How did YOU determine your Goal Weight

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  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,742 Member
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    For me, my goal weight was when I looked and felt my best, so I decided to work to get there again. :)

    Me too. I have since adjusted it slightly, because I'm only about 6.5 lb from my "goal" and I know I want to go lower.

    For me it's maybe a little weird because I'm 37 yrs old...but chose 180 lb because that is what I weighed when I was 14 and in 8th grade and felt good about my body...I liked that I was tall and busty, but had nice legs and wide hips, I did need the biggest clothing in the ladies dept but did not need plus sizes. After that, I gained a lot quickly around age 15-16 and didn't feel as good about my body for 20+ years. So now I am heading back to that 8th grade weight!! (and lower)
  • AlliSteff
    AlliSteff Posts: 211 Member
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    Looked at silly BMI charts (how they think 105 lbs is healthy for a 5'-3" woman is beyond me), and picked somethign in the healthy category.....was going to aim for 130 lb, but I thought why not put it for 125 and see how it goes?
  • zeal26
    zeal26 Posts: 602 Member
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    I just picked a weight that was in the middle of the healthy range for my height. When I get there, I will see how I look and feel and either start maintaining or re-evaluate.
  • rak173
    rak173 Posts: 105 Member
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    I picked a number that is on the high side of the healthy weight range for my height. That number means very little to me though, it is just an ultimate loose goal. Right now I am more focused on losing 1lb/week. After doing this for 6+months and losing 20+lbs, I will likely reevaluate and make a more solid goal.
  • MapleFlavouredMaiden
    MapleFlavouredMaiden Posts: 595 Member
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    Using this. https://www.myrebody.com/weightlosscalculator I was quite suprised at how high the number was for me due to the amount of muscle mass I have. I thought I'd have to weigh 10lbs less.
  • izu87
    izu87 Posts: 267 Member
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    Initially it was using the classic formula of My_Height_in_cm - 110cm = Perfect_weight_in_KG, so for my case is 171-110 = 61kg.

    Later on I had a friend who was the same height, relatively the same built as me and I asked her how much she was weighing as she had the body that I did wish I had - she said 59kg, so I decided that maybe at the result given to me by my old school formula I will look quite great.

    But then again, in the past few years, I've realized that weight is not all that important because I might be at a greater weight but have the same body size as someone who is much lighter than I am due to difference in muscle mass. So, right now I'm semi-aiming at that weight, but also aiming at those skinny jeans size 6 that I bought many moons ago that I want to squeeze in and in which I know I will look quite alright :P


    my height = 154cm

    my lean body mass = 107lb (or 49kg) - this is the weight of all the non-fat parts of my body, i.e. what I'd weigh at 0% body fat. (theoreticallyspeaking, seeing as it's impossible to get body fat down to zero without major muscle mass loss)

    154 - 110 = 44kg (97lb)

    Seriously? That would be a body fat percentage in minus numbers. No way I'm going to starve off that much lean body mass.

    Definitely don't use a method like this. All these one-number-fits-all types of methods seem to give numbers that would be dangerously underweight for a lot of people of that height... the number it gave me is only suitable for someone with an extremely small frame. It's actually in the underweight range according to BMI for my height (100-132lb) therefore only people who are outliers in terms of very small frame size would be healthy at this weight. Granted that I'm possibly an outlier in the opposite direction (i.e. size of my shoulders and rib cage are large for a woman of any height... when compared to my short height they're relatively that much larger, these are the main reasons why my lean body mass is high for my height, plus doing heavy lifting)

    Body fat percentage is probably the best way to figure out a goal weight, i.e. calculate your body fat percentage, decide what you want it to be, use that info to calculate what you'll weigh at your ideal body fat percentage, and focus on losing fat while maintaining lean mass.

    As for my goal weight.... I have no idea what it is, but I'll know when I get there. My ideal weight is however much I happen to weigh when I can deadlift 300lb.

    Ah, yeah, as I said it is an old classic (I think something that came from good old soviet union xD) formula and it had different rules for different heights. Just this one got stuck in my head. Though, the scary part is that there are a lot of diet specialist over here who still practice this rule for all heights. :/

    So yeah... I just said how I initially set my goals. Right now, weight is last goal. Size matters more.
  • Calliope610
    Calliope610 Posts: 3,771 Member
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    I used this calculator from Fat2Fit >>> http://www.fat2fittools.com/tools/ibw/

    I used >>> http://www.mybodygallery.com/index.html to figure out what BF% I wanted.
  • seashell709
    seashell709 Posts: 123 Member
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    I ended up going with 160-165 range for my goal weight.

    I'm 5'6inches and very muscular girl that has always been athletic.

    When I have looked up several charts it always says 145-150. About 5 years ago I was 150 lbs and people though I was sick and not eating. At this time of my life I worked out 6 x a week for 45-60 minutes with weight training. I also wasn't really eating that much either or in a healthy part of my life. To me this is unrealistic and I was never smaller than a size 10 at 150 lbs.
  • coloredswirls
    coloredswirls Posts: 8
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    I went as far down as 115lb at my 5'4" height. My highest weight was 185lb (which I'm just about back at now) and I fetl ok when I was at 150 for a while, but I decided 130lb is my ultimate goal in order to feel my healthiest without going overboard.
  • wolfwalker67
    wolfwalker67 Posts: 24
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    I picked 140lbs because in the past I used to weigh 130 and I felt good and looked good. That was many years ago and my body has changed since then. I carry more muscle mass than I did before so I adjusted the goal by 10lbs. When I reach that if I'm not satisfied I will readjust my goal.
  • kk_140
    kk_140 Posts: 518 Member
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    I started at 163 pounds and 5'4" and set my goal at 140 pounds because:

    1.) it was a good ways into my healthy BMI range

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    2.) It would definitely put my waist size where I wanted it to be (under 28")
  • juniormints74
    juniormints74 Posts: 60 Member
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    i calculated my goal weight from BMI. i want my BMI to be on the lower side of normal (something like 20) so, even if i gain some weight back, i would still be in a healthy range.

    ^^ exactly this
  • Booksandbeaches
    Booksandbeaches Posts: 1,791 Member
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    I picked a weight I already was as an adult and one that would be solidly in the normal weight category for my height plus allow me to wear a size 4.
  • AllOutof_Bubblegum
    AllOutof_Bubblegum Posts: 3,646 Member
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    I just kept going until I got a "gott dam!" when I put on a bikini :wink:

    In all seriousness though, I figured anywhere within my high school weight plus ten pounds should do me fine.
  • MissInfiniti
    MissInfiniti Posts: 142 Member
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    I just keep monitoring my loss... I'll stop when I loose too much boob. lol
  • Forty6and2
    Forty6and2 Posts: 2,492 Member
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    I never did. I know what I want to look like and I will stop when I get there. I do have a range (130-150) and that's based off of photos of other women on mybodygallery.com who are the same height and body shape.
  • _lyndseybrooke_
    _lyndseybrooke_ Posts: 2,561 Member
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    I picked mine because I've been that weight before and know what it looks like. I didn't have a whole lot to lose to begin with (25 lbs), so it was easy to figure out where I wanted to be. My lowest weight was 125, but I was a 17 year old girl with absolutely no shape, so it would be really hard for me to get there again. So my goal is 130, but I'm more concerned with how my body looks than a number on a scale.
  • Alidecker
    Alidecker Posts: 1,262 Member
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    Random at first. Then once I started losing weight and had an annual doctor's appointment, we discussed. She came up with a wieght for me....which was higher than my original number.
  • Velum_cado
    Velum_cado Posts: 1,608 Member
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    I just decided it was a nice, round number that would leave me not too big, not too small. I've reached that now, and decided I'm happy to keep going til it "feels right", I guess. My main goal was to just feel better, physically and mentally. I've achieved that one as well.
  • demonsheep
    demonsheep Posts: 69 Member
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    I think maybe that formula works well if you're an average height. I'm 150cm (4'11) and minus 110 is 40kg. That's about 88lb and that's far too little for me! My goal is 100lb, or about 46kg.

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