If you are in the 8 to 8st 13lb range how tall are you?

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And are you naturally that weight or have you dieted or changed your lifestyle to achieve it?

People seem to view the 8 stone range as really small/light even if it's a healthy BMI weight for those of us on the shorter side.

I put weight on and lost it sensibly and now maintain it around 8st 10lb without much effort. I'm 5ft 3in.

@areallmotherslikethis

I think for me it's just a priority. I have no expectation of being able to eat whatever I want, if I want to stay this size (and I'm vain, so I do!), so I'm strict. I only need about 1500 calories a day to maintain my current weight.

I only eat between 10am and 6pm, don't eat bread, try to eat more non-meat protein (eggs, humous, peanut butter etc.) and don't snack. I have one square of very dark chocolate after a meal to quench the sugar craving.

At the weekends, I pretty much eat what I like without going completely mad. I don't ever feel like I'm missing out, so my diet is easy to maintain.

Hover around 8 stone 5lbs, I’m 5 foot 6. I am very active (runner) and I eat a lot of generally healthy food but never really feel the need to deny anything I do want. I don’t track my food/calories

I'm 5"3 and 8 stone 2. I have 3 kids, but I am extremely active, don't own a car and walk 10km minimum a day just between work and school runs. I don't particularly watch what I eat but I have a naturally low appetite and I don't drink alcohol.

5ft 6in and weigh 8st 10lb. Two years ago I was 14st 11lb. I eat carefully and work out to stay this way, because it was a long hard slog to shed 45 years of obesity!

5ft 6in

That’s amazing 😀

Age 54, 5'3, a couple of pounds under 8st. It's the slimmest I've been in my adult life. Hovered around 8 1/2 stone in my 20s and 30s, 9 stone in my 40s, early 50s crept up to 9 1/2 stone a year ago.

Always eaten fairly healthily with lots of fruit, veg and wholegrains, but too many treats. Decided a year ago to make some lifestyle changes.

Increased exercise, reduced saturated fat hugely, started having low or no carbs with dinner, cut down wine to a small glass every couple of weeks, stopped having cake and biscuits with the rest of the family.

Gradually lost about a pound every 3 weeks. Maintained for a few months now. Have eaten 3 meals a day and 1 snack throughout and just continued after reaching my goal weight of 8 stone. Still have a couple of squares 90% Lindt chocolate most days.

Feel so much better in myself. At the weekend DH and DS had a big chocolate cake. I didn't feel deprived by not having any. I've decided I enjoy feeling good about my body more than I enjoy eating chocolate cake.

Previously I had tried to lose weight by eating healthily but still having treats like cake sometimes. It didn't work. My change of mindset and my view of myself as not eating that kind of thing anymore seemed to be what I needed to do.

I've got rid of some clothes that are too big and treated myself to new ones. Hoping my chloresterol, blood pressure and hb1ac will be lower than they were last year when I have the next annual test at the GP. They were all high normal, on the border of being a concern last time, which was my main motivation.

I’m 5ft 2 and 8st 10 I would love to be 8st as that’s where I look best but it’s a struggle. I exercise and eat fairly well.

I'm 5'6" and weigh just under 8 stone. I always get told I'm underweight at the doctors, but all of my family are skinny and we all have thyroid issues, so definitely genetic. I also run about 30k a week and eat loads 😋

@Sunnysundayicecream You must be tiny!
I’ve gone under 8st a couple of times in my life and my periods stopped, so it wasn’t the right weight for me.

That always does my head in. I weighed 6st 13 to around 7 st 2 for about a decade. For me it was normal and the only way I can put weight on is to eat loads of unhealthy food. But they’d often bring it up as a cause if I went to the drs about anything else. It was never related to anything. My sister is the same.

This definitely depends on your frame as I look really ill at 8st (I was once a bit below that due to stress and people were asking my mum what was wrong with me until I was about 9.5st) and really struggle to get below 11st now that I'm the wrong side of 40. I'm built like an outdoor privvy due to my genes and there's not much I can do about that.

5' 2", weight about 8 stone 7. Natural weight was a bit less until two pregnancies and turning 40, then had to work on it. Not massive dieting, but definitely watching how much I drink, and not snacking (I'm not much of a snacker, thankfully). And I walk a lot. Now approaching 50, menopausal. So it's a bit of a chore not to put weight on, but not a "constant diet".

5ft 6 - about 8st 12 .
At 8st 7 or below look very skinny and not great .
Over 9st I feel heavy - it all goes on tummy .
Ideal would be 8st 9 but as I get older - 49- very difficult to lose weight - despite lots of exercise and a pretty good diet .

Up until I was 32 I was always around the 7st 13-8st 5 range. I'm 5'5 (and three quarters! Not 5'6 😆).

I was told off for being too light when I was 7st 13 but I had just had my daughter at the time and they thought I was dieting - I wasn't, I ate loads including loads of chocolate but just didn't ever gain weight.

I'm now 41 and 12 stone and just can't seem to shift the weight 🙄

I'm almost 5ft 3 and weigh between 8st 4 - 8st 7 depending on what's been going on socially! For me it feels effortless to maintain this weight whilst eating what I want, but I don't often want to eat takeaways or a lot of sugary processed food because it makes me feel sluggish and bloated and I don't enjoy feeling uncomfortable. I've read on here about 'food noise' and how a lot of people are constantly battling their will power and feeling deprived if they don't have certain things yet I don't seem to feel that. I do occasionally crave things but if my weight has crept up a bit I don't find it much effort to just resist, and its been quite eye opening to discover how much food takes over some people's thoughts!

I also have a very active job so over the course of my day I'm probably burning the same amount of calories that someone with a desk job would have to actively go to the gym every day to achieve. So while I'm making no special effort I wouldn't say I'm 'naturally slim', it's just the things that people have to do to maintain a lower weight are built into my day.

Crikey, I'm 5ft 4 and I'd look poorly at that weight. I've got big boobs and thighs, and wide hips, and no matter how much weight I lose, they hardly change. Don't think I've been under 10 stone ever, even pre pregnancy, except as a child! Just goes to show, we are all built differently, so you can't really gain anything from this thread at all.

I'm 8st13lbs and 5ft6

Size 10-12

I have pretty much no muscle tone though and that makes a difference. Very fit people will be 8st13 and size 6-8

I’m 5’4 and 8st3 or maybe 2 (was weighed today at the drs but had clothes on). I’m trying to recover from an anorexia relapse and I should weigh a little more due to being muscly and having big boobs. It’s hard though!

5'4" and 7st11. I was over 10 stone a year ago but cut out upf and sugar and started strength training and the weight fell off. I still eat around 2000 calories a day and am trying to gain lean mass but it is a struggle.

I am 5ft 2 and 8stone 13lb.

But I am above average amount of muscle (body scans) and have ‘strong’ legs but still am slim and can see front ribs and a bit of abs. My waist is 27inches if that’s of interest 🤣

I'm 5' 5 1/2" about 8stone 7-10 depending. 58yo

I was 8st 4lb but I do a fair bit of weight training now so I eat more and have more muscle

I'm a bit 'fluffy' despite being toned (top abs just visible) and repeatedly debate with myself whether I can be bothered to reduce body fat - currently about 23%.

5'6" and around 8st 12lbs. Have been around this weight my whole adult life (now 52). I'm not curvy so any extra weight just goes on my belly and I hate that more than I like cake. I'd have an unhealthy waist size long before I got anywhere near the top of my BMI range.

5'4

8 stone, 5' 2. I exercise a lot (running, weights) and eat mostly consciously and healthily.