How are you determining how much to lose?

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  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,148 Member
    I picked the highest "healthy" weight on the BMI chart. Then I found out I'd shrunk an inch and saw the number is 132#. After reevaluating, I decided 150 is close enough.
  • lalangela
    lalangela Posts: 23 Member
    I'm aiming for a pants size of 6/8. If I don't lose another pound, but drop the two pants sizes, I'd be happy!
  • SearsBD62052
    SearsBD62052 Posts: 32 Member
    Right now with figuring my height and weight, my BMI is 29.2..... I only know that means I am 1/3 fat still... where do I find a BMI chart?
  • chivalryder
    chivalryder Posts: 4,391 Member
    SearsBD62052 wrote: »
    Right now with figuring my height and weight, my BMI is 29.2..... I only know that means I am 1/3 fat still... where do I find a BMI chart?

    That's not what it means at all.

    You're thinking Body Fat %, which is NOT BMI in any means at all.

    You could have a BMI of 29.2 and barely have any fat at all.
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    I think between 130 and 140 is healthy for me. I don't plan to get back down to my HS weight of 108, or my college weight of 118 because I have more muscle now and getting older. I like a little softness too.
  • misscharleygirl
    misscharleygirl Posts: 66 Member
    I set mine at what I weighed after my second child, before the third. It is an appropriate weight for my age and is considered "healthy" by BMI standards.
  • icck
    icck Posts: 197 Member
    edited June 2015
    My base goal is BMI based, i.e. I'd like to get down to "overweight" and will see how I feel then. I have another 6kg until I'm there.
    A lot of it is the fit of clothes too, though. I have a few dresses and some jeans that don't fit anymore, I'd like to be wearing them with room to spare.

    Then I can revise my goals when I hit those. :)
  • enterdanger
    enterdanger Posts: 2,447 Member
    zyxst wrote: »
    I picked the highest "healthy" weight on the BMI chart. Then I found out I'd shrunk an inch and saw the number is 132#. After reevaluating, I decided 150 is close enough.

    This for me too! But I'd be happy just to be closer to 100 than 200. 40 more pounds for that.

  • GreggorMcPheeb
    GreggorMcPheeb Posts: 1 Member
    I have a skirt (the one in my profile pic) which I'm aiming to get back into. Once I'm happy with my figure and weight again, that's when I'll know I've reached my goal :)
  • xLoveLikeWinterx
    xLoveLikeWinterx Posts: 408 Member
    leggup wrote: »
    I wanted to be in the bottom half of a normal BMI. So, normal is 18.5-24.9. The halfway point for BMI is 21.7. I set my initial goal a little lower than that. Then, when I got to that goal, I knew I could get even closer to my ideal, improve my performance, etc, if I cut more weight. I again split the difference between 21.7 and 18.5 and want to go a little below that. My goal weight is 139 lbs, my goal weight range is 139-145 (BMI 19.4-20.2). Edited to add- I'm 5'11

    I'm glad I'm not the only one who came up with a goal weight this way. My ultimate goal weight is to be at the BMI of 21.7 since it's a halfway point. Even though I kinda think BMI is junk, at least it gives me a good number to shoot for.
  • cmoorofum
    cmoorofum Posts: 187 Member
    I love this site !! thanks for the info ~~ I said my goal weight is 125 and now I really think it is according to the pics!
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    My goal is to get back into the jeans I wore when I was a full time yoga teacher 13 years ago. That was a good weight for me.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,593 Member
    Goal 1: Get into a certain cycling jacket which had "shrunk" so that I couldn't zip it up anymore. Check.
    Goal 2: Drop into the "normal" BMI weight range. Check.
    Goal 3: Drop 2 kg lower than the upper end of the "normal" BMI weight range. Check.
    Goal 4: Drop as low as I could go on a net 1250 calorie diet by mid-June. That'll be whatever I get to in about 10 days.
    Goal 5: Drop to the middle of the "normal" BMI weight range. Still working on it.
  • ElizabethKalmbach
    ElizabethKalmbach Posts: 1,415 Member
    Over the last 20 years or so, I have pictures of myself at a variety of weights over about an 80 lb spread. (Current picture is about 10 years old, but the weight I'm at now, or possibly a bit more.) I picked the pictures I generally liked the most (145-140ish) and am shooting for that weight. I'm sure the number will tweak itself a bit as I start lifting more seriously again.
  • Llamapants86
    Llamapants86 Posts: 1,221 Member
    I set a first goal of 160 lbs (the cusp of overweight/healthy for my height). Then I just keep dropping by 5 lbs until I'm happy with what I see in the mirror.
  • rachael00679
    rachael00679 Posts: 186 Member
    If I go by BMI alone I should be around 60-65kgs. I can't imagine being that weight, I cant even remember being that weight and I was weighing myself during my early teens. Earliest I can remember is about 70-75kgs. I am currently aiming for 75kgs though for my height that tells me that I am still considered "overweight" (but not by much). \Ideally\ I would like to fit comfortably into a size 10 clothes at Target in the adult female section (not the teeny bopper section across the aisle). However, I have quite a ways to go. I was only just celebrating dropping from a 22 jeans to an 18 in the plus section and having a >>woohoo<< moment about fitting into a size 20 in the regular section for a few tops ;)
    I think that I do better when I have clear goals to work towards and they don't even have to be BIG goals. I imagine I will still need the same going into maintenance however the focus will be shifted to body recomp and fitness rather than losing weight.
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
    I picked high end of healthy bmi

    But also have a goal with body fat percentage. Might be a bit ambitious but 17% but that's based on my scale which might not be entirely accurate but it seems pretty close.
  • amnesia503
    amnesia503 Posts: 14 Member
    What I did is found a healthy BMI that I know would be a good goal. For me, at 6 foot 2 it's 190 lbs. You can find BMI charts all over the web, and even calculators if you don't want to use a graph. But if you're muscular and putting on muscle but still haven't hit your goal, consider making your goal a certain body fat %

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