How did you come up with you're GOAL weight?

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  • amanda3588
    amanda3588 Posts: 422 Member
    My goal weight is right in the middle of my ideal BMI range.
  • atjays
    atjays Posts: 797 Member
    My original goal weight was in the 160's , but after the weight I've lost I'm currently only a few pounds away from what I would be really happy with. I'd look like a skeleton if I actually dropped down that low. So I'm thinking now if I can crack into the upper 170's and continue to lift weights, I should have a great looking body and still be at a healthy weight.
  • HeartME511healthy
    HeartME511healthy Posts: 163 Member
    I came up with my goal weight due to a program I was in FA, which I knew a person my same height 5'5, she got as small as 135, I didn't like it. It was to small and I never been as small as 150 that I can remember as an adult, so I decided that 145 would be idea weight as a number. However almost at that goal weight I can see where I want to either change my goal number or tone up area's that I don't like.

    I am determined not to change the goal number, but I know if I continue in the direction I am with working out and eating right will get me to where my eyes see what I want to see. I also think that will change my goal weight number, but I won't worry about that until I begin to look sickly then I’ll have to consider in changing what I do.

    One thing is just be happy with your goals, if you feel like you have to question it or nervous then you may want to make some goals, I like that you have a danger zone, I think I will copy you on that idea if I do gain 150 will be my number to say get back on track. This is a life time change and I want to be realistic and have fun with food, exercise and my health.
  • skb12573
    skb12573 Posts: 182 Member
    I am 5'5 and would like to be in the 160s. I am large chested, large calved, wide hips like all the women on my Dad'd side of the family. Plus, I will have exess skin weight issues. So, I chose that number to accomodate all those things. Before 2 -sections, I had lost weight down to 170 and wore a size 12 and felt very good at that. When I dipped into the 160s I started to feel not good. But that could have been my diet too! I am much healthier at losing weight now than ever before. I guess we will see when I get there.
  • ocylott
    ocylott Posts: 31
    MFP wanted a goal weight, so I put in the weight I was before I had kids. It's within the healthy range for my height, and it looked good on my frame. As other posters have said, though, I'm far more concerned with size and how I feel than I am with the number on the scale. If I wind up weighing more but wearing the same clothes and feeling good and healthy in my body, I will be happy with that.
  • Pururin
    Pururin Posts: 16
    I decided to set my goal weight at 135lbs because I figured it'd be a healthy and do-able weight for me (I'm 5'6"). Throughout high school and college I weighed 120, and while I'd like to get back there eventually, 135 is a happy weight for me to have in sight.
  • Hoakiebs
    Hoakiebs Posts: 430 Member
    Run the BMI tool and choose something between the min. and max. Normal weight should be a decent starting point. Adjust as you get closer.
  • moejo3
    moejo3 Posts: 224 Member
    I have couple of goal weights 160, 145 and 135. I have not been less than 150 pounds since my last child 12 years ago. However, at 150 pounds I wear a size 6 and at 160 pounds a size 8 and both of those weights are in my healthy range. My plan is to get to 160 maintain that weight for a few months and then move to the next target. I would really like to get to 135 as I think it would be better for my body but, I also worry about getting discouraged and giving up. That is why I set up several points to meet all within my healthy BMR range.
  • asafcat
    asafcat Posts: 16 Member
    I chose my goal weight of 140 because it was my "prepregnancy" weight before giving birth to my last and 2nd child. I also took my age into consideration and felt this was a "realistic" weight for me. I'm 5'8 so weighing 140 would allow me to fit in size 6/8 and I think that will be good.

    I think it's really what you feel comfortable with and the size/weight you want to be. It also has a lot to do with bone structure and weight distribution.
  • deksgrl
    deksgrl Posts: 7,237 Member
    I chose mine because it was the lowest weight I had been in the last decade and I was comfortable at that weight and I would feel I would look too skinny if I lost too much more than that. Plus I knew it was attainable, because that is what I was 4 years ago.

    Then I ran the tools at fat2fitradio and it calculated my ideal weight based on a healthy body fat % to be 2 pounds higher than the number I chose. So I readjusted my goal to that.
  • texasyarngirl
    texasyarngirl Posts: 47
    My goal weight is a healthy BMI at 135#, I'm 5'5" and 35 years old. I need to prove to myself that I can get to AT LEAST the top of my healthy BMI, but I did lose weight in 2003 and got to about 127 and didn't look good. I was like 3-5# shy of NOT looking like Skeletor. My face was too thin ... But, I'm happy to have to gain a bit :-)
  • BigMech
    BigMech Posts: 472 Member
    My original goal was to get to 260lbs at 6'6", This was just an arbitrary number that I thought I had a chance of achieving. I started at 490lbs. I've always been a big guy and thought I couldn't get much lower than that.

    Once I hit the 260, I decided I still had plenty of padding to remove, so I moved my goal to 245. At 245 I still had padding, so I went down to 240. I stayed at 240 for 2 months, and then decided to see what 230 looked like.

    I hit 230 this past weekend. I think I could still stand to lose a little more padding, but I'm going to stay at this weight for a few months and see how I like it. By the BMI chart, I'm still 14 lbs into the overweight category, but I've been doing heavy weight lifting for 2 years now, and have put on a significant amount of muscle mass, which the BMI numbers don't account for.

    I think body fat percentage is better goal to have, and I'm shooting for some where in the 15% range, which I think I am approaching now.
  • DawnEH612
    DawnEH612 Posts: 574 Member
    I'm so sorry.. the only thing I am paying attention to is the use of " YOU'RE" in the title.. don't be mad at me! PLEASE!! lol... and I came up with my goal weight just by an estimate. I'm very overweight, I need to lose at least 100. But I set a goal weight at 50 for this time around. Baby Steps.

    Gotta love predictive type! Of course it's, "your".... I'm a nut about grammar, too.... Argh, now it's going to bother me, lol.
  • carinnaj
    carinnaj Posts: 149
    I chose my goal weight of 165 because that is about what I weighed when I was happiest with my body overall. I was over 200 lbs all through middle school, high school and for several years after high school. I lost weight before I had my children, and my lowest weight was 142 pounds. at 142 I felt I was too thin for my frame. I like having curves (mostly, a round butt) and at 142 pounds I just didn't like my body very much.. my butt was almost flat, and my ribs and hip-bones were showing... so I don't want to let myself get that thin again. I was trying for several months to put some of that weight back on and wasn't able to gain it back. ..until I got pregnant(gained 25 pounds) and after I had her (gained some more) then got pregnant again (put more on) .......I put ALL of the weight I lost before back on and then some... so, now I'm starting all over again...
  • dreamshadows
    dreamshadows Posts: 734 Member
    200 is a nice round number!
  • CeeRawr89
    CeeRawr89 Posts: 328 Member
    I chose my goal weight based on what I was most comfortable at, and most healthy at. I also have made the choice to make healthier lifestyle changes, which I am struggling greatly with... but it is a process
  • cali8_love
    cali8_love Posts: 95 Member
    I'm 5"2' and my doctor told me that A good weight for me would be between 115 -120 !! But my goal is 130pounds !! After I reach my goal of 130 ill set myself to another mini goal for another 10 pounds to loss so I can be 120bls !
  • Cait_Sidhe
    Cait_Sidhe Posts: 3,150 Member
    117 lb is what I was in my mid twenties and I was happy with my body then.

    But honestly, I'm no longer trying for a goal weight. I just want to be happy with what I see in the mirror. Whether that's 130 lb or 110 lb. doesn't really matter to me anymore.
  • jade1108
    jade1108 Posts: 20 Member
    I chose mine as I am 10 stone and have been 9 stone before and was still fat, never been in 8's so decided that if I got to 8 maybe I would look thin and it is within a healthy BMI for my height :) x
  • sixeyes
    sixeyes Posts: 3
    I have moved further away from having a goal weight as well, but I last remember feeling confident about my body at something over 60 kilos. This is in the lower parts of what is healthy for my height (178 cms), but I have a small frame, and carry much of my excess fat on my stomach. At 62-63 however, I didn't have much muscle, which I'm trying to build more of now, so as I said, the weight is not really the issue any more.

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