Re-evaluating goal weights
When I started this, I decided that 120 pounds would be my goal weight. I'm 5'5". But I have only lost 2 pounds in the past 2 months on Phase 1. I weighed in at 137 a week ago and I have no desire to get on a scale right now.
So at what point should I rethink my goal weight? |
You might want to just adjust based on if you are happy or not with what you see in the mirror.
When I changed mine, I made the decision based on the body fat percentage I would like to be. I may have to tweak my goal again when I get closer. |
When I was deciding on a goal weight, I had a VERY rough number in my head, but I knew that number was fluid.
I chose to phase off when I felt I was at a comfortable weight/size (one that I wouldn't have to kill myself to maintain), when I felt ready to start exercising and when I MENTALLY felt like I was up to the challenge of P3 and maintenance. Could I have gone lower? Yes. I've continued to lose weight in P3 so that tells me I probably could have aimed lower than I did. But I don't want to set myself up for failure and lose so much weight that it's a herculean effort to keep myself at that weight in maintenance. I want to be able to eat, exercise, and be happy with the way I look and feel without stressing about any of it. |
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So that still leaves me with the fear that I am going to mess something up by changing things now. The diet does nothing for me if the hormones are off. Losing weight tells me that I am heading in the right direction. So how does one conquer the fear of coming off Phase 1? |
I keep wondering about changing mine either ten more or ten less than what I've got. But, I think I'm going to leave it alone. For now. I want to check my BMI before i do anything and, for me, it'll also matter when I see the results of some blood work I'm going to have done in about 3 weeks.
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Ustasmom,
How tall are you? I am 5 feet tall and I am still not thin at 123 lbs. I am a size 10. If you ate 5 foot 4 and 135, you caould possibly be thin enough size 6 or even 4 and be ready to phase off. I know I look skeletal at a size 4, I am petite and carry in my boobs. I think it sounds like its time to phase off. I think you will need eat a healthy diet and exercise to maintain. I always have done so. I eat enry healthy and execrcise and my extra 30 lbs were due to overeating during preganancy. I ve been very thin my whole life, never above 105. But it takes allot of hard work, eating right and lifting weights and doing cardio at least 3 days a week, thats my input, Good Luck |
I really know how you feel right now. My DH and some of my coworkers(who are like brothers to me) are actually getting mad that I want to keep losing weight. They get huffy and puffy and just say that I need to be careful and not get too skinny. I think they are just being protective, which I appreciate. However, I've seen huge progress in the shape of my body with this diet and the excercise I'm doing and even now, I'm questioning what weight I should get too. I know I'm not ready to phase off but since you sound so unsure here is my suggestion. First, go with your gut feeling. If you believe you should phase off, then do it. It doesn't hurt to see how it works for you and if in a few weeks you feel like it wasn't enough, then come back. Actually, I read that alot of people do that to kick start their losses when they see a stall. Like you, I don't want to be skinny minnie. I have curves and I love that about me.. so if you think you are seeing skin and bones, I would phase off and start doing some excercise to tone up. Good Luck to you! I bet you look amazing!
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I have a goal posted because I couldn't figure out how to do a ticker without a goal, but that was always just an estimate. What I really have as my goal is to eliminate all of the medical risk factors associated with size. My goals are:
1. BMI in the healthy range (less than 25) 2. Waist the right size for my height and hip ratio (less than 35 but some say no more than half your height; also, I think waist to hip ratio is supposed to be no more than .8, or something like that) 3. Body fat percentage in the healthy range (this varies depending on what you go by, but definitely less than what it is now. I may have to be in maintenance to hit this one because I might have to start lifting weights to build the necessary muscle.) Also, I would like to be at a definite size, ie., not inbetween sizes when I stop. But I won't be able to tell that until I am closer, and working on the body fat thing may affect that as well in maintenance. So there you go! Total confusion on my part, but I still have a ways to go before I leave phase one. Hopefully I will have it all figured out in a couple of months! |
You know I play with visualization websites to try and figure out what my target end weight should be and it's hard because I want to be out of overweight BMI region, which is 120 and lower at my height, but I prefer a curvy body and at 120 (per visualization websites) I would not be curvy. (I'm a pear shape BTW, all booty, tiny boobies).
I'm far far far away from that goal right now, but I think you have to eyeball it as well as assess how you feel and what you can maintain without being stressed out. And if you're not already, you might do some weightlifting to tone and see how you like what you see as your body changes. |
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let me know what you decide:) |
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I too am a little nervous about phasing out. I set my goal weight based on my twin sister's weight (nice to have someone with almost the exact same body only smaller) but I'm starting to wonder if I've set it too low. I have a lot more muscle tone then she does (thanks to being a 'farm girl' and riding my horses all the time) so I'm starting to think I may raise my goal weight a bit. I'm pretty happy with the way I look right now and would like to start working out to tone everything up but I'm nervous about coming off Phase 1. I don't feel like I'm being restricted too much right now and I find it easy to follow as I know exactly what to eat. I figure I will give it another couple of weeks to decide.
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