happy weight quiz??

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leslieanned
leslieanned Posts: 17
in Health and Weight Loss
whatever it is somebody tell me about it, it sounds intriguing.... :wink:
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  • rharris86dc
    rharris86dc Posts: 635 Member
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    Where did you hear about it??? I'd like to know more
  • MamaByGrace8
    MamaByGrace8 Posts: 11 Member
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    http://www.self.com/calculatorsprograms/calculators/happyweight

    It looks right on to me!
  • elvb
    elvb Posts: 423 Member
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    I just googled it. It's on self.com. Apparently my "happy weight" is 10 lbs under what I figured I'd be happy at. haha
  • Vanessa414
    Vanessa414 Posts: 644
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    hey cool, this was almost dead on for me. lol it gave me 144.2 and my goal is 145 :)
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,404 MFP Moderator
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    Not even close for me. It said 157. I would have to be anoerexic to get there, lol. In reality, I don't care what I weight, however, I would like to be 8% body fat within the next 4 months. I am at 12% now. I would suspect I woudl be around 180 ish.
  • rharris86dc
    rharris86dc Posts: 635 Member
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    http://www.thegreatfitnessexperiment.com/2009/03/how-to-find-your-happy-weight.html

    This is an article about the calculator.

    I found it, and apparently my "happy weight" is 140, which at this point seems rather impossible to get to, not to mention stay at. I'll be ecstatic when/if I ever get under 150, lol
  • yogamom16
    yogamom16 Posts: 114
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    It told me 121lbs which is right on for me.
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,404 MFP Moderator
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    Maybe it's more accurate for woman because it doesn't account for muscle. BTW, I haven't been 157 since 7th grade.
  • MissingMinnesota
    MissingMinnesota Posts: 7,486 Member
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    wow it put my happy weight at 126 which is what I weighed back in 7th grade. My inital goal weight was 140 and my streach goal of 130-135. 126lbs would be a total of 124 lbs loss for me so I would be cutting my initial weight in half.
  • elvb
    elvb Posts: 423 Member
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    It said 118 for me. I'm 5' and my bmi range is 98 to 128 so it basically gave me smack dab in the middle. Dumb. I haven't weighed 118 since I graduated high school BEFORE having 3 kids. I don't think my body will ever see under 125 so I'm looking to just hit healthy bmi and be happy there. :)
  • trk24
    trk24 Posts: 18 Member
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    oh my...131 happy weight. My goal is 140-145, I'm not sure I will ever get to the 130's..haven't been there in 25 years..eek.
    good luck to all on our happy weight!
  • christine24t
    christine24t Posts: 6,063 Member
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    If I ever got to the weight it said (142!) I would die of happiness. I'm about 175 right now,and my next goal is 170, and I was kind of hoping then to aim for 160 and see where that brings me. I'm going slowly with this journey, and looking forward to keep losing pounds!
  • BethanyCee
    BethanyCee Posts: 70
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    It gave me 147 lbs, which is just 3 under my goal weight. I'd say that's pretty good!
  • Pebble321
    Pebble321 Posts: 6,554 Member
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    Unrealistically small weight I think..... if I ever got to 58kg (130 pounds) I'd look terrible.
    I'm aiming for 67kg, so about 17 pounds higher than their "happy weight!".
    FAIL!
  • marie_2454
    marie_2454 Posts: 881 Member
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    Wow! I'm really surprised. The self calculator has my goal weight at 133.2 and my goal weight is 127-130.
  • Dtrmnd86
    Dtrmnd86 Posts: 406 Member
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    Wow, I just did mine and it was pretty accurate. I am looking to get to 130/125 and it said 132 for me.
  • kacarter1017
    kacarter1017 Posts: 651 Member
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    I'm below my "happy weight"?!?! It says 147.2 and I'm at 145 now. My goal is around 140...
  • hroush
    hroush Posts: 2,073 Member
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    I'm guessing this is just for women and it told me 160 :noway: I'm 195 now with about 15% body fat. Truthfully I'll be happier when I'm back up to 200-210 (fat loss / muscle gain)
  • Contrary03
    Contrary03 Posts: 289 Member
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    HAHA~ that's funny. Says mine is 129, which is true:) My emotional age is 22, which sounds about right as well. I have to remind myself that i'm almost 40 sometimes.:drinker:
  • Grimmerick
    Grimmerick Posts: 3,342 Member
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    MIne was 132lbs my goal was 138lbs but we'll see when I get there

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