Determining goal weight
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stickkop
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I am wondering how you all determined what your correct goal weight or correct range is. When I search on line I see that my goal weight can range by 20 pounds (anywhere between 130-150 for a 5-5 male)
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Maybe start at the top of the range as your first goal and see how you feel when you get there.1
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I never set one. I set my calories, checked my weight loss progress, and stopped when I was satisfied.0
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My first goal is to no longer be overweight. My next goal is 144, because it was a weight that I felt great at and I felt I looked great. If I want to lose a couple or 5 more, or even 10 more, at that point, I will re-evaluate and keep going.1
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But to specifically answer your question, I based my goal on my healthy weight range for my height and what my weight and measurements were when I was in great shape.
My range is 118-154, but I was 135-145 when in really great shape and dancing and working out 4-9x a week in high school. My lowest weight when I tried to lose weight during high school was 131-132. So obviously I don't have any interest in seeing the low end of my range. I have a large frame.0 -
I really don't know what my "correct" weight range is, I never bothered to look it up.
I know that when I got married I was somewhere around 145-150lbs and I felt pretty good then. But that was nearly 30 years ago and my shape has changed, so I don't know if I can get back to that.
I chose to set my current 'final' goal at 160lbs, and will see how I look and feel when I get there. I may decide to aim for 150 or even 140, but like @Stanley1903 I have a larger/heavier frame and apparently carried my weight well when I was lighter. I can't really imagine going below 140, I haven't been that light since I was a teenager!0 -
I'm a male 5'9" 170lbs and my goal weight was 160lbs until I realized how hard it was to lose 10lbs after 30 so I said fine 170 it is...lol0
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No-one has a "large frame". People who are taller will have longer limbs, for example. But that's it.0
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I set mine based on research for optimal running performance, which is more based on BF%.0
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No-one has a "large frame". People who are taller will have longer limbs, for example. But that's it.
I disagree as our bones /frames are all different - e.g wrist measurements on various people who are at their ideal weight will not be the same.
I have broad shoulders and hips - no padding on either any more but it's impossible for my hips to get below 35". Whereas some will be my height (5ft 2 ) and perhaps have 32" hips....that's bone structure /frame size - genetics play a part.4 -
I go by the range of most BMI charts, which for my height, is around 100lbs-136lbs. I originally planed to maintain on 115-120lbs, but then I decided that a BMI of 20 would feel best, and a BMI of 20 is maintained on 108lbs-114lbs, which is my maintenance weight range. I personally don't like being too close to the underweight/overweight borders, so ultimately, I always made sure to set a target range at least two BMI points(?) from either border.0
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RunRutheeRun wrote: »No-one has a "large frame". People who are taller will have longer limbs, for example. But that's it.
I disagree as our bones /frames are all different - e.g wrist measurements on various people who are at their ideal weight will not be the same.
I have broad shoulders and hips - no padding on either any more but it's impossible for my hips to get below 35". Whereas some will be my height (5ft 2 ) and perhaps have 32" hips....that's bone structure /frame size - genetics play a part.
+1, all the differences you see daily aren't just height and weight.1 -
Bone structure definitely makes a difference, along with muscle mass.
As for determining my own goal weight, it used to be 139 which was the lowest weight I'd maintained as an adult. A couple years ago I decided to try losing another 10 lbs to see how I would feel, and I ended up really liking ~130 on me. I recently hit that weight and am moving to recomp.1 -
Frame size differences are real and dramatic. Here's an interesting anthropological review:
Ruff, Christopher. "Variation in human body size and shape." Annual Review of Anthropology (2002): 211-232.
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I set mine based on what I weighed when I was married--the last time I remember liking how I looked in a bathing suit (and still within the healthy BMI range). I actually achieved it, and 25 years later it looked way different than I remember so I gained a little bit of weight back (8 lbs).0
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My weight in my early 20s was around 170-175 lbs, so that's what I'm shooting for. It's heavier than I've seen recommended in various tables and calculators, but at that weight I'm healthy, happy, and not emaciated. Using the wrist circumference criterion, I classify as large frame. See:
http://www.calculator.net/ideal-weight-calculator.html0 -
My weight in my early 20s was around 170-175 lbs, so that's what I'm shooting for. It's heavier than I've seen recommended in various tables and calculators, but at that weight I'm healthy, happy, and not emaciated. Using the wrist circumference criterion, I classify as large frame. See:
http://www.calculator.net/ideal-weight-calculator.html
I like your calculator--it says that I am perfect where I am right now!1 -
I am wondering how you all determined what your correct goal weight or correct range is. When I search on line I see that my goal weight can range by 20 pounds (anywhere between 130-150 for a 5-5 male)
You could try
http://visualbmi.com/
and adjust the sliders to suit.1 -
I'm 5'6" so looking at the examples a lean 140lb would be my initial goal. With a top goal of a lean 150lb
At 133lb I have a couple of years hard work to go lol0 -
If you want a very accurate on, you just need to know your lean body mass. Then use the formula:
Lean body mass divided by 1 minus body fat% desired.........LBM/(1-BF% desired)
So say someone wants to be 20% body fat and lean mass is 150lbs
150/.80=187.5 187.5lbs would be the goal weight to be 20% body fat.
This works with ANYONE because is based on lean mass and not frame height, muscularity, etc.
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No-one has a "large frame". People who are taller will have longer limbs, for example. But that's it.
Nonsense. There is a a huge variation in all body parts including build / skeleton / body proportions.
Have a look at rugby legend Jason Leonard for someone with a real barrel chest. (Not talking about the muscle on top of his frame BTW - his rib cage is enormous).1
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