Hi, so I am just beginning yet ANOTHER diet...my LAST one. I am not too far from my goal weight so I have faith I will be successful this time.
My goal weight has changed numerous times but finally settled for 155 lbs. I am 5'9" and a mother of one so I think that setting my goal for 145 (high school) is a little far-fetched, for now. I will be working toward 5 lb little goals.
Since I have begun my diet, I am nervous but confident. I hope I can get the support I need from this site, while making some friends at the same time.
I'm just over 5'1" so I think 110 lbs is good for me. Though, if my upper thighs were a bit more toned I'd be happy with the weight I am now 117 lbs. It's the last place to see results!!!!!!!!!
Right now, my goal weight is in the 150s. That is still big for someone my height, so I think it will change once I get down to it. However, I can't remember when I was EVER that weight, so I have no idea what it'll look like on me. Eventually, I want to be in the 120s, but the thought of that is so daunting right now that I don't even want to really think about it!
When I started trying to lose weight, I didn't really give myself a final goal-I just used 10% goals because I was told that was what Weight Watchers did. I did that with 10-30% I think and then I started doing 5% so I didn't get discouraged. I figured out all of those numbers up to 50% and then researched healthy bmi and weight for my height.
I found a range between 120 and 160...I was 135 in 8th grade and wearing the same size and bigger than I am now at 165ish. My ultimate goal is 146 because that is 45% of my weight lost from my WW starting number.
HOWEVER-it is a very fluid goal-I think I'm looking okay now-I know I can look and feel better-but it's not killing me to be where I am.
Good luck to everyone....you are all doing a great job and inspire me every day!
I choose mine because I actually got to 145 once... I stayed there a little and could *almost* solidly fit into a pair of size 8 pants. I think my goal is more a clothes size then an acutal weight, but I think if I lost to 140 I would comfortably be a size 8...
Anyone else choose their weight based on clothes size? Maybe I'm weird.
My goal is the size/weight I was 4-5 years ago when I felt I looked nice and slim. I have a lot of clothes from then that I'd love to be able to wear too.
I also have lots of mini goals along the way: 199 (oh that will be a grand day!) 171 (finally "overweight" not obese) 139 (that would mark the thinest I've ever been as an adult!)
I want to be somewhere between 145 and 120. I'm like 5'5. I need to be less than 149 to be considered in the normal weight range for my height. I've got 45 pounds to go, but right now I'd be happy being 179, to get back into a more healthy range (not considered "obese" by BMI standards). I used to be in a sorority, and right before I joined, i weighed 173, which was back in 2005. Unfortunately I gained like 25 the two years following. And when I was a freshman in college (2003) I weighed 162. What's even more depressing is the weight on my driver's license, 135. So honestly, I'd be happier to just weigh less than I do now.
The thing is, while I wasn't "thin" I was still healthy back in high school and I always thought I was fat. I would give anything to be back at that weight.
My ultimate goal would be between 140-150. I can't even remember when it was in my life that I was that weight. I can remember being six and weighing 89 lbs, and being taller than my teacher. I remember thinking 100 lbs ago that I was so horribly fat, and now I can't wait to get back down to that size. I don't know what I was seeing, but it wasn't reality. I don't really have any mini-goals yet. But I know I refuse to let that scale go up again!
I want to be in the size range for my height that is healthy. I want to feel good when I walk in a room. If I get to the upper tier of my healthy weight and feel good with how I like then I might up my ultimate goal, but only time will tell. I have never been happy with myself, but I'm hoping to change that regardless of my weight at the time. I'm hoping these goals will help create a better me.
Good luck to all of us.
Last edited by stacysreadytolose; 08-29-2008 at 02:17 PM.
Mine's just a guess right now. I've got a friend with a similar build, same height that's pretty much where I want to be, and that's what she weighs. As I get close, I'll re-evaluate.
I've got no idea what the number is. I KNOW how I wanna look, but the number, I have no idea. I used to think oh! when I get into a size 4jeans. But I've just done that, and I still have A LOT of fat in my body. I dont get it!! Its like the neverending story!! hate this.
My goal weight is 150 or below. (Anything under would be the icing on my fat free cake!)
I've never weighed less than 152 my entire adult life, I'm even including high school. Right now I am at 158 so I'm so close!!!!!!!! I think I will celebrate with a new pair of great boots or something when it does happen.
It's all about shopping rewards ladies...lol
