"I'm 60 kg myself which is way below than the requisite weight"

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"I'm 60 kg myself which is way below than the requisite weight."

How do I correct this sentence?

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This is not homework, right?

Than is a comparative which doesn't work after below.
 

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Unless there is a good reason for it, you don't need "myself". "I'm 60kg" or "I weigh 60 kg" would suffice.
 

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I inserted myself to add strength and emphasis to it.
 

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That's fine, if​ extra emphasis is needed. Context would dictate that.
 

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It should have been lower. But using lower there sounds weird. Let the experts give their insights with reference to colloquial and standard usages.

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Why do you think "lower" sounds weird?
 

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Lower works. "Below" doesn't.
 

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"People who are over 60kgs are usually not underweight."
To counter this I said, "I'm 60 kg myself which is way below than the requisite weight", which is grammatically wrong. But I want 'myself' to be there, given the context.
 

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I'm 60kg myself, which is way below the requisite weight.
I'm 60kg myself, which is way under the requisite weight.
I'm 60kg myself, which is much less than the requisite weight.
I'm 60kg myself, which is much lower than the requisite weight.

I'm not sure in what circles 60kg could be considered "requisite". Is it a sport in which one must be a particular weight in order to take part against other competitors of the same weight?
 
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Thank you so much emsr 2d2 for your detailed and very useful answer.

It's a part of conversation with a physical trainer.
 

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It's [STRIKE]a[/STRIKE] part of a conversation with a physical trainer.
Can you see that this nugget of information would have been of more use to us in post #1, Meya?
 

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Thank you so much emsr 2d2 for your detailed and very useful answer.

It's a part of conversation with a physical trainer.

In that case, I don't think "requisite" is the right word. Your personal trainer might recommend a target weight, in which case I would say something like "suggested weight" or "ideal weight". You would say something like "... which is below my ideal weight", "... which is below my target weight" or even "... which is a lot less than I'd like to be".
However, if, as I suggested in a previous post, you are aiming to take part in a sport where you must be a particular weight in order to compete, "requisite weight" might be OK. We need the full context in order to decide.
 
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