'6 anything above 8 stone 3 is in the healthy range so whilst different weights suit different people, it's not true that 9-10 stone is the healthy range as a pp says. I'm currently 10 stone after having a baby and definitely don't look slim - carrying weight on my arms and legs and my tummy sticks out further than my boobs!

I'm 5'5" and look best at just under 9st but will happily take anything up to 9'7. After that my clothes are too tight and I have a tummy.

I got down to 10 stone 4 lbs for my wedding and was very slim. I did loads of running though, so I was very toned with it.

My ideal weight is 11 stone 7 lbs, but I find 12 stone a lot easier to maintain and I think I still look reasonable at that weight.

Currently 13 stone 8 lbs and hate it! Trying to do something about it though.

I must be much bigger built than some of the other posters! At anything below 10 stone I'd be tiny and would never maintain it. Just goes to show how different we all are.

I'm 5'6". I weigh around 8.3. Anything over 8 stone shows in my tummy. I have very thin arms and legs but an ever increasing stomach. At 47 I've finally realised that I could get to over 9 stone before the weight went anywhere else. I literally have to choose between figure and face. I only choose figure because I know it's healthier.