Guys & Gals - Asking you to please be honest :)

you look great as far as i can tell. but you are the judge of how you feel and what you think you wanna go to. if you want to get more thinner and leaner then yes set the goal to what you think will be a good reasonable goal. but you are doing great. im wooting for whatever decision you make.

You look Great! I think maybe its about time to start on your toning up now and yes it will make you Gain weight at first just remember you are gaining Muscle and it weighs more then fat!! Once your body gets more used to the weight training you will loose more fat and it will be replaced with lean muscle mass!!! I only say this because its easier to make fat in to muscle than it is to loose it all and then tone up!! You do look great and if you wanna continue after you get to your goal then by all means do it but 10lbs can make alot of difference!!!!

OK I am now 13lbs away from my own final goal BUT even tho I'm now wearing way smaller sizes :bigsmile: I'm beginning to think maybe I should adjust the goal a wee bit lower :blushing:

My stats ... I'm 5'7" and currently 163lbs I have a goal of 150lbs (it's been a LONG time since I was that :blushing: :blushing: :blushing: )

So I'm being brave now :noway: and posting a piccie taken today (albeit taken by someone who is nervous with digicams not the best pic lol aka my dad :laugh: )and asking you if you wouldn't mind to be BRUTALLY honest with me ... Please don't hold back I CAN take it :laugh: :flowerforyou:

I will say I still want to tone up a wee bit more and once my swimming gear arrives will be hitting the pool 2 hopefully 3 times per week :bigsmile: (only learned on my recent hol so don't want to lose that)

OK ... here goes the dreaded piccie lol :laugh:



Thanks so much guys appreciate any replies :drinker: :drinker:

Well I can see your photo and you look great! You look to about a medium frame, so you're about midway in your weight range which is a good place to be. I agree toning up and sticking to around 150-ish if you feel comfy sounds about right for 5'7. I'm 5'9 and I think I need to chill on the weigh loss and work on more toning (as I'm closing in on 150 myself)... droppin the lbs lower than I planned..toning can make all the difference in the world!:flowerforyou: If we keeping dropping lbs. we won't look more toned, just skinnier, I don't wanna be skinny, I wanna look healthy and toned:drinker:

Good luck to you, not sure what your before photos were like but you look terrific now, the clothing layers make it a big tougher to see but from this photo I think you've done great.

Becca

Oh! I like the 2nd pic too, it shows more of you, great photo

You look gorgeous ,I detest having my pic taken ,I seem to be unable to smile if theres a camera in a 100 yard range lol
I noticed the lovely pink heart bowl ,now I see 2 lol

It seems you managed to grab everybody attention...well here I go again. As said, you definitely look great now and at 150 and some weight training you will be absolutely amazing (as someone pointed out..). I have to say that this 10 extra pounds are the hardest...because you will also need to eat accordingly (more protein, less fat, less simple carbs..). Is the extra effort worth it? I cannot make that call for you, but it happens to me that as I work towards a lower body fat %, I feel much more energetic and my body feels clean...and on top, I keep looking better and better....

Personally, I think you look lovely right now. 150 is probably low enough. At the very least I would keep it my goal for now and take awhile to get used to it. Here's the reason I say that.

Many years ago I lost over 50 lbs (which is all I needed to lose at the time). I am 5 1 1/2 (at my height the 1/2 is important!), so I set my goal at 110--which was 10 pounds lower than the goal Weight Watchers wanted to give me (120). I eventually got down to 102.

Our perceptions of our physical size are typically wrong. I thought I looked great at 110 or lower and refused any suggestion that I was too thin. I kept the weight off for a year before I got pregnant with my son. My doctor wanted me to gain 35 pounds, but I couldn't imagine gaining over 25, so I religiously watched my weight gain and gained precisely 24.5 pounds by the time my son was born 3 days before his due date. I only lost 10 pounds of the baby weight in the first month or two, so I went back to Weight Watchers and struggled and struggled to lose the rest (even though I was breast feeding). I wound up unable to get below 120. So I threw in the towel, and now here I am trying to lose over 100 pounds.

My point is this: I was underweight at 102. Even at 110. When I look back at those pictures now, I don't really look good. I look boney. But I couldn't see it then, because my brain was still fat. Now I have set my goal higher--130. Perhaps I will decide to go down to 120 once I get there, but I will never again try to go to 110 or less. It was not possible to maintain it long-term, it really WAS too thin, and it was demoralizing to try to maintain an unrealistic weight.

Now if you want a better assesment put on a bikini then we can talk some more

hey now you cannot go around suggesting people put up bikini photos..., but may I suggest a a gold bikini and your hair curled in buns at the side of your head and ... :laugh: