How did you decide what your goal was?

I started out thinking I'd be happy at 140 (I'm 5'2" and was about 180 when I started) and just before I hit that, I lowered it to 135, and it's now at 130... I may re-evaluate that again. For my height, I am at the top of the "normal" range, and while I'm thrilled with that, I do still have some belly chub I'd like to lose, but it may only be 5-10 pounds. Whatever, but I will not let myself get about that 135 mark again. Putting myself on a tighter reign once I get to maintainence will be a challenge, but worth it if I can stay here for the rest of my life!!!!

i decided how much body fat percentage i wanted, 15% at most, and added that to my lean body mass, and came up with 132 lbs. based on the fact that i was a size 2 when i was 17 i dont think that was totally unrealistic. that number might have to be adjusted upward based on what my lean body mass will end up being as i'm increasing it through strength training, but for now 130 lbs is my ultimate goal. however, it's my body fat percentage that is going to be the deciding factor in the end.

Alot of things went into deciding my goal. My BMI (im considered obese right now) and "a certain size" -- I have a cousin who looks just like me (we look similar) and she weighs 143lbs, i'd love to be her size, so I asked her how much she weighed and set my goal for 60lbs I think i'd be really content at that weight, I know I wont look exactly like her because everyones body is different, so if I dont feel happy at 60lbs lost, i'll continue to lose - or- if im content with 50lbs lost, ill stop there.

I've had trouble with this also. my real goal is to look good in my clothes (and not in my clothes!) and especially under the stage lights. I set my weight goal at 150 mostly because I thought that was pretty impossible and when I was last 150 I was looking pretty good. However, at my height I should be lower than that eventually.

When I get to 150 I'll reevaluate and move from there. my goals have changed over the process, too. I not only want to look good, but I'm pushing to be able to exercise more, to run longer, and to have some real muscle definition. again, not real tangible and quantifiable goals, but less dependent on numbers on a scale. I'm paying more attention to measurements nowadays, and physical endurance.

my dream? washboard abs, a firm *kitten*, and that my already impressive biceps and quads show to the rest of the world! oh - and a complete lack of double chin!

BMI is my yardstick. It's a pretty broad range. Once you get within "Normal" you can decide from there how low you feel comfortable going. I'm in the middle of my "normal" BMI range and can now move a couple of pounds up or down and not feel like I'm in trouble either way. I LOVE this app/website.

Once upon a time, I weighed 160 and decided I wanted to get down to 130. I figured that would be about how much weight I needed to lose to get to a size 7, which I figured was attainable. I starved myself down to a little below that and then gained all of it back and more. I recently found a picture of myself at my low weight and I looked like a bobblehead. I know 125-130 doesn't sound that small but it is for my body type. I am hefty no matter what, I don't know if I'm made out of lead or what the deal is! I was about 160 in my profile pic and I think it's not just my imagination that I don't look it.

So now I would like to be a muscular 140 and am 15 lbs away. I base this on my previous experience and because my best friend has a similar body type to me and her weight and fitness varies a lot depending on how active she is. When she was swimming, doing cross country and eating healthy that was about how much she weighed and I figure I can reasonably get to that too. I put on muscle very easily so if I'm working out a lot, I am not going to drop a lot of pounds but I do want to burn fat and lots of it.

I've decided by my body fat percentage and how much pounds of fat I'm carrying on my body. I'm aiming to lower my pounds of fat. I don't care about the scale weight.

I am just out of college (okay, maybe a year or so) and the freshman 15 + bit me in the butt!

When I began college I weighed 118 and had recently put on just over 10 pounds since the end of my last tennis season. I wasn't working out much and with my small frame looked a bit chubby then. Now, 5 years and many ups and downs later, I am 119 pounds and...well, still look a little on the chubby side too.

I was fit and light and in great shape at 105-110 back when I played tennis regularly, so I'd like to be back at that size. I certainly haven't added any height, so getting back to that range should be do-able. 102 is my ultimate goal just because that was my lowest steady weight when I was in my best condition. If I can't get that low comfortably I'm perfectly happy to stay 5-10 pounds higher, but that will be figured out as I get there.

I picked the same weight I was when I played minor league ball. I was in the best shape then.. wanna get back to it

After losing 124 pounds, I didn't look much different (although my health improved). For some reason, weight equally distributes on my body for the most part (although I think a good amount goes to my chin sides and butt lol....besides that though ^.^

I thought at 100 pounds I would be A-ok because I was 105 as a teenager (although I was a bit taller...long story). Apparently...no.

I didn't notice much change in appearance xD So if 24 pounds hardly changed my appearance, I set 20 more pounds as my goal to lose (although if I actually notice a change I will stop before that)...but nobody even believes I lost weight except the scale...seriously can't tell XD

I reached my "happy" weight (weight I was in highschool) and it was just reinforced by the fact that my body fat percentage is 18%

Lost 20 pounds, 30 pounds then I just started eating well, changing my lifestyle and exercising. Down to a size 2. Now it's my goal to stay there......Went from 205 to 120ish.

I started my journey with a goal set at what the Dukan Diet calls "True Weight". It is a weight that takes into account age, sex, (number of kids you've had if female) as well as stuff like how much you've weighed at your least and most as an adult. It seemed a good place to start and more logical and personalised than BMI. You can check it out here http://www.dukandiet.co.uk/en/350-subscribe.html

I'm actually at the inital weight it calculated for me and still carrying too much body fat so have decided now just to work towards a body fat goal. For me at the moment that is 30% which was also calculated using an age based formula at my fitness centre. I have no idea what weight that will end up being or what BMI that will mean. I'll just wait and see now when it happens and how I feel and look at whatever weight that turns out to be.

I'm also at the initial weight it calculated... weird. Wonder if it does that for everybody!

Knowing quite a few very obese people who've used it, I suspect that it just chooses a weight that tucks into the Overweight BMI category for those who are very obese. I did a recalculation recently and it said my "True Weight" was about 20lbs less than the first time I calculated it.