I had a lot of different goals about my weight since I started. Right now the weight loss has slowed and I am not willing to cut my calories more... although I am increasing my exercise. We are measuring my goal by my body fat percentage. This is very interesting information to watch. My trainer at the gym does the calculation.
My goal was 125-130 pounds, which is the ideal weight for being five foot two. However, I have several people tell me "NO!" That that was way way to skinny that I should go for 150 and see how that look and felt and if I felt like I needed more, to go for more.
I can sorts see their point. I have large muscled thighs, a heck of a badonkadonk and god graced me with ample cleavage. So 125 might look way way our of proportion. I would really just be happy to be rid of my belly pouch and flabby arms.
I'm the same height as you and at 165 I still have the stupid belly pouch. It gets smaller but it's not completely gone yet!
I think sometimes your ideal weight chooses you; your loss just naturally slows down. At least that's been my experience,lol. I don't pay too much attention to the charts because even though I'm somewhat tall, I have a small frame so everyone's different.
I feel right at home in this thread with all of the 5'2" people on here.
Well, I weighed 98 pounds when I graduated high school. Too thin, really. I weighed 105 the year after, and it looked good, but I can't imagine being that weight now. I have a medium frame, so I think 130 would be all right on me. I'll just have to wait and see, though.
You know, this is one of those times that never weighing yourself through high school comes back to bite you. I weighed 172 my senior year of high school, so I am now at my lowest known weight. (Wow... Feels weird!) I can comfortably wear a size 10, and I know that I wore an 8 my senior year of high school and a 6 my freshmen year of high school. Even though I get excited when the scale goes down once a week, I've gotten to the point that I really don't care what the scale says. It could stay at the same number it's at now. As long as I get into a size 8, I don't really care. The optimist in me says mayyyyybe I could try to get down to a size 6, but I really don't know what that would look like. I like the see-as-you-go approach.
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My "healthy weight range", as described by Weight Watchers (the plan I'm following) is anywhere from 102-128 pounds. I have a large frame (supposedly) so I figured 128 would be a good weight for me (although I did not officially set a goal weight with WW.)
Then I went to my doctor to get her opinion (because, after all, she IS a doctor.) She did a bunch of measurements and advised me that in order to have both a healthy BMI *and* a healthy body fat percentage, the "ideal" weight for me at my height (5 feet) is 125 pounds. So I was pretty close, but I still felt much more comfortable once I had spoken to my doctor.
I think "ideal" weight has a ton to do with frame, body type, and muscle. Height is only a small factor.
I am 5' (and 1/4" on a good day lol), and I have a small frame. Even after two kids, I don't have much in terms of hips/butt.
I weighed about 104 (give or take) in college, and that was a good weight for me, so that's my current goal. BUT I also have a lot more muscle now. I can do boy push-ups now, and I could never have even thought about doing them back when I was younger (I was skinny-fat). Also, I'm 37 now! So I realize that my college weight may very well not be appropriate now. So 104 is the number I have for goal, but I am keeping an open mind. If I get down to 110 or 107 and look/feel good, I will stop before I sacrifice muscle just to see a lower number on the scale.
I picked my goal weight because that's how much I weighed when I was ten. Yeah, kind of not good...It'd be funny if it wasn't so sad. lol Anyway, it's 15 pounds over the normal BMI but I've got a large frame. I come from a long line of large people.
I am 31 now and have not been under 150 since I was a teen... I have a new body now since I have had a breast reduction and 2 kids so I put 149... I have NO clue what 149 will look like but I am sure am excited to see!!! I am 201 right now so this week sometime I should break into the 100's which I guess is step 1 to 149!
