according to her BMI she is alright. In the normal weight range. 18.5 to 24.9 is normal. She is not underweight.
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85 pounds is 38 kgs!
Saima: I feel uber fat now. :( Are u sure u weigh 85 pounds? I am 5'3.5 and I weigh 95.5 lbs now. I think I should go kill myself.
But u are an inspiration to me.. maybe I will burn 500 more calories each day just to reach your weight. :-D
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Ok, don't kill yourself...that's not my intent by posting this. I really think that is my natural weight. When I nursed my daughter (for 2 years) I was closer to 80lbs because my metabolism sped up from nursing. I have very prominent bone structure in my face and if I lose 2lbs my mother freaks.
She says, "Op tho mareez lukthayho."
My point is that everybody has their natural set point, build and shape. I happen to be a petite person. My parents had their own ideal image for me. They wanted me to be round, rosy cheeked, soft and feminine. I envied girls who had a natural rosiness to their cheeks. They were healthy and pretty. But that wasn't me and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't be that way.
saima, I am petite too. But 85 pounds? Damn u lucky girl. The least weight for me was 91, which was 2 years back. You must look like a needle, which is awesome!
85lbs? 91? Omg what is the world coming to.
I want to lose a few lbs and get into shape.But other than that I dont feel I need to go all the way down to two digit numbers for my weight.
I’m a little chubby and I don’t wanna lose weight, hmm I must be weird compared to you guys huh? I just want to tone my tummy. I think slightly chubby girls look pretty and I really wish I could get my arms to gain weight somehow, they are very thin 
but alhumdolillah I’m happy with the rest.
man you girls are crazy, honestly…
its only a desi thing i guess, the whole anorexic look… seriously no one likes a skinny girl, people like “slim” girls with “curves”. if ur a walking talking stick with no curves, thats seriously not pretty…
put some weight on, sheesh. or have some of mine 
by the way, theres this mental disorder too, where no matter how skinny you are, you think ur fat… I think I used to suffer from it too, lol but now i,m genuinely fat, so its cool 
bottom line…
get nice n slim n curvy, sticks arent liked by many. you gotta have the ass 
I thought a lot of desi guys go for curvy girls. Some guys wanna back me up on that??
Honestly, girls, i cannot even ever see myself in a size 0 or 2. I mean a size 8 would be perfect for me. I dont understand why some of ya (e.g., CB 
) would like to look like a hadioun ka dhancha? My mumani is 5’3" or so and weighs 95 lbs. (after 4 kids MaashaAllah). But she looks like she is sick all the time: literally like a skeleton!! 
I honesly wouldnt want to look like that. Come one girls, get some confidence!!! 
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kiss my you know what Ira :D
^^, i would kiss it for ya, but it doesnt even exist. All I will feel is haddian :p
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ahan, and u ain't that lucky either :-p
i need to burn every single one of u 
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Thanks, that’s a lot lighter now. I couldn’t lift the 45KG anywayz 
Please ladies … get some flesh on that one can bite …
The lot of you are bad for my ego.
My weight has never been stable. From my puberty till about my 17th I was skinny. After that I gained weight (plenty of it). Then from my 19th till hmmm my 21st I was skinny again.
Right now I am not skinny and not overweight. The last time I weighed myself I was 64 kg (140lbs) but I'm pretty sure I've lost a few kg's ("stress") I think This suits me the best as with my height (5'8") being skinny doesn't look too good.
I think as confident you are about your weight there are always some people who'll either tell you to lose or to gain some weight. It used to really bother me but now I think I finally understand my body. I have a hormononal imbalance and my weight changes every few years. I've never done anything to lose or to gain weight, it just happens.
A BIG FAT SHAAA for all of u