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  • Violet_Flux
    Violet_Flux Posts: 481 Member
    I'm 47 and about 5'8" and currently I'm aiming for 175 lbs. I'm coming from a much higher starting point. I was about 425lbs when I started this process.

    When I get to 175, I'll re-evaluate. I am certain there'll be some amount of loose flappy skin I'll have to have removed. Maybe at that point I'll want to aim for 150.

    FWIW I picked 175 because it's a round number. I haven't weighed that since I was in high school. In my 20s I went up to the high 200's then down to 185, before climbing back up, and up, and up.
  • my4andme333
    my4andme333 Posts: 140 Member
    Steph_Maks wrote: »
    I'm 47 and about 5'8" and currently I'm aiming for 175 lbs. I'm coming from a much higher starting point. I was about 425lbs when I started this process.

    When I get to 175, I'll re-evaluate. I am certain there'll be some amount of loose flappy skin I'll have to have removed. Maybe at that point I'll want to aim for 150.

    FWIW I picked 175 because it's a round number. I haven't weighed that since I was in high school. In my 20s I went up to the high 200's then down to 185, before climbing back up, and up, and up.

    Same here 450+ now down to almost 190, I know I'll have to get skin removed OR just learn to love it :) You can see from my progress pics I've posted that I have quite a bit of loose skin, it upsets me now only because I know if it was gone I'd look so much slimmer but it also motivates me and reminds me of where I've come from!
  • LizinLowell
    LizinLowell Posts: 208 Member
    @Steph_Maks Thanks for sharing your experience! I appreciate it.

  • LizinLowell
    LizinLowell Posts: 208 Member
    @my4andme333 It's just incredible what you've accomplished, I know you worked so hard for it.
  • goldengirl111
    goldengirl111 Posts: 684 Member
    my4andme333 wrote: »
    Steph_Maks wrote: »
    I'm 47 and about 5'8" and currently I'm aiming for 175 lbs. I'm coming from a much higher starting point. I was about 425lbs when I started this process.

    When I get to 175, I'll re-evaluate. I am certain there'll be some amount of loose flappy skin I'll have to have removed. Maybe at that point I'll want to aim for 150.

    FWIW I picked 175 because it's a round number. I haven't weighed that since I was in high school. In my 20s I went up to the high 200's then down to 185, before climbing back up, and up, and up.

    Same here 450+ now down to almost 190, I know I'll have to get skin removed OR just learn to love it :) You can see from my progress pics I've posted that I have quite a bit of loose skin, it upsets me now only because I know if it was gone I'd look so much slimmer but it also motivates me and reminds me of where I've come from!

    You can do This
  • WVWalkerFriend
    WVWalkerFriend Posts: 575 Member
    280 SW 3.15.17
    270 CW

    Down 2 lbs from last werk.
  • Seajolly
    Seajolly Posts: 1,435 Member
    31 y/o female
    5'4"
    SW 199.6
    CW 187.8
    GW 135-145
  • PaulaJSchiller
    PaulaJSchiller Posts: 100 Member
    edited May 2017
    Start date 4/4/17
    SW- 200
    CW- 188
    GW- ? Im also a 5'8" female, a bit older 52. On MFP I set my GW at 165, but I'm waiting to decide when I get closer. See how that weight looks and feels on me. I'm exercising regularly so I am more ten than I've been in years.

    I dropped half a pound this week, definitely slowing down with weight loss, but it's only been a month, trying to stay patient and positive.
  • LizinLowell
    LizinLowell Posts: 208 Member
    @PaulaJSchiller sounds like a good goal, I think I'll aim for 160 though that sounds like a fantasy lol. Hang in there & keep at it! Don't fret about the pounds, I bet you are shrinking anyway because of exercise.
  • macchiatto
    macchiatto Posts: 2,890 Member
    (40 y/o female, 5'7")
    Highest weight - 161
    Starting Keto weight - 150.6
    Goal Range - 128-133

    3/1: 133.4
    3/8: 132.8
    3/22: 132.2
    3/29: 131.6
    4/5: 130.6
    4/12: 131.6
    4/19: 130.6 (moving average is down to 131.2)
    4/26: 130.6 (moving average down to 130.8)
    5/3: 129.6 (moving average 130.4)
  • macchiatto
    macchiatto Posts: 2,890 Member
    sixaround1 wrote: »
    47 yo woman
    5' 8"
    SW 210 March 8, 2017
    CW 198.6 May 2, 2017
    GW ???

    lol I have no idea how much I'm supposed to weigh. I've always been overweight! I was probably 260 at my heaviest in 2003 before I started Atkins & lost 60 lbs. I lost another 20 a few years ago & got down to 180 but then it crept back up and here I am. I'm determined this time is it. I have a slender frame. Websites say I should weigh between 147-165. We'll see, I guess!

    What are you other 5' 8" Gen X ladies aiming for?

    Well, I'm 5'7.3". ;) My goal range (now in maintenance) is 128-133. (I spent most of my adult life yoyoing from 139 to 161.) However, I have a small bone structure and not much muscle so I look better at lower weights. Body fat percent is still around 27-28% even now at goal range (I'm planning to start a recomp--eat at maintenance while strength training--after my race on May 13 to try to gradually lose a bit more fat and gain a bit more muscle).

    147-165 sounds like a reasonable range based on your stats. If I were you, I'd maybe aim for 165-170 and then re-evaluate. I had worked to get back to 139 and then re-evaluated and still had more body fat (especially in the belly) than I wanted so I decided to go lower.
  • mmultanen
    mmultanen Posts: 1,029 Member
    SW 250
    First of april 227.5
    CW 229.

    Cant complain. Tried maintaining in April and did ok. I suspect this 1.5lb is water. Back at it in May!
  • ncahill77
    ncahill77 Posts: 501 Member
    ncahill77 wrote: »
    40 y/o male 6'1"
    Highest weight - 305 (2010)
    Starting Keto weight - 269(Feb 1, 2017)
    Goal Weight - 225

    4/26: 243.8

    I'm now at my lowest weight since I graduated college 19 years ago! I have noticed that I stall about every 3-4 weeks then bounce 2-3 pounds for 3 weeks. I just finished a 3 week stall at 247 and whooshed 3.5lbs off this week.

    update 5/3: 242.2lbs
  • LizinLowell
    LizinLowell Posts: 208 Member
    @macchiatto Thanks! And good luck on your race
  • Just_Eric
    Just_Eric Posts: 233 Member
    5'7" dude.

    SW 250ish
    Last week 169
    Today 167 even with an absurd cheat weekend before starting Meativore May.
    GW 150ish
  • EryOaker
    EryOaker Posts: 434 Member
    A day late... (for weigh in wed)

    35 Female, 5'4"
    SW 138.6
    CW 126.2
    GW 120.6 (though doc said 20#, I'd be happy/good with 18)
    Real goal: reverse my NAFD diagnoses!

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