Goal Weight or Appearance

Being over 200 pounds most of my adult life made 199 lbs my goal. I'm 3 pounds away!!! And my next goal is 189. Short goals are easier to obtain for myself. And ultimately I would like to have a healthy BMI.

I'm definitely going by how I feel and look. If I hit 170 and feel good, I'm going to try and stay there. If I hit 140 and want to drop another 10, I'll do that. I definitely need to be under 190 though!

I went for what was considered an average/healthy weight for someone my height, which was 120. Though i will go by what i feel i look good as in terms of my size. Goal is to be healthy, i'd rather weigh more and be fit then be super skinny and brag "yeah i'm only 100 pounds!"

I don't have a goal weight. I know I need to lose weight, and I do weigh myself, but I don't have any end point that I MUST reach in order to measure my success or failure. There's already enough opportunities in life to face failure, I don't need to set myself up for another one.

For me it's about feeling stronger and being able to do things (run, get up off the floor, walk up hills, fit my rear end into various seats) more easily. And I'm not happy with my appearance at this weight, I want to fit into smaller clothes, so there is definitely a vanity/appearance factor too.

I'm also not on a "journey", that analogy apparenty makes sense to a whole lot of people on this forum, but not to me. This is not some activity that has a start and an end point, where I will just lose weight until I see a magic number on the scale and then it's time for the journey to end.

I've been there before... with graphs and charts and goals that I never met, or if I did, was not able to keep up for good. For me, this has to be about good habits that keep me healthier and feeling better on an ongoing basis.

My goal was to get within the healthy weight range. I now have a BMI of 23 and I am happy with that.

My goal is appearance based. I'd be absolutely fine stopping today at this weight if I liked what I saw in the mirror.

I'm aiming for 9st which is half a stone less than the top of my ideal bmi range. I've never been slim and I'm pear shaped I think if I aim too low I'm going to look ill. It is more about being happy with how I look and feel and increasing my fitness than what I weigh.

It's difficult to set a goal weight now. As a 5'9" female, I had a goal weight of 160 (started at ~185) and I surpassed that goal. I'm 153 now. My bf% is 19% and I'm trying to lean out more and go down to 15-17% bodyfat.

My original goal weight was in the middle of a healthy BMI for me. When I hit it I reevaluated and lost more weight, down to the low end of a healthy BMI. Then I reevaluated again and purposely gained back a few pounds, until I settled in a 10lb maintenance window. The transition period from the weight loss phase to maintenance was about 6 months for me.

Goal weights aren't set in stone-reevaluate as needed and adjust!

gcaracciolo2 wrote: »

Just curious how everyone decided what their goal weight was. Also curious about your thoughts on being a few pounds heavier than your goal weight but happy with what you see in the mirror. Would you go to maintenance at that point?

I am losing weight mainly for health. My goal is to be in the healthy bmi for my height. My ultimate goal is to be in the middle of that range. I have been there before and know that I feel good at that weight. If I reach the top of my range and decide I'm good then that is fine.

Looks for me, or more properly, measurements in inches because the kids/man say I still have dysmorphia and think I'm fatter than I am. The best outcome of all, for me, would be if I could weigh this much or even 10 stone but be this size or smaller waist in inches.

I last saw my goal weight of 143 when I was probably 12 or 13 years old - and 18 years later I have absolutely no idea when I'll look like, at all. I do think I might go by appearance as I get closer. I picked 143 because it's in the upper range of a healthy BMI for my height. I do think BMI is kind of arbitrary, but I didn't really have anything else to use as a frame of reference.

I'm at 201 right now, and I look a lot different at this weight now than I did when I was gaining on my way up to 260. Exercise and a different weight distribution are making me look more proportionate, and I might have a lower body fat percentage. If I get to 150 or 160 and really like my shape, I may start maintaining there - at least for a while.

I remember being 135lbs in high school and feeling pretty good about myself. I'm kind of a curvy girl so my weight would sit in the "right places" when I was at that size. So that's my goal, but if I get there and think I should go smaller, I will. Or maybe I might stop somewhere before if I'm happy with the results.

Ultimately, I focus on small goals right now. 5 pound increments help keep me motivated.

Personally I have a goal weight which was a number I picked off some "ideal weight" charts but I'm not concerned about it really. I'm more concerned about how I look and feel. Mostly the way my jeans fit. Haha. It's more of a jean size for me than a weight.

Goal 1. Healthy BMI = done - now at 141lbs 5ft6 from 174 at New Year.
Goal 2. 139lbs = 2lbs to go
Goal 3. 136lbs = changed this goal-- now I think appearance is most important to me and will get there by strength training using bodyweight (at home no gym)

I changed this as I am struggling now with my deficeit at 1200 cals a day, I am diet weary and feel skinny fat and now have realised that I am more interested in appearance (and strength and improving my bone density at my age of 40) than weight on scales.
Excited to see the results and this is from a former couch potato, cardio suffering woman!
If it wasn't for this amazing community I would never have known about any of this stuff, feeling like a new woman!