Ladies 5"7 (or near there)-- what are your goals ?

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  • GoBHealthy
    GoBHealthy Posts: 2
    I'm currently at 142 and would like to be at 135 so my drivers license isn't a lie anymore :) but I also want to make sure I'm feeling good the lower I go. That's what's most important to me - high energy and generally feeling as healthy as possible.

    Congratulations to everyone!!
  • lease1981
    lease1981 Posts: 57
    It seems my goal weight is higher then most, But i suppose when i get there i will evaluate and see how much more i want to lose:)

    sw: 235

    cw: 229

    gw: 180

    So I am curious does 180 seem like too much for 5'7?
  • cschiff
    cschiff Posts: 209 Member
    It seems my goal weight is higher then most, But i suppose when i get there i will evaluate and see how much more i want to lose:)

    sw: 235

    cw: 229

    gw: 180

    So I am curious does 180 seem like too much for 5'7?


    -- I do not think anyone can say if it seems like too much. It's your body and you know it better than we do! :) I think it depends on your build, frame and musculature. I think you should aim for your goal of 180 and if you're not satisfied then you can keep going. But it seems like you're doing fantastically so far and I'm sure you'll keep it up!
  • rere2008
    rere2008 Posts: 19 Member
    Height: 5'7
    SW: 260 lbs
    CW: 255 lbs
    GW: 180 lbs

    I am very big boned so I'm not sure I'd look right if I was 140-160 lbs. I mean, I wear a size 10 ring!
  • meghannrenee
    meghannrenee Posts: 202 Member
    26
    5-7" (or thereabouts)
    CW - 128-132 (it fluctuates....)
    GW was 125, but I'm kind of happy with where I am right now.

    :)

    Edit: small frame
  • jangaard
    jangaard Posts: 32 Member
    I'm 5'7"-5'8", 22. My highest weight was probably 210-215, I was afraid of the scale though... now I love it and it's my biggest motivation.

    My next goal is to get to 160 because I will be back in the normal BMI bracket for the first time since tenth grade almost 10 years ago. Also I'd like to lose another 10% of my BF at least, right now it's around 35%

    SW: ~215
    CW: 169
    GW: 130-140
  • LdyPsych
    LdyPsych Posts: 79 Member
    Claire - good points you make also. Losing under a certain point easily makes us look older (at a point we are already starting to fight that!). In college I was not muscular, but looked very think, and was 150. 160 now with this muscle or not and I should be just about perfect for me.
  • booty_wurk
    booty_wurk Posts: 29
    27 yr old here
    I just started Monday so my SW is 297. I know I'd like to be back under 200 lbs., but from there I'm not really sure. I'm going to focus on little goals until I hit that 100 lb. mark and then reassess. The smallest I've ever been is about 170, but I was a size 12 then and when I look back at pictures I was so thin. Granted I didn't exercise a lot then so this time I'd like to tone as I go. It's funny how even girls of the same height can be shaped so differently. I do know that I don't want to be anywhere under 160. I think I'd look sick!
  • elena0559
    elena0559 Posts: 29 Member
    32 yrs old
    5"7
    SW: 231
    CW: 227
    GW:200 (for now) :)

    Started Feb 4th, wish me luck!
  • ashprather
    ashprather Posts: 227 Member
    age: 23
    sw: 174
    cw: 169.5
    gw: 130-135
  • ohmynicoley
    ohmynicoley Posts: 54 Member
    I'm 20 and 5'8''

    SW: 251 (Although I'm sure it was much higher as I avoided a scale for a year!)
    CW: 240
    GW: 130

    My mom is my height and 130lbs. and she is perfect, it suits her body type which is mine too so I made it my goal! (She is also a huge inspiration because she used to weigh over 200lbs as well)
  • tstancom
    tstancom Posts: 47 Member
    age: 32
    height: 5'6"
    sw: 172
    cw:166
    gw:145

    I am also a pear shape. I have been as low as 130, but when I was at my fittest, (running 400m in 56sec) I was around 145. I'd rather be 145, muscular and fit, than 130 and weak.
  • prattylessfatty
    prattylessfatty Posts: 31 Member
    32. 5'7 3/4

    SW: 226
    CW: 187
    GW: 160

    You should chek out mybodygallery.com. You plug in a weight, height and body shape and real women have sent in pix of what they look like...it has really helped me envision my goal along the way.

    Good luck to you!
  • inkysmurf
    inkysmurf Posts: 168
    5ft 6 &1/2
    sw 140
    cw 133.4
    gw: 129

    following the road map as loving it!
  • LiveCrunchy
    LiveCrunchy Posts: 2
    Age: 46
    Height: almost 5'7"
    SW: 189
    CW: 185
    GW: 165 (for now)

    My main goal now is to keep moving and to eat healthy food instead of low-calorie junk. I have no fashion sense, so it's hard for me to use appearance or clothes as a goal (I'm pretty sure that I could weigh 135 pounds and I'd STILL head straight for the mom jeans, sweatshirts, and white tennis shoes). At 165 I'd still need to be just active enough to meet my activity goal, so that's what I'm shooting for. :-)
  • LiveCrunchy
    LiveCrunchy Posts: 2
    Oh, I should add that the reason I have an activity goal is that my mother, grandmother, and probably great-grandmother all developed diabetes in their 50s and dementia fairly early, possibly related to their diabetes. I think staying active might help me to not follow the family tradition. :-)
  • kellybatkin
    kellybatkin Posts: 34 Member
    Hi! I had quite a similar SW to you, im 5"8

    SW 180ish
    CW 142
    GW 130-135?
    BF: 23%ish

    My goal weight keeps decreasing as my weight does! Everytime I get close I realise I'm not where I want to be yet, but that is much more about body composition rather than actual weight! I would like my body fat to be below 20%, even 19.9% haha!

    Before losing weight people used to say I was one of those people who was "never going to be really skinny", and I agreed, thought I had a large frame but as I have lost weight I see the real me, and in fact I have got quite a small frame under the fat!

    Basically what I am saying is, your goal weight and your objectives can change as you lose weight, you will know when you are happy and it won't be because of a number on the scale, but because of how you feel when you look in the mirror! Just keep going, you will be there before you know it!! x
  • becky6m
    becky6m Posts: 108 Member
    I am 5'8
    29
    SW 255
    CW 174
    GW 163
    UGW 155
  • treagal
    treagal Posts: 264 Member
    I'm just over 5'7...my goal weight is 180lbs.
    SW 253lbs
    cw 218lbs
    GW 180lbs

    Seems high but I think I have a lot of muscle...I can't imagine myself being less then 170lbs. In my early 20's I was 175lbs and solid muscle (was a firefighter and worked out for about 2 hrs a day). I think 180lbs will be a good weight for me.
  • SloRunner25
    SloRunner25 Posts: 89 Member
    24 years
    5'7"
    SW: 205
    CW: 189
    GW: 155 (or lower, maybe)
  • Giddyduck
    Giddyduck Posts: 212 Member
    37 years for a few more weeks
    5'7"
    SW: 192
    CW: 175
    GW: 140 (then maybe lower-starting more realistic)-Graduated high school at 140

    I am big boned, and very curvy (my girls are at least 10 pounds) :)
  • kerriotto
    kerriotto Posts: 93
    Gw-160
    Height - 5'8"

    I am very muscular when working out (iget lots of muscle, fast) a previous trainer said there was no way I should be under 160.Mi think he's right.

    I'm in a similar situation.
    35 yo
    Height almost 5'8"
    SW 250
    CW 224
    GW- 170ish

    160-170 is about a size 10 for me. Less than this just doesn't look right on me as I have a large frame and am pretty muscular. It's nice to know I'm not alone in this way, its not all in my head and that I'm not selling myself short by setting my goal weight at what some ladies have as their starting weight.
  • pawla98
    pawla98 Posts: 2 Member
    42yo
    SW-308
    CW-259
    GW-185

    I know I should be proud of where I am, but it seems like I have been here FOREVER!!! I think I need to start mixing things up to get over this hump.

    I have no goal date in mind, but I would like to get close by next year at his time :)
  • North44
    North44 Posts: 359 Member
    47 yo
    5'8" small frame
    SW- 152
    CW- 144
    GW- 135
  • sunshinyday69
    sunshinyday69 Posts: 21 Member
    Age 43
    5'7"
    SW: 182
    CW: 160
    GW: 150

    Anything I may lose after 150 will be a bonus. :)
  • mahonia_repens
    mahonia_repens Posts: 10 Member
    Female
    Height: 5'5"
    Start: 215 lbs
    Current: 157 lbs
    Goal: 120 lbs
  • Sharon_C
    Sharon_C Posts: 2,132 Member
    5'8"
    SW - 190
    CW - 167
    GW - 164

    I chose 164 because it's in the "normal" range for my height and a normal BMI.
  • mireyap21
    mireyap21 Posts: 72
    5'8 medium frame
    SW 183
    CW 169
    GW 135

    i wanna be lean mean machine lol
  • KayWalker23
    KayWalker23 Posts: 8
    I'm 5' 7"

    Add me ! Open Diary.. been doing this for about 30 days or so

    SW: 160
    CW: 154
    Goal: 150

    then will start to strength train to add muscle.
  • Sharon_C
    Sharon_C Posts: 2,132 Member
    Gw-160
    Height - 5'8"

    I am very muscular when working out (iget lots of muscle, fast) a previous trainer said there was no way I should be under 160.Mi think he's right.

    I'm in a similar situation.
    35 yo
    Height almost 5'8"
    SW 250
    CW 224
    GW- 170ish

    160-170 is about a size 10 for me. Less than this just doesn't look right on me as I have a large frame and am pretty muscular. It's nice to know I'm not alone in this way, its not all in my head and that I'm not selling myself short by setting my goal weight at what some ladies have as their starting weight.

    I am in the same boat as you ladies. I'm glad to see there are more of us out there. I hate the sound of 164 (my goal weight), but it looks better on me than anything lower than that.

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