Does your body have a weight it "likes?"

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  • sarafil
    sarafil Posts: 506 Member
    thanks for all the responses....I'm glad to know it just isn't in my head. :)
  • Usbornegal
    Usbornegal Posts: 601 Member
    Maybe that's what is behind these mini plateaus - my body is asking 'Are we done yet? Ya happy now? Can we just sit here for a bit?' I keep saying NO!
  • faarooqfadlullah
    faarooqfadlullah Posts: 1
    No, our bodies don't "like" being at a certain weights. We like eating certain amounts of calories. If one tends to be at a certain weight, it's fairly easy to find out what calorie intake is maintaining that. Whether that's a healthy number or not is the question. Ever see those 600 pound life shows? The doctors say for those people to be maintaining those weights, they are ingesting 6000-7000 calories a day. I guess they could argue their bodies "like" that weight, but I would say that's untrue, their mouths do. It's hard to get used to a lower calorie intake, but it can and should be done.
  • Meerataila
    Meerataila Posts: 1,885 Member
    My body has weights it prefers. I have no clue what it's so called set point weight is, the weight where I would naturally eat at maintenance for an extended period of time. One reason I haven't given up on losing and maintaining despite the struggle is because I fear my natural weight might put me far north of bedbound.

    I do notice my weight gains and losses stall for a little awhile at around 150, 170, 210, and 240. I find all of these weights too high to be acceptable.
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    I know this is probably ridiculous to ask, but is it possible that your body has a certain weight range it "likes" to be at?

    Not ridiculous at all - this is an active area of medical research. The evidence suggests that - yes - the body does tend to slide into a range. It's not fixed for all time, and it can be moved by (for example) increasing/decreasing physical activity, but the principle is sound.
  • ShibaEars
    ShibaEars Posts: 3,928 Member
    I don't know if there is actually a "set weight" each body likes to be at, but it sure seemed like it for me for a while! I could get my weight down to 140, but it would stay there. If I dropped a couple pounds below, it would creep back up over the next couple weeks to 140 again. Getting past that number took a long time - although I'll be the first to admit I'm not always the most dedicated.

    However I did eventually get past that number. And now it seems like my body likes my current weight as I've plateaued again at around 130.
  • caracrawford1
    caracrawford1 Posts: 657 Member
    I know this is probably ridiculous to ask, but is it possible that your body has a certain weight range it "likes" to be at? I am 5'9" , 140lbs, and 21% BF. I know I do not need to really lose more weight, but I wouldn't be opposed to another 5 lbs (I am small framed). Right now my settings are set to .5lb loss per week, and I exercise regularly. My motto is everything in moderation, so I certainly don't deprieve myself of "naughty" foods every now and again, and sometimes I do go over my calorie limit, but most days I am under. My weight seems to stay right at 140lbs, no matter what I am doing (and obviously I am not going to starve myself to get rid of those five pounds). Is it possible this is just kind of the weight my body is at, and that's it? My BF never seems to change, either. Any thoughts? Probably just need to work harder for those five pounds than I did when I had 60 to lose?
    Unfortunately yes, and it isn't a weight I like.
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