I’ve been 125 at 5’9", that was my weight after I recovered from disordered eating and until my husband asked me to bulk, so from 20 years old to about 48. Nobody really commented that I was too thin (except husband), I looked slender not skinny skinny, was in shape, worked out. More cardio less weights.
90 lb when having trouble from 16 to 20 - that looked skinny and surely wasn’t healthy but I still got my period.
150 now since gaining - aimed for 145, overshot. Still aiming for 145 finally making progress, slowly. People STILL think I am thin. I am not. This is more than I weighed 9 months pregnant and honestly it freaks me out a little. Doctor says it’s a healthy weight still though.
ETA - 125 at 5’9" is barely even underweight by BMI. 128 lands in Normal territory.
Without knowing too much about Taylor Swift, I assume she’s much more fit than the average person, and muscle weighs more than fat, so her weight might even be a bit misleading here, compared most people.
I would say she’s more fit than skinny. She’s definitely been skinny and too skinny, but I think she gained a lot of muscle before and during her Eras Tour, making her look less skinny in that picture there.
But, it’s problematic to even discuss her weight like this, and it just puts unnecessary pressure on other people, who might see her as skinny.
I think it’s a cultural thing, some places people just have lower BMI’s genetically or dietarily (is that a word?).
I’m considered skinny at 6’4 130lbs, but all of my friends who are all a little underweight or “barely healthy” according to BMI wouldn’t, they’d just be considered thin, since the median weight is much lower than in, say, the US.
I agree with you that that’s skinny. Definitely thin by any metric.
I know it depends on the body, but at 5’2" when I was 125, I was definitely thin and underfed. Add 8 more inches of height? Wild
I’ve been 125 at 5’9", that was my weight after I recovered from disordered eating and until my husband asked me to bulk, so from 20 years old to about 48. Nobody really commented that I was too thin (except husband), I looked slender not skinny skinny, was in shape, worked out. More cardio less weights.
90 lb when having trouble from 16 to 20 - that looked skinny and surely wasn’t healthy but I still got my period.
150 now since gaining - aimed for 145, overshot. Still aiming for 145 finally making progress, slowly. People STILL think I am thin. I am not. This is more than I weighed 9 months pregnant and honestly it freaks me out a little. Doctor says it’s a healthy weight still though.
ETA - 125 at 5’9" is barely even underweight by BMI. 128 lands in Normal territory.
Yeah I’ve been 5’3" and 115lbs. I was really unhealthy, underfed, and thin.
It’s bonkers that there is so much support in here for people saying shit like Taylor Swift isn’t skinny.
Without knowing too much about Taylor Swift, I assume she’s much more fit than the average person, and muscle weighs more than fat, so her weight might even be a bit misleading here, compared most people.
I would say she’s more fit than skinny. She’s definitely been skinny and too skinny, but I think she gained a lot of muscle before and during her Eras Tour, making her look less skinny in that picture there.
But, it’s problematic to even discuss her weight like this, and it just puts unnecessary pressure on other people, who might see her as skinny.
Thanks for bringing the whole point of the post back around!
I think it’s a cultural thing, some places people just have lower BMI’s genetically or dietarily (is that a word?).
I’m considered skinny at 6’4 130lbs, but all of my friends who are all a little underweight or “barely healthy” according to BMI wouldn’t, they’d just be considered thin, since the median weight is much lower than in, say, the US.