what is your goal and height??

bluebirdeyes

i'm 5'7 and the charts say 145 is good for me ,i think i would be a bean pole with my bone structure, 155 -160 is good for me

Always_lil_j

I am 5'7" and my goal is 130. It was 120 til I started looking at pics of me from when I was that weight and realized I looked anorexic. I cant have that

sniffles

5'9. 155-150 lbs (will decide for sure once I get down there). I am willing to adjust my goal as I lose weight because I"m just not sure where I"ll feel the best.

MissingMinnesota

5' 10", 168.5, which I reached -- ta da! -- today!
I'm going to see what life's like here for a while and then decide if I want to reasses.

woohoo Congrats!

belldandy1

I am 5'7 and my goal weight is set at 145. Although, I got down to 165 ( gained some of it back, and I think lost it all again but not sure since I don't own a scale right now) and at that weight I still feel like I have more than just 20 pounds to lose, but we shall see once I get down to 145. Either way I haven't weighed that little since I was in the 9th grade so it is hard to imagine what I will look like. I am stoked about it though.

sunnysashka

5'4" and my goal is 120lbs!:flowerforyou:

chrisdavey

5"8' 160lb-170lbs but more importantly to me is approx 8% bodyfat.

krislshoe

5'8" 126lbs (what I weighed before I got married and had 3 kiddos)

calicowgirl0582

I am 5'5" and 2 years ago i weighed 127. I had a personal trainer (that totally helped . . .) and she told me when I weighed in at that weight, I was not allowed to loose any more weight. Granted I ate perfect and worked out 6 days a week. After my trainer got married and quit training, I slowly gained it all back (lost my person to be accountable to). This time around I can't afford a trainer, but remember all the things she taught me. My goal now is to get to 130. Maybe 127 after I reach the 130, but we'll see.

Zara11

I'm 5'8" and am aiming for 125-135. I am currently somewhere between 135-140 (haven't had access to a scale in like two months.) Ideally, once I'm 130 I shall reevaluate, but once you're within 5 pounds of a goal you know from experience looks and feels great, weight doesn't matter anymore, but rather the overall silhouette. Focus more on getting in a 5-10 pound range, and then just start to have more non-number goals. I do keep an eye on pounds, but right now, for example, I want the backs of my thighs to smooth out!

Besides, the weight goes so slowly now that I need non-number goals to remind myself that I'm on the right track. After all, I'd rather be smaller and weigh more than be bigger and weigh less

sonjavon

5'3 and I have no idea what my goal weight is. The last time I was "thin" I was in high school... I think I weighed 150-160 then... I don't remember. All I know is that I'm going to stick with this until I hit a healthy BMI and then I'll assess how much I need to lose from there. It's a long way off... but I'm feeling good about it!

Maude52

5'3.5 my weight right now is 135, my goal in 130. These last 5 pounds are giving me the hardest time ughh!!!

mrsfloisand

I'm 5'8" and my goal is 135 to 140 lbs. I have a medium bone frame and am currently about 15 to 18 lbs away from my goal.

Edward826

High to 170s to 180

MacMadame

Once I got to a normal BMI, I stopped focusing on the scale and started looking at things like muscle mass, body fat percentage, what size clothes I was in, etc. That led me to a weight of 112-115. I'm 5' 0.5"

ETA and I have a small frame.

porkchopz

I am 5'5" and would be happy with 120-125. When I weighed myself a few wks ago I was at about 126 or 127.

Bratsche

I'm 5'10" and my goal weight is 195. I think I'm a medium-large build.

I know the "recommended" weight for me is 160 or so, but I dont know that I'd ever get there, nor could I maintain that. At one point in my life I was 180 and I think I looked a bit too thin - but we'll see what happens when I start getting down close to that 200ish range

renae5

5'7 and GW is 130-135, I am medium framed

bethinagain

I'm 5'6" and my goal weight is 140. I may go for lower once I get there. I am below my pregnancy weight also, but it just looks all different now! Your goal weight is right where it should be. Even ten pounds less is fine, too! But I wouldn't shoot for 115, that would be to skinny (if there is such thing).:laugh:

rnroadrunner

please don't focus so much on weight but how you feel and it is more important to look at % body fat.

Body Fat Percentage Categories
Classification Women (% fat) Men (% fat)
Essential Fat 10-12% 2-4%
Athletes 14-20% 6-13%
Fitness 21-24% 14-17%
Acceptable 25-31% 18-25%
Obese 32%+ 25%+

Knowing your body fat percentage can also help you determine if your weight loss goals are realistic. Remember, weight loss doesn't always mean fat loss.

For example, let's say you are a 130 pound woman with 23% body fat, and your goal is to lose 20 pounds.

Initial body fat 130 pounds x 0.23 body fat = 30 pounds body fat
Lean body mass 130 pounds total - 30 pounds fat = 100 pounds lean body mass (bones, organs,...)
Goal 130 pounds - 20 pounds = 110 pounds

As you can see, the goal of losing 20 pounds is not realistic or healthy. At 110 pounds, this woman still requires 100 pounds of lean body mass, but would only be carrying 10 pounds, or only 9% body fat. From the body fat chart above, you can see that this is a dangerously low percentage.

A better goal might be for the woman to reduce her body fat from 23% to 18%. In this case:

130 pounds x 0.18 = 23 pounds body fat
100 pounds lean body mass + 23 pounds body fat = 123 pounds goal weight.

So, for this individual to achieve a lean, but healthy 18% fat, she would need to lose only 7 pounds of fat, reducing her weight from her current 130 pounds to 123 pounds. Losing more than 7 pounds means losing lean body mass (usually metabolically-active muscle tissue), which is clearly not desirable.

So before you decide that you need to "lose weight", remember to consider that "weight" consists of both lean body mass and body fat. Try to keep your weight loss goals realistic, and remember, keep the calorie-burning muscle, and lose only the fat

The above was found on www.bmi-calculators.net and I thought it made alot of sense. hope this helps someone.

slimkitty

I am 5'5" with a large frame. Anywhere between 135 and 140 is fine for me.

beMyself

I'm almost 6'3 my goal weight is 225. I think that Genetics and other factors play a role in how your body fat sits on your frame so someone else your height might look different than you do at the same weight. It really is an individual thing. We should all create an individualized plan.

mommared53

I'm 5'3" and my goal weight is 135-140.

AllisonMO

I am 5' 8" and just changed my goal weight down to 145. After my kids were born and I was nursing, I hit a low weight of 119 and looked like I had been in a prison camp. Eventually I went back up to 135, whic h was a good weight for me. As I am 56 now, I think 140-145 would be ideal.

PJilly

I'm 5'6", and my goal is 135 pounds, but I'm pretty comfortable where I am, which is good because this last few is slow! My initial goal was 145 or lower by April, and I hit that a month early, so I am not complaining.

mamagooskie

I'm 5'6 and have a med frame. I was 145lbs 10 years ago and I was thin....but still flabby in places and I had huge thighs and I wasn't nearly as small as I'd like so my new goal is somewhere between 128 and 135.

gracefullyjenn

My height is 5"8" so and my goal weight is 175. I am also large boned

crazyjkgirl

I am 5' 3.5." I am striving for a goal of 130lbs. That would probably put me in a size 4 jean. This dieting stuff is so addicting though and I'm having such a hard time even eating 1,200 calories I will probably go for like 120lbs and a size 2 jean.

kellie524315

I'm 5'9 too and thats my goal!!! good luck ! you can do it

kalebsmama07

iam the same way with numbers!
I am 5'4", I have a medium-boned structure and my goal weight is 140, maybe 135 - we'll see when I get to 140.....=) just 14lbs to go!