Goal weight?

I'm a 5-foot-4-inch tall woman, 48 years old. Most of my adult life, I weighed 145, but always felt a bit pudgy. The last few years, my weight crept up to 170 and I decided to fix that. I picked a goal weight of 130 because it was in the middle of the healthy weight range on my BMI chart. It was pretty arbitrary. Now that I'm there, I plan to meet with a personal trainer soon to figure out if I should hold here, lose more, etc., based on a body fat analysis. Right now, I'm thinking (based on what I see in the mirror) that I could stand to lose a few more to get rid of a few pockets of stubborn fat, then maybe gain a few back in muscle mass.

It's hard to figure out where to stop sometimes. Body fat is a good indicator - better than the scale most times. Good luck!

I am five feet tall, exactly.

About a year and a half ago, I stepped on the scale and it said 178. I was squeaking into size 14s. I said no.

Bit by bit, on my own, using my own food diary and using my own studying of calories and nutrition I worked my way down. 150, 140, 130. I hit 125 and I was finally able to wear my sister's clothes and fit into a bikini without being self conscious (I still have all the boobs I had at 180 though so actually wearing a bikini without a shirt made me a walking whiplash hazard). I never really hit 120 which for my sturdy little body (on the stocky side of a medium bone build) was my appropriate weight.

I got stressed, lost my job, picked up a job as a waitress to make ends meet... at an Asian restaurant.... and looked down at the scale and it said 143.

I literally cried. I sat down and cried. Then I picked myself up, brushed myself off and determined that if I had done it once I could do it again.

I had knocked out to 138 when my sister pointed this site out to me. I would like to reach 120 because it is where I wanted to get from the very beginning and where I should be within my BMI. Also, I'm the hawtness at 125, I'll bet I'm smokin' at 120.

I know what I was in high school..when I got married...when I finished having kids. I was always happy with the weight at that point....I just got lazy and decided it's time to do something. I'm shooting for my first goal of 175 I'm 196 now but then the next weight I'm looking at is 155 (when I got married). I wasn't too thin but I felt really good about myself.

I want to be healthy and I look at my BMI and where I should be so I'm aiming about right.

Good Luck to you!!!!

I'm 5'7" and now 140 - right in the middle of the healthy weight range for my height. The last 4-5 pounds took 2 months to come off, I think that was my body telling me I was done! Also, I'm very happy with my current muscle definition and how my clothes look. I have exercised a lot - and it shows. I'm sad now winter is coming and everything will be covered up! :sad:

I am 5'6" and started losing in January at 179 lbs. I started on this site in February at 169 lbs, with the 1200 minimium calories style that this site endorses.
I have experimented with various carb, protien, and fat levels--with the fat levels at 20-25% of my total calories each day. I limited my saturated fat calories to 10-12g per day.
Add in a non-stop 5-6 year old grandson as my excercise "coach" and I attained my goal weight of 142 today!

My initial goal was 148, but I felt that I wasn't done yet, so I reset my goal for 142 at the beginning of the summer. Achieved.

You are starting out right and will also see success. :drinker: (lots of water)

i'm 5'3.5" and i started at about 143ish lbs...eating just about whatever i wanted (within reason) and exercising only minimally my body stuck between 138-143 without going any lower...i was at the high end of a healthy BMI and though i never was content there i had a hard time committing to getting below 138...so my original goal was to lose about 10 lbs putting me at 133-134 which was the smallest i had been since high school...once i hit that i realized that i would be happier a bit lower...right now i am 127.5 lbs which is about where i want to be (and my lowest weight since i was 15)...now that i have reminded my body that healthy eating is good and exercise is even better i think that i can maintain 125-130 best of luck to everyone

I hear ya! I have changed my goal several times already. I am 5"8 1/2 and started at 190, I now weigh 145, but my original goals were 155, then 150 , then 145, and now I am shooting to be anywhere bt 130-140. 125 is the lowest I could go for my height to be considered heathy. I figure if the weight is still coming off then let it, as long as I stay in that healthy range. I pretty much maintained over the summer, as I lose more weight in the winter, so now that it is cooling down and I am on my regular workout schedule I am hoping to see the numbers drop once again. I def hope to be ready to maintain by April (planning a big trip!)

Good luck!

my goal weight is 120lbs. i started off at 134 and right now i am at 128 but would like to maintain at 120. hopefully, i can get there soon!