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07-27-2009, 09:48 AM
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#16
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 5,629
S/C/G: HW/232 SW 215/ CW 133/GW 120's
Height: 5.7 and 1/2
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Optical, I adjusted mine as I lost weight. My first goal was to leave the obese category, then the overweight category. I then evaluated how happy I was with my progress and went down from there. I also have done a ton of reading about what I should be eating. I am definitely eating those things while still losing--slowly but surely. I always told myself I was a "big-boned" gal and had a thicker look, etc, etc. In actuality, I am in the lowest range of medium as far as bone structure. As I look back on that now, I was totally lying to myself as a way of protection I think. It allowed me to excuse myself from fitness. I am not saying you are--just my own experience.
Last edited by Thighs Be Gone; 07-27-2009 at 09:51 AM.
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07-27-2009, 09:50 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: SC
Posts: 4,488
S/C/G: 217 /*/140
Height: 5'5"
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i chose 135 from experience. I would be sickly at the ideal weight for me of 120. I was that once and had no fat on my body, plus I was bulemic/anorexic.
i have a medium frame and a muscular build. However, alot of people at 120 and my height look great! not me though.
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07-28-2009, 02:47 PM
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Member
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: California
Posts: 37
S/C/G: 208/183/135
Height: 5'9"
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135 just always sounded like the ideal weight to me, but as long as I'm under 160 and healthy I'll be happy!
I think the number is less important than the feeling of your "happy" weight: healthy, strong, and confident.
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10-11-2009, 09:43 PM
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Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Central Pennsylvania, USA
Posts: 80
S/C/G: 340/165/150
Height: 5'5
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Idealmuse
Mine is base on:
Body Frame - Mine is Large
Fitness/muscle Mass - I work out so have muscle
BMI Chart - 150 is the "top" of the "healthy" range
Mine might be less or more, but I won't know until I get closer.
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Exactly the same with me. I'm 5'6 or 5'5.5 depending on the day (haha) and 149/150lbs is the point where I'm no longer considered overweight on the BMI chart. I got down to 155 in 2004 and it was a good place for me...I just let things slip after that. Time to get back to where I want to be.
Kat
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10-12-2009, 12:02 AM
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#20
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Carpe diem
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: New Zealand
Posts: 576
S/C/G: 105/78.9/65
Height: 5'5.5"
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I don't like looking at BMI charts because they only take into consideration weight and height. They don't look at body types or muscle composition or any other factors. I chose 65 because my family said I'd look ridiculous if I tried for 60 (I'd be too thin). I also remember being around 143 when I first joined WW ages and ages and many many moons ago (I was 12 or so).
Ideally, I'd like less than 20% body fat.
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10-12-2009, 06:23 AM
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starting over again
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: St Louis MO
Posts: 427
S/C/G: 361/334/180
Height: 5'5"
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I think this is a great thread question, it really got me thinking - I've NEVER been thin as an adult, have no clue what I should weigh, and just picked my goal weight out of a hat, so to speak - maybe I should really look into it more!
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10-15-2009, 04:17 PM
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Recovering Pantry Pest
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Michigan
Posts: 3,248
S/C/G: 174.5/162/149
Height: 5'7"
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Another 5'7" here - I'm a medium frame and put on muscle easily. I've reached 150, and I guess I'm now on a pound-by-pound basis. At 42, I feel pretty darn good about how things look ... but after YEARS of experimenting, I've found a way of eating that really works for me and I'm still slowly losing - I don't WANT to add more calories. I figure I'll hit a level soon where the loss will stop, and well, that's where I'll stop!
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10-15-2009, 09:31 PM
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Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 75
S/C/G: 146/139/133
Height: 5'7"
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set point
Hi,
It is hard to remember if I have ever had a time in my life I wasn't anxious about food and getting fat, but a couple years ago I felt good about how I was eating (mostly healthy) and exercising regularly. I wasn't really "dieting" and I was able to maintain 135. I think each person's body is different. What is your set point? If you are eating a healthy diet, a reasonable amount of calories and exercising regularly and your scale says 160 or 120 does it really matter?
I try to tell myself this stuff, but the truth is that the scale is a big clue whether I AM eating healthy and exercising, but I am open to the possibility that I could be eating 1500 calories and exercising and still not able to get to my "ideal weight." If this happened to me I think I would be OK with it.
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