Anyone else whose goal is still not a "healthy weight"?

My other target is waist circumference- regardless of weight, I'd like to get close to or hit the markers suggested by NHLBI (under 35 in for women, under 40 in for men). There's some good evidence that waist circumference is a better predictor of cardiovascular disease than BMI, particularly for people in the "Normal" or "Overweight" categories. I've found the publicly available NIH/NHLBI textbook "Guidelines on Overweight and Obesity" to be very useful- the excerpt on waist circumference is linked below.

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/e_txtbk/txgd/4142.htm

This is on my list as well. Although someone else has a more aggressive target. For women, the waist circumference should be 50% of height or less than 35 in, whatever is lower.

I don't care what the number is or where it sits in some notional weight range.

I'm just going to keep going until the jiggly bits that shouldn't jiggle don't and that will be good enough for me.

I'll then step on the scale out of curiosity, I may use it as some reference point in the future but I don't care what the number is.

My goal weight right now is 168. I picked that number because it is exactly 220 pounds below my starting weight, and I like round numbers. At 5'7", it will put me at about 10 pounds overweight. But I am not tied to this number. I may get there and decide to keep going. I am more concerned with body composition than scale weight, honestly. Plus, I don't think I'll ever be "done enough" to stop setting new goals for myself. For me, once I decide it's good enough, that's when complacency sets in.

The good thing about "goals" is that they are changeable.

My goal has always been to not have a lower belly. I have had that for as long as I can remember so I think I would have to be pretty thin not to have that.

At my highest I was 284 that I know, I didnt weigh myself for a year so it could of been more. My goal is 180 -185, for my height (5'7) the charts say about 145. Which would mean I would still be over by 40 pounds. However for my body I know at 180 I wouldnt look to big or skinny just curvy

Honestly when was the last time they did a new study on the weight charts?

I should be between 95-123 lbs. My goal is 140 lbs... we'll see what life brings after that...

My current goal is 150 which is still overweight. But that is only a reassessment point for me. I may go lower or I may not. I'm focusing on how I feel and what I see when I look in the mirror.

My goal was a specific pair of jeans I wanted to get back in to. When I wore them before I had a healthy BMI. When I got into them this time, I was still in the overweight BMI catergory by a little. But I have a healthy weight by BMI and height-to-waist or hip-to-waist measurement, and my BF% is in the healthy range so I guess my answer is yes and/or no, depending on which measurement you want to use.

I am trying to lose another 10 though, which would put me in healthy BMI range too.

Yeah, and no one is healthier at 40% body fat than 25% body fat. Don't delude yourself.

JT, you're the only one on this thread making any sense.

Wow, yes, you're so superior. Most of us in this thread have a lot of weight to lose, and your criticism is that we don't want to be skinny? I don't think that most people honestly chose a weight to aim for that's based on what's healthiest. Some people want to be painfully (but not quite dangerously) thin, and you know what--good for them. Not only do I find rounder bodies more aesthetically pleasing, but after spending my entire teen and adult years being overweight/obese the idea of being a thin person feels DEEPLY, DEEPLY uncomfortable. I can no more see myself as weighing 120 lbs. than I can see myself being a man. So yeah, what a dumb freaking idea it is for me to aim for a weight that would be much, much healthier than where I started from even if it doesn't meet some ideal. *smh*

Not everybody wants to be skinny, and that's okay!

Yes, it is ok. Your body, your choice.

But you're kidding yourself if you think it's as healthy as being in the 'normal weight' BMI category. That's Jonnythan's point.

Bodies, people and desires are all different.;

I got down to 170 once. People asked if I was sick, if something was wrong, if I had an eating disorder, etc. It did not look good on me. I'm tall--I have a lot of muscle.

I have had more then one doctor tell me that despite the "charts" that right around 200 is a perfectly fine place for me to be. I don't have any medical issues--I am eating HEALTHY and am very active. Even when I was well over 320--I was a super active person....

I can no more see myself as weighing 120 lbs. than I can see myself being a man.

That's the point, actually. You can't see yourself being 120 lbs so you choose a more realistic-sounding goal and say "there, I'll stop at that point even though I'll still be unhealthy and overweight."

As I said earlier in the thread:

The reality is that there's absolutely nothing preventing you from weighing what you did in college besides your own expectations. You certainly could, but you think you're incapable and therefore you never will. So you set a goal that feels realistic to you and say "there, perfect."

Maybe once you reach your first goal, 120 lbs will seem a little more realistic and you'll set a goal closer to that.

I think the weight to get to my "ideal" BMI is 142-156. I was 150 when I graduated high school and I was THIN. I'd be happy with a muscular 175.

My ultimate goal is 10 pounds into the healthy range, but really, I just want to touch "normal" for 5 minutes. Right now I think I'm about 15 pounds above where I would feel satisfied (still in the overweight category) and we'll see how it goes after that.

The weight is no where near as important as how I'm feeling, and I'm feeling pretty darned good.

Wow, yes, you're so superior. Most of us in this thread have a lot of weight to lose, and your criticism is that we don't want to be skinny? I don't think that most people honestly chose a weight to aim for that's based on what's healthiest. Some people want to be painfully (but not quite dangerously) thin, and you know what--good for them. Not only do I find rounder bodies more aesthetically pleasing, but after spending my entire teen and adult years being overweight/obese the idea of being a thin person feels DEEPLY, DEEPLY uncomfortable. I can no more see myself as weighing 120 lbs. than I can see myself being a man. So yeah, what a dumb freaking idea it is for me to aim for a weight that would be much, much healthier than where I started from even if it doesn't meet some ideal. *smh* 

Not everybody wants to be skinny, and that's okay!

^ THIS!
I agree with most on here! I feel we should look and feel good to nobody else'standards but our own!