What would this look like on me?

[Anonymous]

I'm almost 5'8", and I weigh 132 ish at the moment. I'm healthy and I work out, but I want to be skinny. Not really fit looking. (not gross either) but kinda toned- skinny look you know?

My weight is very evenly distributed throughout my body. So how thin would 115- 120 ish or so look on me?

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+1 y

I'm a small-maybe medium frame

[Matthew191]

Since I am a male and I typically do not know the ideal weight ranges for women (at respective heights)-I will defer to the posters here who gave good pertinent data.

I personally feel that a woman that stands 5'8" would probably have a rockin' body if she was between 125 and 140. That is non-scientific data! Just what I would guess.

5'8" is fairly tall for a female. I have known girls that were 5'0" tall that looked to be 110 or 115 pounds that looked very trim to me. So being 5'8" I cannot imagine that 125 or 135 pounds could appear to be anything other than very trim and healthy in a non-gross way.

Good luck!

[Longshot]

@update: I would think with a small frame, you are in the OK range. Your current BMI is about 20 which is perfectly normal. If you go down to 115, you will be below normal.

You are absolutely fine now. About 125 would be the absolute lowest you should go.

[nermalinda]

It's not about the weight. It depends much more on your body composition and the way your muscles hold themselves.

The best thing I have EVER seen in terms of results to look slim is pilates. If you do pilates every day for like an hour, you will see RESULTS.

Think of dancers who do those types of moves for hours a day. They eat like crazy, and they still look like that because of the type of exercise they do.

If you just try to diet and exercise to lower your weight, you could end up losing muscle and looking flabby, or gaining muscle and looking bulky.

Just eat normally but do pilates religiously.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't recommend that, even though it's a little hypocrite of me as I kinda aim 120 myself. I'm 5"7' and 125. It's rather unatural for me to go as low as 120. That's the weight I was at when I was 13 years old. The only way for me to go that low would be to eat less than I do normally while working out regularly. I'd starve for sure, that's why I'm not doing it. I don't think I'd look that much better if I was 5-10 pounds lighter. I'm currently a size 6, small on top and 36C and my boyfriend finds me fit and slim enough as I am.

[martyfellow]

Maybe a little on the thin side, but if yu've done sports such as tennis or volleyball, you'd be toned and you'd look good. esp. in clothes. Models generally are in that range because they look best in clothes on the thin side.

[Longshot]

Hard to tell without a pic. Your body type -- small, medium or large frame -- along with muscle structure will determine what you look like. Daily exercise-- even walking 3-4 miles (about an hour) will keep you toned.

[calialltheway1993]

132 is just about right for your height. If you want to lose down to 115-120, you would look thin for your height.