How did you decide on your goal weight?

daisydog101
daisydog101 Posts: 81 Member
edited October 6 in Health and Weight Loss
Im now in a healthy weight range for my size but still not happy with how I look.

How did you decide on your goal weight? Or when did you shift to start focusing more on bf % rather than weight?
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  • christibear
    christibear Posts: 93 Member
    Well I am a long ways away from my goal weight but I chose it based on BMI, a healthy BMI for me would put me around 140 pounds.
  • helenmelon29
    helenmelon29 Posts: 787 Member
    I choose 140lb as that put me in the middle of healthly range BMI and I also wanted to fit and look good in a UK size 12. Im 142lb at the mo and fit in uk 12 (I did at 145 ish) so Im pretty happy but getting to my goal would be nice too. x
  • Katerbuggs
    Katerbuggs Posts: 41
    I just picked a number in the middle of my ideal BMI range. As I get closer to that number, I'll probably adjust to a more specific goal with muscle toning and all that. =)
  • jsteffen80
    jsteffen80 Posts: 136
    I picked a number 10 pounds under my highest healthy BMI. I figure with my large frame, it will be difficult to get to that point, but not unattainable. The lowest I've ever been (since high school) is 35 pounds heavier than that.
  • BobbyClerici
    BobbyClerici Posts: 813 Member
    I simply set my goals based on what some peak conditioned MMA competitors weighed in for my height.

    I did not merely want to drop weight but reach peak condition - a perfect physique.
    And that meant going from 46 inches in the waist down to 32"
    I am at 36 now - ALMOST THERE!

    People who have not seen in in a while come up and marvel.
    That feels good, but I won't cease the program until I reach all my goals.

    Great Topic!
  • chimebird
    chimebird Posts: 57 Member
    BMI isn't a great tool for calculating overall health but it's pretty useful for targeting a goal weight. I started with a goal at the higher end of my healthy BMI range. I've met that goal and now my target is in the middle of the healthy BMI range. Maybe I'll set a new goal or maybe I'll push a little lower but I'll decide when I get there.

    If you're in a healthy BMI range and not happy with how you look, if I were you I'd focus on toning muscles. Keep your weight loss goals around 5-10 pounds and make more small adjustments when you reach your goals. It's easy to be overly critical with yourself at this stage so be kind to yourself if you're frustrated and always keep things in perspective :)
  • Amy911Gray
    Amy911Gray Posts: 685 Member
    I chose the middle of my healthy weight on the BMI scale.
  • davidpm
    davidpm Posts: 208 Member
    I started with 160, which pushed me out of overweight on BMI. When I was approaching that, I looked online for "ideal" weight for someone my height, gender, and build. I ended up using this site:

    http://www.halls.md/ideal-weight/body.htm

    to calculate an ideal range and reset my goals using that.
  • wcsangel
    wcsangel Posts: 40
    Mine has changed a couple of times in the process - mainly because I'm not very good at delaying my gratification. I'm getting better, but it really helps to have small goal that I can reach within a couple of months.

    First, I just wanted to get my BMI back into the "Normal" range - which only required me to lose about 7 pounds. That may seem like nothing to some people, but I've never tried losing weight before.

    When that came off, I was 140 pounds. I set myself to losing another 14 (126). Now I'm aiming for 119 pounds, which puts me firmly on the lower end of Normal. I'm also aiming to stay in my size 10 jeans and size 12 tops, which is the most important thing.
  • mideon_696
    mideon_696 Posts: 770 Member
    yeah never had a goal weight. Cept when trying to gain muscle. then its normally a weight gain target, haha.
  • SergeantSunshine_reused
    SergeantSunshine_reused Posts: 5,382 Member
    Eh goal is body fat% and muscle definition. Once I get to that weight i will go back to gaining to try and put on some muscle xD never ending up and down :]
  • jmgcummins
    jmgcummins Posts: 93 Member
    I know at 150 I still wanted to lose a few pounds, and at 130 I felt I looked too skinny, so I picked something right in the middle (140). I'm 8 pounds away from my pre-pregnancy weight of 150. (I was trying to lose those 10 pounds when I got pregnant).
  • Stacyanne324
    Stacyanne324 Posts: 780 Member
    I picked the weight I was when I got married 7 years ago and the weight I was after I had my third child almost 2 years ago. That weight would get me back into the jeans I haven't been able to wear for about a year and to a point where I am pretty thin. I still have more room in my healthy BMI range (I am at the very top range of it now and my goal would put me around the middle). I'll re-evaluate when I get there and see if I will go lower. I may go another 5 pounds if I don't look too skinny. I am almost 6 feet tall and fairly small framed so I don't want to go too far. Really I'd be happy at my goal weight and toned/muscle.
  • EricMurano
    EricMurano Posts: 825 Member
    I picked the BMI value for my height. I'm not hard set on it; I'll see what's what when I'm close. I'll probably get my body fat measured at that time and start going off that.
  • asyouseefit
    asyouseefit Posts: 1,265 Member
    My first GW was 125 but I stopped at 128. 125 lbs was a totally random number! I feel good now and I want to focus on getting fitter rather than getting skinnier.
  • Articeluvsmemphis
    Articeluvsmemphis Posts: 1,987 Member
    I just piked a number that sounded good, BMI is a suckish measure of what a "healthy" weight is, especially for people with muscle (not me yet) but those people, lol
  • W0zzie
    W0zzie Posts: 262 Member
    It was 2 fold for me. Used the calcs & BMI type thing as a guide but moreso I know what weight I was out of Rookies when I joined the Air Force 20yrs ago. I am that weight now & yeh I am by no means the same shape LOL So I really know it's not weight it's body comp that's my challenge now if I really want the "look".
  • ackeebee
    ackeebee Posts: 1,042 Member
    i am 5'8", currently at 145 lbs. my goal weight is 135 - 139 only because this was the range where i was most comfortable with my body and the way i looked.
  • manderson27
    manderson27 Posts: 3,510 Member
    I started with 160, which pushed me out of overweight on BMI. When I was approaching that, I looked online for "ideal" weight for someone my height, gender, and build. I ended up using this site:

    http://www.halls.md/ideal-weight/body.htm

    to calculate an ideal range and reset my goals using that.

    This is a good site to look at. It is more realistic than most.
  • fitnoflab
    fitnoflab Posts: 90 Member
    Good question. I feel like I just picked my weight randomly. I'm 5'3" and just remember that 120 was my weight for years, before the pounds started creeping up. Have not taken into account I was not really working out then. So with muscle I may end up weighing more but be smaller than I was then. I'll wait and adjust if need be. But I think it is an attainable goal... Silly, but I like the idea of reaching that number on the scale. I'm not married to that number but at the moment I'm kinda engaged to that number as a goal:)
  • scarletfever2005
    scarletfever2005 Posts: 141 Member
    At first I just wanted to be under 200. Then I went and asked my doc what he thought. He said that the upper limit of my BMI was 165 but that would be too skinny. He suggested that I not worry so much about my weight and instead focus on body composition. So that's what I've been doing for the past month or two. I'm still losing a little weight and eating at a deficit to cut fat but I don't really have a goal weight that I am striving for. I would like to get to about 10% body fat. That's what I am focusing on. Then I'll go from there.
  • gardengal01
    gardengal01 Posts: 25
    I used a BMI calculator but that is in no way saying 145 will be the perfect weight for me. I may want to lose more when I get there. I'm just going to play it by how I feel
  • katcod1522
    katcod1522 Posts: 448 Member
    I started at 214.6. I set 145 as my goal. That is 70 lbs. I have lost 48.6 to date. According to BMI charts..I should be 136...but I am a runner..so I think 142-145 will be ideal. I am wearing a size 10 at 166 lbs...I want to wear a 6/8 and NOT be skinny fat which is why Ill be happy with 145 and a runners body :)
  • sms1986
    sms1986 Posts: 113 Member
    155lbs is sort of in the middle of healthy for a 5 foot 9 and a half/176cm male of medium build.
  • emmyvera
    emmyvera Posts: 599 Member
    As of now at 136 or so I'm at a "healthy" weight (5'4"), however at this point I'm trying not to concentrate
    on the scale too much. I'm so close to my personal goal of 130... it's very hard. Really what want is to be toned
    and fit. So as long as I'm getting more energy and muscles and all of the benefits... I'm not too
    worried on the scale weight.
  • withchaco
    withchaco Posts: 1,026 Member
    I don't have a goal weight anymore... only a goal look (defined abs), and goal fitness level (e.g. being able to do a one-arm pull-up). Both are very very difficult goals, but won't stop me from trying.

    Initially, though, I did have a goal weight of 130lbs. I was starting at almost 190 pounds, which is huge for my height of 5' 1.5". Skinny girls of my height seemed to be around 100-105 pounds range, and I think I thought to myself, "oh, it's gonna be too hard/ unhealthy for me to reach THAT low" and picked 130. But now I weigh less than 130, and it's obvious that I still have plenty of fat to lose!
  • twirwin
    twirwin Posts: 10
    How much I weighed in High School.
  • sunnykt
    sunnykt Posts: 66
    My sister's weight- 58kg. She's an inch taller, but 5 years younger and still a teen. So I figure I deserve a little bit of extra weight per inch. Plus, that's a BMI of 20. My first goal was 63 kg, which was my ideal of an 'acceptable' weight.
  • torkmdeg
    torkmdeg Posts: 51 Member
    I looked my best at my goal weight of 130 pounds. I'd be happy getting to 140, but I've set my goal at 130 so that I can be proud I've managed to get back down to that weight for the first time in... quite a while!
  • directorj
    directorj Posts: 537 Member
    170lbs.. Most of my friends are around this weight so what I want to do now is get lower then them. (160lbs goal) One day I'm going to call them all fat :laugh:
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