Post # 1
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Sugar bee
- Wedding: July 2012 - Catholic Church
I’ve been looking online to try and find what people have as their ideal body weight based on their height and current weight.
Quick backstory on me: Most of my life I’ve weighed 150lbs. I think that the lowest I ever went was around 140-145lbs in grade 9 because I had whooping cough which made me throw up every day for 3 months (I’d cough uncontrollably until I gagged and threw up. It was not fun.). I was always active; I played soccer every year, aced gym class, and went to karate 3 times a week (currently a brown belt). 2 years ago though I started to get inflamation and fluid in my knees a lot and extreme pain. This fluctuates and sometimes I have it for a month or more and other times it seems perfectly fine but I’m afraid to agitate it. I’m afraid to use stairs or run because those things make it worse, but I really need to not let this impact my overall health very much. In the last month or so my weight has been hovering around 160lbs and I want that to change.
My personal ideal weight is 140lbs but I checked on this site and it says that most people my current height and weight would have a personal ideal weight around 133lbs. I wanted to see how accurate it is. Please fill this out and we can see just how accurate it really is.
Height: 5′ 5.5″
Current Body Weight: 156lbs
Ideal Body Weight: 140lbs
People’s Choice Ideal Weight according to the above site: 133lbs
Age (if you are comfortable sharing): 20
Post # 3
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Bumble bee
I’m 5’6″, 105 lbs and 22
and for the record, I don’t have an eating disorder lol just always been small
Post # 4
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Busy bee
Height: 5′ 6″
Current Body Weight: 168 lbs
Ideal Body Weight: 135 lbs
People’s Choice Ideal Weight according to the above site: 142 lbs
Age (if you are comfortable sharing): 31
I have lost 11 lbs on WW so far and still have 8 months til my wedding so I am hoping to be closer to my ideal weight by then.
Post # 5
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Busy bee
Height: 5′ 2.5″
Current Body Weight: 150lbs
Ideal Body Weight: 125lbs
People’s Choice Ideal Weight according to the above site: 125lbs
Age (if you are comfortable sharing) 31
and medically it says i should be between 104-137. i have a larger body frame, i would look sick if i weighed 104. ive been “thick” my whole life, natural breasts, hips thighs and butt. when i was 119 i was way too skinny, so i think 123-127 would be best for me
Post # 6
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Bumble bee
This is a weird site. It told me my “People’s Choice Ideal Weight” is less than yours.. and I am taller. Odd!
Height: 5’7”
CBW: 142
IBW: 130
People’s Choice: 131
Age: 23
I would honestly be happy just gettng under 140! I did it once a couple of months ago (before the holidays) and then a bunch of stuff happened and I am back up again! However, I would probably say that certain portions of my body are stronger than they’ve ever been, since I work out about 4-5 times a week!
Post # 7
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Sugar bee
uggg dont remind me I put on 10 lbs this past year
Height: 5′ 5″
Current Body Weight: 139 lbs
Ideal Body Weight: 128 lbs
People’s Choice Ideal Weight according to the above site: 127 lbs
Age (if you are comfortable sharing): 30
Post # 8
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Helper bee
Height: 5′ 5.5″
Current Body Weight: 188 lbs
Ideal Body Weight: 145 lbs
People’s Choice Ideal Weight: 147 lbs
Age: 23
I gained quite a few pounds over the last year and a half and I’m working hard on getting rid of them. At the beginning of the year, I switched to a paleo/primal diet and have so far lost 14 lbs! I want to get down to my ideal weight hopefully by September, but if it takes a little longer, I’ll just be happy to finally get there.
Post # 9
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Busy bee
Height: 5′ 6.5″
Current Body Weight: 215lbs 🙁
Ideal Body Weight: 175lbs
People’s Choice Ideal Weight according to the above site:138lbs
Age: 22
Even though I am seeming wayyyy over what should be my ideal body weight, at the smallest I’ve been, 158, I was at 18% bodyfat, mind you women need a minimum of 13% to even ovulate and menstruate. I inherited heavy muscles and bones from my dad. 175 was a healthy 23% for me, and I in my opinion looked best then.
Post # 10
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Buzzing bee
I think that I’ve gained “stress-weight” here these past few weeks. Five pounds is hard to lose when your 5’1”!!!! Ugh!!!
Height – 5’1” (barely)
Current body weight – 112 lbs
Ideal body weight – 105 lbs
Peoples choice – 107 lbs
Age – 26
Post # 11
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Buzzing bee
Height: 5′ 6″
Current Body Weight: 135lbs
Ideal Body Weight: 125lbs, maybe 115 if I knew it’d come off of my thighs and not my boobs
People’s Choice Ideal Weight according to the above site: 126lbs
Age (if you are comfortable sharing) 21
Post # 12
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Busy bee
Height: 5′ 6.5″
Current Body Weight: 168 lbs
Ideal Body Weight: 140 lbs
People’s Choice Ideal Weight according to the above site: 141 lbs
Age (if you are comfortable sharing): 28
I don’t think I’ve been under 150lbs since… School! Maybe 10 years ago… Yikes! I seem to hover around 155 normally but this past year I’ve been miserable in my job and I think put on 10lbs… New awesome job and training for a half marathon and I’m seeing results 🙂 yay for motivation!!
Post # 13
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Bumble bee
Height: 5’5
Current Body Weight: 152lbs
Ideal Body Weight: 130lbs. Surprisingly I feel much more body positivity. If you were to ask me a year ago I would probably revert back to the old me and say 118lbs. I have always been small up until I turned 22 but now I am becoming comfortable with being healthy and having curves.
People’s Choice Ideal Weight according to the above site: 131lbs
Age (if you are comfortable sharing) 24
Post # 14
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Blushing bee
Height: 5′ 2
Current Body Weight: 115lbs
Ideal Body Weight: 105lbs
People’s Choice Ideal Weight according to the above site: 110lbs
Age (if you are comfortable sharing): 24
Birth control caused me to gain three cup sizes–two within the last year. I’m working on getting rid of my slight pooch, but I’ve always had one even when I was 95 pounds and in high school so I don’t expect much. I would love it if my boobs would shrink just a teensy bit so that I could fit my dress like I did when I bought it.
Post # 15
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Buzzing Beekeeper
- Wedding: August 2013 - Rocky Mountains USA
Height: 5′ 5″
Current Body Weight: 124 lbs
Ideal Body Weight: 112 lbs
People’s Choice Ideal Weight according to the above site: 123 lbs
Age (if you are comfortable sharing): 30
I know this says that I’m just about at my ideal weight, but I have a petite frame and practically no boobs, so I think the weight looks a little bigger on me than it would on a larger-framed, larger-boobed lady!
Post # 16
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Bumble bee
Height: 5′ 8′
Current Body Weight: 164lbs
Ideal Body Weight: 145lbs
People’s Choice Ideal Weight according to the above site: 143 lbs
Age (if you are comfortable sharing): 24
This is super interesteing!