Am I too skinny?

[Anonymous]

I’m 5’7” and 106 lbs. Everyone says I’m way too skinny, and it makes me feel awful.

[Sonorous]

Yes

• Since your bmr is within unhealthy range right now, I recommend aiming to gain at least 12lbs in order to be within healthy bmi range.

• Your current maintenance calories are ~1,650cal/day.

• Your lowest healthy bmi weight would be ~118lbs with a maintenance intake of ~1,730cal/day.

• In 2.5-3 months of a daily 500cal surplus (~2,150cal/day), you'll be able to hit this safer weight & be out of worry zone as long as you make sure to continuously eat enough afterward.

• During this weight-gain period, I recommend resistance training so that your body will have good incentive to build a decent amount of muscle & put a lot of the extra calories to good cellular aiding use. This will be better for health but not essential.

[RingOfFire]

Definitely NOT too skinny. Lots of guys LOVE a skinny woman! 👍 The girls who say that are just jealous. And don't worry, your revenge will come when you get older and they are all fat!

[SueShe]

With the data you provided us (5'7'' and 106 lbs, your actual BMI indicates that you are underweight. With a BMI of 16.6 you are definitely below the minimum BMI for a person your height. Your ideal BMI should be anywhere between 18.0 and 24.5 which would mean that you should be at least 115 lbs and no more than 158 lbs in order to remain in the green normal range

You do have room to increase your weight. I would suggest you put on at least 8-10 lbs in order to fit in that range.

Being underweight is just as detrimental as being overweight.

[FreyaRed]

BMI 16,5-17.0 is a little bit low but unless you don't show any signs of malnutrition it's okay.

[jahaims]

That sounds sickly underweight. You should be like 125-145

[Anonymous]

But you sound like a Victoria’s Secret model

[Abbycado]

That’s underweight for that height.

[slatyb]

That's pretty thin. Are you dieting?

[zombiewoof]

Not sure, but not to worry