How are you determining how much to lose?

I'm aiming for a pants size of 6/8. If I don't lose another pound, but drop the two pants sizes, I'd be happy!

SearsBD62052 wrote: »

Right now with figuring my height and weight, my BMI is 29.2..... I only know that means I am 1/3 fat still... where do I find a BMI chart?

That's not what it means at all.

You're thinking Body Fat %, which is NOT BMI in any means at all.

You could have a BMI of 29.2 and barely have any fat at all.

I set mine at what I weighed after my second child, before the third. It is an appropriate weight for my age and is considered "healthy" by BMI standards.

zyxst wrote: »

I picked the highest "healthy" weight on the BMI chart. Then I found out I'd shrunk an inch and saw the number is 132#. After reevaluating, I decided 150 is close enough.

This for me too! But I'd be happy just to be closer to 100 than 200. 40 more pounds for that.

leggup wrote: »

I wanted to be in the bottom half of a normal BMI. So, normal is 18.5-24.9. The halfway point for BMI is 21.7. I set my initial goal a little lower than that. Then, when I got to that goal, I knew I could get even closer to my ideal, improve my performance, etc, if I cut more weight. I again split the difference between 21.7 and 18.5 and want to go a little below that. My goal weight is 139 lbs, my goal weight range is 139-145 (BMI 19.4-20.2). Edited to add- I'm 5'11

I'm glad I'm not the only one who came up with a goal weight this way. My ultimate goal weight is to be at the BMI of 21.7 since it's a halfway point. Even though I kinda think BMI is junk, at least it gives me a good number to shoot for.

My goal is to get back into the jeans I wore when I was a full time yoga teacher 13 years ago. That was a good weight for me.

Over the last 20 years or so, I have pictures of myself at a variety of weights over about an 80 lb spread. (Current picture is about 10 years old, but the weight I'm at now, or possibly a bit more.) I picked the pictures I generally liked the most (145-140ish) and am shooting for that weight. I'm sure the number will tweak itself a bit as I start lifting more seriously again.

If I go by BMI alone I should be around 60-65kgs. I can't imagine being that weight, I cant even remember being that weight and I was weighing myself during my early teens. Earliest I can remember is about 70-75kgs. I am currently aiming for 75kgs though for my height that tells me that I am still considered "overweight" (but not by much). \Ideally\ I would like to fit comfortably into a size 10 clothes at Target in the adult female section (not the teeny bopper section across the aisle). However, I have quite a ways to go. I was only just celebrating dropping from a 22 jeans to an 18 in the plus section and having a >>woohoo<< moment about fitting into a size 20 in the regular section for a few tops
I think that I do better when I have clear goals to work towards and they don't even have to be BIG goals. I imagine I will still need the same going into maintenance however the focus will be shifted to body recomp and fitness rather than losing weight.

What I did is found a healthy BMI that I know would be a good goal. For me, at 6 foot 2 it's 190 lbs. You can find BMI charts all over the web, and even calculators if you don't want to use a graph. But if you're muscular and putting on muscle but still haven't hit your goal, consider making your goal a certain body fat %