Bmi and how you choose your goal weight!

GrandadMike2014

I chose my new goal weigh based upon BMI and when I get there I am going to do what all the trainers down our gym do.....Ignore it and pile on the muscle so that I end up Obese !!!

Smallc10

I chose mine based on where I have been before, but as I've been weight lifting and seeing my body changing with that... I'm not as concerned with getting to my 'goal' weight as I am with getting to my goal size! (6)

queenjaquita

I have a goal and then a dream. I'm 5'4 and I decided on 135 lbs because that was what I weighed when I got married and I think I looked good at that weight and was able to maintain that weight for several years. I then have my dream of 122 which I was when I was in my early 20's when "I didn't have to worry about my weight" and is in the middle of my BMI healthy range. I have set up mini-goals with non-food rewards (new make-up case, jewelry, new shoes) in order to keep myself motivated and on track.

Chellellelle

I chose mine based off the higher range of BMI for my height, my frame/build size and what I have weighed before. I'm 5'8" with a large build.

BMI says a healthy weight range for me is 122 to 164 pounds. If I weighed 122 pounds I would look like a skeleton because of my build. I'm very tall and broad.

When I weighed 185 pounds I was very lean, muscular and looked great.

I could have lost a little more body fat, but probably not a lot so I would put myself at probably 170 for an Ultimate goal weight.

DoNotSpamMe73

Well I'm 5ft 7 (170cm) so my goal weight is 60kilos(132lb). Officially my BMI is 53-72kg(116-158lb) but I think of it as 57kg or above. BMI isn't definite with no scientific basis from the 30's but is a good start. I'd aim for anywhere in the lower middle especially if you are muscular, exercise often &/or busty.
The middle or lower end is great because it is flexible eating/exercise habits reduce stress. For a lot of heights I'd go for about 65 kilograms and work from there.

Danimri84

I chose mine pretty much as a shot in the dark. I started at 249 three years ago and got down to 178. Then gained pretty much all of it back. I'm still shooting for 165. I'm 5'7", have a large build, and I'm incredibly busty. When I got down to my lowest before, I was wearing a size 13 junior in pants and jeans and L/XL shirts and was pretty close to happy.

malibu927

I picked a number, found out it was 6 pounds above healthy BMI, so I dropped it 15. Then I dropped it another 10, so now it's almost right in the middle.

kportwood85

My goal right now is 150. Which is still 5 pounds in to overweight. In high school I weighed about 125-130 and you could see all my bones. I think I'll stick with 150 until I get there, and then re-evaluate. I'm not stuck on that number. Just a first big goal.

brigitukas00

As I been all shapes and sizes , size UK 4,6,10,12 ...I chose ideal body calculator less 9 kg from Bmi highest range ( healthy highest range )

motterotter

I chose 10 percent off my current bw because 20 percent does not sound doable right now

bbeaukay

I was 130 when I was in the military, I wasn't super skinny, but had curve where it counted. I am 164 ish now and know that's what I want to get back to. I have tried half hearted for years.. I'm tired of looking at my body knowing what I had and can have again.

Kristin2626

BMI doesn't work for me, at least I do not think so. The top for a 5'8" woman is 165-ish and I have tried to weigh 155, but was told I was way too thin and was always wiped, no energy, etc. 165, it's hard to say, because I was so used to being inactive when I weighed that last -- I felt ill in the 140s and 150s so I gained until I felt a little better. I have felt the healthiest at the 180-190 range, which is obese. I am really not sure what is "right" but focusing on BMI just makes me feel terrible, both physically and self-image-wise.

So I bought calipers for $8 on Amazon and I am going off my body fat %! Striving for 20% and for a weigh goal, I am only trying to reach 175 (overweight, not obese, according to BMI).

ObsidianMist

my goal weight is the weight I was at for years before suddenly gaining 30 pounds.

tomteboda

Kristin2626 wrote: »

BMI doesn't work for me, at least I do not think so. The top for a 5'8" woman is 165-ish and I have tried to weigh 155, but was told I was way too thin and was always wiped, no energy, etc. 165, it's hard to say, because I was so used to being inactive when I weighed that last -- I felt ill in the 140s and 150s so I gained until I felt a little better. I have felt the healthiest at the 180-190 range, which is obese. I am really not sure what is "right" but focusing on BMI just makes me feel terrible, both physically and self-image-wise.

So I bought calipers for $8 on Amazon and I am going off my body fat %! Striving for 20% and for a weigh goal, I am only trying to reach 175 (overweight, not obese, according to BMI).

At 5'8" the cutoffs are:

OBESE: 197+
OVERWEIGHT: 165 - 198
NORMAL: 122-164

So you are not obese between 180-190. More importantly, the BMI has a linear error on height. The taller you are, the more inaccurate it is. @Shammah71 linked a great tool, a BMI calculator that takes into account the fact that volume and mass do not have a 1:1 relationship. On that tool, at 180 you'd have a BMI of 27.4. Interestingly, that was under the cutoff for overweight before 1998. Moreover, people with the highest longevity are those in the "overweight" category.

20% body fat is a pretty small amount for a woman. It falls under the % recommended for a trained athlete incompetition, as opposed to just a fit person (American Council on Exercise and Fitness "Fit Life") I am not trying to talk you out of your goal, if that's very important to you, go for it. However, its not necessary to be at 20% body fat as a woman to be physically fit.

Weight is a lot more complex than the BMI metric.

Merkavar

I chose high end of BMI rounded to nearest 5kg.

There was no weight I wanted to get back to, been over weight since time immemorial.

In my opinion start with BMI and as you near goal weight readjust it up or down.

tracie_minus100

My original goal was 159.8, which puts me just inside a healthy BMI. It's a goal of mine to have that damn healthy BMI.
I'm less than 10lbs away from that now and I think I'm going to keep going past that, to somewhere around 145-150.