I may re-evaluate as I lose and decide that I don't wish to go that far, but I'm generally headed in the 125 direction.. when I can finally get myself back on track.
I still don't know what my goal weight is. It was 130 then I changed it to 150 only because when I was super fit in my teens/early 20's I was 160-165 and in a size 5...I'm 188 and in a size 10 now, so I'm not going by BMI or the scale but by my fat composition and the amount of lean muscle mass I have. When I reach my desired size (size 3-5) then I will probably stop no matter what the scale reads. I'm also large framed.
I went by BMI; like so many others I didn't have a previous self to look back at. I remember being 167 in 7th grade - as far as my goal, I originally said 150 (near the top of the healthy range for my height) but revised to 149 to make it a round 125 total and because it's "the 140s". Now that I have ~30 to go, I am not sure if I will be satisfied with 149, but I will just have to wait and see.
To me 120 always sounded skinny. It was also the number I would use to keep me from losing weight. "I'll never be 120 so why even bother?" odd thinking, I know. But I really thought I was incapable of being thin so I didn't even bother. So I picked it because it's my nemesis number. If I get there, awesome! If I get to 135 and am happy.. then awesome!
I've never been below 145/150 so I have no idea how I'll look once I get there. Plus, that was 7 years ago and I wasn't working out. Things shift and I'm a lot more muscular now. So I think the key to goal weights is to be flexible.
I chose mine based on BMI. For someone 5'6, "normal" weight begins at 154 and ends at 115 - that's a 39 lb differential. 135 would be dead center and that's what I weighed in high school...at 40, not sure I can achieve that (maybe? who knows!) so I'm shooting for 139. I'll probably still continue in "weight loss" mode once I hit 139, but we'll see. I just didn't want to choose a weight at the high end of my range, as I travel a lot and I wanted to give myself some wiggle-room to indulge on vacations and still not go back into an overweight range.
My lowest weight was junior year of high school at 125. I felt like I looked a little emaciated then (logically, I know I looked fine. I just felt too thin personally). I didn't want to choose that weight because I didn't like how I looked then, but right around the time I met my husband in senior year I was probably just about 135 and I was much more comfortable there, so I settled on that weight. To be honest, I would be happy at 145, which is where I was when he and I moved in together, but I figured I might as well push myself. I'd rather be happy ten pounds away from my goal then make my goal 145 and still feel frumpy ten pounds away from it, y'know?
i'm about 5'2" as well, and 120 is right about in the middle of a healthy bmi for me. in actuality, my goal is whenever i'm happy with my clothing size and look.
I loved how I looked at 150 but still had some fat in my arms, tummy and thighs that I wanted to get rid of so I chose 140 this time. Who knows, I may end up stopping at 150 or going even lower to 130.
I still haven't decided on one! I can't remember if my ticker says 167 or 147. My lowest adult weight was 203 and that's smaller than high school so I don't even know what to aim for as far as a number. :/
My ballpark goal is just within the 'healthy' range for my height according to BMI, but if I get to say 20lbs above that and think I look/feel ok then I'd be happy to stay there. I'll never have a washboard stomach no matter how light I get so once I'm healthy and happy that will do for me.
I am just under 5'3 and I have actually never gone outside of a normal BMI. My family, friends, and men I date are weight obsessed. I like to look and feel my best too.
In the 130s I am very uncomfortable (I know it is still a "healthy weight" but I feel unhealthy). I'm 120 right now and I feel comfortable, but I know I preferred how I looked when I weighed less. I picked 108-112 because I weighed that before and I was able to comfortably maintain it. I liked how I looked and I wasn't starving myself.
I really like my 32DDs and don't want to lose them so I might decide to just focus on toning up and I might not lose more than another 5 lbs. My size 25 (xs) jeans are already loose on me. My arms are my real problem area and I'd like to drop a little more from my face.
I don't really know. I've never been thin so this is a complete arbitrary number but it's exactly 50 pounds less than my HW and seems obtainable. It's also the only metric I have to go on since I have no idea what my body will look like. Ultimately, I have an aesthetic that I'm going for and with weight training I don't know where that will put me. I've seen people my height weigh much less and look really bad because they didn't weight train so... I don't really care what the number on the scale will be, I just want to look good and be healthy and not feel like I'm killing myself trying to be a number.
Well I'm roughly around 5'4'', my current weight is 146 and my goal weight 108. I never calculated my ideal weight or what my BMI is/should be, I just used my old self as reference. I haven't grown in height since I was 14 and I remember when I was 15 and weighed 108 pounds I really liked the way I looked, I didn't look too thin at all. Then I got sick, lost a couple of pounds because I could barely eat. After that, I gained back my weight and gradually started to gain more and more. By the time I reached 123 pounds (which people say would be my ideal weight) I already disliked the way I looked: chubby face and upper arms, my legs remained skinny while the fat got stored around my middle area. So don't be fooled by numbers, it all depends on your body shape and how toned you are. I've started doing intense aerobics, really working those abs and hopefully by August I'll look good enough to flaunt around in a bikini.
I'm also large framed.
