I was talking with some ladies on another weightloss board about goal weights (not ideal but more reality, if that makes sense).
My ideal weight would be in the 130s and I don't know where I pulled that number from as I don't think I have ever been in the 130s except when I was a child.
So we are all about the same height and I said I feel so healthy and strong in the 180s and 190s (I have been well into the 300s at my original start). All the other women said their goal is to be 125-140 if all goes as said and done (it's nice to dream!).
I keep thinking about this. When I made it to the 170s, people kept telling me I had no more weight to lose and that I looked sickly. When I was 185-195 people kept telling me I looked good. Well, of course I did compared to the 300s but I was still very overweight.
I know I'll have a lot of loose skin as I stretched my body way beyond it's means but even then, how much can the droopy skin really weigh. It can't be more than 10lbs I'd say.
I guess I'm more or less asking, does anyone have a comfort zone of a higher weight than what the BMI charts, the public, your doctor, etc. says?
I'm a little embarrassed to say I'd be in heaven to be 195 even if I never lost any more. It would give me a 5lb comfort zone to hitting 200 (I never want to see another 2 in front of my weight once I get there again). And all my beautiful clothes hanging in my closet from a couple of years ago would fit like a glove.