Do people think your goal weight is too skinny?

The problem with the people who told me my target weight was too skinny is that they just don't know what I should weigh nor how to work out a desireable weight range.
These days I simply tell them "I want to get to a BMI of just under 24 which is at the top of the range for my height". This response sounds acceptable to them. Previously when I told them I was aiming for 154lb and "where I was as a young adult", the response was usually 'don't be stupid! You can't expect to be that light again. That's way too skinny for you at your age".
(I'm 5'8" and started at 210 lb with only 18 lb left to lose.)

I agree that people are so used to seeing larger people now that they say someone at their ideal weight is too skinny sometimes. Just do what you want to do and don't worry about other peoples comments!

Im 5'1 and a half and I started out at 170, Im now as of today 128.8 and for me I want to weigh 110-115, most of my friends and my hubby tell me that this is great and they encourage me...I think it depends on you and your body type, I used to think that 130 was fine for me, but now that im basically at 130 ish...I still feel that this is too "fat" for me and I want to be thinner...event tho medically my BMI is in the healthy range at 24.

But there are the negative people that say I will be to thin at that weight and I just ignore them, Im dong this for ME and no one else :bigsmile:

My goal weight is 119. I don't know, that's the lowest I've prepared to go though. I'd love to hit that, I'll maintain for a while. Maybe I'll gain a pound of two, but as long as I'm healthy and not overweight, I'm fine with it.

People in the US are so used to being fat and seeing fat, they don't know what is healthy.

180 lbs is fine. You won't look skinny but you won't looked too buffed either. Just make sure its 180 lbs with as much muscle/as little bodyfat as you can if you want to look good.

Oh and a word of advice: Don't listen to people who have no idea about weight loss. My dad used to tell me I'm being too hard on myself and that I should loosen up. Usually when he gives advice it's a pretty damn good advice but I know for a fact he has no clue about this subject so I just tell him no.

Trust me when I say that when it comes to weight loss, a ton of people will all give you their idea of what you should be doing (eating, exercising etc). Don't listen to their advice unless they actually lost weight, have good knowledge about the subject, or till you can verify it yourself from trust worthy sources. God knows how much I messed up because of blindly following people's advice.

My goal weight was too skinny before. I am 5"2" and 120 now but I wanted to be 105. I recently found a picture from 3 years ago that was me at 110 and I was borderline anorexic. That made me realize that I don't really need to lose weight. I just need to tone up.

People are different. I'm 5'2", my highest weight, caused by a medication, was 112, and 105 is still a fairly high weight for me. I consider it a gateway to becoming overweight. I'm 101.5 today and I don't look anorexic. In my 20s and 30s I weighed in the low- to mid-90s. I'm not trying to get back down that low, but I was not made to be 120 pounds.

As I'm the only member of my family who is normal weight I know whereof I speak.

I agree that everyone is different. Even people of the same gender and height can look different at the same weight. I have a 5"3" friend who is 112 and she looks the same size as me. So I am very aware that everyone is different. I am a small-medium frame and she is a small frame so she looks bigger at 112 then I would.

But people also have a different view on what they want to look like. I may not have looked anorexic to some people but looking back I wouldn't want to be that small again. I had probably 12-15% body fat and my doctor asked me to eat more. I was not underweight but I was getting there. But that's my frame and my body that may not be the case for everyone. I was not attempting to be the spokesperson for 5"2" females. I speak for myself.

All the time! I'm 5'4" and my start weight was 170lb just under a year and a half ago. I looked really bad at that weight and was having a lot of issues with my asthma, blood sugar, and depression. Now that I'm at around 150lb, my friends and family freak out when I tell them that my goal weight is closer to 110-120lb (accounting for increased muscle mass).
When I try to explain to them that I still have at least another 10lb to go before I'm in a "healthy" BMI range and that I think I'm actually fairly small boned so I'm aiming for the lower end of the "acceptable" spectrum, people start trying to tell me I'm wrong. I hear a lot of "Oh, but your breasts will shrink! So much of your weight is in your boobs" and "but you're pretty!". I think they mean well and they think that they're boosting my self-esteem but they don't get that I want to /feel healthy/. I don't care if I'm not a 34H anymore if it's between that and my health!
I've mentioned how I'm eating better, exercising, and losing weight to my doctors. So far, they've all been encouraging and glad that I'm logging what I eat so that I can make sure I'm getting enough nutrients.

personally i have a goal weight to reach, but if I just get down way healthier than I am now and I feel good where I'm at, I won't stress the "goal' that much. It's more about me than the number.

I'm 5'9 and 123lbs! god I must look awful, lol.

Do what makes you happy! negative people > negative you

I started at 260 and tell people my goal is to lose 100 lbs. Everyone is like "100 lbs is too much to lose-you don't need to lose that much." Well, on the doctors height/weight chart I am still considered to be obese at 160. Currently I have lost 71 pounds and dropped from a size 22 pants to size 14 pants and everybody says I look good, but I am still plus size and even at -100lbs I will still probably be a plus size. Weight looks different on everybody--so none of them (whether they know your starting point or not or your end goal or not) know what is best for you.
Long story short-ignore people who say "That's too skinny." or "You don't need to lose that much." Work towards your goals and work with your doctor be the healthiest you that you can be.

my goal is 95lb and i'm 5'0 120lb was what I started at and yes its within BMI recommendations but I looked so fat at that weight and people commented that I needed to lose some. Now I"m afraid 95lb is to far down the BMI chart its like 18.8 I think. No one's commented yet beyond 106 (which was mixed) so I"m not sure if its to skinny. I'm always around people who are a few inches taller but the same weight as me so to me this is acceptable but maybe my perception is messed up?