what is your goal and height??

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

High to 170s to 180

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!