Is anyone else losing weight without a specific goal in mind?

GoCleanGoLean

Wazzup MFP. So here I am. 5'10" 163 pounds. Not fat. But pretty darn close to overweight by BMI standards. A little nervous about that.

I want to slim down. I have a picture of my goal in mind. I want a body like Raven Elyse (google image Raven Elyse instagram). She's an inch taller than me, with a similar body shape. I'm just about 40 pounds heavier.

The thing is, I don't have a specific body weight in mind. I'm not aiming for 120 pounds, or 125 pounds. I'm just aiming for slim, fit, and healthy.

Anyone else like this?

The thing is, I don't really care too much about the number of the scale. All I care about is what I see in the mirror. I want to see a thigh gap (I almost had one before at 137 pounds), a flat stomach (had one of those at 143 pounds) and . . . that's pretty much it. I figure if I have those two things, then the thin arms yaddy yaddy ya and all that will be there.

But I don't just want to be slim. I want to be toned. I want some abdominal definition. Maybe some biceps. Maybe some triceps. I want to be healthy. I want to feel energetic and strong. I want to be able to run fast and fat without getting tired. I want to be able to do 100 pushups and pull ups . . . all that fun stuff.

Ya feel me?

Marieyeyeam

Totally!

CafeRacer808

Yeah, my "goal weight" is predicated mostly on how I look and how my clothes fit. The goal weight I entered into MFP was largely an arbitrary number, but it does help in tracking my progress. I do weigh myself daily which, again, is useful for tracking my progress and tweaking my approach if necessary. But the actual number on the scale doesn't really matter to me.

GoCleanGoLean

CafeRacer808 wrote: »

I do weigh myself daily which, again, is useful for tracking my progress and tweaking my approach if necessary. But the actual number on the scale doesn't really matter to me.

I thought the recommendation was to weigh oneself weekly? Doesn't your weight fluctuate wildly when you weigh yourself daily?

GoCleanGoLean

Marieyeyeam wrote: »

Totally!

I'm glad I'm not the only one

cwolfman13

I actually think having some arbitrary number on the scale as a goal is kinda weird and I see people obsess about it all of the time even though they're at a perfectly healthy weight and BF%...they just make themselves bat *kitten* crazy because of some arbitrary number on the scale.

GoCleanGoLean

cwolfman13 wrote: »

I actually think having some arbitrary number on the scale as a goal is kinda weird and I see people obsess about it all of the time even though they're at a perfectly healthy weight and BF%...they just make themselves bat *kitten* crazy because of some arbitrary number on the scale.

You made a really good point, but I got distracted because of the little bat *kitten* crazy part

cwolfman13

GoCleanGoLean wrote: »

cwolfman13 wrote: »

I actually think having some arbitrary number on the scale as a goal is kinda weird and I see people obsess about it all of the time even though they're at a perfectly healthy weight and BF%...they just make themselves bat *kitten* crazy because of some arbitrary number on the scale.

You made a really good point, but I got distracted because of the little bat *kitten* crazy part

In my profile pic I'm technically overweight with a BMI of 25.8...but as you can see, I'm relatively lean...if I let the scale be my be all and end all I'd have gone nuts long ago.