What made you pick your goal weight?

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  • msjackiemorgan
    msjackiemorgan Posts: 45 Member
    I chose mine at a weight I weighed about 7 yrs ago. I felt good about myself at that weight. I've gained 40 lbs would love to lose 50
  • bainsworth1a
    bainsworth1a Posts: 313 Member
    My goal weight is what I weighed when I first thought I was fat.
  • KathleenCora
    KathleenCora Posts: 160 Member
    I'm 5'3" and started at 213lbs and at my height the highest I should weigh is 140. I haven't weighed anything close to that since being an adult and I didn't want to choose something that was too out of reach. So I choose 140 so I can technically be healthy but not to obsessive.... When I get there maybe I'll readjust but who knows?!
  • onyxgirl17
    onyxgirl17 Posts: 1,722 Member
    Weight I've felt good at before.
  • CooCooPuff
    CooCooPuff Posts: 4,374 Member
    5'7", currently around 137, gw: 135
    My original goal was 120 but I feel pretty okay with myself and would rather focus on a recomp
  • Fatrick011
    Fatrick011 Posts: 8 Member
    My doctor suggested a goal weight for me but knowing I never weighed that little even after Marine boot camp I added 20 lbs and here I go.
  • Sophiasmomma
    Sophiasmomma Posts: 155 Member
    I chose a range. I read somewhere on here not to pick one number but to pick a range. Your weight fluctuates everyday sometimes 3/4 lbs so I chose 130-134. Once I get to 134 I will be thrilled.
    I chose that range based on how I have looked in the lower 130's. Im a size 6 and feel that I look pretty good there.
    I am 11 lbs from getting there and have lost 14lbs so far!
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
    My goal weight I think is the high end of the healthy bmi.

    Was really just a guess and might be revised when I get closer.

    My goal wait is a weight I don't remember. I think the last time I was that weight or even close to it would be early 2000s when I was in year 8-10
  • CrazyMermaid1
    CrazyMermaid1 Posts: 356 Member
    I used the Dukan diet website to come up with my ideal weight. It takes into account how many diets I've been on, what my heaviest was, and other factors
  • Jiveli85
    Jiveli85 Posts: 37 Member
    I'm 5'3 female and I'm shooting for 115. I'm currently at 120 and it seems the last few pounds are the toughest. At my skinniest I was 110 and I looked anorexic for my small/medium build, so 115 should be a good weight.
  • peterjens
    peterjens Posts: 235 Member
    I chose it based upon body fat %.
  • Russandol
    Russandol Posts: 71 Member
    edited April 2015
    I picked mine (69 kg) since it'd put me at a normal BMI (23.3) and because it seems achievable (it's ~9 kg less than I weigh right now). ... and because it'd put me in the sixties weight-wise for the first time since my early teens. :expressionless:

    Edit: I'll confess I sometimes feel like my weight goal is really high when I see people who are the same height shooting for 135 lbs/61 kg... To be honest, though, I think I'd probably be perfectly happy at my goal weight since I'm pretty broad in the shoulders and hips. (Yes, in the actual bones.)

    (152 lb GW; ~20 lb WL for folks on imperial. ;) )
  • 3JinItaly
    3JinItaly Posts: 27 Member
    Mine is my drivers license weight, from when I was 16. I'm only about 9 lbs. away now!
  • Sweet_Heresy
    Sweet_Heresy Posts: 411 Member
    I'm 5'8 and looking to get down to 160. That was the lowest I've ever been, so I'd like to get down around there and work on recomp. Maybe 155 to give myself a little room...I got a bit of a large frame, I can't imagine going any lower than that and not looking horrible.

    But hey...you never know.
  • ArkMom35
    ArkMom35 Posts: 225 Member
    It's a weight that I was comfortable at about 10 years ago. It's the best I've ever felt, so I'm shooting for that again. I would like to get in the healthy BMI range though, and that'd be an extra 10 lbs or so, so I may add on another goal when I'm done.
  • missjones513
    missjones513 Posts: 345 Member
    There's no good reason for the number I picked. It's close to what's on my driver's license - which was an awful guess in the first place.
  • kcrkcs
    kcrkcs Posts: 15 Member
    5'5" female- I originally chose 130-135 as this had been a good weight for me in my early and mid twenties when I carried lots of muscle. Based on BF% goal I have increased that range to 125-135. Just have to see how things are looking and feeling when I get down there.
  • kazminchu
    kazminchu Posts: 250 Member
    When I started, I had no goal as I didn't think I'd get very far. Now my current goal is 145lbs - 100lbs less than I used to weigh. If and when I hit that, I'll just keep dropping until I can't lose any more. At the moment, I'm more interested in recomp, because I've not got much more scope to lose weight, but I still have horrendous amounts of fat. So hopefully I can lose a good few percent of that.
  • MonsoonStorm
    MonsoonStorm Posts: 371 Member
    MFP forced me to pick a number...

    I panicked...

    It was too much pressure.
  • cmcdonald525
    cmcdonald525 Posts: 140 Member
    I'm aiming for 140 just because it seemed like a good number to start with. I haven't ever felt comfortable at any particular weight. I remember being around 130 in high school and feeling bigger than everyone else. But that was probably my own insecurities. I would love to get down to a size 6. Once I get there, I'll evaluate how I feel and go lower if I need to
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    Mine has changed several times. I wanted to get to my previous "lowest adult weight" of 227. After that I wanted to hit 199 "onederland". Then I went for 180 which was my weight at age 15. Now I'm in the 160s my weight at age 12-13 and happy with that. I am 5'8" and when I look at photos of myself during middle school I think I looked like a strong healthy young girl and I am happy with being that size even though of course now in my late 30's the weight's distributed a bit differently and all. Works for me.
  • futuremommyt
    futuremommyt Posts: 26 Member
    154 is when I will be "normal" weight and not "overweight" or "obese"
  • bewarethedog
    bewarethedog Posts: 42 Member
    My ultimate goal is to fluctuate between 100&115. I'm more comfortable with choosing a range than a set number. I chose it so I could be in the middle of the healthy BMI range. There is a good chance I'll change my numbers once I get close based on body fat % and how I feel I look.
  • kskinnyperfect
    kskinnyperfect Posts: 28 Member
    My goal weight was 121 because at 5'5 I felt my greatest at this weight. I can remember being 115 and just felt a little to small but when I reached 120 I felt amazing.
  • TiffanyRobertson988
    TiffanyRobertson988 Posts: 1 Member
    My BMI says I should be between 105-145lbs. So that means I should lose about 100 pounds. Just started this journey because a good friend of mine is getting married in Mexico and I want to be beach ready! 10 months to go! Let's see what I can accomplish!
  • kamakazeekim
    kamakazeekim Posts: 1,183 Member
    breathless575 wrote: »
    I have my ultimate goal weight of 100 lbs, which is like a dream weight to me. Right now, I'm 122.6 lbs. I was at 115 lbs a few months ago and felt like that was a good weight. My clothes felt comfortable, but I still had fat. Maybe at 110 lbs I will feel good and not need to go any lower. So, right now my goal is 115 lbs, then 110, then 105, then if I still need to lose I'll try to 100 but not below because I fear that would put me in the danger zone. If my perfect weight is 105 for my height of 5'3", then dropping to 100 lbs would be good because it would give me a buffer.

    100 pounds is not healthy for someone 5'3. 105 pounds is the absolute lowest end of the healthy BMI range.
  • kamakazeekim
    kamakazeekim Posts: 1,183 Member
    I'm 5'3 and my goal is to be 120 pounds. It's pretty much right in the middle of the healthy BMI range for my height. I'm currently 128. At my highest I weighed 263 and I made 5 to 10 pound mini-goals along the way.
  • natboosh69
    natboosh69 Posts: 277 Member
    I've logged it as 140 because that's the middle of my healthy weight range, but I don't really have a GW. I have a 'how I feel and look goal' instead, so the 140 is a random estimate for roughly where I want to be.
  • odddrums
    odddrums Posts: 342 Member
    First it was less than 190, because I'd never been below 200. Then I got there and didn't like the way I looked, so I kept losing to get below 180 and the same thing happened :p

    Currently my goal is 158, or just below 160 on a fat day. I'm hoping if I get down there slowly I'll also finally lose my gut, that's been my main motivator for losing this weight. My other big reason is my current weight of around 175 has a BMI of around 24, which is right at the top of the normal weight range for my height. If I get down to 160, I'll be closer to a BMI of 22, which is better for my health. I know BMI isn't the only indicator of being healthy, but it's the easiest standardization I can come up with.
  • MRivera422
    MRivera422 Posts: 62 Member
    190 was my weight when I came back from deployment in 2011. I was in the best shape of my life! I have gained 80lbs since but lost 38 in the last three months. At that good ol half way mark.
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