Anyone else around 165 pounds with 20 pounds to go?

I'm 169 down from 182, 5'8", and 55 years old. I'd like to be 140-145, and have stalled at this weight for a while.

5'7" and 163 here trying to get to 140 by January (Started at 210 last January)

Ca53Buckeye wrote: »

I want to join this choir. second week of November 2023, by Dr had me join a clinic weight loss healthy eating group. I am 5'3" and 71 years old. My goal is to be the delivery weight of my first child 42 years ago--he was 145#. I started at 199.x [don't remember the freckle anymore] and today's [9may2024] naked weigh-in was 163.8. Whatever size clothes I am in, my top is always one size smaller than my bottom. I have a true size 16 jeans [meaning not elastic but zipper and rivet] that if I lightly tug they fall off. Best guess what I will be [other than thinner 8->] sizewise with another 18 pounds to go?

Well, this choir last sang in 2015, so I wouldn't be surprised if most of them are gone by now, unfortunately.

It sounds like you're making great progress: Kudos!

I'm age 68, 5'5" and around 130 pounds (down from 183 back in 2015, which was class 1 obese for my height). Since weight loss was in 2015-16, it's hard for me to remember all the details, but I do recall that the calendar time between sizes got shorter and shorter as I got lighter, even though I was also intentionally losing more slowly as I got closer to goal weight.

Are you talking US "misses" sizes? That's what I'm familiar with. If that's it, and you're at 16 being loose now, I'm thinking you might be looking at 12 or even 10 with 18 pounds more loss, but that's a wild guess. Who knows, maybe even 8? There are lots of variables in the mix. I've been in US misses size 6 jeans since 2016, but I have (statistically speaking) a bit more muscle mass than average for our demographic (so a little leaner than average at that weight overall), plus a somewhat narrow pelvic width (boyish shape ). Size 6 is snug for me if I range into the upper 130s, quite loose if I get to 125 or below.

It's funny how much bodies vary. I'm actually bigger in tops (M to L in that scheme) if something has sleeves, because my shoulders are boyishly (manishly?) wide; but can be in S or even XS in tank tops. (No breasts, post-bilateral-mastectomies, no reconstruction, which contributes to that weirdness.)

Maybe some other women will chime in here who have more recent memories about the size/weight correlations. It will matter how much muscle mass you have, and what your overall shape is (y'know, that rectangle, triangle, inverted triangle kind of thing - I'm guessing rectangle or triangle from what you said about tops vs. bottoms sizes). You can get a super-rough estimate of current body fat percent level from one of the online so-called "calculators", such as this one:

https://www.calculator.net/body-fat-calculator.html

That'll give you some idea of how average you might be, as a bit of input to this thinking . . . with the caution that none of this is gospel, just rough estimates.

I'm 5'4" 165 lbs down from the 170's. I'm also counting macros and finally losing about a lb a week after counting just calories for years. My goal is also losing 20 lbs but I'm taking it in increments as it is overwhelming to think about losing 20lbs. I'll be happy to get to 150 and then reassess. I'm 61 and I don't want to lose so much that I start looking older and gaunt

I'm 5'7", 35, currently 163 lbs. Trying to get down to 140-145. Highest weight (outside pregnancy) was 200 lb in early 2016. Lost 30 lbs in mid 2016, then had 2 babies in 2017 and 2019, been up and down in between 160-185 in the interim years. Back at it trying to lose the weight for good. I was at 184 in September 2023 and have lost 20 lbs since then, set for 1 lb per week loss but happy to take it slow.