What's your goal weight?? Why did you choose that number??

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  • Kwast
    Kwast Posts: 2
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    I am 5'3 and my weight goal is 120-125 lbs. I am 150 lbs. and I'm always told that its fine and that I'm not big ,but I want to feel good about myself when I look in the mirror.
  • Bridgetc140
    Bridgetc140 Posts: 405 Member
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    I'm 4'11" and my goal weight is 108lbs. I'm at 112.5 right now and just want to lose a few more.
  • Achoooo
    Achoooo Posts: 130
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    I am not sure. I am 5'0" and used to feel fat at 109. Well, I had a high body fat that is why.
    So this time I'm going to see how it goes, because I am tracking body fat and building muscle, instead of doing the almost anorexic diet and never working out.

    Right now I'm going for 125lbs, because it is a healthy weight range for me.
    My first mini goal is to lose 20 lbs - that will be put me at 145, and I haven't been that small for at least 6 years. I feel that with my weight training and body fat reduction, I'll look way better at 145 this time around, than last time.

    Once I get there, I'll look at losing another 20 which will have me at 125. I expect to look different this time at that weight, but if I still don't like it I'll assess my situation and see what I need to do - another 5-10 after that might be good. I don't think I can go below 115 though, I'm built with a large chest and a bubble booty and those will never go away (but that's cool by me)
  • monkeybelle83
    monkeybelle83 Posts: 141 Member
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    I am 5'7" and my GW is anywhere between 140-160. The BMI chart says something closer to 120, but with my frame, and that weight, I honestly look anorexic. I've been that small before, it's wasn't pretty. So I figure I'll go with a higher number, and if I think I can lose more and still look healthy, I will, if not, then that's fine too.
  • shaunshaikh
    shaunshaikh Posts: 616 Member
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    Actually shooting for a number for BMI is pretty dumb, too. BMI is a measure used to evaluate populations and was never intended to look at specific people. BMI has no way of differentiating between "healthy" mass and "unhealthy" mass.
  • jewels319
    jewels319 Posts: 72 Member
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    My Goal 130.....Realistic goal to really really shoot for 135-140....I am 5'6" ....I got back down to 125 after my first child...and then I really started enjoying food. But since I have gained I don't feel great......knees hurt...legs drag.....I just wanna be at a happy and healthy weight. According to charts....I can still be a good weight at about 149.....so if I make it to that....then I just might go further.
  • lisafrancis629
    lisafrancis629 Posts: 287
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    My goal weight is 160. That will be a 61 lbs loss. I will still be overweight but I want to hit 160 and maintain that for 6 months and then try to lose 10 more. I have lost down to under 150 a couple of times and could not maintain it so I want this time to be a realistic, maintable weight that I can live with for the rest of my life.
  • cardbucfan
    cardbucfan Posts: 10,396 Member
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    I'm female, 5'9" and 47 and have had 2 kids. My goal weight originally was 142 but when I have weighed that in the past I always felt like I needed to lose another 7 lbs. so I changed it to 135 which I hit a month ago. Now my goal is to drop body fat % because I still have jiggle and squishy parts on my abs and butt/upper thighs. As long as I stay in the 130's while I add more muscle and tone, I'll be really happy. 135 is the low end of healthy for my height and I actually am happy with how I look right now (but for that jiggle!)
  • Zombriana
    Zombriana Posts: 764 Member
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    123-125 maintained

    Why?
    Well, back in the day I used to be 122, I think I was 19 years old. I got that weight from 150 I believe. I was pretty small, Wore size 5's.
    I'd just like to see what I'd look like again around that weight with the new "woman" body I have now. I feel I am the size now [129] that I was when I was 122, so maybe when Im 123, I'll be firmer! :P
  • Sugar_Apple
    Sugar_Apple Posts: 951 Member
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    I am 5'5" and my goal weight was 140 ....before kids I was 125 but that was before I had boobs etc....I like my new curves so I choose a weight that was the top end of healthy BMI....once I get there I will re-access the situation because I might need to go a lil lower to get rid of this gut
  • IMDABOMBthe0wife0DABEAST
    IMDABOMBthe0wife0DABEAST Posts: 124 Member
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    I'm 5'7' and have been heavy the majority of my life. My inital goal was 180 which I am really close to at this time, but I readjusted my goal to 150. I will have to see how the weight loss looks. I can not remember the last time I was in the 150's, but I know I am wearing sizes now that I have not worn since high school. For me it is about being healthy and not what the scales or tags read.
  • AllyS7
    AllyS7 Posts: 480 Member
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    I'm 5'2"ish and my 1st goal weight was 125. I'd really like to be in the BMI range of 21. So I'd need my weight to be around 115-120lbs. Those number terrify me so I'm getting to 125 and seeing how I feel first.
  • therealangd
    therealangd Posts: 1,861 Member
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    I'm 5'5". I have my weight goal set at 150. That's mid range of a normal BMI for my height. Once I hit that number, I'll start working on body fat %.
  • chasekilgannon
    chasekilgannon Posts: 123
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    I chose 125 because of my height (5'2") and in relative to my sister's weight. She's about 1 inch taller and wighes about 120. She has no boobs though, and I want to keep mine.
  • RunChinni
    RunChinni Posts: 149 Member
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    I am 5'7" and weigh 138 lbs right now. I don't intend to lose alot of weight. I'd be happy if I actually tone up and get rid of some of the fat that I have stored up inside me.
    130lbs would be the lowest I'd want to go if I wanted to lose weight.
  • ItsCasey
    ItsCasey Posts: 4,022 Member
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    My initial goal was 140 because I have a cousin who has the same body type as I do, and when she weighed 140, she had exactly the body that I was hoping to have ... curvy and feminine but not fat. I knew I may not look exactly like her at that weight because I'm a couple of inches shorter, but I figured that was a good place to start. I've since lowered my goal to 130. I'm 20 lbs away from that now, which would put my total weight-loss at 100 lbs.
  • maddiecrist123
    maddiecrist123 Posts: 9
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    My goal weight is 130. It was around how much I weighed before my eating disorder, and I looked slim but healthy at that weight.
  • x_AmandaJayne_x
    x_AmandaJayne_x Posts: 35 Member
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    I'm 5'7 and my goal weight it 145... I chose 145 because that was my pre-baby weight!
  • JDMPWR
    JDMPWR Posts: 1,863 Member
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    It's roughly 6-8% body fat if I do not gain any more muscle but if I do it will be even lower which I know I wont reach then so that is the lowest point in my range. I am shooting for 170-175 dependent on if I gain more muscle or not.
  • DeniseGdz
    DeniseGdz Posts: 592 Member
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    I just randomly picked 150 because it was a nice round number. After reading this thread I'm thinking that was dumb.
    SO I went and checked what 5'4 "healthy" weight is considered and it's from 117-145.5
    I'm not really 100% worried about the scale weight as I am the measurements. I get those done 1 a month!

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