How did you pick your Goal Weight?

pammieanne
on 9/20/16 11:06 am - OK
RNY on 05/16/16

So... previous to surgery, my NUT asked me what my goal weight was... I promptly said "145", and thus it began...

As I lose more weight, I wonder to myself if 145 will be my 'happy place' or not... and knowing (now) about bounce-back weight, and remembering how I joined Nutrisystems when I saw the scale hit 150 many moons ago, I wonder if 145 will be good.

I have a friend only 1" taller than me whose original goal weight was 180... she is now at 151...

I see a lot of people go under their proposed goal weight, and then I see other's that stop dead on (give or take on a given day)... 

So how did you come up with your goal weight? If you're out of the honeymoon phase, did that number change as you got closer?

I guess I can see the end of the rainbow now, but I can't decide where I'll really want to stop... although I'm quite confident I won't waste away! LOL

Height 5'5" HW 260 SW 251 CW 141.6 (2/27/18)

RNY 5-16-16 Pre-Op 9lbs, M1-18.5lbs, M2-18.1lbs, M3-14.8lbs, M4-10.4lbs, M5-9.2lbs, M6-7lbs, M7-6.2lbs, M8-8.8lbs,M9-7.8lbs, M10-1 lb, M11-.6lbs, M12-4.4lbs

Gwen M.
on 9/20/16 11:10 am
VSG on 03/13/14

I have lots of goals.  :)

(3/20/14) 291 - Extremely Obese BMI
(4/29/14) 269 - Fifty Lost/25% EWL
(5/17/14) 260 - Driver's License Weight
(8/2/14) 233 - Obese BMI
(9/12/14) 219 - One Hundred Lost/50% EWL
(11/25/14) 199 - "Onederland"
(4/28/15) 180 - Age 18
(8/11/16) 180 - Weight before dad's brain cancer diagnosis in 3/2015
(9/9/16) 174 - Overweight BMI
169 - One Hundred Fifty Lost/75% EWL
159.5 - Half the person I used to be
150 - Start the Plastics Countdown
145 - Normal BMI
120 - 100% EWL (based on Ideal Weight calculations)

My surgeon's goal for me was 180.  

VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)

Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170

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Gwen M.
on 9/20/16 11:12 am
VSG on 03/13/14

Ultimately, these are all just numbers.  The truth is that I think I'll know it when I get there.  

VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)

Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170

TrendWeight | Food Blog (sort of functional) | Journal (down for maintenance)

pammieanne
on 9/20/16 11:16 am - OK
RNY on 05/16/16

I'm beginning to think they are all just numbers as well... I guess because I can 'see' myself actually hitting my goal I picked, I'm wondering if I will be happy there, or if it'll take a little more to get me happy.

Of course, being 51, perhaps I may be happy not quite hitting that goal too...

I guess I'll just have to wait it out and see how I feel! LOL

Just curious if everyone else feels the same.

And I have had lots of mini-goals along the way (and will continue to), but it's the end number I'm curious as to how people picked that magical  number.

Height 5'5" HW 260 SW 251 CW 141.6 (2/27/18)

RNY 5-16-16 Pre-Op 9lbs, M1-18.5lbs, M2-18.1lbs, M3-14.8lbs, M4-10.4lbs, M5-9.2lbs, M6-7lbs, M7-6.2lbs, M8-8.8lbs,M9-7.8lbs, M10-1 lb, M11-.6lbs, M12-4.4lbs

mute
on 9/20/16 11:15 am
RNY on 03/23/15

I picked mine out of thin air. My surgeon, like many, doesn't give his patients a number to go for. I picked 175 as my unattainable OMG holy **** I can never get there number as that would be 202 pounds lost.

I reached it about 5 weeks ago and am 11 pounds under it right now and am still losing. I obviously won't waste away either lol. I decided to just keep trying to lose until I can't lose anymore because I know eventually it will stop and I will be like whhhyyyy can't I lose anymore?? I know eventually I will hit regain as most people do.

People who start out as lightweights will most likely have a different answer. But I started out as 377 pounds so I never worried I would get too small.

Melinda

HW: 377 SW: 362 CW:131

TOTAL LOSS: 249 pounds

pammieanne
on 9/20/16 11:17 am - OK
RNY on 05/16/16

You have done (and are doing) a remarkable job!! 

Height 5'5" HW 260 SW 251 CW 141.6 (2/27/18)

RNY 5-16-16 Pre-Op 9lbs, M1-18.5lbs, M2-18.1lbs, M3-14.8lbs, M4-10.4lbs, M5-9.2lbs, M6-7lbs, M7-6.2lbs, M8-8.8lbs,M9-7.8lbs, M10-1 lb, M11-.6lbs, M12-4.4lbs

mute
on 9/20/16 11:40 am
RNY on 03/23/15

Thanks, you're doing pretty great yourself!

Gwen M.
on 9/20/16 11:20 am
VSG on 03/13/14

I think that's a good point.  I started out at 320 and the lowest I ever remember being is 180.  So I just can't fathom any weights lower than that.  So after 180 it all just feels like trial and error.  

VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)

Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170

TrendWeight | Food Blog (sort of functional) | Journal (down for maintenance)

Sharon SW-267
GW-165 CW-167 S.

on 9/20/16 11:45 pm - PA
RNY on 12/22/14

It's all a big science experiment. 

There is a time, when your goal may change from a goal weight to a larger goal like "Having a healthy and happy relationship with food and your body.  This includes weight, but much more.  I am glad that somewhere in the 6 to 9 months, I came across this idea because it prepared me for maintenance thinking, whatever the weight.  I picked my goal as 190 (under 200) and then 165 (lowest ever in high school, some 40 years ago), and then after a 2 month pause, went back on the post-op diet and lost another 25.  I now weigh less than what I weighed in 6th grade and am holding at 140 +/-. 

Sharon

Teena D.
on 9/22/16 5:27 am - Oshawa, Canada
RNY on 01/12/17

That's amazing. I think this is what I'm going to do as well. :) :)

RNY Jan 12, 2017 Lost 137 lbs but regained 60.

77 lbs lost and counting!

Losing the regain! I got this!

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