How did you decide on your maintenance weight?

Sumiblue

Initially my goal was 120 lbs (47, 5'2") as I'd usually looked best in the low 120s. I'd been lifting weights throughout my weight loss. I got to 120 and got a Bodpod test. 23% BF. I decided I wanted to get leaner so got down to 116. At that point I didn't want to lose any more weight and decided to recomp since I'm probably around 20% BF now.

geekyjock76

I never set pre-maintenance weight goals. Although I do consider theoretical values, I let the mirror and my eyes decide.

sappermuff

Power lifting. I can be more competitive at 198 or 181 than a slovenly 240.

richardpkennedy1

The weight where I don't have a belly sticking out. Usually 140-145 lbs

geekyjock76

batoolnabulsi wrote: »

It happened suddenly, yesterday I was depressed about weight and food.
Like if I wanted to weigh less, I'll eat less, if I wanna maintain this goal weight I'll have to be more active in order to eat a little more, which is still unsatisfying .
But today, in the morning I've decided to accept myself,I'm 5'3, I was 124 lbs and now im 121, at first I wanted to be 115, and to be honest, I was fooled by the perfect body image and the media.
I have the Hourglass figure, I wanted to look skinny, I know I'll always be on the curvy side no matter what.
I need to embrace my body, I'll forget about those super lean legs and that wide thigh gap.
My hip bones and rib bones stick out, so I guess that's enough,besides the caloric deficit makes me tired all the time.
I've decided to eat healthy and work out in order to be healthier and stronger.
Another reason is because I was afraid of getting in an eating disorder, I used to hate what I see in the mirror, sometimes I'd eat something then spit it out, I wanted to be anorexic, I used to cry a lot.
But now I'm finally relieved.
Hehe sorry for the long answer.

Glad you mentally overcame the doubt and negativity and learned to see and appreciate your true self. I used to be really self-conscious as a skinny, weak teenager and weightlifting helped improve my confidence and self-image.

CoachJen71

I decided that I can live with 1400-1500 net cals a day, and that I would be whatever weight I would be. (For the record, I am 5'2.5" and mostly staying in the 130s. I could go down to 120, but a) I would hate eating less, and b) I need something to fill out at least a little of all this loose skin. Under 130, I start to look even older than I already do!)

wendymoira

I lost to get down to my lowest adult weight (pre-kids) and have been there for about six months. It's fun to see which of the clothes I kept from ten years ago still fit (my tastes have changed a little; so have jeans cuts), and I got really tired of tracking calories, changing sizes, & having to scramble for clothes, but I don't love my body yet - and technically I'm still well into the overweight range. I think I'm going to hold here for a full year, do a little more strength training to see if I can reshape some things, and then reassess to see if I want to go back to losing.

cwolfman13

never had a goal weight...body weight is made up of so many different things that having some arbitrary weight on the scale never made any sense to me. I knew basically what I was shooting for aesthetically and I knew that losing weight was only part of that equation. I also knew roughly what BF% I would need to be at to achieve that look, so I let that be my guide.

When I reached my desired level of BF I started just focusing more on my training because, again...I knew losing the weight was only part of the puzzle...eating more at maintenance allowed me to do more things in the gym. That was over three years ago and my body is constantly changing...and I leaned out a bit more when I thought I wanted to be a lower BF% (12% is kind of my magic number) but I found it very difficult to maintain that level of leanness...

IDK, it pretty much seem like an ever evolving kind of thing...but for me, like I said...it has very little to do with the number on a scale.