how did you decide on your goal weight?

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  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 8,640 Member
    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    I'm still wondering if 20%, 25%, and 30% are corrected ordered in the women in that graphic.

    Agree. No offense to the ever helpful and kind @kshama2001 but that particular graph, meme or whatever has always puzzled me. It seems to show women who are sorta awkwardly angled to look great at any size, and because they’re all posed differently there’s no way to compare, and the ones with the lower BF look larger than several with the higher BF.

    I wish there were a similar layout with women all posed the same. A bikini police weight lineup?

    Then again, it’s so easy to get sucked down the comparison hole and forget to appreciate our own wins. Mine are likely nothing like yours.

    Those dang feet for example. I read the NSV thread religiously and kept anxiously waiting for my own “foot shrink” and it didn’t happen til four and a half years in. Somebody may read something I wrote about “bat wings” and feel the same.

    Just keep hacking away at it, til you reach your own place of comfort and happiness.

    That’s the perfect weight.

    Humans. We are so imperfect, trying to be perfect. Maybe seeking perfection is the human condition. 😮

  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    Lietchi wrote: »
    I also don't really like the graph above.

    This new one I found at least has similar positioning for all the women?

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    I like this one better too. @Lietchi do you have a link to the page so I can bookmark it?
  • Lietchi
    Lietchi Posts: 6,874 Member
    Here ya go :smile:
    https://ultimateperformance.com/your-goal/fat-loss/female-fat-loss/womens-body-fat-percentage-in-pictures/
    That page has a few extra examples per bodyfat percentage too.
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,252 Member
    edited July 2023
    When I was at my highest weight of 245 I never really gave it much thought to where I wanted to be weight wise or body fat wise, just that it was time to get more serious about my lifestyle in general. I've ended up where I am now at 185 and around 12-15% body fat from that result, and I probably only weighted myself a dozen times during that transition. For me it was lifestyle and my diet, which was and is lower carb and the mirror was my inspiration. Cheers
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    Lietchi wrote: »
    Here ya go :smile:
    https://ultimateperformance.com/your-goal/fat-loss/female-fat-loss/womens-body-fat-percentage-in-pictures/
    That page has a few extra examples per bodyfat percentage too.

    Thanks! I will use that moving forward.
  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,755 Member
    Basically, had a doctor who said he wanted to see me at 160 when I weighed in at 225. It was fairly easy losing that weight so I kept going until I hit 105 (with a 30 lb gain and the year I gained and lost the same pound in between). I sort of wanted to see if I could break 100, did, and went right back up to a nice round numbered 105 where I stayed for 5 or 6 years.
  • dmsl977
    dmsl977 Posts: 232 Member
    I struggle with this as well. My body is disproportionate: I'm 5'5.5", but my legs are incredibly long (I wear a 36" length pant.) I've only achieved a 22 BMI once in my adult life and I looked sick. Too thin and bony. My current goal is 150 (currently down 30 pounds to 163.) This is barely within normal BMI range. I will re-assess when I get to goal, but I don't think I can go too much lower than150 happily.
  • ddsb1111
    ddsb1111 Posts: 885 Member
    dmsl977 wrote: »
    I struggle with this as well. My body is disproportionate: I'm 5'5.5", but my legs are incredibly long (I wear a 36" length pant.) I've only achieved a 22 BMI once in my adult life and I looked sick. Too thin and bony. My current goal is 150 (currently down 30 pounds to 163.) This is barely within normal BMI range. I will re-assess when I get to goal, but I don't think I can go too much lower than150 happily.

    Hi there! Do you know your lean body mass? There was an interesting thread you might like to figure out your ideal weight and it’s not your BMI. I bumped it if you’d like to check it out.
  • dmsl977
    dmsl977 Posts: 232 Member
    ddsb1111 wrote: »
    dmsl977 wrote: »
    I struggle with this as well. My body is disproportionate: I'm 5'5.5", but my legs are incredibly long (I wear a 36" length pant.) I've only achieved a 22 BMI once in my adult life and I looked sick. Too thin and bony. My current goal is 150 (currently down 30 pounds to 163.) This is barely within normal BMI range. I will re-assess when I get to goal, but I don't think I can go too much lower than150 happily.

    Hi there! Do you know your lean body mass? There was an interesting thread you might like to figure out your ideal weight and it’s not your BMI. I bumped it if you’d like to check it out.

    I don't know my LBM. I'll check out the thread. Thanks!
  • zebasschick
    zebasschick Posts: 1,071 Member
    BMI doesn't mean much unless you have an average amount of lean body mass and an average amount of fat.

    my BMI is 25.7 but parts of me look like a BMI of 35 or 40 while my belly (which is large compared to the rest of me) looks like a BMI of 45 or 50. none of me but my forearms, hands and calves look like the examples for a BMI of 25 or less in either graphic.
  • Lietchi
    Lietchi Posts: 6,874 Member
    edited July 2023
    zebasschick wrote: »
    BMI doesn't mean much unless you have an average amount of lean body mass and an average amount of fat.

    my BMI is 25.7 but parts of me look like a BMI of 35 or 40 while my belly (which is large compared to the rest of me) looks like a BMI of 45 or 50. none of me but my forearms, hands and calves look like the examples for a BMI of 25 or less in either graphic.

    You seem to be confusing BMI ( weight divided by height squared) and bodyfat percentage? They're not the same thing, BMI gives a general idea for health assessment, since the same BMI looks very different depending on body composition. Bodyfat percentage is more precise, but harder to know (hence infographs online to help people judge their bodyfat percentage).
  • BrightEyedAgain
    BrightEyedAgain Posts: 259 Member
    At first I was just happy to lose anything. However, as my weight started going down, I found this site to be really helpful:

    https://www.sailrabbit.com/bmr/

    It not only gave me a possible target weight to shoot for, it also helped me figure out what my maintenance calorie budget might look like.
  • mareeya88
    mareeya88 Posts: 35 Member
    I'm also 5'4" but I'm shooting for 150 pounds. Reason why is because I apparently have a large head and I was called bighead and bobblehead when I was really skinny. :| I felt really good about myself at 150!
  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 8,640 Member
    mareeya88 wrote: »
    I'm also 5'4" but I'm shooting for 150 pounds. Reason why is because I apparently have a large head and I was called bighead and bobblehead when I was really skinny. :| I felt really good about myself at 150!
    No, it probably means you were just smarter than your pinhead friends and needed more headspace for the extra helping of brains.

    It’s amazing how casual comments or events from long ago can color our perception of ourselves for a lifetime.

  • pony4us
    pony4us Posts: 165 Member
    At 5'4" 150 puts me right in the sweet spot for healthy for my age (mid 70s). I've been maintaining happily at this weight. To go 5-10 pounds lower to get to "normal" on the BMI chart would be a stuggle for me to maintain. My doctor told me not to lose any weight. Bones are great, all blood work is great and I am on no meds.
    Pick a goal that not only is attainable but take a look at maintenance to see if that is something that will be easy for you. Yes I said easy, you still have to weigh yourself and see how you feel but it should not be a lifelong hardship.
    I only have 10-15 years left on tthis earth (hope for more but...) I don't want to spend that time worrying about food and my weight.

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