Goal weight issue

spunkyabroad

Is this group still active? The last post seems to be from last month.

If anyone is reading, I have a question.

How did you decide on a goal weight? I initially made my goal my weight when I first met my husband. Even then I was not super thin, but I dated and wasn't self conscious getting naked with strangers. I wore a size 10 and posed for pics at the beach in a bikini without qualms.

Now I'm ten lbs lighter than that weight, just fit into a size 10 again, but feel like I look much fatter than I did way back when. Is this normal? Now my goal is probably another 20 to 30 lbs.

I can't workout (revovering from a severely broken shoulder) other than walking. I know I need to build muscle and I eat enough protein so that I shouldn't be losing muscle mass.

Anyway, anyone else in the same boat? Not look how they thought they would at goal weight? How did you pick your goal weight?

britzen

I picked my goal weight from what I was when I was in peak physical condition. This was NOT my lowest weight, but I was doing a Sprint Tri every weekend and biking and kayaking almost every day. You're body settles weight over time. I'm an apple shape, and every time I lose weight, it comes off the legs first, but if I gain, it goes to the middle, that's the only thing I can think of on the second part of your question.