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Originally Posted by le506
patns and purplesky: did you all come up with your goal weights or did your coach. I'm 5'1 and I just guessed 125 but I don't know what the healthy weight is. my frame is petite (but my flat tire isn't) so I'm guessing I'll go based on clothing sizes would love to get to a 4/6 but just wanted to ask
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Originally Posted by patns
There is some disagreement on my goal weight. I am in my 60s and have been very overweight since I was 8, with all of the weight around my middle.
I had lost 40 pounds before IP (only took me 10 years ). I started IP at 161. I am actually a large frame for my height. With my coach we thought I'd aim for 140 first and then try for 130.
But I am a very slow loser so switched to alternatives as it was expensive to be on the real IP for so long. So I don't have a coach anymore.
So now I am almost at 130. I am just getting into size 10.
My doctor says that is as low as he would like me to go because research shows people who are at the upper end of the healhty BMI range live the longest. Hubby would rather I didn't lose anymore because my mother has become very frail in her old age. But my mother was always very light and has a small frame.
I am planning to go to 125 because I'd like to get to a size 8. Because I was so large around the middle for so very long I still have lots of flab around my middle.
I came up with the weight I put on my pencil by using an app on my iphone called ideal weight. It puts your age into the calculation.
You are probably right on the mark to aim for a size instead of a weight, 4/6 would likely be great for you.
Purple Sky thanks for noticing my stats. I thought I'd never get to the end of that pencil!
Bella so good to see you! I was getting worried about you. You are doing so well with maintaining.
Your hubby sure is a keeper. But you know that.
Don't be a stranger anymore.
Pat
131 is the lowest weight I had ever seen on the scale in the last decade. So, I thought why not try to pass that. Although part of me thinks I should try to go beyond that. I did not think I could go back to my previous weight of 110 (+ or - 5 lbs). I, too, am pretty small boned. So, at the time I picked 130 which I thought was a long stretch based on my unsuccessful history of trying to lose weight. I thought that I might wait till I get closer to goal to reduce my goal but I don't know. I am already so happy with where I am at now. I feel good.