So what do most of you choose as your goal weight?

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  • MissusMoon
    MissusMoon Posts: 1,900 Member
    I have a goal weight that is still in the "overweight range". Once I get there, my focus is going to shift on different fitness goals. At that weight I'll be able to dance again, and I'm going to be dancing A LOT. That makes me happy. I will still be eating at a deficit and slowly working my way into a "normal" weight range. I'm just not setting that particular number. I need to see how I look and feel. My past behavior tells me I start to get a little nuts when I go lighter than a certain weight. So, the scale will be a tool to ensure I'm not gaining...that I'm slowly moving down. I'll measure my progress different ways, though.
  • GMAC2016
    GMAC2016 Posts: 249 Member
    My goal is to go down in fat until I have dropped about 80 and then transition to muscle building to put 20 or 30 of that weight back on but as muscle. I will never be in the "healthy" BMI range. I'm the stocky sort of build and to get to my BMI target it would be the same weight I weighed I grade 6. Seriously. So I will be happy to get into the overweight category and know that some of that weight is muscle instead of fat.
  • victoria_1024
    victoria_1024 Posts: 915 Member
    My goal was the top end of a healthy bmi for my height, which was 137. When I got there I decided another ten would be good. I'm sitting at about 125 now and happy but doing some recomp. I have a feeling my goals will always be changing!
  • ilex70
    ilex70 Posts: 727 Member
    I initially set my goal at the top of normal BMI (157) where I made it to last time. Nearly there...4 pounds.

    But I'm not planning to stop at that point since I want to get to 25% body fat and I think that will be more like 140.
  • emmadonaldson95
    emmadonaldson95 Posts: 179 Member
    joobey wrote: »
    So do most of you just pick a random number that you want to weigh to be your goal weight or do you use the national numbers set for what you should weigh for your height and BMI? Just curious if my goal should be unreasonable like the lowest on the chart (in a healthy range of course) for my height or in the middle for the healthy bmi? I'm 44 and 5'6 and weigh around 144-146 given the day and weight fluctuations. I started at 168 lbs. Also, after I decide to maintain, any of you at this weight find it difficult to maintain this and do you eat more calories as listed on mpf?

    I basically eyed up a few friends and seeing as we go to the gym tomorrow I know what they weigh etc. So I looked at them and basically picked which one I'd aim for because lot's are quite a similar height

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