So many people with respectively high final GWs....

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  • kconrad1712
    kconrad1712 Posts: 36 Member
    I'm doing it wrong.

    I've set multiple goals, achieved multiple goals, and have set more goals for myself.

    I didn't realize that when I reached that first goal that everything was supposed to just be over.

    This!! LOL preach
  • Myhaloslipped
    Myhaloslipped Posts: 4,317 Member
    well this changes EVERYTHING...

    I guess my goal weight of 215 is still way to high, and for only the reason that it doesn't make YOU happy. Never mind the fact that I can ride a 100 mile bike ride in under 7 hours, or able to hang in crossfit 5 days a week, or pretty much smash all the goals i make for myself. Or that my BF% is 19 and dropping or that I am in the top 4% of the country with my lab results, or that I beat diabetes ... but screw all that.. standards are standards and YOU know better than ME about my life.

    Ill get back to work to make you happy now.

    Glad we got all that out of the way.
    but u r not helthy!!!1!

    Exactly. Listen to my advice. I am on Web MD every day, so I am basically a doctor who is qualified to advise people on these things. Close enough. :laugh:
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  • _HeartsOnFire_
    _HeartsOnFire_ Posts: 5,304 Member
    OP
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  • kconrad1712
    kconrad1712 Posts: 36 Member
    I see it a lot with women, especially. For example, a 5'4" female starts out with a weight of 350 pounds, and her goal is to get to 175 pounds. That's still obese! I see this a lot where people set goal weights when they are probably underestimating their potential! I understand people want to set realistic goals, but why go so far when you only just a little more to go before your REAL moment of victory? The "healthy" range! Really, if you've set a high final goal weight, consider the fact that with a little more time, you can do even more than that! All it takes is a little more time.

    Where did you get your MD from? ... Oh, you don't have one? OK
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  • Calliope610
    Calliope610 Posts: 3,783 Member
    OP,

    I set a goal of completing my 1st 5K run in under 38 minutes. Is that ok, or should I go for winning the Boston Marathon instead???
  • fedup30
    fedup30 Posts: 141 Member
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    ^This.

    I'm sure I could come up with more to say, but you're kind of a **** and I'd rather not.

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  • deksgrl
    deksgrl Posts: 7,237 Member
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  • pyrowill
    pyrowill Posts: 1,163 Member
    You must be new here.
  • missiontofitness
    missiontofitness Posts: 4,059 Member
    You sound like a very unpleasant person to have as a friend on this site.
    Someone's goal is none of your business to judge.
  • Abells
    Abells Posts: 756 Member
    thats the beauty of a goal though, once you reach one you can set another. i understand what you are saying but some people dont want to set the bar too high at first. my original goal weight was 220, then moved it to 210, then to 200, then to 190, now its 185. i will probably move it again once im below 200 but who knows, i may be happy at 200 and stick with that (i seriously doubt it though)


    nailed it!
  • devil_in_a_blue_dress
    devil_in_a_blue_dress Posts: 5,214 Member
    <---5'3, 152 pounds

    Go away, let me be happy with myself while you work on whatever you have going on in your own life which doesn't affect me.
  • pyrowill
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  • snowflake954
    snowflake954 Posts: 8,399 Member
    I set a higher goal so that I could take a month if eating at maintanence for a month or so. Give myself a little break from a deficit and make sure that my methods were appropriate both for loss and for maintanence.

    I like this idea. :smile:
  • Idefinenichelle
    Idefinenichelle Posts: 116 Member
    I see it a lot with women, especially. For example, a 5'4" female starts out with a weight of 350 pounds, and her goal is to get to 175 pounds. That's still obese! I see this a lot where people set goal weights when they are probably underestimating their potential! I understand people want to set realistic goals, but why go so far when you only just a little more to go before your REAL moment of victory? The "healthy" range! Really, if you've set a high final goal weight, consider the fact that with a little more time, you can do even more than that! All it takes is a little more time.

    Okay Judgy McJudgerson. You know that they can decide at a later date to lower it. I think you should worry less about others goals and more about your own. Even if they decide to stick with a goal that's still overweight or obese it's better than they used to be.

    By the way I am overweight for my height. I also have 20% body fat, which is athletic for a woman. To get into the healthy range I would be very close to almost unhealthy levels of body fat. One size does not fit all when it comes to weight ranges.

    ^This. And there are people who are at a healthy weight.. but aren't healthy. There is more to being healthy than just your weight. I'm 5'3 and my GW is 170. Once I get there, I will MAYBE make it 160. But, personally.. I don't want to get down to the 130's 140's.
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    I know. I don't get it either. Once you pick a goal you're stuck with that goal forever and ever and yet here we are with people settling in the goals department. It's a shame really.

    Yes because goals and aspirations NEVER CHANGE AND MUST BE WRITTEN IN BLOOD. And where the he|| do you get off implying other's goals that they set for themselves are settling..seriously.
    If this post is sarcastic I literally can't tell..maybe my sarcasm meter is broken.

    EDIT:
    Jebus, I need to learn to stay out of these forums when I am feeling stabby already. grumble

    I just said the same thing to myself! Between this crap and the "I don't take advice from fat people" thread...I'm already hangry and PMS-y, so I'm just gonna go get some food and coffee before I completely go off the rails...

    That was the other one... I managed to back out of it.

    Is it a full moon?

    Does anyone have a spare tinfoil hat? Mine rusted from all the rain :ohwell:
  • likitisplit
    likitisplit Posts: 9,420 Member
    I see it a lot with women, especially. For example, a 5'4" female starts out with a weight of 350 pounds, and her goal is to get to 175 pounds. That's still obese! I see this a lot where people set goal weights when they are probably underestimating their potential! I understand people want to set realistic goals, but why go so far when you only just a little more to go before your REAL moment of victory? The "healthy" range! Really, if you've set a high final goal weight, consider the fact that with a little more time, you can do even more than that! All it takes is a little more time.

    LOL. My goal weight is 175. I'm 175. I expect it will take me about 2.5 years to reach my goal.

    Do that math.
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
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    This warms my heart ever so slightly :flowerforyou:
  • deksgrl
    deksgrl Posts: 7,237 Member
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