I am pretty close to the end and I STILL dont have a goal weight. There is no need to set one yet. Start with "not obese" as a goal, then "healthy" as a goal and then take it as it comes.
As other people have said, don't worry about a goal weight! Work down towards 130. If you get to 145 and you think you look terrific, stop. If you think you could still drop a few more pounds, keep going. If you get to 130 and you think you look too thin, gain a few pounds. You don't have to decide now!
thanks for the responses! i have some mini-goals, and that helps... but i also had a reward in mind for my long term goal, and it'd feel like cheating if i changed it now, hehe...
Goals aren't set in stone! I started at 200, my first goal was 150. I got to 150 and the weight was still coming off so I changed my goal to to 135. Then I stayed at 140 for months and months, so I changed my goal to 140. Then, I lost more weight and ended up 127-128.
If you're worried about cheating, change your goal and then set your reward for goal...maintained for 6 months...or a year. Losing weight is only the beginning of the lifetime battle for long term weight loss. The greatest thing you can do for your weight loss effort is decide early how you're going to make it last.
excellent point, glory.
i think i'll shoot for being non-overweight for now, and then decide if i can push for a bit more (tho i can still cross my fingers, right?!).
it feels different this time, for some reason... i feel not so much like i'm struggling with a diet, but like this IS going to happen... it's simply inevitable that i'll get a healthier body, and my self esteem will return and all will be right with the world (i suppose it helps that i love the foods i'm eating lately, rather than dreading the typical 'diet' stuff). no, i've not been poppin' happy pills... maybe this is still the 'honeymoon' phase or whatever it's called. i don't care, i'm goin' with it.
My doctor set my goal at 135. I think that is too low for me. So I set it 10 lbs. higher. I will see how I feel when I get to a normal weight whether I want to lose more. I think I will know when I feel my healthiest weight. You will too.
I'm so glad I'm not the only one that is 5'9" and wanting to be about 160.
I remember being thin but still having a belly at 5'9" and 145 in college, but to be honest I think I'll always have a belly and I'm ok with that, especially now that I have excess skin. I set my goal at 165 because when I was 275 that just sounded right--I really didn't know what to expect after that big of a loss. Now that I'm nearly there, I want to lose a bit more but not too much. I've accepted the skin on my stomach and honestly I'm afraid of getting too bony in some areas (never thought I'd say that). I've been going back and forth on what my next goal should be, so I've (almost) come to the decision that my last "number" goal will be 165, and that I'll maintain at that for a while but work on "refining" my body through more running and working harder on strength training. Chances are, I'll settle somewhere in the 150s.
Anyway, everyone's made great points about setting mini-goals. I did it 10 pounds at a time, really, but I always had 165 in mind with the idea that I'd be flexible about it when I got close.
Well today I weighed 164. I saw some pictures from the WE and I can see a small difference from 177, but I still look fat. I am 5'6", (I used to be 5'7")
I looked the best in my 20's at 135. I remember in college I was 158 and felt really fat. I would say my average adult weight was 150, but I always felt that was over weight so that's why I am shooting for 135, although it sounds like it will be hard. Even though I am 164 today though I know parts of me are well toned. I think you carry your weight a bit differently as you age tool
I guess you have to pick a mini goal and see how that feels, at any rate I know I still need to keep losing.
