What made you pick your goal weight?

I originally chose mine to coincide with the highest part of my "normal" range for my BMI. When I got to that level I thought I had more to lose, so I changed it.

I just want to get to a weight I feel comfortable at. I feel that dealing with menopause, aging & depression medications puts me in a position of just seeing where this journey takes me. I am 56yo, 5'3" and currently 189.2lbs having lost 9lbs thus far. At first I was going by what the BMI indicated at the healthy weight range of 140lbs. The weight loss has been at a steady 1lb per week. I am eating at 1300 cals. doing beginners strength training 3 days a week and walking the dog 2 times a day at about 20mins. each. I am striving to get out of large shirts and 16 size pants at this point!

RoseWhiteBrooke wrote: »

Was it by choosing a particular BMI, or a weight you've been in the past which you felt good at?

Or did you choose a weight to see how you felt when you reached it, and then decide if you wanted to lose anymore?

All of those.
I originally chose a goal that was at the very top of the healthy BMI for my height. I thought that when I got there I would see how I felt. I'm about 10 pounds away from that and recently changed my goal to the middle healthy BMI for my height. I have been that weight in the past and felt pretty good there. I don't want to go lower than that.

I started out at 318 and am currently 242. I picked 2 goal weights. 1 being 220, which would give me about 100 lbs lost and my ultimate goal is 200. I just like how 200 lbs looks on someone my height. I'm a heavier set girl and always will be. I have no desire to be thin, but I do desire to be healthy. (Even though I was at 318 I'd like to stay that way) but who knows that can change the closer I get.

145 was the weight WW gave me when I joined 4.5 years ago weighing 167. It's right in the middle of my healthy range. I personally prefer to be around 140 as I have a small frame and tend to store fat in my abdomen and face. I'm a bit of a yo- yo-er but I never get too overweight, just tend to constantly be messing with the same 10-15 pounds.

i picked a clothing size that looked/sounded reasonable to me for my age and lifestyle. i am now at that size and the next size smaller and feel okay. i am still a work in progress though. now that i have the 55 pounds off, i am working on my fitness.

Asher_Ethan wrote: »

I was 135 in college before I had my first son... I'm starting to think that's not a healthy weight for me though...

Its all about adapting and figuring out what works for you. Maybe you end up feeling good at a higher weight than that? You look great in your profile picture by the way! What a beautiful baby!

Well, i break mine down into more manageable ones, just so it doesn't seem so daunting

Mini goals aside (which is what i use my ticker for) - my first 'true' goal is 150 pounds (which is 100 pounds off where i started). I selected that one because the last time i weighed that was before i had my first born (who is almost 17 now LOL) and (in hindsight) i looked cute at that size. I think beyond that will depend on how I am feeling. *Ideally* I *think* I would like to be around 120ish, but that's so far off in the future it's not really on my radar.

one step at a time. Every pound lost is a victory in itself

I have had many goals and constantly revised them. I am 5'1"

I started at a size 12 and 162lb so my long-term goal then was a size 6, whatever weight that was. I was guessing 125. I thought this would make me similar to my college weight.

However I didn't account for vanity sizing and a 6 is bigger now than it was in 1998 =/ So I reached a 6 but I was still unsatisfied with my body and I was still outside the healthy BMI range. So when I got to the 6, at about 135 pounds, I decided to go further. My next goal was 125.

I did reach 125 and was at the in the healthy BMI range, but toward the top. At this point I decided that I could reasonably maintain 115 which is right in the recommended perfect weight range for my height.

I am now 114.5, BMI 21.4 and have decided on 112 as my final weight for a completely arbitrary reason... that would be exactly 50 pounds lost. I know, totally arbitrary...

I've changed my goal weight several times... I have been overweight since about sixth grade so when I started I didn't even know what to make my goal weight. Healthy BMI seemed so unattainable since I had never been there before...

My first goal was just getting under 200, then 190, now I am excited to get under 180 and be categorized as "overweight" instead of "obese".

Since I just don't know what I will look like I chose 140 because it is in the middle of my healthy BMI range. When I get there I might lower it. (I'm 5'5".)

I chose to aim for the lowest weight I have been at in my adult life. I remember how great I felt physically and how much I liked my body. I was 22 at the time so we will see if a mid 40's body can reach that target. (I'm betting it can) It is still about 30 pounds over ideal but I am pretty muscular so it is a reasonable goal. Once I get there we will see if I decide to st0p or keep going.

The lightest I can recall being as an adult was the 70kg I was in January 2011. So I chose 65kg, because I wasn't quite happy with myself at 70 and 65 is in the middle of my healthy weight range (173cm). Mind you, I've now come to the conclusion that I had a skewed image of myself at 70kg, so that's my re-assessment point.

I picked it because I thought it was a weight I could live with and achieve. My 'healthy range' is lower, but I just look at that as a secondary goal when I get to the first one

I googled "healthy weight" and looked up my height and frame size, then picked the highest number in the range. I might move to mid-range someday, but I'd be thrilled to just not be overweight.

RoseWhiteBrooke wrote: »

Was it by choosing a particular BMI, or a weight you've been in the past which you felt good at?

Or did you choose a weight to see how you felt when you reached it, and then decide if you wanted to lose anymore?