I realized I don't ever remember being my goal weight

Losingthedamnweight
Losingthedamnweight Posts: 535 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I just had this eerie feeling after realizing...I don't even remember what it's like to be the goal weight I'm shooting for (150). Like...ever. Maybe when I was 14 (I'm 29)? I don't remember it at all though. The feeling. How I looked. Anything. The lightest I've been in the last decade has been 194lbs and for my height, that's still about 40lbs over what I should be. I don't even know what's its like to not have a belly hanging over my pants!

It's just weird to think about. As excited as I am to lose all this damn weight, it's even more exciting to realize the weight I'm getting down to is so new, I don't even remember being that weight. It'll be a totally "first time" type of thing. I don't even have any pictures of me at 150. Wow. Ok I'll stop. But damn. I'm going to look like a completely different sexier person!
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  • walleymama
    walleymama Posts: 174 Member
    I can relate, in a way.

    I don't know how low I can actually go. I weighed 128 lbs when I was about 22 yrs old. Haven't seen that weight since then (I'm 45). It gives me the same goose pimples as you describe to think I could, possibly, maybe end up weighing something close to that when I'm done (my current goal is 135 but if the weight is still coming off I may continue until I can maintain without going hungry).
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    Well, hopefully that'll throw some fuel on the fire! Let's DO this!
  • alisonlynn1976
    alisonlynn1976 Posts: 929 Member
    I remember being my goal weight, but I don't remember the in-between weights much. I must have just not paid attention to what was going on with my body while I was in the process of getting fat. Also, I didn't go through every clothing size before, I just went from wearing small stuff to wearing big stuff without ever buying the medium sizes. Not sure what my point is here, but that's my experience.
  • DemoraFairy
    DemoraFairy Posts: 1,806 Member
    Same here, but more because I don't know how much I've weighed before. I never bothered to weigh myself. I went on a diet because one day my mum decided to weigh everyone in the family and I was overweight. All I know is that I was under 80kg a few years ago because you had to be under that to do a sport I did, but since 80kg is higher than my starting weight that doesn't really help! But I do know I've never considered myself thin and never been even close to confident enough to wear a bikini, so if I get to where I want to be that'll be new.
  • Darrelkun
    Darrelkun Posts: 152 Member
    I can relate too! Also excited! :D
  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    Same here. I must have been like 13/14 MAYBE. I have no recollection of my goal weight whatsoever.
  • justdoingit13
    justdoingit13 Posts: 18
    Same here!!!! I was in college...a long time ago and 4 children ago!!! But I am excited to go back to the old me. My goal is to get back into my wedding dress. Silly?? Maybe....but it is motivation. Doing that will tell me I HAVE ARRIVED!!
  • justdoingit13
    justdoingit13 Posts: 18
    Hey Ninkyou....I see you now with one of those fashionable jogging strollers running in your neighborhood with your new baby. Go for it girl!!!!!
  • hananah89
    hananah89 Posts: 692 Member
    Same here, I'm only 23 but have been the same height since early high school. Which was probably the last time I weighed my goal weight, maybe middle school. I seem to remember weighing about 15-20lbs above my goal weight senior year of high school.
  • beattie1
    beattie1 Posts: 1,012 Member
    Same here. I must have been like 13/14 MAYBE. I have no recollection of my goal weight whatsoever.

    Me too, might even have been younger than that! I know I've never been the weight I am now as an adult.
  • Koldnomore
    Koldnomore Posts: 1,613 Member
    It's been about 15 years since I was at the weight I am now (160), 18 years since 150, and about 20 since I was at my goal weight. I remember thinking even then that I could stand to lose a few pounds.. How I managed to gain 100 lbs OVER that weight - boggles my mind. All I know is that I am not doing this again! I will be where I want to be and this time I will stay there.
  • justdoingit13
    justdoingit13 Posts: 18
    AMEN!!! Preach to the choir.....we are all listening!!!!
  • amsipub
    amsipub Posts: 84 Member
    I reached my goal size, not my goal weight. It's due to my body composure is more muscular now than I have ever been. I wear the same size clothing as I did in high school, but I'm between 15-20 lbs. more than I weighed back then. I've pretty much given up on the scale and just look to keep toned and fit now and keep with my healthier eating habits.

    GL! I wish you all the success in your journey to health and fitness. :)
  • pattyfitzroy
    pattyfitzroy Posts: 15
    I also was a teenager back then, I remember it vaguely, but I do know that I was unhealthy as you can be eating wise back then, I'm looking forward to getting there and being healthy at the same time! Good luck to you on your weight loss and fitness goals!
  • PinkNinjaLaura
    PinkNinjaLaura Posts: 3,202 Member
    When I was last at my goal weight (135) I was depressed about it. I was 110 when I graduated from high school, so by the time I got to 135 I considered myself 25 pounds overweight. But I'm 44 years old now, and a lot more muscular than I was at 18, and 135 is sounding pretty dang good. Still got some work to do to get there but I'm on my way.
  • annakow
    annakow Posts: 385 Member
    It feels good to fit your high school jeans :) trust me!!! go on! you can do it :)
  • septembergrrl
    septembergrrl Posts: 168 Member
    I last saw my goal weight when I was 20. It was funny, I thought I was gaining weight and was so relieved to find out I hadn't.

    And then I promptly started drinking and stopped being a vegetarian who walked everywhere ... and gained 10 pounds a year for most of that decade. Oy.

    I was a size 10/12 back then. It'll be nice to fit into mediums again.
  • smesche
    smesche Posts: 234 Member
    I can remember being about 15-20 lbs heavier than my current goal weight and that was when I was 17 (my senior year of High School). I can remember the amazingly cute bathing suit I wore to the beach for Senior Week. If I can back into a bathing suit like that... well.. I'm not really sure HOW I would handle that immense amount of joy.
  • michelefrench
    michelefrench Posts: 814 Member
    I don't remember EVER being the size/weight I am now...pretty sure I never was....i'm actually under my original goal weight now..only cause I didn't realize I could ever get to where I am now...but it is do-able..best of luck!!!!
  • clareyoung80
    clareyoung80 Posts: 177 Member
    Same here! I think I must have been...10 years old possibly? I vaguely think I might be smaller than I was at 18... I really wish I made a note of my measurements then!

    I do know I have NEVER been my goal body composition though...like, I guess you could say I have been my goal weight before when I went past it. But, in all the times I was smaller, I was never happy with my body composition.

    And I'm so inpatient - what will I look like?! I wanna know NOW!!!
  • 0somuchbetter0
    0somuchbetter0 Posts: 1,335 Member
    I can remember being almost my goal weight and feeling fat. That was 25 years and two babies ago. I have to keep in mind that when (not if!) I reach my goal weight, I won't have the same body I did back then. Don't get me wrong, I know I'll look and feel great, but, alas, my 47 year old body will never look 22 again. :(

    But no matter...I won't be rocking any teeny tiny bikinis on the beach, but my 47 year old body is going to look GREAT in size 6 jeans!
  • MinnieInMaine
    MinnieInMaine Posts: 6,400 Member
    I hear ya! I haven't been anywhere near my goal weight in 20+ years. Started gaining weight quickly my senior year of high school due to a myriad of factors and had some success here and there with diets through the years but I'd never gotten as close to goal as I am right now. It's pretty exciting!
  • lucystacy71
    lucystacy71 Posts: 290 Member
    I can remember it barely because it was when I was eighteen (I'm 35 now). I did a series of pictures at that time, and those images have haunted me for years as to how I should and want to look. In fact, I haven't allowed anyone to take a picture of me in over 5 or 6 years because I don't want to see how much different I look.
  • xLoveLikeWinterx
    xLoveLikeWinterx Posts: 408 Member
    I know I was my goal weight (128) at one point, because I was very underweight for most of high school (about 115-ish pounds) and looked/felt horrible. I used college as an excuse to gain weight/try to fix my disorded thinking and went from 115 to 160. So somewhere in there I hit 128 but don't remember it. This time I'm going to enjoy it :)
  • Matiara
    Matiara Posts: 377 Member
    I was at my goal two years ago and for most of my adult life, so I definitely remember it. What I don't remember is gaining the weight. It's like I went from a 6/8 to a 14 overnight. It took 18 months, so I know it was not overnight, but it seems like it was. I still don't understand how I could have gained 7 inches each on my waist and hips in that timeframe and not noticed.
  • Hexahedra
    Hexahedra Posts: 894 Member
    My goal weight would put me about a decade back, probably more. However, I won't actually fit into the same clothes as back then, because my body composition has changed. It will be a completely new territory for me as well.
  • Greenrun99
    Greenrun99 Posts: 2,065 Member
    I think there are a few people here that don't remember their goal weight.. me included.. I have been bigger since middle school so it is hard to judge how that will reflect to the weight I want to be now.
  • EsqDreams
    EsqDreams Posts: 8 Member
    Reading your post, the same is true for me. I don't remember my goal weight either. Maybe because when I was that weight, I never got on a scale and people related to me in a way that my weight was never an issue! :frown:
  • creech6317
    creech6317 Posts: 869 Member
    It's funny, a friend and I were just talking about this. I haven't weighed this little since I was in middle school. I can remember as a freshman in high school wearing a size 14/16 (now I am in a 6/8 almost half of what I was).

    I can remember going to friends houses for slumber parties and they would all be trying each others clothes on and I couldn't because I was too big. Well now I could, lol.
  • FitCanuckChick
    FitCanuckChick Posts: 240 Member
    It's funny, a friend and I were just talking about this. I haven't weighed this little since I was in middle school. I can remember as a freshman in high school wearing a size 14/16 (now I am in a 6/8 almost half of what I was).

    I can remember going to friends houses for slumber parties and they would all be trying each others clothes on and I couldn't because I was too big. Well now I could, lol.

    Guess what - I bet most of them wouldn't be able to try on YOUR clothes now :)

    I was always the biggest in my class - I surpassed my weight before I even started weighing myself when I was a kid (I'm thinking 12 or so). Now, alot of the kids that were "skinny minnies" in school - they have the beer bellies and are overweight. I find being the healthiest you now totally surpasses what it would have felt like at 16.

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