How do you pick your goal weight?

Melolson14
Melolson14 Posts: 147 Member
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How do you pick your goal weight
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  • healingnurtrer
    healingnurtrer Posts: 217 Member
    I picked mid of normal BMI too. First, I picked the weight I used to be that was on low-end of normal. Then, after reading some experiences on here, I decided to go for middle of normal (10 lbs more) and body recomp when I get there.
  • threewins
    threewins Posts: 1,455 Member
    It is a weight I've been at in the past and relaxed about staying at that weight permanently.
  • StatChicBayes
    StatChicBayes Posts: 362 Member
    edited October 2019
    My first long-term goal weight was to get into the healthy range for BMI (from morbid obese). I then updated it based on a weight that I felt was achievable and that was a good weight for me back when I was doing more weight training (about in the middle of the normal BMI range). Shooting for that and will re-assess based on bf%, but will probably do body recomp if need to reduce additional belly fat. (also was seeing a nutritionist so discussed this goal with her as a check to see if still a good weight/achievable given that I am older now :-) Will be checking back in with her in November to assess.

    There are ideal body weight calculators at

    https://www.calculator.net/ideal-weight-calculator.html?

    which can give you a range of options if you are looking for targets.

    Keep in mind ideal weight will vary for individuals, so if you are strength training you may actually be heavier than some of the ideal weight results but actually leaner and a much smaller size due to reduced body fat %. It is also a good idea to keep track of measurements (hip, waist, neck, etc) to monitor progress in addition to just tracking changes on the scale. the https://www.calculator.net site does have other calculators that can estimate %bf based on these measurements.

    HTH!

  • mads_o86
    mads_o86 Posts: 43 Member
    I started out picking a weight I thought I could maintain and where I thought I remembered that I looked good.

    I revised my goal as I got there, as I still had a belly I wanted to lose :-)
  • corinasue1143
    corinasue1143 Posts: 7,464 Member
    edited October 2019
    lgfrie wrote: »
    My goal when I started was to get to out of the Obese BMI category and into Overweight. For me that entailed losing 112 pounds. Last week I passed the half way point. I celebrated by not celebrating with food :)

    Now that I see how doable this is, I'm starting to feel ambitious about taking it all the way to Normal BMI, but I'll see how I feel about that when I get to 29.9 on the BMI scale.

    Me, too.
    But I’m only about 13 pounds from overweight.
  • Ladywynema
    Ladywynema Posts: 3 Member
    I picked my goal based how I was before college. I am overweight and I know I can achieve my goal weight as long as I put forth the effort.
  • Ed2B40
    Ed2B40 Posts: 1 Member
    do not focus bon bmi is my advice, how you look and feel about yourself is more important, most of all find happiness
  • DiscipleOfChrist29
    DiscipleOfChrist29 Posts: 84 Member
    The high side for my bmi range was how I picked my goal weight. Noticed similar responses. I do not stress about it though but just try to be consistent with what I'm doing.
  • nighthawk584
    nighthawk584 Posts: 2,023 Member
    I picked it because it is the weight I gained in the last 16 years. (100 lbs) I have 25 to goal and 16 to BMI normal weight.
  • SnifterPug
    SnifterPug Posts: 746 Member
    My BMI range is 9 1/2 to 12 1/2 stone. My first aim was to get out of obesity, hit the healthy BMI range and get under 12 1/2 stone. I don't rate BMI much but as doctors do I figured it would be nice to end the nagging. I got there, slacked, gained a stone, and have now got back there.

    I don't want to be thin - I want to be strong and healthy. So my current goal is to get to between 11 and 11 1/2 stone. Then I'll be working on recomposition. Although I kind of am already working on recomposition because I am in no hurry to shed the weight and am working hard to maintain my muscle.
  • apullum
    apullum Posts: 4,838 Member
    Middle of my ideal BMI range. That's what a lot of folks who have been here for a while do, and what I would recommend.
  • wmd1979
    wmd1979 Posts: 469 Member
    I did as many others have suggested and picked a number in the middle of my BMI. Once I got there though, I realized I was much more comfortable at the upper end of my BMI because I felt I lost too much muscle mass, and I am actually in the low end of the overweight range now and would not want to go below my current weight. It is going to vary for each person though, and I think once you get near that goal weight, you will figure out where you are the most comfortable.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Melolson14 wrote: »
    How do you pick your goal weight

    Never had one...I just wanted to have a reasonably good physique with no gut and no love handles and good health markers...I just lost weight until I got to that point because I had zero clue what my weight would be with those goals.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    I actually chose my weight from age 14, when I felt pretty good about my body.

    Full disclosure, though, at 14 I was already 5'8", somewhat overweight and curvy, I was not a skinny little teenager by any means. I know for a lot of my friends returning to their early teen weights would be crazy, like 92 lb!
  • flippy1234
    flippy1234 Posts: 686 Member
    My goal weight has everything to do with health and my waist. Smaller the waist, better on the heart. Simple as that for me.
  • nooshi713
    nooshi713 Posts: 4,877 Member
    It is based on when I looked and felt my best!

    My goal is actually in the top end of the healthy BMI range. Any lower is too skinny for me.
  • Katmary71
    Katmary71 Posts: 7,075 Member
    I wasn't sure what I wanted to weigh so I chose a range of 5lbs from when I previously felt good to tentatively reach. I don't mind being more if it's muscle gain. Right in the middle of it is where I'd be 100lbs down from my highest so I'd like to hit it even if I decide to increase. I'm 3lbs away so I'm almost there. My stomach is being stubborn to go so I may have to re-evaluate weight loss or recomp.
  • Cat_A_89
    Cat_A_89 Posts: 93 Member
    I also used bmi but want to have some muscle so my goal is about 5/10 over my "healthy weight" but I'll see how I feel when I get there
  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,486 Member
    I had a 30lbs blip in my late 40’s early 50’s so I just wanted to get back to the weight I had been most of my adult life, since 14yo.

    The weight I always thought/think of me at is 7st 7lbs (105lbs, 47.5kg).

    When I started I had no idea about BMI, I just wanted to return to ‘me’. Turns out my maintenance 100-105 is at the bottom of the BMI scale for my height, 5’1, but as it was my ‘usual’ weight I like being there, and have had no problem maintaining it for 10yr.

    Cheers, h.

    BTW: No way do I think everyone my height should be my weight.
  • tigrig
    tigrig Posts: 663 Member
    Kinda did some pseudo math with my body fat percentage. I want to hit 10-12 percent and 205 should put me there or at least be close
  • ElizabethKalmbach
    ElizabethKalmbach Posts: 1,415 Member
    I usually stop at around 18% body fat, which is where I feel like I look best. 5 years ago that was 145. 20 years ago that was 135.
  • etherealanwar
    etherealanwar Posts: 465 Member
    My goal weight is the weight I was back in Highschool which I remember being in the 120's so I worked off of that and set it at 125 lbs. This is actually the middle of the bmi range for me at 5'4". I am 8 lbs away from this weight now and will evaluate whether I want to lose more once I reach it.

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