Guys & Gals - Asking you to please be honest :)

abbychelle07

I am 5'7" and my goal is 150 also. You look great as you are, though. It just depends on how you feel!

knittygirl52

Personally, I think you look lovely right now. 150 is probably low enough. At the very least I would keep it my goal for now and take awhile to get used to it. Here's the reason I say that.

Many years ago I lost over 50 lbs (which is all I needed to lose at the time). I am 5 1 1/2 (at my height the 1/2 is important!), so I set my goal at 110--which was 10 pounds lower than the goal Weight Watchers wanted to give me (120). I eventually got down to 102.

Our perceptions of our physical size are typically wrong. I thought I looked great at 110 or lower and refused any suggestion that I was too thin. I kept the weight off for a year before I got pregnant with my son. My doctor wanted me to gain 35 pounds, but I couldn't imagine gaining over 25, so I religiously watched my weight gain and gained precisely 24.5 pounds by the time my son was born 3 days before his due date. I only lost 10 pounds of the baby weight in the first month or two, so I went back to Weight Watchers and struggled and struggled to lose the rest (even though I was breast feeding). I wound up unable to get below 120. So I threw in the towel, and now here I am trying to lose over 100 pounds.

My point is this: I was underweight at 102. Even at 110. When I look back at those pictures now, I don't really look good. I look boney. But I couldn't see it then, because my brain was still fat. Now I have set my goal higher--130. Perhaps I will decide to go down to 120 once I get there, but I will never again try to go to 110 or less. It was not possible to maintain it long-term, it really WAS too thin, and it was demoralizing to try to maintain an unrealistic weight.

lcouterm

My comments were going to be that the pose you had in the first one and wearing black hid your shape so I couldn't even tell what the bod looked like. Tonning is alway's good and posture (you hold yourself well) Now if you want a better assesment put on a bikini then we can talk some more

TK266

Now if you want a better assesment put on a bikini then we can talk some more

hey now you cannot go around suggesting people put up bikini photos..., but may I suggest a a gold bikini and your hair curled in buns at the side of your head and ... :laugh:

dj_stevie_c

Now if you want a better assesment put on a bikini then we can talk some more

hey now you cannot go around suggesting people put up bikini photos..., but may I suggest a a gold bikini and your hair curled in buns at the side of your head and ... :laugh:

I sense, from that last comment and your avatar you may be a fan of a certain series of movies. Me too.

Anyway.

To the lady in question. You look fabulous, size 12 is pretty small really, lots of people aim for a size 10 but I don't see why in most cases as we all have our own body shapes, I agree with you that losing too much more would start moving things towards too stick thin, but definitely get to your target and then see how you feel.

You're great the way you are and well done for all the hard work!