What BMI does your goal weight bring you to?

miriamtob
miriamtob Posts: 436 Member
edited November 20 in Health and Weight Loss
I am currently at 21.6 and wanting to get to 20.2. I'm at a point where it seems to be quite hard to loose more weight, or maybe it is just my attitude? It seems all about mind games at this point. Should I continue just eating at a deficit? Or do i really need to up my game to get to my goal?
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  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    I'm at my goal .. been around this for a few months

    my BMI is around 24 - 24.3

    It's probably not weight you need to look at, with a BMI so low, but your body composition .. which is addressed through progressive resistance programmes (eg bodyweight - weight lifting)
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
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    this is about body composition

    Note that there is probably a year or so between each frame

    see how the weight is actually increasing as the body composition improves, because that's what muscles do .. they make everything tight even though they increase the scale weight
  • kristen6350
    kristen6350 Posts: 1,094 Member
    20.9 BMI. 5'11 @ 150lbs. I'm happy here. I could look better if I lifted and worked out more, but I'm trying to maintain this for awhile and I'll see next steps.
  • healthygreek
    healthygreek Posts: 2,137 Member
    21.9
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    I stay at about 21. And aim to be ever fitter.
  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    I'm at about 24.4, but BMI hates tall people. I don't especially care about BMI at this point. I'm not going to adjust what I want to do with my body just because some clown at an insurance company wants to charge me more if I get over 25.
  • Dawn410
    Dawn410 Posts: 120 Member
    my goal puts my BMI at 21.9. Currently at 25.6 BMI.
  • Bella77007
    Bella77007 Posts: 78 Member
    Am 1.3 pounds from my initial goal of 129 pounds and my BMI would then be 24.4, I might set a new goal of 126 and then I would have a BMI of 23.8.

    I don't feel the need to get it much lower,am I a healthy weight? Yes, Have I increased my activity and accepted that I need to be more active and not just lighter for good health? Yes and finally do I like how I look at this size?
    Well I have a wrinkly tummy that is saggy after a lot of pregnancies but aside from that I am pretty satisfied,wearing the clothes I could only dream of before and feeling overall much better.

    No real magic number for me in terms of BMI,it will be where I am comfortable as long as it remains healthy.
  • discretekim
    discretekim Posts: 314 Member
    I'm aiming for around 23 so I am solidly into the normal range.
  • SueInAz
    SueInAz Posts: 6,592 Member
    edited June 2015
    At 5' 3.5" and 134 pounds, my BMI is currently 23.4. At my goal weight of 130, it would be 22.7. If I decide to go for 125, it'd be at 21.8 but I'd look much better than I did the last time I was at 125. BMI is a very imprecise tool for measuring health. Rabbitjb's pictures are not only inspirational, they are exactly why this is so. BMI doesn't take into account body composition, fat vs. muscle. Bodybuilders are usually in the obese to morbidly obese categories because muscle is more dense than fat.

    I've been lifting heavy for the last year and I can still wear clothes I was wearing at 10 pounds lighter than I am now. I've also lost a lot of "jiggle". That's what strength training can do for you. I think you'd benefit from changing your goal from simply lowering your BMI by losing "weight" (which is losing a combination of fat, muscle and water) to lowering your body fat percentage by increasing muscle. Besides getting smaller another benefit is that it becomes easier to maintain your weight because muscle burns a little more calories than a similar amount of fat.
  • lucyholdcroft363
    lucyholdcroft363 Posts: 124 Member
    Currently at 21.8 and aiming for 20.5 :)
  • JMC3Terp
    JMC3Terp Posts: 2,803 Member
    Aiming for 160lbs. At 5'8.5" that would put me around 24. At that point I'm gonna focus on body composition and body fat percentages while trying to maintain weight.

    Rabbitjb is completely right. At that point, IMO anyways, BMI becomes inferior to BF%
  • yesimpson
    yesimpson Posts: 1,372 Member
    Originally the goal was 133lbs (9 1/2 stones) which put me at 21.4.

    My BMI did fall to 17.9, but after putting on some weight, improving my body composition (gaining a bit more muscle) and generally being a hell of a lot fitter, my BMI is 19.8, but I'm wearing the same size clothes and I feel a hell of a lot more confident a year later.

    Totally agree with others who suggest finding a resistance programme. I hated it to begin with (still don't love it some days) and I haven't made the progress or seen results quite like what others on here have achieved, but I have to admit it's done wonders for my self esteem.
  • rungirl1973
    rungirl1973 Posts: 2,559 Member
    22.8 - 23.6

    My weight tends to fall within that range of BMI.
    As others have said, I'm more concerned with body fat at this point.
  • leggup
    leggup Posts: 2,942 Member
    edited June 2015
    Starting BMI: 30.0
    Current BMI: 19.9
    Goal BMI: 19.4

    Goal range: 19.4- 20.1
  • TheVirgoddess
    TheVirgoddess Posts: 4,535 Member
    I'm 5'5" and at 149.6 right now, which puts my BMI at 24.9. That was my goal, so I've reached it. Now I'm just going to see what happens :)
  • MamaBirdBoss
    MamaBirdBoss Posts: 1,516 Member
    20.2 is my "I'll decide what to do next" weight.
  • dirtyflirty30
    dirtyflirty30 Posts: 222 Member
    I'm 5'9" and my goal weight is 157. That will put me at 23.2 BMI.
  • JoRumbles
    JoRumbles Posts: 262 Member
    Starting: 27.2
    Original Goal: 24
    Current BMI=23.4

    I thought I would be happy at the upper end of BMI as I always have been and I am happy-ish. But now that I have got into the normal range I can (don't need a BF monitor!) that there is still plenty of giggle, so I am aiming to go to I guess maybe BMI of 21 or 22? I don't own a body fat monitor, but I do own a mirror, so it is more about that now.
  • I_Will_End_You
    I_Will_End_You Posts: 4,397 Member
    Maintaining with a BMI of 18.7.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    Original GW of 140 - 26.4
    Current GW of 150 - 28.3

    Yes, I'm still overweight by BMI, but at this point IDGAF. I've dropped my BMI from 59.14 to 29.3 and lost half my body weight. Right now, I'm going for a weight that will stay under 160 even with me having a *kitten* day and eating all the foods.

    OP, take a look into body recomp.
  • zdyb23456
    zdyb23456 Posts: 1,706 Member
    I'm currently at 22.8 - 117 lbs on a 5ft frame. My goal is 115 lbs which puts me at 22.5.
    I hate BMI numbers.
  • navyrigger46
    navyrigger46 Posts: 1,301 Member
    25.4, overweight, which is absurd, just like BMI in general.

    Rigger
  • flaminica
    flaminica Posts: 304 Member
    DeguelloTex wrote: »
    I'm at about 24.4, but BMI hates tall people. I don't especially care about BMI at this point. I'm not going to adjust what I want to do with my body just because some clown at an insurance company wants to charge me more if I get over 25.

    BMI hates short people too. At 5'0", it has the cheek to tell me that 95lbs is a healthy weight for me. My mother is 5'0" and 95lbs. She has terminal bone cancer. It's not a good look.

  • discretekim
    discretekim Posts: 314 Member
    zyxst wrote: »
    Original GW of 140 - 26.4
    Current GW of 150 - 28.3

    Yes, I'm still overweight by BMI, but at this point IDGAF. I've dropped my BMI from 59.14 to 29.3 and lost half my body weight. Right now, I'm going for a weight that will stay under 160 even with me having a *kitten* day and eating all the foods.

    OP, take a look into body recomp.

    Also if you've lost that much you probably have excess skin and that has weight too.
  • blankiefinder
    blankiefinder Posts: 3,599 Member
    BMI means nothing once you are in a healthy range. My current BMI is 20.6 which is well in the healthy range, and yet I still have so much fat on me. I need to stop worrying about scale numbers and BMI numbers, and start working on body fat numbers!
  • gothchiq
    gothchiq Posts: 4,590 Member
    21.5
  • Kman4evah
    Kman4evah Posts: 67 Member
    Current BMI: 29
    Goal BMI: 29.2
    I'm really just cutting and then bulking back up haha. But when I hit my low cut I'll be at a 26.4
    I don't like BMI. Makes me feel a lot bigger than I am :(
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    Starting weight bmi- 30.7 obese
    Current weight bmi- 26.8 overweight
    Goal weight bmi- 21.5 middle of healthy weight range

    BMI is a pretty reasonable guide for me. I'm not tall, athletic or a bodybuilder. Having weighed from the lowest end of the healthy weight range to obese as and adult, I know I was most comfortable toward the mid to upper end of my healthy weight range. I'm not going to be hung up on that number if I look very lean and my measurements are small though.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    discretekim wrote: »
    zyxst wrote: »
    Original GW of 140 - 26.4
    Current GW of 150 - 28.3

    Yes, I'm still overweight by BMI, but at this point IDGAF. I've dropped my BMI from 59.14 to 29.3 and lost half my body weight. Right now, I'm going for a weight that will stay under 160 even with me having a *kitten* day and eating all the foods.

    OP, take a look into body recomp.

    Also if you've lost that much you probably have excess skin and that has weight too.

    Very likely, but can't do anything about it.
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