Does anyone else not have a goal weight?

I am the same. I know what I want to look like in the mirror, use the scales and photographs to make sure that I am moving in the right direction but do not have a number set in stone. It does make sense to set weekly/monthly "loss" goals to keep you motivated.

I have a goal but it's not set in stone. Once I reach that goal weight range I plan on figuring out where to go from there. I might lose more weight or I might go into maintenance and stay there. I stressed out enough about setting a goal while doing WW and it's nice to know that I don't have to do that again.

I've already changed my goal. I set a new one after reaching my initial target weight but it's more of an ideal, I'll see how I feel along the way and change it if necessary depending on how I'm feeling and what I see in the mirror. I personally find it helpful to have a number to aim for but it's not set in stone.

I never did have a goal weight.

I started with the intent of sticking with it for 3 weeks and then quitting ... if I didn't lose anything. I lost 3 kg by the end of 3 weeks, so I figured I'd stick with it for 13 more weeks (total of 16 weeks) at which time we were going to Canada. And then I was going to quit.

I lost 15 kg in that time.

I took a month's diet break while I was in Canada and then decided to resume the diet for another 16 weeks. I figured if I could lose 15 kg in that time, I might be able to lose more. I dropped another 11 kg.

I've been more or less maintaining since about early November 2015 (slight fluctuations up and down ... 2 kg up, 2 kg down, etc.) ... but really only because ... Christmas ... and then I started training for long distance cycling events and it was hard to remain in a deficit and train for those events.

I might want to lose a little bit more ... not sure yet. No goal number in mind. We'll see.

I was thinking 145. But honestly I want to be out of the 150's. That's it. I have increased my calories and am working out more and being more active. I want to look in the mirror and just like what I see.

My new goals are

Be out of 150's
Tone lower body
Be more active.

I have an idea of the weight I want to be but really I am looking more for how I feel/look. I'm also trying to get to a healthier body fat % - that is where I have my goal number (to be in the healthy range for my age/gender).

I chose a weight goal because mfp ask this in the settings.
I am obese at the moment by the way.
First I put a weight that I thought was achievable then after losing some weight I decided to put an average healthy weight.
My goal is to look reasonably good on the pictures, keep some curves and be on a healthy weight but on the high end.
Most of my life I was at a healthy range but never skinny. When I go on the low side of healthy range I am happy to look at myself in the miror but I don't feel well overall.
I think you know better than anybody when you feel your best.

I understand having a goal for the sake of having something solid to aim for.I chose mine initially because it was a nice round number that I thought I was around when last thin. However the closer I got it became an obsession to see that magic number and I spent a good year chasing the number around and made myself crazy! So now I weigh what I like the look of. In the end it's actually under the original goal but I focus on my muscle definition now not only the weight! Who knows at the start what weight is right for them in the end?

I have a vague idea of a goal, but I’m still not certain if that’s where I want to be.

I started at 215 with a goal of around 135-140. Right now, I’m 160 and wearing a size 6/8 and I’m feeling pretty good. A healthy BMI is 155, so only five pounds from where I am now.

I had picked my goal based on my lowest known adult weight of 145, but I was in my early 20s then. My body has changed since then and, now that I’m close, I think I could be happy around 150.

At this point, I’m just trying to get to that healthy BMI of 155 and I’ll probably push it along to 150. After that, I may settle into maintenance for a bit and see how I feel.

Hubby started at over 300 and has lost almost 100 lbs now. He still doesn’t have a goal in mind and figures he’ll know when he gets there.

I set a goal weight because I have so much to lose. But honestly I have no idea. As I gues closer I will make adjustments to it.

I had a goal weight that I knew was provisional - that I knew I'd have to re-evaluate as it got closer. I'm in maintenance now, and at a different weight (120) than that first provisional goal (130).

I think it's best to go primarily by how you feel (and related things like health/fitness markers), and secondarily appearance (if that's important to you).

Neither of those are things one can really know for sure before you get there (or get close enough to redefine). Even if one previously weighed a given weight, it can distribute itself differently later in your life.

I don't have a goal weight either. For me this is lifestyle change, eat healthier, move more. As long as I start feeling better and more comfortable within myself, that to me is a success. The weight should come off naturally along the way.

I am more interested in appearance and body fat than I am with the actual weight. I have however over time figured out where I think my weight will probably end up.

I picked a size target, even though I know that they are not standardized. Once I met that, I realized that I still wasnt in the shape I wanted to be, so I have reset to a lower weight, one that will get me into the "normal" BMI range.

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