HOW DID YOU PICK YOUR WEIGHT GOAL?

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  • Kim55555
    Kim55555 Posts: 987 Member
    At some point you have to figure out what you can maintain. When I get about to where I was in high school, I'll stop focusing on the numbers and aim for something I can reasonably maintain without starving myself.

    Yeah this is my plan too! I want to be able to eat a nice amount each day and have enough to fuel me through my sports.
  • Thena81
    Thena81 Posts: 1,265 Member
    where i started gaining weight :(
  • Kim55555
    Kim55555 Posts: 987 Member
    I picked 72 kgs (158 lbs) because that just puts me in the healthy BMI range, and I remember being that in my 20s. However, I'm just .5 kg (1 lb) away from that and I still have a spare tire, so I'm not going to be happy at that weight. What has happened is that my pants are loose around the bottom but tight around my middle.

    My secondary goal was to get under an 80 cm (31.5 inches) waist, to lower the disease risk, and at the moment my waist is 81 cms.

    So, I am now considering trying to get under 70 kgs and see if my waist shrinks. I thought I would be happy in a size 14, but maybe I'd like to shoot for a 10 (which my older sister is now wearing, but it's not a competition ;-) )

    GG

    I'm the same. I'm 61.5 kg (5 foot 2) and I thought that would be a good goal weight for me, but I still have a bit of a spare tire too. My waist is 82 cm. So I'm gonna try for 58 kg. My goal keeps changing. First I would have been happy to get to 65, then I got there and aimed for 62, now im here i've changed it again. I'll see what I look like when I get to 58 and then reasses.
  • speedycakes
    speedycakes Posts: 152 Member
    I used my BMI and the Goldilocks principal, if 25 BMI is too Fat and 18 BMI is too Thin then 21.5 BMI must be just right, which for me at 5' 8" is 141 lbs. When I get there I'll see how it feels and reassess at that point.
    i'm 5'8 141 was really nice but i have a small frame so i'm aiming for 130.
  • littlelily613
    littlelily613 Posts: 769 Member
    I picked my goal weight by looking into the healthy BMI range. I did not pick the highest, and certainly did not pick the lowest (because even when I was a thin 5 year old, I was heavier than I looked---and am still heavier than I look). When I was a teenager, I had lost a bunch of weight and was the skinniest I had ever been since I was about 7. I was the same height as now, so I feel that is doable. I will go to that or 5 pounds lighter if possbile.
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