How much do you have to lose?

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  • PokeyBug
    PokeyBug Posts: 482 Member
    edited October 2014
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    I started out weighing 159#, but I'm currently 145#. I'm not sure if I want to get down to 120# or 125#, but somewhere in that area. Either will put me in the middle of the 'healthy' BMI range. (Yes, I really am short, lol.)
  • amcook4
    amcook4 Posts: 561 Member
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    I started at 325, my arbitrary goal is is 150 ish, because that puts me right at the top of a healthy weight for my height. Once I get there, or get close I will decide a more final goal. I've never been a healthy weight, so I won't know what is best for me until I'm closer. But so far I'm kicked away 47 pounds, and I have 128 to go!
  • bwogilvie
    bwogilvie Posts: 2,130 Member
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    seemyfeetsoon wrote: »
    I'm trying like hell to lose 10 more pounds which isn't even my actual long term goal weight. I'd like to lose 20. But for the time being, I realize having lost the first 50 was easier than losing the last 20 is going to be, so I'll give myself a year to get the rest off.

    How true! I lost 45 pounds in my first year on MFP. I'm 9 months into my second year, and I've lost only 17 more. But those 45 took me from obese to normal. Progress slowed down a lot after that, both because I have less fat to lose and because I don't burn as many calories in exercise and everyday activities than I did when I was carrying around so much extra weight.
  • CassieR6
    CassieR6 Posts: 280 Member
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    My ultimate goal is to get down to 130, to do this I need to lose about 45lbs. Most I have ever lost is 30lbs. Lets see if I can do it! ;)
  • Sedna_51
    Sedna_51 Posts: 277 Member
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    I'm thinking about this myself...Right now my initial goal is to get to 175, which would place me just barely into the "Overweight" category for BMI. In order to get there, I'll have to lose another 28 pounds. Once I'm at 175, though, my plan is to hold at maintenance for 4-6 months, then reassess to see how I'm feeling and doing. (My other big goal is to get my waist circumference below 35 inches.)
  • lastfarewell
    lastfarewell Posts: 45 Member
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    about 80 pounds which will put me at 160 and a healthy BMI for my height.
  • KameHameHaaaa
    KameHameHaaaa Posts: 837 Member
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    Dunno my BMI but!
    SW: 410 lbs
    CW: 330 lbs
    GW: 150 lbs
    UGW: Not sure yet, will know when I get there :)
  • SylviazSpirit
    SylviazSpirit Posts: 694 Member
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    I have 120lbs to lose. That will put me into average, the higher end but still there. I haven't been average or normal weight since maybe the age of five. That will be nice.
  • lyrics09
    lyrics09 Posts: 217 Member
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    SW 304 (5/2/14)
    CW 247
    GW 135-145

    Bunches lol
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
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    SW: 139 (306) at 49.4 BMI
    CW: 96.5 (213) at 34.4 BMI (YAY! Finally out the morbidly obese category! I'm now plain old obese)
    GW: 63 (139) at 22.5 BMI, right bang in the middle of the BMI range.

    All in all I needed to lose 76 kg (167 pounds)
    I have lost 42.5 kg (93.5) so far
    Still have 33.5 (73.5) left
  • LumberJacck
    LumberJacck Posts: 559 Member
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    I want to lose 15kg (33 pounds) and I'm already in the "normal" BMI range.
  • BruceHedtke
    BruceHedtke Posts: 358 Member
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    SW 280lbs
    CW 203lbs
    GW 180lbs (when I first joined MFP, my initial GW was 225lbs and at the time, THAT seemed like trying to take a trip to the moon in a rowboat...now I want to join the Century Club by losing 100lbs!)

    Only a few more lbs to go and I'll 1)-Be in Onderland, which hasn't been a reality since I was a teen & 2)-move out of Obese and into Overweight on the BMI charts.

    According to the BMI charts, I'd have to get down to 164 lbs to get into a normal range. With my build, that simply won't happen, so I'll be considered overweight using BMI. I don't put any stock in BMI, so it doesn't concern me in the slightest.
  • cranberrytape
    cranberrytape Posts: 29 Member
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    SW: 174 lbs
    CW: 171 lbs
    GW: As low as I can get while getting enough to eat


  • CherryChan81
    CherryChan81 Posts: 264 Member
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    45 lbs... :(
  • eldamiano
    eldamiano Posts: 2,667 Member
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    My reputation
  • cincysweetheart
    cincysweetheart Posts: 892 Member
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    SW: 381
    CW: 302-296 (the last time I stepped on the scale it was the lower #, but it wasn't an official weigh in day, so I'm hesitant to count it)
    GW:180

    This GW puts me at barely overweight by BMI standards. 170 would be within normal standards. So, I may choose to go to there. We'll see how things go as I get closer. I've never been that low… so I'm not sure what to expect from my body.
  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
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    Starting weight: 316 on 1/1.
    Goal Weight: 180 (ideal weight per BMI).
    Current Weight: 225
    Lost 91 pounds.
    45 pounds to go.
  • skybluekitten
    skybluekitten Posts: 52 Member
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    Needed to lose 14kgs, 7kgs left, height about 157cm
    sw: 55-56 kgs
    cw: 48-49 kgs
    gw: 42 kgs
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,565 Member
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    SW: 248 (BMI of 40)
    CW: 202.3 (where I've been stuck for three days, damn TOM) (BMI around 32-33)
    GW: 130-145, probably on the higher end of that (my goal is set at 145, which is 23.4 I think)

    57.3 more pounds to go!
  • GrammyPeachy
    GrammyPeachy Posts: 1,723 Member
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    SW: 313/BMI: 50.5
    CW: 256/BMI: 41.3
    GW: 180/BMI: 29.0
    UGW:155/BMI: 25.0 (just barely overweight, but with extra skin reasonable)
    So far, I've lost 57 pounds and have 100 to go.

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