Anyone else happy to just be an "average" weight?

aj_rock

I just wanna look good naked. (I totally stole that from someone but don't remember who). I'm not proportional at an "average" weight. I have tiny boobs and huge thighs. I want to make my thighs tiny so they match.



OR I could get huge boobs.... Hrm.... decisions, decisions.

You just stole the words I had in my mind!!! haha.... with clothes on I probably look pretty slim (people have commented, I don't think so!!!)...I'm a healthy BMI... however I still have weight to lose!! And I know that when I look at myself naked!! I want ripped abs and non fatty thighs... And the only way to do that is loose fat%...

To be honest I would not even care if my weight stayed the same...as long as I lost fat% in my body!!!

Last sentence is important. Take off BF, add muscle. Puts you back in normal range anywho

rml_16

This has probably already been said, but people have different frames and heights and there are a lot of different ages represented here, so you don't really say someone else's goal is too low without knowing a lot of variables.

I'm 5'3". I'm small-framed. I was 100-110 pounds in high school. Before I got lazy, I was down to 132 pounds. Did I like that size? Sure. But I still had flab around my waste that I wanted to get rid of and it wasn't something that was going to go away with just toning.

My BMI range is 103 (I think) to 141. I think 115 is a perfectly reasonable goal.

Tree72

My primary goal is to be fit and healthy and to have the energy to do anything I want to do. The number on the scale or on my clothing just gives me a target for which to aim. I've never been in the supposedly healthy range for my height, so I want to try it and see what it's like. Maybe 145 will be just right for me (at 5'5") or maybe it will still be a bit much or even not quite enough. But I at least want to get there and see.

Jenscan

My goal is at the higher range of "normal" also. I'm built like an East German swimmer (no lie) so any thinner wouldn't work.

katkins3

I started at 230 pounds and have lost 20. I ask myself occasionally what my end goal is. I just haven't set one yet.
I have to see how far I can go. I'm 61 and haven't seen a weight in the 130's, (normal for my height), in 3 decades. I'll stick to mini goals for a while longer and see what happens.
I totally agree though that weight and fitness goals are as different as people are. One size fits all doesn't work in clothes or life in general.

jnite

My original gw was 130, then I thought that I would try for 120. Well that ain't happening because honestly I'm quite happy at 130 or so. I honestly got real tired of eating only 1200 cals and really kind of fell of the wagon once I hit 130. I don't log anymore but have been holding for over 2 months now, so I think I'm doing good. I may end up dropping more come October when I have time to start Zumba( if I like it)lol:drinker:

Avalonis

My personal preference is for a little bit chubbier women, so by all means, don't get TOO skinny

ChantalGG

Weight means nothing to me i want to be fit. so if i am 145lb and toned i would love it. I wouldnt love average, just weigh it.

tameko2

No, I want to be a bit thinner than average. I'm 180 right now and wearing a size 12 comfortably and that's too big (I'm down from a size....who knows .....at 210) still.

I do think I know what you mean where some people have their weight goals set INCREDIBLY low - the bottom of the BMI range chart is not appropriate for most builds or for people with muscle and people without muscle don't LOOK as good as people with so if their goal is to look good, they're doing it wrong.

I would like to be 130 but I don't know if that's realistic. I'm probably going to be pretty happy at 145. But in the end its all about SIZE and I'd really like to be a size 6 - last time I was 135 I was a small 8/large six. But that was also Highschool and I wasn't very fit.

I'd like to be in the low low 20s for body fat though - I think if I was there, I'd be a size six no matter what I weighed.

kunibob

At 0% body fat, I'd still be in the healthy range according to BMI...:laugh: So yeah, I'm definitely going to aim for an average weight!

Anyway, the first time I lost weight, I maintained for 4 years at 148 lb (BMI 24.6, body fat ~25%) and was very happy with it. My new goal is to drop my % body fat, and my goal %-age puts me at a BMI of 22.5, which seems about smack dab in the middle of average. That might end up being a bit skinny for my tastes, though...I'll see how I feel when I get there.

juliecat1

Me! My weight according to the BMI charts would be way too low for my frame size and height. I was there in higschool. and I felt like a boy. I want to feel like a woman and be curvy. I just want them to be solid and healthy curves and not fat curves.haha My plan is to go until I feel great and then quit. Forget the charts.

AnnaPixie

No desire to be skinny here. Love my curves and would hate to lose my boobs. My goal is just to be a size smaller, 2" all round loss with sustainable muscle mass, fitness and strength. Dont really care what that makes me on the scales :bigsmile:

Good luck :flowerforyou:

freeloaves

Really good to see like minded people here and it's making me feel better about BMI bullsh*t charts and stuff.
I too, look pretty good in clothes. As soon as they come off - oh lord. So I think for me too, I need to stop concentrating on the scales (a hard thing to do!) and start on the clothes and measurements.

I reckon any lower than 70kgs (155lb) for me (GW) would just look not good for my build.

Tbh the one thing I want to reach, is to wince when I see myself next to my bf in the mirror :laugh:

TheBraveryLover

Yeah, my goal will end up being 10 pounds overweight according to the BMI. That's fine with me as I have a goal size, not really a goal weight. Now, if I don't get to that size by the time I get to the weight, I'm open to losing more, but if looks good, I won't be as strenuous with losing as I am now.

Like you said, some people have goals to be really thin and that's totally fine. They look terrific so I can't fault them for having/wanting a low weight! But for my personal goal, I prefer an average or a little above average weight.