[Sheila53]

I'm 8 lbs. above the maximum goal weight for my height and age so I've been thinking about choosing a Weight Watcher goal weight. I'm curious what others are doing or have done??

On the one hand, I'd like to be able to quit paying the fee. On the other hand, I have a goal of losing 100 lbs., which puts me at 8 lbs. below the maximum weight, but a reasonable middle-of-the-road goal. If I choose the maximum range, is it okay to keep on losing or does that defeat the purpose of maintenance?

Any thoughts on choosing a goal weight? Thank you!

[LockItUp]

Goal weight is tough. 155 is the max BMI "norm" for my height, but my body fat is still kind of high, so once I got below/at the max "ok" for my height I decided more or less to base it on body fat percent (of course the pounds needed to be lost for a 10% lowering is just an estimation since not all fat could be lost), but also I would like to be in the middle of the road as you said. I have set a couple goals, when I have gotten to them, I end up wanting to lose a little more because I am not where I thought I would be when I got there, if that makes sense. I think that it doesn't defeat the purpose of maintenance since you goal would not be to maintain yet really. I think it's a wonderful goal to lose 100 pounds, and since that weight is in the standard norm for your hieght I think you should go for it (that is, if you want to of course).