Find Your "Happy Weight"

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  • catherine1979
    catherine1979 Posts: 704 Member
    I like the idea of a happy weight. What they're basically saying is "This is a weight that is healthy for you (from a BMI perspective). It may be heavier than you're 'ideal' weight (that is, if all women 'ideally' wanted bodies like supermodels- not all of us are looking for that), but it's a weight that 1)Is realistic 2)You could maintain 3)You'd feel good about yourself at.

    My target weight is 125 because that's the weight I was pretty consistantly at, before I had kids. But when I took this quiz and got my happy weight I remembered when I WAS 135 pounds. I looked really good, I had lots of energy, I felt happy. And the more I thought about it the more I realized, heck, YEAH I would be happy at that weight. Sure, I'd prefer 125 (I was tiny then, wore AWESOME clothing!) but I'd also be constantly working to stay there. 135 would require a lot less restrictions, would allow me more freedom- but I'd still look good.

    I liked it too, for me, as the difference was a mere three pounds, it reaffirmed that I had already set a perfectly reasonable, healthy, attainable goal.
  • mehapp
    mehapp Posts: 132
    My happy weight is four pounds above my goal. This was very interesting - I am right on track with my thinking. My goal is 125 and I am comfortable with anything under 130.
    awesome!
  • jbuffan218
    jbuffan218 Posts: 275 Member
    Interesting
    My "happy weight " is the exactly the weight I WAS when I came here?
    Believe me when I say I was not happy.
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