Goal weight range?
brittneyalley
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Do you have a range or a concrete number you try to stick to? I’m 10-15 pounds from my goal weight, so I’d just like to learn from y’all to know what to expect. I’m 5’1” and currently 130 lbs.
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I mean as in 5 pound range, 10 pound range, 2 pound range, etc. How do you keep yourself on track? Do you set your goal as the upper, mid, or low number in the range?0
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I’d be happy with 10-12kg loss ideally0
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Once I get to my goal weight range. My plan is I'd like to not weigh less than 130 or more than 140. That for me is the mid point for a healthy BMI.
My goal currently is to get to 135.2 -
I am 31 years old and 5’4’’. Although I’ve been as low as 110 around age 22, post babies, I know that I feel best around 118-120. Despite a period of depression in 2018 when I got up to 146, I have flirted with 130 at times. Once I get to 130 I panic a bit and recalibrate, if you will.
To be honest, I need to track my calories at all times, even in maintenance. Without fail, as soon as I get to 120, I seem to slowly creep up to 130 after about a year.
Not really sure of your question, or if I’m answering it, but my goal weight is 120. If I stay at about 125 around the holidays (or 5 pounds over) I don’t worry too much, but at 130 (or 10 pounds over) I worry and do a major paradigm shift!6 -
Do you mean for maintaining? Right now I have been maintaining since February around 135lbs. I try to stay between 130-140lbs. If my goals change then I don't mind going out of that range.
Oh in terms of picking a goal weight, I usually stay around the same range my whole life, between 125-140lbs so it all depends on my body composition and how much muscle I have.2 -
I am 31 years old and 5’4’’. Although I’ve been as low as 110 around age 22, post babies, I know that I feel best around 118-120. Despite a period of depression in 2018 when I got up to 146, I have flirted with 130 at times. Once I get to 130 I panic a bit and recalibrate, if you will.
To be honest, I need to track my calories at all times, even in maintenance. Without fail, as soon as I get to 120, I seem to slowly creep up to 130 after about a year.
Not really sure of your question, or if I’m answering it, but my goal weight is 120. If I stay at about 125 around the holidays (or 5 pounds over) I don’t worry too much, but at 130 (or 10 pounds over) I worry and do a major paradigm shift!
Thank you! That does help. Sorry the way I worded it was confusing. My original goal was 120, but I think that’ll have to be my top range. I’m not sure if I’ll look much different than I do now so it’s hard for me to try to “pick” a Goal weight range.1 -
My range over the course of the year is roughly 7lbs (half a stone).
In winter nearer the top end, in summer nearer the bottom end.
I weigh myself daily to monitor my weight trend and make small adjustments to my calorie balance if required but also have an upper "red line" that triggers more serious intervention. At maintenance keeping an eye on my weight trend is the main thing to keep me on track but staying on MFP also helps keep my focus.
I do track my exercise as that has a big bearing on my very variable calorie budget. I don't track my food but do eat mindfully according to my budget and goals.2 -
My goal weight loss right now is 10 kg0
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I’m 5”2, my low end is 118. High is 125. Bc we are short, a few pounds can make a big difference. With shutdown & wine consumption on the rise, I’ve gone up back up to 120. Not much difference for me from 118 to 120. But above 120-122, I start to see it in my lower abdomen.1
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When I got to my goal I lost 5 additional pounds. This gives me a 10 pound range that I maintain year round.
The mid point is my sweet spot. I usually stay around the lower end in the summer when I'm a bit leaner and on the higher end I stay in the winter months/holidays. I've never gone above my range, but I've gotten below a few times, but I make sure to bounce right back up.
This works great for me and it gives me a peace of mind.8 -
I try to have a 5 pound range that allows for normal weight fluctuations.2
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I'm a little loosey-goosey about my range, mostly these days worried about health more than appearance. II really don't want to buy new clothes (hate shopping), so that's in there, too. I'm in year 4+ of maintenance, currently encouraging my weight to drift downward ultra-slowly, so I don't have a maintenance range right now.
When I did have a range, when maintaining in a weight in the 120s at 5'5", my range was around +/- 3 pounds, but in a context where I didn't worry about a sudden +3 pounds, until it persisted for multiple days in a row, or kept drifting up.
I think your question requires nuanced answers, i.e., the "right" answer isn't the same for everyone. This is what I think:
* Trying to hold a single goal weight exactly (vs. a range) is a fool's game, likely to cause unnecessary stress and distress. Bodies just don't naturally behave like that.
* Habits matter. I calorie bank most days to eat over maintenance (sometimes lots over maintenance) occasionally. That means my weight will range more widely than for someone who eats the same number of calories (and about the same amount of carbs/sodium) every day, and does it in the context of a consistent exercise schedule. At an extreme, I can add 5-6 pounds on the scale overnight (almost all of which is water retention and extra digestive contents) that will be gone in a week. A wider range makes sense for people with less consistent habits.
* Demographics can matter. For example, women in their fertile years can have wider water weight fluctuations than others would. That's a consideration.
* In setting a range, I'd suggest considering what your personal normal range of random fluctuation is, and setting the range just outside that.
* In using a range, I think it's a consideration that (usually) fat regain doesn't show up as a sudden scale jump, but rather as a gradual upward creep. (This is true even for me, as an uneven/peak-y eater, though maybe slightly less true for me than for consistent people.)
* An alternative to a range, some people just set an upper limit. That's also an option, if you're not a person who tends to lose unintentionally.5 -
I am in maintenance and it’s about a 4-5 pound range. I am 48 years old, 5’4”, and my range is 118-123, but I try to really keep it btwn 119-122. My goal range was 125-130 and that has always been my thinnest when I’ve hit goal in the past but during Covid I started to drift downwards bc no restaurants so now I’ve been keeping it in this range.
You need a range bc that’s just how life works - it’s not natural to weigh the same every day. I tend to consume more calories on the weekend (1950-2500) and fewer during the week (1700-2000) and I’ll be up a little on Monday and Tuesday and then go down after a few days in a deficit. You learn to understand how your body will react to what you eat. But the range makes me feel successful and to allow for more indulgent days and less indulgent days.1 -
Sorry - one more thing. I do get a little concerned if I am staying in the higher end of my range for several days, but not if I just hit a high number after an indulgent day. I still track everything and I weigh myself every day and record my weight on Happy Scale.4
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So for woman the calculation is 100lbs at 5 feet even then add 5lbs for every inch and the range is give or take 10% either way. So if you are 5’1” your healthy weight would be 105 give or take 10% so 94.5-115.5 (I’m a nutritionist this is the clinical way it’s calculated) anywhere in this range would be considered healthy it depends on your body comp muscle mass etc where you feel most comfortable. 🙂1
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Alisonzina wrote: »So for woman the calculation is 100lbs at 5 feet even then add 5lbs for every inch and the range is give or take 10% either way. So if you are 5’1” your healthy weight would be 105 give or take 10% so 94.5-115.5 (I’m a nutritionist this is the clinical way it’s calculated) anywhere in this range would be considered healthy it depends on your body comp muscle mass etc where you feel most comfortable. 🙂
Yeah I’m kind of thinking my goal 115-120 won’t be low enough. I feel like I have a decent amount of fat left to shed. It sucks being short.
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I'm 5'3" and my goal range is 112-118, but I like to maintain a lean physique. I still look good and healthy up to about 125, but I lose definition in my abs.2
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When I hit my goal and started maintaining I discovered that I burn more calories than is usual for a mostly sedentary woman of my age. I continued to lose weight as I dialed in the calories I needed to maintain. I ended up 10 lbs under my goal. Once at my high school weight, I decided to see if that was maintainable. Since I usually run about 35-40 miles a week, so burn a lot of extra calories, I was able to stay within 5 lbs. of my new weight for the past 6 years. I eat about 300 calories more than the number that MFP gave me for maintenance. When we travel and I'm eating more and exercising less, my weight may go up but I can always lose it pretty quickly once I'm home and back to normal food and exercise.3
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I am 5'2'', had a goal ranging from 100-105 lbs. I used to live in Miami. Beach and bar workouts were my go to. It is easier to pull yourself up a bar when you are less heavier. Now I live in Pokhara, Nepal. Its hilly, I drink tons, and at present trying to lose the foreigner gains of 5 lbs. by working in a farm on weekend. I am 109-110 now. Also, pull ups are harder now.1
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I have a goal weight number which is the number at which I'll switch from losing to maintaining. When I'm at goal I'll have a range though.1
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Range. Five pounds.0
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Loosey-goosey about weight range here, too, and it takes a back seat to how clothes are fitting. When I accomplished my weight loss initially, I figured 150-155 was do-able (66 inches tall), and it was for about a year. For the last 4 years I've been between 157 and 167. I made peace with not getting into those size 6 shorts after a few summers of not getting into them, but I am pretty committed to maintaining in the 10s and 12s I have. My tracking is sloppy but when the shorts get tight then it's back to tracking and slight deficit until they fit comfortably again. I cycled less when I was able to get to the gym but corona, so it is what it is. I'm wrapping my head around turning 70 at my next birthday and while in my mind I am in my 30s and still care about how I look, realistically at this point it's not as much looks as it is health.2
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lucidchroma wrote: »I am 5'2'', had a goal ranging from 100-105 lbs. I used to live in Miami. Beach and bar workouts were my go to. It is easier to pull yourself up a bar when you are less heavier. Now I live in Pokhara, Nepal. Its hilly, I drink tons, and at present trying to lose the foreigner gains of 5 lbs. by working in a farm on weekend. I am 109-110 now. Also, pull ups are harder now.
I’d love to do a pull up! It’s too hard for me right now with the excess weight and small muscles. Lol. Maybe I’ll adjust my goal lower. I definitely want a lean look.
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I’m almost 26 and 5’5”. My goal range is between 140 and 150lbs. I was very content at 145 when I reached that weight around age 19 and would be thrilled to return there to stay.4
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I’ll allow 3 lbs without panicking but when I get up to 5 lbs I know I have to go back to logging my food and upping my activity. I got up to 6 lbs over my maintenance weight during the lockdown (4 from last year and 2 during quarantine) so I dusted off the old food scale and started doing more walking in addition to my regular exercise schedule. I don’t know why but I thought it would be harder to lose the weight this time but it wasn’t. I was hangry for the first 3 days of counting calories but after that it was easy and I lost at a rate of 0.5 lbs per week every week until I returned to my maintenance weight. Now I’m back to not really counting, just watching my portions and moving more, I’ll weigh myself once a week to keep track. It’s very freeing to know that I have gained the knowledge and have the power to lose weight whenever I need to, the math of calorie counting works!
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RunsWithBees wrote: »I’ll allow 3 lbs without panicking but when I get up to 5 lbs I know I have to go back to logging my food and upping my activity. I got up to 6 lbs over my maintenance weight during the lockdown (4 from last year and 2 during quarantine) so I dusted off the old food scale and started doing more walking in addition to my regular exercise schedule. I don’t know why but I thought it would be harder to lose the weight this time but it wasn’t. I was hangry for the first 3 days of counting calories but after that it was easy and I lost at a rate of 0.5 lbs per week every week until I returned to my maintenance weight. Now I’m back to not really counting, just watching my portions and moving more, I’ll weigh myself once a week to keep track. It’s very freeing to know that I have gained the knowledge and have the power to lose weight whenever I need to, the math of calorie counting works!
It’s so huge to know that calorie counting always works! I’ve lost almost 40lbs from my highest weight so far, and have taken breaks along the way. It’s nice to know even if I “mess” up, I can get right back on it the following day or week. The first couple days are always the hardest, but yesterday for example, I wasn’t hungry at all (quiet full all day), and still stuck to my 1380 calories. My biggest thing is not stuffing myself until I’m uncomfortable and not eating when I’m not hungry (no eating when bored!).
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Alisonzina wrote: »So for woman the calculation is 100lbs at 5 feet even then add 5lbs for every inch and the range is give or take 10% either way. So if you are 5’1” your healthy weight would be 105 give or take 10% so 94.5-115.5 (I’m a nutritionist this is the clinical way it’s calculated) anywhere in this range would be considered healthy it depends on your body comp muscle mass etc where you feel most comfortable. 🙂
That's really helpful if a little depressing. I am 5'11" and was aiming for 72kg-75kg but this suggests that like my husband's doctor keeps telling my husband (who is also 5'11") I should be aiming for 70kg, which is 155lb. 75kg would be towards to the top of the 10% added.
I was at and below goal in 2015, but I then allowed my weight to creep back up over the past five years. Losing again now, but I this time I know that I need to have an upper weight that triggers going back into loggiing and counting. That weight should probably be 75kg.1 -
At 5' 7" (female) my goal range is 128-132ish. 126-130 is what I weighed in my 20's and into my early 30's before the dreaded desk job. Currently back around 150 (was in the 142 range pre-covid, but I kinda drowned my pandemic sorrows in pizza LOL).
Once I start getting to the 135 range I'll evaluate as I go based on muscle (have done a lot more focused weight lifting the past few years than in my younger years - although I was always strong enough) and overall composition, how I feel, etc. Once there, I always allow myself a ~3 pound variance just for differences in water weight, etc. More than 3 pounds for more than a day or two though would be the alarm bell unless there's a darn good reason for it.
Hot race weekends (drinking a lot of my hydration mixes so I don't dehydrate mid-race) have seen a 7 pound swing that took the better part of a week to go away, but I know when those weekends are, and if I went into it normal, basically impossible to gain anywhere near that in a matter of a couple days of intense activity lol.1 -
Alisonzina wrote: »So for woman the calculation is 100lbs at 5 feet even then add 5lbs for every inch and the range is give or take 10% either way. So if you are 5’1” your healthy weight would be 105 give or take 10% so 94.5-115.5 (I’m a nutritionist this is the clinical way it’s calculated) anywhere in this range would be considered healthy it depends on your body comp muscle mass etc where you feel most comfortable. 🙂
This math gives me a full 30lbs lighter ”goal weight” than what multiple body composition scans and personal discussions with healthcare and fitness/coaching professionals have suggested for me.
My current goal is to get below 80kg (176lbs, still overweight BMI) and once I’m there, see how I feel about weight to lose, recomping etc.0 -
Alisonzina wrote: »So for woman the calculation is 100lbs at 5 feet even then add 5lbs for every inch and the range is give or take 10% either way.
And for a man?
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