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  • SherryTeach
    SherryTeach Posts: 2,836 Member
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    I looked at some charts and then remembered what I looked and felt like the day I graduated from college in 1976. I'm there now and it seems like a good weight for a 60 year old!
  • runnrchic
    runnrchic Posts: 130 Member
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    Pu_239 wrote: »
    160wannab wrote: »
    How do you guys decide your goal weight. I set one but now as I get closer to it I'm thinking I might want to go lower depending on how I feel. How do you set for your I did it goal.


    go based on body fat. Think of how you want to look based on a body fat chart. here is a general one.
    body-fat-percentage-women.jpg

    Know your current body fat based on that picture. Lets say your goal is 17% body fat, and you're at 30% body fat at 185lbs.

    You need to know your lean body mass.

    Total Weight * (1 - bodyfat%) = llbs ean body mass

    185*(1-.30) = 129lbs of lean body mass

    Once you know your lean body mass. You use that to calculate your goal weight.

    LeanBodymass/(1-(bodyfat%atGoal)) = goal weight

    So you want to be at 17% body fat.

    129/(1-.17) = 155lbs should be your goal weight.


    That's pretty cool! I'm at 17% and will take 15%. I'll never get to the first pic unless I quit running and pound some roids, so no thank you lol.

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