Is your weight loss goal ideal?

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  • likitisplit
    likitisplit Posts: 9,420 Member
    My goal weight is 10 pounds heavier than the highest "ideal weight" I could find calculated for my age/height. It's less than I've weighed since I was in middle school, and given how I looked in high school at 10-15 lbs over my current goal, with less muscle mass than I have now… I can't imagine that hitting my "ideal" weight would look healthy. At 26 pounds above my goal, I am plump but normal-looking and can easily buy straight-sized clothing that fits (well, "easily" - I am not proportioned like a fit model), can easily buy rings and bracelets that fit my fingers and wrists - basically the only thing I can't buy is normal-width calf-height boots, because I have giant legs (something that will probably only be somewhat reduced as I continue to lose weight, since a lot of the width is muscle). Losing much more than 25-30 more pounds seems like it simply wouldn't be healthy or sustainable.

    I have NEVER been able to fit into boots, even when I had extremely low bodyfat.
  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
    I don't know. The top of the healthy weight range for my height (5'4) is listed as 130. I'm currently 179. I just can't imagine myself 50 lbs lighter. It seems tiny to me. Right now my goal is 155-160. When I get there, I'll reevaluate.

    145lbs is actually the top of the healthy BMI range (24.9) for someone 5'4.

    130lbs is closer to the middle of the healthy BMI range (22.3).

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