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  • young9
    young9 Posts: 51 Member
    i went smack in the middle of my healthy weight range just to give me an idea where to start. i honestly have no idea what i want. i could care less about the actual number, i just want to put on my size 5 jeans with a snug shirt and not have muffin top. :)
  • loreleijade
    loreleijade Posts: 16 Member
    Actually my goal is an interval (between 130 and 138). I've set my lowest goal weight to the weight I was happiest with in high school, but I realize it might be a tad unrealistic hence the upper limit. That's the weight I've maintained all through college.
  • ninkdole
    ninkdole Posts: 243 Member
    I'm 5'7" and picked between 140-145 because I thought it was a weight I could reasonably maintain long term. It took me three years to lose enough weight to get there, and I've maintained it for about a year now, so I think I'm on the right track. I can now wear a size 10, I don't think I've ever been that size in my adult life. Well, maybe for a week once when I was on my way up to the weight I used to be. :tongue:
  • nkswans
    nkswans Posts: 469 Member
    I chose 125 because it is a healthy weight for my body, I'm 5'3. Also, I was 115-125 in college so I would like to get back down to that. When I get to my goal weight I will decide if I want to lose more or not.
  • bjshooter
    bjshooter Posts: 1,174 Member
    I went bang smack in the middle of BMI, which would make me 134lb, decided as I got closer that was no where near enough though, so Changed it to 122lb
  • chasity5953
    chasity5953 Posts: 2
    Well,I still have the same goal but am so happy with the progress I have did so far. I didnt think I would be happy til I reached that exact goal but I'm halfway there and already happy. I'm kinda stuck right now havent lost in weeks but I would much rather be at the weight I am now than what I was 6 monthes ago.
  • pinkita
    pinkita Posts: 779 Member
    i found a wt chart showing healthy weight ranges that depend on your wrist measurement. According to my measurement (6.25 inches) I have a "large" frame, so I chose 140 because it was in the middle of that range.
  • nilroctarp
    nilroctarp Posts: 20
    my weight goal was based on a weight that looked and felt right on me several years ago. it was during another one of these journeys. it was on my way down to a BMI friendly weight. once i got down to that far, both my wife and i felt i did not appear to be healthy at the BMI approved weight. there is a picture of me on the beach in 2000. i liked the way i looked then. so that is how i choose. i thought it was interesting that my weight goal appears on Engineman's chart as the heavy end of what i interpret as acceptable. i am good with that.
  • ThrowOnMyKixsTimeNow
    ThrowOnMyKixsTimeNow Posts: 11
    I choose my goal weight to reflect the time in my life when I felt the best and the healthiest. My goal is 120, because that is about what I weighed Freshman year of college. 120 is also a good balance that fits in my target weight range.
  • StaciO
    StaciO Posts: 998
    I chose my goal weight based on BMI. At my goal weight I will be normal. I may choose to adjust from there.
  • skinee4life
    skinee4life Posts: 15 Member
    I originally picked 125lbs as my goal weight, because that is what I weighed before my first pregnancy. I have recently come to the realization that I weighed that 21 years ago, so it might be an unrealistic goal. About 4 yrs ago, I competed in a Women's Trifitness Competition in Vegas. I did it mainly to support my best friend, but also because it was something I had never done before and I wanted to try a new challenge. I started off weighing 180 lbs, and I lost 30 lbs through training. Long story short...I tore my left knee pretty bad jumping over on of the hurdles, had surgery a year later, and ended up gaining back all the weight I had lost AND 17lbs more!!

    I felt really good about myself when I got down to 150lbs, but for some reason I have it in my head that I will feel better if I am at 125lbs. So I have decided that I want to try something new. Rather than having that "125" number in my mind, I want to think of it this way...."Get to 150lbs and then take it 5 lbs at a time."

    Enough of my rambling....I am off to change my goal weight to 150lbs!
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