Can anyone here link me up to a weight/height chart so I can

[Jamastiene]

see if my mother is nagging me about my weight just a little too much. I'm 5' 5 1/2" tall and currently weigh 138 lbs. Is that so bad?

[hedgehog]

1. According to this chart, you're perfect!

http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/

A lot of people may be at normal weight or even below normal weight and still not match someone's notion of an ideal figure. I was undeerweight in high school, but very large boned (seriously! I'm 5' 1 3/4" tall, but my wrist measures at 6 3/4": http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages/17182.htm) Think hobbit as opposed to elf! Here's a link to help you match frame size to optimal weight:http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages/17182.htm

I still have the same frame I had in high school, but I can't blame it for how I look now. Now I'm just plain too heavy. I wish I'd appreciated my body size back then!

[Grey]

2. I think you are perfect,...

tell your mother to go suck eggs.....

[Systematic Chaos]

3. Anything under 130 and you'd be pushing it at that height.

And don't let your mother stress you over it. My ideal weight is considerably above what the height/weight charts say. They want me at 180-ish at 6'2", but in high school when I dipped to 235 I barely had a "pouch". 20 more pounds and I would have been home free. I'm not just big boned, I'm huge boned. Maybe you're just big boned too? :)

Oh, and I just remembered, my mom was 5'4" and stayed at 129 +/- 5 for most of her life. So there you go.