Is this a cop out?

yoovie

i think youre thinking about it too much. You should just take flight and see what happens.

yo_andi

But how about this. Sounds like you have a ways to go before hitting 200. Why don't you do everything in your power to get there and then reevaluate? Why are qr putting on the brakes 30 pounds out?

That's where it's at.

Muddy_Yogi

Why even set a number at all? Why not just keep doing great things for yourself even when you hit those magic numbers?

yoovie

all this chitter chatter is one more way to procrastinate putting your money where your mouth is.

cmriverside

Cop out. Shoot for 170. Set smaller goals along the way, but strive to get into that healthy weight range. As you get closer, it will seem more reasonable.

When I was actively losing, I had set my goal weight for 20 pounds more than where I actually settled when I got going. The healthier you get, the healthier you want to get.

Goal_Line

"Yes" it is a cop out

Here is my advise: Just adopt a healthy lifestyle and keep it regardless of the scale. I think you find you your "natural" weight will be much less than 220. The concern is if you focus on 220 without the lifestyle change, once you get there you will regain the weight. Eat quality food and move your body on a daily basis. Over the long term you'll find you hit equilibrium far below 220.

skyttles

Though i do agree that you should wait till you get to 200 and evaluate how you feel, i think you should go back and think about why you choose 170 in the first place instead of 200. Why are those reasons no longer relevant? You have reasons for wanting to reach a healthier weight. Will those reasons be satisfied at 200? Also I settle a lot and i find when i have to stop and ask a friend, hey is ____ a cop out... it is .. every single time.... I don't know, just food for thought... good luck to you.

Cindym82

Yes. Cop out. There aren't many of us that can healthily support 200+ pounds.

THIS, I think 170 is a goal you should be shooting for

beachlover317

all this chitter chatter is one more way to procrastinate putting your money where your mouth is.

edited to comment below

beachlover317

I have been doing a lot of thinking about where I want to go with my weight loss and I had an original goal of 170 or so. However, lately I have been thinking maybe 200-220....

I have always been comfortable with a little extra weight. I am not necessarily looking to be skinny. I am just wondering if this is a cop out of sorts. I dont know what it is like to be under that and honestly.... it does scare me to think I could make it there.... I know that probably doesnt make much sense for such goal oriented folks, but knowing where I have been in my life and what I have been through, I am just not sure I would ever feel safe much under 200...

Holy crap. I just read this again. If the last part of your letter is referring to something that would mean pain for you if you were to get really thin - you need to work that out now. We've all been obsessing on what you should weigh and not the fear of being in territory that is somehow threatening to you. Good luck on your weight loss.

dragnich

I'm just starting up and I decided to take little bites. Weight Watchers (yes I've done it all) used to always say focus on the first 10% so I put my goal at 21 lbs. Once I've lost that I will reevaluate, actually if I actually lose it I'm not sure I'll have to, it'll be so exciting! However right now 21 lbs looks like 2000 lbs to me so one day at a time and baby steps I say.

Sweet_Pea0107

You don't have to have a number set in stone right now. Set small goals and as you lose you can better determine your ultimate goal. I don't think it is a cop out. Weightloss is a personal matter and only you can decide what you are comfortable with. As far as health goes... when I was classified as overweight by BMI was at a healthy fat%(still higher at the time than I wanted but still healthy)

Carolyn_79

If the number causes you stress, perhaps throw out your scale and just focus on healthy living.

omma_to_3

When I started this, I told my Dr if I got under 200 and made it no further, I'd be happy. I am quite large framed myself - I'll just never look tiny. It was still a cop out - mainly because I didn't think I could actually get there. I'm now FAR below that level. I'm aiming for the top of my BMI healthy range too but will reevaluate once I get there. Maybe I'll shoot for another 10 lbs after that. Because now I have the confidence to believe I CAN. You CAN too.

beccyleigh

Yes. Cop out. There aren't many of us that can healthily support 200+ pounds.

where is the eye roll! :huh: OP how tall are you, what is your current weight.?

I am 6ft, althletic framed & 2 years ago I was 198lbs & at the healthiest I have ever been, I reversed type 2 diabetes & all my medical levels, cholesterol etc were perfect. I aspire to get down to that again before I make any descisions on going lower so depending on your height, frame, activity level etc 200lbs could be a perfectly comfortable stop point.

Either way, as you currently weight over 200lbs then getting down to that level will always be considered a good idea.

good googly goo. I don't understand people sometimes. I really don't. Guess what? I'm 226 right now and in pretty decent shape. My goal weight (which I recently lowered from 225) is like 215 or so. But I'm a 6'1" male that's built like a brick $hithouse. So obviously I'm not including me, you, FitnessSocialist, our anyone else that fits these parameters.

but guess what? There's very few of us. And I'm doubting the OP is built like a professional athlete. Most people aren't. So you, FS, and anyone else that is, please use intelligence as your guide and exclude yourselves.

Hell, even I'm trying to lower my weight as much as possible to make it easier on my joints for a 10 mile mud run I have coming up.

don't go getting all butthurt about it. My post was in response to someones blanket statement that 200lbs is not a supportable goal for most. Guess what, most on my friend list are over 5'11 & 200lbs is a viable & quite acceptabler stop point for us which is why I asked the OP her height & frame rather than just shutting her down with "your copping out,"

The OP is clearly well over 200lbs so even getting to 200lbs would be beneficial to her health but telling her that aiming for 200lbs is a cop oput has the potential to be very detrimental her weightloss. m'kay.

tanniew78

Oh, even I know they didnt mean it like that. They are just saying that I shouldnt get focused on the number and to just do the things I need to do to be healthy. And that it will most likely be under 200 lbs. Either way I have a very long road ahead. So I am focusing on 30 lbs increments. I am already down my first 30 and then some... Now to tackle the next!

Gramps251

Don't over think it. Just get healthier every week. Small changes and achievments add up.

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DamnImASexyBitch

Yes. Cop out. There aren't many of us that can healthily support 200+ pounds.

What are you talking about? I am near 200 lbs.

You are 200lbs of (hot) man-muscle. Not 200lbs of squishy lady-lumps (like me).

I'm 5'11'' and 205lbs. I want to weigh 175. I wear a size 10/12 currently and I'm super busty. Some people can carry that. No one ever guesses I weigh what I do.

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tanniew78

Yes. Cop out. There aren't many of us that can healthily support 200+ pounds.

What are you talking about? I am near 200 lbs.

You are 200lbs of (hot) man-muscle. Not 200lbs of squishy lady-lumps (like me).

I'm 5'11'' and 205lbs. I want to weigh 175. I wear a size 10/12 currently and I'm super busty. Some people can carry that. No one ever guesses I weigh what I do.

This is me. I am VERY busy and have wide shoulders and hips. Will they shrink? Sure, maybe an inch or two, but I seriously wear most of my weight in my stomach and boobs. I am just going to see where I get to. First order of business is to get back into twoterville! Cuz it SUCKS being where I am at now. However, my job is VERY active and I drop weight every single day when I eat right. Holidays caught up with me with its tempting treats, but now its back to business.

RoadsterGirlie

Definitely a cop out. 215 was my STARTING point, and a wake up call that I needed to lose weight. I am on the tall side as well.

I know 170 seems like a long ways away. Set mini goals for yourself - don't worry about where you end up a year from now or even six months from now - just keep going. Focus on losing 1 to 2 pounds a week. If you change your diet and embrace a healthy lifestyle, the weight will come off.

I didn't start to think about goal until i was maybe 10 lbs away.

VanillaBone

I started at 240, aiming for 200, because I had convinced myself that because of my height and large frame, that would be a healthy weight for me. Got to 200, wasn't happy, decided 180 would be a good weight. Got there, still too fat, went to 170, then 160, then 150; My husband kept calling me Skeletor, so I thought about it for a few months and then went back up to 160, where I think I'm good

Make goals, but remember they're 'soft' goals, subject to change based on what you want, and the secrets your body reveals to you along the way.

IWantToo

Yes its a cop out, I have been up and down the same 45 pounds over the last couple of years and I still wear the same clothes.. I always get so close to that 18 and either never quite fit in them and gain weight and am almost busting out of my 20's... i for one am sick of it, for me 45 pounds is one dress size... so at almost 260 and a size 20 at 215 i'll be a size 20 and that f*&#^ing sucks...I personally think i'll be happy at 170, 160 because I have a large frame but in the 200's heck no!

Project_Jodie

Yep I think it's a cop out - get into the top end of your healthy BMI and then reevaulatie then

Good luck with your weightloss journey

katy_trail

Unless you are taller than 6'0, I don't know any woman that can support a 200+ weight healthily. Period. I'm 5'11 and 147 and I'm as curvy as they come. Just because you haven't been there before doesn't mean it isn't achievable. I call Cop Out. Now, enough with the excuses, take it 10 pounds at a time and get into that healthy BMI range. Obviously tough love is my motivational MO. Stop thinking about it and just work hard.

Definition of health has different meanings.
Great blood pressure reading? check
great resting heart rate? check
no diagnosed health problems, able to pass Dr exam check

I've been 200+ for most of the last decade.
I eat healthy most of the time, and generally am healthy.
no health conditions.
and if I workout regularly, I feel fit.

you don't have too be a certain size to be fit. or 'healthy'
of course I am trying seriously now to get to a lower weight
and the risk for getting a health condition goes way down,
but I don't see myself getting any lower than 170.
not bc I've never been there
bc I have wider hips now and tons of muscle
we each need to determine than on our own terms.

read skinny emmie's blog.
she ran a half marathon.
you don't have to be a certain size to be healthy or fit.
you can start now.

edit to add, I'm 65.5 inches. tall.

KaseyWolf

Who says you have to shoot for 170 and not 220? How about shoot for say 215. When you get there, reevaluate and make another goal. Small, attainable goals, bit at a time. Don't try to bite off and chew the whole thing at once (sorry for the eating analogy) but nibble at it bit by bit. Don't settle and don't quit. The overall goal shouldn't be a number on a scale but how you feel...being a healthier you. You can be 120 and be unhealthy.

Good luck!!

elsinora

I have been doing a lot of thinking about where I want to go with my weight loss and I had an original goal of 170 or so. However, lately I have been thinking maybe 200-220....

I have always been comfortable with a little extra weight. I am not necessarily looking to be skinny. I am just wondering if this is a cop out of sorts. I dont know what it is like to be under that and honestly.... it does scare me to think I could make it there.... I know that probably doesnt make much sense for such goal oriented folks, but knowing where I have been in my life and what I have been through, I am just not sure I would ever feel safe much under 200...

Set 200lbs as a mini goal and then once you get there (and you will with determination) about more mini goals after that.

I was 250lbs BUT I was always heavier on the scales. I have never been "thin" and I always have a stocky, wider frame, even with dramatic weight loss. BUT 200lbs is still significantly heavy for any height (unless you're guy, tall or body builder).

I too had this mental comfort zone that 200lbs is "alright" because, frankly, I never thought I would break it and remain under it.

So after 200lbs, I just set mini goals, such as 10lbs by X, 5 lbs by Y and then ... guess what? Don't weigh yourself and I did it on clothes.

A comfortable weight for my shape and size was 140lbs - 147lbs (I am 5' 5.5") but guess what? I was a US size 4 and UK size 8 .... most people that height and weight are bigger than that. I have always been much heavier on the scales.

Just do one stage at a time.

Lozze

I get it. When I started at 301lbs I was saying he exact same things. I was broad, larger body shape and under 200lb (or 90kg) was scary.

When I got under 100kg I realized something. My body shape is not as large as I thought. Parts of my body have changed hat I would never have guessed. I've lost a full shoe size. I'm actually getting quite small in he shoulders which is scaring me as I always thought I had road shoulders.

When you are so overweight you really don't know your true body shape. Just continue going in 30lb losses and focus on that. I know you'll be pleasantly surprised.