how did you choos your goal weight

I worked with my doctor, going by their charts and my frame size we decided 270-300 would be a healthy weight for me for my size. If I get down there and can still cut more fat, then we'll worry about that then. right now I'm focusing on losing the last 207 pounds.

It was the weight I felt my best at. I have reached it but now it's more about health and toning

Originally my goal was on the low end of BMI - range (170). Then toward the high end (190). Then I saw a photo of sombeody my height and at 225 and I thought that is about where I wanted to be... When I got there (a 119 lb loss), I felt that FOR NOW, another 10 lbs would bring me closer to the fat percentage I am looking for THEN I will try to gain into the 225 range doing it the right way... It is a moving target for me... So for now, my target is 215 but that is 15 lbs above the high point of my BMI range...

I was 140 when I got married and was pretty happy at my weight, I have decided 150 b/c my bodies changed a lot since having kids, I am 170 so 20 lbs to go, but I may change my mind when I reach my goal for less, but as of right now I am a size 11 which is what I was when I was 155 so who knows. I want to say definitely that I want to be 150 but like other posts I think sometimes you adjust it once you get to your goal and see how you feel about it and decide if you need to be a little more or a little less.

Hi!

I set my goal to lose 30 pounds by age 30. I started at 175 pounds. I had started in my birthday month, giving myself 12 months to lose the 30 pounds. That would be more than I ever loss at one time. However, I reached the goal about 3 months ago. I knew my lowest healthy bmi for my 5'5" pear shape body was 114 pounds. I decided to make 115 pounds my new weight goal. I have loss another 14 pounds since making that goal. I'm only 11 pounds away from reaching my goal. : )

Keep in mind that many things factor in with making the decision I made personally for myself. For one, I am a smaller frame. I'm not too tall to go for a 115 pound weight. I have more muscle than most woman at my current weight, so I may decide to stop earlier than 115 pounds. Being a pear shape....my stomach slimmed down quickly, and it is looking very small in proportion to my hips, which make family and friends worry. However, I'm still loose and need to get tighter in my lower body. So, it depends. What body type are you? How fit are you? You should ask yourself, what size jeans or shirts would I'd like to fit into? I never want to get down to a size 3 because that's just not me nor my body type. I'd be too skinny and underweight. My goal is size 5 jeans/pants and extra small top (Which I already fit). This goal, I feel, is good for my body type.

This is a great question!!!

I used the BMI Chart and my doctor. She said that I should aim for 155-165 for my frame. (she even said 175 would be healthy)

The BMI charts are not perfect though. They don't account for lots of muscle. (Which I want to have and I am starting to get again).

I have changed my goal a few times. I think it should be more like a range. Maybe then once I get closer to that range I can see how I feel and how I look. If I have more fat to lose then I will keep going.

The weight I was at when I look back to that time and think "oh god I thought I was fat...." 4 and a bit stone later...

I picked the weight I was maintaining when I was most active. Of course, even then I thought I was a fat, disgusting mess of a human being... luckily my outlook on life has brightened a bit since those days.

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I weighed as little as 115 in high school (I am 5'7") but that took a lot of starvation. I chose my goal weight of 140 because that's where I felt I looked good and it wasn't too difficult to maintain.

Ultimately, I chose a body fat percentage in conjunction with a weight goal. My goal weight, though, would put me back at 185 lbs and 7% body fat. According to worthless BMI charts, I'd be obese. Know what? I don't care how it categorizes me because a range of 122 to 161 lbs is too small even for my small frame.

Fortune cookie told me.

Basically this

I know what I look like at 140lbs and I'd like to be less so I started with 135 as a goal.
Probably will go to 130 but I don't know really

Two years ago, when I first lost weight, I was just tired of being fat and appalled at myself that I'd gotten to 200 pounds. I didn't really have a goal. Got down to 165 and decided to try to stick within a few pounds of that for a while, since I'd been eating at a deficit for 6 months and thought I should give my body a break.

Now I want to get down to 150-155 and see if I can lose belly fat and maybe run a little faster. Started at 170, am about 166 now. 5'7".

I was highly scientific about the whole process:

1 ton divided by 8 equals 250.

That seems like a good goal to have