How did you decide your goal weight?

midlomel1971

I have to be realistic with myself. I'm 5'8" and about 200. My goal weight is something that has to be realistic and I don't want to constantly be in starvation mode. My goal weight is 155, which is what I was when I got married. Still curvy, but what I'd consider thin and within a healthy BMI range. I'm going to aim for 150, however, but I'm not going to kill myself trying to get there or maintain. Would I like to weight 145? Heck yeah, but realistically I don't know if it's possible. I like to eat.

incisron

Libby283 wrote: »

I am seeing others my same height posting goal weights vastly different than my goal. Some are close to what I weigh now, which I say is my "fat size".

Is it a certain size you were before? A goal to just get to a certain pant or dress size you think sounds good?

How do you decide what weight you want to become?


My current stats

5'3", 38 year of F.

SW 158
CW 152.6
GW 124

I want to get back to the same size I was 2 years ago and wear my favorite size 2 Levi's.

I calculated my ideal weight and it's in the 140s. I want to be smaller than that, so my goal is anywhere between 130 and 140. At 5'3, I'm pretty short.

PamWOhio

I am 5'3", 47 years old

SW on Aug 12, 2016 was 204lbs
GW was 130
CW 122

I think I am done but am freaking out. The smallest I was in my 20's was a 7/8 and now my size 4's seem to have too much room so I think I am just going to do some toning of my butt since that seems to be all I need and just see where I end up.

Volbeat79

I started with BMI. I am 6'7", and BMI says I should be about 215 pounds. My lowest weight as an adult was 260 pounds, and people thought I was starting to look sick. I now have my goal at 250 pounds, but plan on having more muscle at that weight than I did years ago at 260 pounds. Btw, I am 339 right now.

Christine_72

I'm 5"8 and my goal weight was 143lbs, which is around the weight i was throughout my 20's and 30's. I did reach it, but it was draining and exhausting staying there! My natural appetite seems to coincide with staying at 148lbs, so that's where I'm parked for now. Plus my hubby has made me promise not to lose anymore, which is a nice excuse for me to stop dieting, because i hate it.

The thinnest I've ever been in adulthood was 127lbs, it was NOT a good look then, and would look even worse on me now at my age.
Even when i got back down to 143lbs after losing 30, friends of ours asked my husband if i had cancer! The older i get, the older i look if i try and lose too much. I can't pull off the weight i was when i was younger these days.

ktekc

I set a goal for the top of the healthy bmi chart. will adjust later on either when i get there or when i get close. im thinking probably another 5-10 after that not sure. . never been in the healthy range dont know what ill look like. Im near the top of overweight atm and to me i look good but i know that 148 at 5'0" isnt exactly healthy. . so i keep going.

ILoveGoal

Using this website: https://www.fitwatch.com/calculator/ideal-body-fat-weight
© 2017 FitWatch, all rights reserved

Enter your average weight, body fat, choose being (fe)male, and using imperial or metric.. click calculate and seeing at which weight range you'd be when reaching x body fat percentage.

Possible being at a bit higher weight when exercising due (gaining) muscle mass (not wanting to loose muscle but fat), though being leaner (lower body fat %).

EternalSnow627_

Right now my goal weight is atleast 150 I have a lot to loose. I'm 5'1 medum frame so when I get to 150 I willl go from there

cwolfman13

Never had a specific weight in mind. I was mostly interested in reversing some bad blood work and getting my health and fitness back. I figured I wanted to be around 12-15% BF...not super lean, but not overly fat either and easy to maintain in that range.

JetJaguar

I used to be a fairly hardcore cyclist, and my ultimate goal is to get back into riding shape. So I'm targeting a weight of 150 lbs. because that's the weight I averaged when I was riding. That's a weight that's easy for me to maintain without really trying, as long as I keep riding.

Geocitiesuser

My goal weight seems to be very fluid. When I was 335 my goal weight was 195. Then as I got closer I realized "Holy crap, BMI is.... ACCURATE? But I thought everyone said it was BS?" so my goal weight became 185 (the top end of healthy BMI for me). Then as I got to 190s I realize at 185 I'd still be chubby. Currently my new goal weight is to maintain between 170 and 175. But we will again reassess when I hit 175.

BoomyBabe

I chose mine because I am 5'2 and at my highest, I was 234 lbs. I had no idea what a thin or healthy body looked like or weight looked like... so I just chose the highest weight for a "healthy BMI" As of right now, my goal weight is 136 lbs.

nowine4me

I don't give a hoot what I weigh, but I do want to get my BF% in the low 20's. I'm currently at 27%.

RhondaHage

I'm 53 and started keto January 2016 @ 250 pounds. Right now I'm at 169 and my goal is to get to 145. I don't know if that is realistic or not, so that is just a general number. I'm in size 12 now and would be happy to be wearing single digits. Its getting harder to lose now, so I have to work really hard at it.

nowine4me

I didn't have a prior weight to work from. I've never been thin or lean. I've been fat, or less fat. I googled ideal weight and it gave me a range of 133-138, so that's what I'm aiming for. I'm currently at 150, and am guessing that 135 will be pretty accurate.

natasha_hal1

I almost 5'5 (only a couple centimeters off!!) and I think that my goal weight is going to be 128. When I was in middle school, I weighed in the middle 130s and remember feeling good about myself. I set my original goal on here to 135 and currently I am 137.2. I just feel like I am still "fluffy" and think aiming for the lower 130's or higher 120's would look really good on my body type. I have been doing Strong Lifts since January so we will see what weight I will end up happy at.

DEBOO7

KiwiAlexP wrote: »

I'm 5'2" and started at 100kg so choosing 60kg as a goal put me at the upper range of a healthy BMI. Now aiming for 59kg (130lbs) so I'm in the 50's and then will decide if I want to go further. I'm currently just aiming at getting to "overweight" - 75kg and under

You'll make it :-) I'm 5'2" and started out at 95.5kg and weighed in today at 54kg. My initial goal was 60.4kg and I met that last July.... but once I got there I reassessed and have kept going. I'm now aiming for 52kg and will then see how that feels. At the end of the day it needs to be both comfortable and sustainable. It's taken me 3 years to get this far and I don't want to return to where I was.

DasItMan91

Because it was the recommended weight range that I was supposed to be at to be healthy

lorrpb

I went for the high end of my normal BMI range. I was lower than that 30 years ago, but didn't think I wanted/needed to get to that point again. It was a good decision because once I got to my normal range, I basically stopped losing. I was unable to cut back further to create the deficit needed to keep going another 20 lbs. I am thrilled where I am. 150 lb lost. 2 1/2 years.

AnvilHead

The most beautiful thing about choosing a goal weight is that it's not written in stone - you can change it any time you want to. If you set your goal for, say, 140 lbs., but decide when you hit 150 that you're happy there, you can just switch to maintenance and call it good. If you hit 140 and discover you still want to go lower, you just change your goal and keep on keepin' on until you reach a point where you're satisfied.

It helps to have something to aim at, so pick a goal that sounds reasonable to you and head that way. Re-assess as you go and re-establish new goals as you see fit. The beauty of it is that you're not locked into anything.

TonyB0588

DasItMan91 wrote: »

Because it was the recommended weight range that I was supposed to be at to be healthy

Me too.

SCoil123

My doctor set a healthy weight range for my body at 145-165 and originally my goal was just to reach and stay in that range. Now my goal is a body fat percentage below 25%

kavahni

LOL! I haven't been a size 2 since I was 2! I was athletic or did blue collar work most of my under-35 years. But because I am made from good, solid, peasant stock, even "skinny," I've never been skinny. I've got big bones, and shoulders like a linebacker.
I'd love to be a not-one-ounce-of-fat-on-me 125 again, and do that while eating hot, fresh donuts every morning, and burgers with fries for lunch. But that was the year I was a chair lift operator, and you just burn wicked amounts of calories at that job.
135 is probably a really healthy weight for me, but because I am 57, I don't expect to achieve that. I have a post menopausal metabolism, and even though I have taken up running in my 50s, and enjoy it quite a lot, I really only expect to get down to 145. But here's the thing: I feel good when I'm 145. I have a waist when I am 145. So that's how I picked my goal weight. I choose reasonable over unattainable.

Boland_D

Being heavy since middle school I never had a goal weight because I didn't know what it was like to be thin as a teen/young adult.
Finally got down to around 140 in highschool and still felt unsatisfied.
My current goal range is 130-145 but with weight lifting. I had zero muscle then and was very weak.
Not too set on the number though. It's more about how I look and feel.
I'm 5'6

domeofstars

I looked at the healthy weight range charts for my height, and my goal weight is the lowest weight for someone my height with a large frame/large build. I'm 5'7 and my mother is 5'2, so she's significantly shorter than me. When I was a teenager I can remember starving myself and being 10 kilos lighter (around 22 pounds) than her. She gave me some of her rings to try on, and despite my being significantly thinner than her in terms of weight, I couldn't put these rings on my fingers. So this is why I feel I have a large frame/large build and why I am aiming to be in the top of my healthy weight range. Its a healthy weight for my particular body.

lucypstacy

I actually don't have a set goal. I'm only 5'4 and I started out at 265. The goal I set here is 145, but I don't think that's my final goal. It's still a bit heavy for me, but I'm not sure what I'll eventually strive for. Because of my build and, well, the fact I'm busty even when thin, I didn't look healthy at 120 - a lifetime ago. I'll probably aim for something closer to 130, but I have a long way to go before I get there.

medic2038

AnvilHead wrote: »

The most beautiful thing about choosing a goal weight is that it's not written in stone - you can change it any time you want to. If you set your goal for, say, 140 lbs., but decide when you hit 150 that you're happy there, you can just switch to maintenance and call it good. If you hit 140 and discover you still want to go lower, you just change your goal and keep on keepin' on until you reach a point where you're satisfied.

It helps to have something to aim at, so pick a goal that sounds reasonable to you and head that way. Re-assess as you go and re-establish new goals as you see fit. The beauty of it is that you're not locked into anything.

Absolutely agree 100%!

I've always used bodyfat %, rather than weight as my goal. My particular build doesn't work well with any charts, even at (what I expect to be) 10% body fat, according to BMI i'll be overweight.

BlueSkyShoal

I just kind of guessed a weight that was in the middle of my "healthy" BMI zone. We'll see if it's the right fit for me once i actually reach it, lol.

thewindandthework

I've been fat since my early teens, so I really have no idea what I would look like after losing. So I googled ideal bodyweight for someone of my height, found like eight different answers, and averaged them together.

For the record, I'm 5'11" and my goal weight is 161. When I hit that weight--and I will--I will maintain for a month or two and decide what to do. I have a suspicion that the best weight for me will be in the 180s, but I'll figure that out after hitting my goal.

Right now I'm at about 240, so I have quite a way to go before that becomes an issue.

Tacklewasher

ILoveGoal wrote: »

Using this website: https://www.fitwatch.com/calculator/ideal-body-fat-weight
© 2017 FitWatch, all rights reserved

Enter your average weight, body fat, choose being (fe)male, and using imperial or metric.. click calculate and seeing at which weight range you'd be when reaching x body fat percentage.

Possible being at a bit higher weight when exercising due (gaining) muscle mass (not wanting to loose muscle but fat), though being leaner (lower body fat %).

So, for laughs I tried this site.

I'm 6', 240lbs and (according to my Withings scale) 33% BF. Putting aside the scale accuracy on BF, the site gave me between 187 and 201 for athletic (not my goal), 203 to 211 for fitness (my goal) and 214 to 233 for average.

Big difference between that and having a BMI of 25 at 180.