Hi I just saw the dietician to have my metabolic rate calculated. You know how many calories you should eat to lose weight. I asked her what a "good weight for me would be. I am 5'8 and 176. I had been as high as 260. She said 150 to 155. Imagine my surprise!! I know through weight watchers you have a broad range 140 to 170. So I thought maybe she was going to say 165. All this coming from a super skinny gal. I work out and feel great. My blood pressure and chlolesteral are great too. Don't they take that into account. I would like to consult a PS as I would to do something about my "apron".Does anyone have any similiar measurements, weights. etc.??? Thanks:help:

For me I look sick at anything under 165. Ghastly.

For me I look sick at anything under 165. Ghastly.

But Julie, sick is not the same as anorexic. Anorexic would be like... 80-100 pounds, not 165.

I hear you but skin and bones isn't good.

I hear you but skin and bones isn't good.

At 165 you aren't skin and bones. At 80 you are skin and bones.

All I am saying is for ME I look like hell at 150. In fact, I have never been under 165. And yes, when your bones stick out, its too far to go.

All I am saying is for ME I look like hell at 150. In fact, I have never been under 165. And yes, when your bones stick out, its too far to go.

It is STILL not anorexic!

Its normal for some bones to show - collarbones, tips of shoulders and jawbones etc.

I think our view of what looks normal is skewed by the fact that as a society we're plain FAT. What looks normal to a lot of people is actually overweight.

Everyone has the right to look how they want, and its perfectly acceptable to like more meat on you. But 200lb on a five foot ten woman is overweight. It may "look" how you like to look, its still overweight. Its a darn sight better than weighing 300 and an awesome achievement. Its still overweight.

150 is about what you "should" weigh at five foot eight. It is not ribs sticking out skinny. Its a healthy weight.

Again, everyone should weigh what they WANT to, not what a chart tells them too. But I really dont think I'm walking around looking anorexic or ghastly.

Sorry to take issue with it Julie, I know that you're not picking fights or being argumentative. But I think its a really issue that overweight people have, not being able to allow themselves to imagine a normal weight. It seems so common to say "oh, but i look awful at that weight".

while I agree with much of what you have said, one cannot focus on just a number--my goal is to live long enough to be an aggravation to my cchildren..and at 60 I was dying...literally!! I have lost 113lbs and now take no pills...as for excrcise..my 2 broken ankles and need of a total ankle replacement do not let me excersice..I do swim as often as I can....given all that, I would just like to weigh what I did in high school...180....and that will be coming along soon. If my body goes lower by not changing the way I eat, so be it. Everyone has do do whats right for themselves--and attain one goal at a time!!

Hi I am in a size 10 jean. I am just trying to be healthy and happy. I really think 160 to 170 will be fine. I am hoping if I have a tummy tuck it will help. I am muscular (even when I was fat I was active).. I just know the general public has bought into the size 0 celebrities and that is not me. During our support meeting last night I addressed the issue of the # the dietician gave to strive for (150-155). Guess what she backed off. Don't get me wrong she is really nice but in my opinion I wouldn't want to be as thin as her, that's her choice I don't want to lose all of my curves. I guess it just made me feel bad. You know how sensitive us chubby people are. Oh yeah I am no longer chubby. Anyway that is why I posted I figuered there has got to some other similiar body types out there and I was wondering what their Drs. or Dieticians said to them. Thank You For letting me vent!!