I'm 5'10 and 171 as of yesterday's WI - my WW goal weight is 174 and am UK size 14-16 - I guess US 10-12. I feel fairly comfortable here now and a heck of a lot better than at 224lb. I could afford to go lower but I think I'm probably stopping here, at least for a while. I felt ready to maintain. I was 140 in my teens-early 20s age range - well over 20 years ago and was still UK size 14 then - whether due to genuinely wide hipbones or more vanity sizing now, I don't know. I agree that the obgyn is nuts, by the way.
I am 6'0 and I have tried to look up what my goal weight should be, and I get anything from 140-190. I have been overweight all my life, so I do not know where I should be (or feel the best).
My family doctor says he would like to see me in the 180's, while my obgyn says 140. HELP!!!
Some of you tall ladies out there....what is your goal, or what are you now that feels right?
How about clothing sizes. I know I will never be a size 2, but what size can I expect to wear once I am within the goal range? Would love to know from your experience.
Thanks!
ps AZ Gal - 140 definitely seems way too low - I would suspect that around 160 -170 would have you pretty skinny, and 140 would be skeletal! Lose that OBGYN
I'm fun sized at 5'2". My goal is between 120-125, which is where I was a few years ago. My Doc will be okay with that, considering I've lost 20 pounds since my last time in there. Plus I have pictures from when I was there, and I looked FANTASTIC.
I'm 5'8.5" or 5'9" tall....I started at 225 or 230 with a calculated BMI of about 34. Wore an XL/16-18 shirt and size 16 jeans/shorts.
I set a goal of 160 pounds and liked how I looked (and still had boobs!) when I got there, but I had a LOT of trouble finding my maintenance calories. I started losing only during my TOM, so it made it hard to raise my calories to my maintenance level when I only knew at the end of the month if I was gaining or losing.
So it ended up taking another 3-4 months and 20 pounds. Today I'm between 138-140 (BMI 20-21) and wear a S or sometimes even XS shirt depending on how it's made, size 2-4 jeans and shorts (in women's sizes) and my feet even shrank from 9 1/2 to 8 1/2. Crazy. And after reading all this, I feel waaaaay too skinny...
HOLY MOLEY! 140 for 6 feet tall!? Is your gyno high? Lol! Of course, I have no idea how your frame is - maybe 140 is possible for you... But at 5'9", I was able to get down to 150 at the end of high school (14 years ago). I did unhealhty things to get there and couldn't maintain it.
Right now, I would be very pleased to just be below the big *2-0-0* but ultimately, I would like to get to 170. Since I like to drink and eat 3 square meals a day, I know that 150 would be near impossible for me... and I want something that is healthy for me to maintain.
Honestly, though, even if I only got down to 180 and was muscular and fit, that would be OK, too.
I'm going to shoot for 170 and will see what I look/feel like when I get there.
The thought of being able to wear something in the misses department and not the plus is SOOO exciting.
I was just clueless. I have a friend who weighs 200 and she wears a size 24, so I was thinking that if I got down to 170 I would still be plus sized, but y'all give me hope!
I'm definitely not tall - 5' 4" - but even at my height, 140 is within my healthy range. I think that'd be quite thin for 6'!
What I would do is get down to, say, 185 - enough inside the healthy range for some upward wiggle room, but a fairly close goal - and then reevaluate once you're there. If you're happy, stay there! If you'd like to lose more at that point, you can always set a new goal.
In any case, I think 170 would be a great target for your height although the great thing about goal weights is that they aren't set in stone. You may get to a higher number and decide you are thrilled with how you look and feel and want to maintain right there. Or you may get to 170 but feel you aren't quite where you want to be. So I'd consider it a guideline more than a firm goal.
My personal goal is to get completely out of plus sizes. I'm guessing that will probably put me into size 8 pants and large/12-14s in tops. Right now, I'm in misses 18s and 16s in bottoms but 2X in tops, so I expect I'll always have a pretty big gap in sizes between my top and bottom. But in terms of the scale, it's really just a total guess that I'll be in the mid 150s when that happens.
Last edited by PeanutsMom704; 06-04-2010 at 11:50 AM.
I'm 5'11" I had originally set my goal in the 180's and by December of last year I had changed it to 178. At 178 I will finally be able to say I have a normal BMI. However, I do not recollect ever weighing that little since maybe when I was 14 or 15. I got down to about 198 about 13 or 14 years ago but was not able to maintain. I will of course be jumping up and down just to not see a 2 as the first number on my scale, but I think 178 may be where I finally hit. I am hoping to be around a size 10 when I get there but if I am still a 12 well, so be it. At my current weight I am in a size 18 and have been shifting sizes about every 15-20 pounds now. I think 140 sounds outrageous to me because I can't imagine maintaining at that weight.
I’m 5”8 and weigh 167 pounds (as of today…yay!). I’m in between a 12 and a 10 right now and my goal for right now is 160 pounds. I’m still adjusting to how my body looks now and the changes it has undergone…it’s hard to tell in advance if you will like how you look at a certain weight or not, especially if you’ve never been there. (This is my lowest weight…when I first started, this would have been a dream weight for me…now that I’m here, I’m not quite satisfied.) I suspect that I’ll even try to go lower than 160, but for now, that’s where I settle.
Mandalinn…how can we be the same height and basic weight and you’re almost two sizes smaller than me?! No fair! Lol.
I'm about 5' 7 1/2" and currently at 199. My initial goal was 159 ('normal' BMI) but I've revamped it to 175, 24 more pounds. I'm currently a size 12 and would like to get down to an 8. I've also been weight training and have lost inches and built muscle more significantly than losing pounds. I've just crossed over into not feeling 'fat,' more like on the big side of average. I can do all my clothes shopping in 'regular' stores and haven't set foot in a Lane Bryant for months, and I'm comfortable in a swimsuit (just in time for summer!).
I'm with Mandalinn - 175 is still 'overweight' BMI for me but I think it's reasonable for my body. I mean, I'm a 12 now in most brands, and if I lost 40 more pounds - wow. I will reevaluate when I get to 175, though. I don't feel any need to be a size 6 or a size 4, but I do want to be at a good weight and body composition for racing (I run). yep, the fluctuations are crazy - we all just have different kinds of bodies.
I would like to be in the 120's and am 5'7". I lack the motivation currently though. I weighed in at 135 yesterday and am not depressed. It wasn't water either. I have had a very stressful move and I know where EVERY bite of the extra pounds came from.
140 seems like an awfully low recommendation for a woman with your height.
Last edited by Thighs Be Gone; 06-04-2010 at 02:15 PM.
