Determining goal weight

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  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Orphia wrote: »
    I look like a large frame at an obese BMI.

    I look like a small frame at a healthy BMI.

    I look like a fat bloke at an obese BMI.
    I look like a large frame at a healthy BMI.

    As for goal weight - I just picked my favourite adult weight, when I felt my strongest/fittest/healthiest/looked best.

    When I got there I realised after a while my best weight in my 50's wasn't the same as best weight in my 20's. Nibbled off a further 10lbs ('ish) in a series of small stages of dieting and maintenance until I thought it was both ideal for me now and also sustainable long term.
  • shrinkingbrian
    shrinkingbrian Posts: 171 Member
    I had a hard time determining my goal weight. I lost over 200 pounds and was never really at a healthy weight as an adult until a few years ago. I'm 6-0 in height (male). I got down to 188 pounds but feel weak and had some loose skin. I worked the last few years to build lean muscle and now I feel comfortable at 200 - 210 pounds. A lot of athletes are around BMI of 26-28. I care more about my waist size and try to stay around 36 inches. If I go up one notch in my belt, I work hard the next week to watch my diet to get back on track.
  • 4leighbee
    4leighbee Posts: 1,275 Member
    I don't think there a one-size-fits-all formula. I weigh 160 pounds at age 44. Most people will guess I weigh around 135-140. I have come to separate myself from the target weight ranges and obsession with the scale. I am a runner and a weightlifter who could stand to tighten up a bit. That's enough identity for me.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    I picked the middle of the healthy BMI. Will probably not get there though!
  • llbrixon
    llbrixon Posts: 964 Member
    Your goal weight is a personal choice. My goal weight is based on my past experience with weight loss and able to maintain a livable weight and still enjoy the foods I love. Female, 61 years old, 5'6," I am now going to go for range of 155-160, I really believe I can live at this weight and walk 2-3 times a week without getting frustrated with not having the foods I love. I have learned to make better choices of foods on a daily basis, I watch my weight on the scale, and I make sure I get in a walk during the week. My calories at 170 pounds now is 1400 calories, and I could live at this restriction, so the closer I come to my goal weight, more decisions to be made It is your choice! What weight can you live at. Once you meet your goal, your weight watching days DO NOT quit, it is just another journey and goals to maintain your weight.
  • llbrixon
    llbrixon Posts: 964 Member
    pbryd wrote: »
    stickkop wrote: »
    I am wondering how you all determined what your correct goal weight or correct range is. When I search on line I see that my goal weight can range by 20 pounds (anywhere between 130-150 for a 5-5 male)

    You could try

    http://visualbmi.com/

    and adjust the sliders to suit.

    Awesome site!
  • emdeesea
    emdeesea Posts: 1,823 Member
    mitch16 wrote: »
    vingogly wrote: »
    My weight in my early 20s was around 170-175 lbs, so that's what I'm shooting for. It's heavier than I've seen recommended in various tables and calculators, but at that weight I'm healthy, happy, and not emaciated. Using the wrist circumference criterion, I classify as large frame. See:

    http://www.calculator.net/ideal-weight-calculator.html

    I like your calculator--it says that I am perfect where I am right now! :smile:

    That calculator is sort of interesting and my ideal weight is about what I figure it would be.

    But I assumed it would change with age. I plugged in my current age, then plugged in age 22, then plugged in age 55, and got all the same number. I assumed that with increasing age the weight would increase slightly, but I guess not?
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    Francl27 wrote: »
    I picked the middle of the healthy BMI. Will probably not get there though!

    @Francl27 I've always thought you've been maintaining your goal weight for years! You look really slim in your profile pics.
  • Therealobi1
    Therealobi1 Posts: 3,262 Member
    I chose clothes size. I wanted to move from 18/20 down to size 14.uk sizes didn't realise it was actually possible until joined this site. I have got down to size 12 with some 10's.
  • jrwms714
    jrwms714 Posts: 421 Member
    There are tons of articles about the BMI and many say that it often does not take into account your body type. I am 5'0" with very muscular thighs and legs. Even at my smallest, in high school and for years afterwards, I never weighed less than 110 because of this and I always wore a size 4 Petite ... even now, decades later, after a loss and maintenance of 40 lbs., and a waist of 30", the BMI tells me I am just into the overweight category. And I am wearing a 6 Petite in slacks. Try not to take it too literally. Use clothing size, use body fat percentage, use waist size, but BMI doesn't work for everyone. Even my internist told me that.
  • MidwestAndHappy
    MidwestAndHappy Posts: 28 Member
    I know my recommended weight is ~150 but at my lowest in high school I was 158-160 lbs and honestly that was just perfect, looks wise. BMI was in the normal range but higher end of that range. I honestly didn't like what I looked like when I went under 160 lbs, so that is what I'm shooting for now to get back to. (Hell I'd even be happy with 165).

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