Should I be concerned

[Elleeee]

I am 5’3 ish maybe 5’4 and weigh 7 stone 13 I am getting very depressed as I always weighed 7 stone 9. I’ve tried to loose weight but It just doesn’t come off. Please be honest is this weight ideal for someone as short as me ?

[CazO46]

I think it comes down to what you feel comfortable with and how you view yourself. Do you feel healthy? I am 5 ft 3 and normally weight about 9 stone which feels fine to me but we are all different and wonderfully unique, I think it's more about being/ feeling healthy than numbers on the scales 😊

[Elleeee in reply to CazO46]

Thanks for your reply I have always been quite slim but now I’m starting to feel as if I’m looking as if I’ve gained weight, my stomach isn’t flat anymore etc! I do agree however cannot help but feel miserable about this weight gain

[hypercat54]

Hi I wonder why you are so upset by weighting a few pounds more than you think you should? Do you have emotional issues with your weight? Do you see yourself as fat now? Do you have an eating disorder. x

[Elleeee in reply to hypercat54]

Hi I have always worried about my Weight, I think if I go to 8 stone or above then I’ll be ‘fat’ I am small And I have wide hips so I feel like this makes me look bigger. I don’t have an eating disorder x

[hypercat54 in reply to Elleeee]

If you think you would be fat at 8 stone when you would be in the lower range of a healthy weight then I think you do have an eating disorder. It sounds like you are obsessed with your weight more than most people. x

[Elleeee in reply to hypercat54]

But I know that I look like I have gained a lot of weight since I was 7 stone 9. I have never weighed this much before and I can’t loose weight that is what is worrying me. I eat well so I don’t think it’s an eating disorder x

[hypercat54]

I have done your bmi on the NHS site and according to this your bmi is 19.6. It should be between 18.5 and 25 so you just come into this range at the lower end. You can go up to 10 stone 2 lbs and still come in the healthy range. x

[hypercat54]

You have gained 4 lbs so I don't understand why you are so worried? Do you consider 4lbs a lot of weight? If you had said you had gained a couple of stone I could understand why you were concerned. Even at 7 stone 13lbs you are very much at the lower end of a healthy weight. Are you concerned that because you have gained 4lbs it will automatically follow that your weight will increase massively?

That's why I said I thought you could have an eating disorder. x

[Elleeee]

Yes i am scared that the weight will just keep going up and up. I have gained 4 pounds since December which is quite bad x

[Want2BHappy3]

What are stones in pounds? I'm from the USA. When people are suffering from anxeity they either eat a lot or don't eat much. I'm one of those who don't eat much.

I've lost about 40 pounds because of my anxeity. I don't do ANY excercise. My stomach is so knotted up. I get nauseous. Well let me know what stones mean?

[Concernedparent23]

1 stone = 14lb

Elleeee I don't think you're fat by anyone's objective measure. I'm certain there will be a lot of people who wishes they were as slim as you (I'm one )

Your thoughts seem to be churning around and you sound anxious.

You've been prescribed citalopram, maybe go back and get that reviewed if it isn't helping you as much as you need. Perhaps a different medication would be better, or a different dose?

Or maybe some talking therapy as well as the medication to help get some strategies to deal with your constantly whirling thoughts and low self esteem.

You deserve to feel comfortable in your own skin and to like yourself however many pounds you weigh.

Be kind to yourself today, we all accept you and wish only good things for you.

[Elleeee in reply to Concernedparent23]

Thankyou so much that is really nice 🙂

[lalit458]

It's perfectly of u have to maintain it not to reduce but also not increase.