I just re-did my calculation it comes out at 155 for me - it's slightly into the overweight range. I'm cool with that. I personally believe the BMI ranges are wrong and are too low...especially for someone like me who IS large framed and puts on muscle mass easily. Maybe when I'm an old lady and my muscle is less dense, I'll need to weigh less.

Interesting! I picked 150 because that was the lowest I have been in my adult life, right out of HS and I felt good at the time. Of course, I just had lost 50 lbs since I was nearing 200 at 15/16 years old so that could have something to do with why I remember feeling so good about that weight. I probably would have kept going lower had it not been for college and partying, lol.

Like some others, I may re-evaluate once I get to goal. I likely will now that I know more about lifting weights, body composition and just being stronger in general.

I chose my goal weight on my own, seemed about average. I might twerk it a little WHEN I get closer :D But for now 140 is good. I think I'll cry WHEN I make it to 200lbs...
I say when because I mean business with this weight loss!

It's not easy for everyone, but the rewards cannot compare to all the pain and struggling...you can do it!

I agree, when that scale reads 200 pounds or less I'll probably freak out and dance around!! THAT DAY'S COMING!

For me...it's all about 199. ONEderland. Aaaah... I think I'm going to reward myself with something really special when I hit 199.

Like others, I picked mine to be in the mid-range for my height. I like wiggle room!

With that said, the last time I was 140 lbs was in high school.....so maybe it's wishful thinking!

At first I picked the highest for my normal bmi range. Turns out I have a small frame and I look and feel best at where I'm at now. And I'm really 5'6".5

Oh how I can't wait to get to Onederland! When I first started this it seemed getting under 200 was sooooo far away, a pipedream to me. I dreamed of seeing 199 on the scale and probably crying when I see it. This morning I weighed in at 211.0 and thought to myself that dream is getting closer and closer, it's finally becoming a reality. To me it's all downhill from there to get to goal!

I picked 152 for several reasons. It is in the "normal" range for my height, it was a loss of 100 pounds, I was 155 when I was in my late 20s and early 30s and it was a good weight. Also - I thought I could maintain it. I was 145 in high school and didn't even want to try for that at my age (60 when I started.)

I am not a yo-yo loser. I went up and down a little in my mid 20s and early 30s, but not anything huge. I got up to over 250 pounds in my mid - late 30s and stayed there for 22- 24 years. When I started losing, I wanted to lose 100 pounds. It would sound so cool to say it! LOL. As I got smaller and more fit, I realized that 152 was going to look bad in the saggy skin department. I think Berryblondeboys and I are cut from the same cloth! At about 175 I realized my skin was getting saggy. By 162, I realized I had to stop or I would never be happy with the loose skin. the difference between 172 and 162 was big. As it is now, I weigh (and have maintained) between 160 and 165 most of the time. This looks pretty good in clothes - even short sleeves and shorts. Actually, not much worse than most of my friends who are also over 60 and have never been heavy. When I first hit this weight, my face was too thin. Now it's filled back in a bit and looks normal instead of "have you been sick." I'm trading these last 10 pounds for being comfortable with how I look. Pure vanity. 100%.

One thing that makes it easier at this age is I didn't have the expectations I might have had at 30. But at 30, my skin would not have been stretched for 20+ years and might have snapped back better. It's like I have size 14 skin and a size 10 body. It's never going to tighten up. It's been 16 months of maintenance - My face has changed for the better, but my bat wings, thigh wrinkles, and poochie stomach are still the same. They are mine for life.

I am perfectly happy to stay here in the low 160s. I'd like to try to get just below, perhaps to 158, so my bounce range is between that and 160-161 rather than 162 to 165 like it is now. DD gets married in May. I'm trying for 158 by then. This feels so good compared to 250+ that I can't imagine needing to lose more for health's sake. And it feels so good I can't imagine letting myself go back up. At about 168 - 170 my clothes will not fit the way I want them to. Pants will be too tight. I refuse to buy bigger things. I have nothing that is bigger than what fits now except for a pair of size 24 jeans from my top weight. I hope that this is enough to keep me in the 160s for the rest of my life.

Lin

I picked 197 because it's 100lbs lost. I am sure once I get there I will just keep going, but under 200 and I would be on cloud 9!

Even thou 160 pounds for 5 foot 3 is still considered overweight my doctor and I talked about this in length he picked the 160 for me he took into factor my frame size, age, and the fact of extra skin it weighs ladies lol the other charts out there do not do that. He said in his opinion if I got down to 140 he thinks I would look sick instead of heathy that is what my oringal goal was he wants my to come back when I get down to 160 pounds as we did discuss my 150 pounds also to be honest thou I am starting to be happy now so I thik 160 might be a good goal for me.

I did the dukan calculation and it told me that my ideal weight is 165. While I would love to be that weight right now, I'd really like to end up lower than that. When I was 135 I still a bit chubby, so I'd like to be around that weight but toned.

Personally I found the email I received from the Dukan website a little disheartening. I understand how for some people it might be reassuring to know that a higher weight will be easier to maintain, but for me it just sounded like someone trying to convince me that it was okay to not reach my ultimate goal. Like I had irreparably damaged my body and was not going to be able to get it back. I think it actually told me not to try to get lower than 165 or I would lose tone and glow (glow? really?). Regardless of the results of this diet, after reading that email, I know it's not right for me. There is a big difference between making someone understand that a goal may be unrealistic and setting someone up for failure.

In the end I'm trying not to focus on my end goal. Right now I need to eat healthy, exercise, strength train and focus on trying to lose 1-2 pounds a week. Dropping 50 pounds is my first goal and I can reassess after that.

I just wanted to clarify that I didn't mention the Dukan Diet calculator as a suggestion that anyone should sign up on the website for the plan. I'm doing the diet but I haven't even signed up for the coaching! I think it's actually a reasonable price compared with other support programs and I believe you get daily feedback so that's pretty good. But I was just referencing the calculator to be an interesting piece of information to think about when deciding on a goal weight. For a lot of people, it seems like the "True Weight" is right in line with where they were aiming for, and I think it's nice to see some support saying that may be a good and healthy and reasonable weight to pick, even if more traditional calculators would consider it too high.

But I'm not sure I'm even going to use my True Weight as my goal. It's less then 20 lbs under what I got to a couple of years ago, and I know that I wasn't even close to happy with my size at 198. However, for me, it's a helpful reminder that there are a whole lot of healthy weights I could be between 198 and the 140 lbs my Wii Fit tells me I should be. :wink:

April_Snow, I'm glad it's working for you. I've read a lot of positive things about it, especially for people who are sick of other weight loss plans. While I don't think it's the right diet for me, I was drawn to it because it's one of the few diet plans that uses other factors than height and bmi to come up with your "true weight". I do think my number of 165 is a great start - and I can't "weight" to get there (hahah). I just think I can do better.

I chose 140 as my goal weight because that's when I start feeling really good (can go hiking etc.) and can also shop at any store I want. I'd like to get back to 115 where I was 10 years ago but I don't know if I'll get that far. So I may change my goal weight if I get down to 140 and feel that I could go lower. I am a yo-yo dieter and emotional eater so I just hope for no gains.