Anyone here hesitate to share their goal weight?
supercpa999
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Does anyone here hesitate to share their goal weight because they think some people will think it’s too low? If so, what is your goal weight? Mine is 160, I’m 6’0”
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Mine was 160 per my doctor but I kept going and now I'm 102ish. 105 is the number I keep in head for my actual goal. I'm 5'2".7
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160 for 6'0" is right in the middle of the middle of the normal BMI range, so that doesn't seem too low at all.
At 5'5" I'm probably looking at 115-120 to be as lean as I want without building up some muscle, but I'm probably gonna try for 125 and some recomping because muscle is nice.2 -
My goal weight is 140-150 ...I am 5'61
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supercpa999 wrote: »Does anyone here hesitate to share their goal weight because they think some people will think it’s too low? If so, what is your goal weight? Mine is 160, I’m 6’0”
Are you a man? Because at 6' 153. I looked like I was anorexic. And I essentially was3 -
I have very little idea of what mine is. It's not important at this point. I have intermediate goals like getting to ONEderland (199.9 lbs.) or having an overweight BMI as opposed to an obese one. I think we too often fail to recognize progress when we are only concentrating on an ultimate goal. Any weight I lose for the next couple years at least is to the good so why worry about ultimate goals. I'll know it when I see it. Heck, at this point seeing a BMI in the 30s seems like a reasonable short term goal.10
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Yes I am. Now you see why I hesitate.2
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I didn't tell people anything about my weight loss, so I didn't get unsolicited opinions.
There's no reason to share personal information with people, except your doctor/trainer/anyone else you're working with to help you get to your goal. Otherwise, it's no one's business.4 -
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I didn't and don't need anyone's validation or approval about my goal weight as it's completely my choice.
If anyone was/is interested I'd tell them - not ask them!
I mix with some serious cyclists who compared to the general population tend to be light for their height for performance reasons. Your 160lbs at 6' that wouldn't raise any eyebrows in that very healthy and fit demographic.
But the overweight general population also tend to have a skewed perception about people's best weight partly as it sheds a harsh light on their own failings. It can be a healthy weight for that height for sure, your body, your choice.
My original goal weight was 175lbs at 5'9" but I now prefer 168lbs.
That my build and my physique choices are different to yours shouldn't have any bearing on your goals.
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I have no goal weight 🤷🏿♀️ As long as I stay in the healthy BMI range I'm good.
My focus this whole time has been body fat percentage and the elusive (at least for me) low 20s. I'll stick it this time...and stay there!2 -
I don't have a goal weight I have a goal body composition. I usually have an idea /range but this time I'm just going with the flow.3
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Wow, I don't think I answered the actual question.
No, I didn't share my goal weight with anyone but no one really knew I was on a diet. They just noticed me getting smaller (I see a lot of people only once or twice a year). 1 -
I don't share my goal weight (and hesitate to talk about it on MFP) because it is higher than a healthy BMI range.3
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Speaking in general. If a person knows that sharing their goal weight will get a negative reaction and they share it anyway and get said reaction..they either know something is amiss and they're going for it anyway or they want to be talked out it because deep down they know it's not really the best decision. Either way, there's a deeper need for attention.6
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supercpa999 wrote: »Yes I am. Now you see why I hesitate.
Mind if I ask why you set a goal weight opposed to a goal look? Your weight is no ones business. Nor should it be something to centralize around. It's a number. Unless you're unhealthy. Then whatever. As long as you are happy with how you look.
I'm currently 212 at 6' and think I look tiny. Why do you choose to go so low?0 -
155 lbs.0
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supercpa999 wrote: »Yes I am. Now you see why I hesitate.
Mind if I ask why you set a goal weight opposed to a goal look? Your weight is no ones business. Nor should it be something to centralize around. It's a number. Unless you're unhealthy. Then whatever. As long as you are happy with how you look.
I'm currently 212 at 6' and think I look tiny. Why do you choose to go so low?
Well I have been big plenty before and I have always wanted to get very lean.1 -
I'm 6'5" and I set my goal weight at 160 because I'm a girl and I really dont want to be over 200.. I also read that its healthiest to be on the lower end of the BMI and 160 is still in the healthy range... but like whatever.. it's not like I'm ever going to reach it.. I literally have 100 lbs to lose... not the best time in my life right now6
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I'm not terribly concerned with a specific goal weight. I just figure I'll know what I'm happy with when I get there. I'm more interested in how toned I look and maybe dropping a few sizes in the process.1
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No..I just don't share it because my weight is no one's business lol. I really don't pay too much attention to anyone else's input on my weight except my doc. She said I still need to lose, and I agree.2
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Y'know, build matters. "Big bones" in terms of actual bone weight is trivial. But a woman with widely-spaced pelvic bones is going to require geometrically more meat to wrap around that area than a narrow-pelvis woman. Same deal with a man with very broad shoulders vs. a more linear build, and that sort of thing. Any 3rd party who criticizes a goal weight and height purely based on numbers, not seeing the person, when said numbers are within spitting distance of the normal BMI range, is shooting in the dark.
To answer the explicit question: I don't recall every announcing (volunteering) a goal weight to someone. It isn't an interesting topic of conversation, to me. If someone asked, I'd answer. If they don't like the answer, I don't see why I should care. I'm not that emotionally frail. It's my ^(*& body.
In any case, any *goal* weight I've ever had has been tentative and conditional. I'll know the real goal weight when I see and feel it. Even then, I can change my mind, whether because body composition changes, or pure preference changes.
I've been criticized here (based on photos) for being too thin, in terms of other people's preferences for themselves. Meh. Don't care. I'm healthy. Two people's opinions about my weight count: Mine, and my doctor's. Mine counts more, but I respect my doctor's opinion.
I guess my question would be: Why do you care what other people think of your goal, especially people who know nothing about you but your height and goal weight?9 -
supercpa999 wrote: »supercpa999 wrote: »Yes I am. Now you see why I hesitate.
Mind if I ask why you set a goal weight opposed to a goal look? Your weight is no ones business. Nor should it be something to centralize around. It's a number. Unless you're unhealthy. Then whatever. As long as you are happy with how you look.
I'm currently 212 at 6' and think I look tiny. Why do you choose to go so low?
Well I have been big plenty before and I have always wanted to get very lean.
You can be very lean at 180-190. I normally sit at around 10-12% at that weight. Itll just require some work and itll be much more comfortable than for lack of a better word being a stick at 1601 -
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I don't mind people knowing my goal weight but it's rare for men my height to have goal weights lower than mine. I base that on old 600+ person Reddit spreadsheets from around 2012. I have trouble relating to men who have a goal weight 20+ kg heavier than me in terms of their eating/exercise plans.
Anyway the reason my weight is low is my body lacks muscle and also I grew up and was an adult for a while with a lean body. My goal weight is 64 kg naked / 66 dressed.0 -
No one IRL ever asked my goal weight, nor have they asked my current weight, and if anyone had, I’d’ve macked it off. Only on MFP do I feel like I have the freedom to ratchet on about these things (outside of my long suffering DH).
My initial goal weight was 160. That was pie in the sky and I was certain I’d never see it, but I reached it faster than I thought. It amazed me how fast that plugging away at it happened. It really is the tortoise and the hare, folks.
I set two or three more goal weights after that. The second was fairly easy as well.
The last goal took months to reach due to intervening events, but, strangely, quarantine pushed me through it. To maintain, I lowered calories the day quarantine started and took advantage of a walking trail on my doorstep, which became my outlet, rather than stewing in the house.
I’m still not certain about final weight. I’ve got a dexa scan scheduled Tuesday. My first experience with Dexa was ego crushing. I was sure I was really low 20’s but scanned at 30%. My trainer is betting me I’m below 20% now. If so, I’m done and ready for maintenance.
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supercpa999 wrote: »Does anyone here hesitate to share their goal weight because they think some people will think it’s too low? If so, what is your goal weight? Mine is 160, I’m 6’0”
I wouldn't share my goal weight because people would think it was too high. However, nobody has asked. I believe I have said X more pounds without controversy.
If people ask and you feel the need to give a number, you could always give your goal in terms of BMI. Yours is 22, right in the middle of Normal.
https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/lose_wt/BMI/bmi_tbl.pdf2 -
So this is 180lbs. 6ft. Fairly lean. I'm just not sure how cutting 20lbs from that could be in the middle of normal..1 -
supercpa999 wrote: »supercpa999 wrote: »Yes I am. Now you see why I hesitate.
Mind if I ask why you set a goal weight opposed to a goal look? Your weight is no ones business. Nor should it be something to centralize around. It's a number. Unless you're unhealthy. Then whatever. As long as you are happy with how you look.
I'm currently 212 at 6' and think I look tiny. Why do you choose to go so low?
Well I have been big plenty before and I have always wanted to get very lean.
You can be very lean at 180-190. I normally sit at around 10-12% at that weight. Itll just require some work and itll be much more comfortable than for lack of a better word being a stick at 160
To be frank your word choice kind of sucks. A negative connotation regarding a perfectly healthy weight goal is unnecessary. Not everyone wants to look like you.7 -
So this is 180lbs. 6ft. Fairly lean. I'm just not sure how cutting 20lbs from that could be in the middle of normal..
On you, it wouldn't. You look great, as I'm sure you know.
But narrower shoulders, less muscle mass? Different bodies' "lean" is a different look, or a different number, even at the same height. If your point is that building muscle would be a better goal, OK. OP can consider that, if he likes.
Your weight at "lean" isn't necessarily applicable to all others of the same height.
I'm female, 5'5", BMI 21 (about 126 pounds), not completely devoid of muscle (but not super muscular either). Many women my height would be way too thin at my weight, but I'm built more like a 14-year-old boy than a 64-year-old woman: Very narrow hips, no breasts (post mastectomies, no reconstruction). My weight doesn't generalize to others, sight unseen. No one's favorite or even objectively "best" weight generalizes to others, sight unseen.6
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