Do you think your goal weight is determined by....

the lowest that you've ever weighed in your adult life?

I find it interesting that my friends who have had WLS decide their goals on the lowest weight they have ever been AND those who have been obese their entire lives are content at much higher goal weights.  I have a friend who has never weighed less than 230 as an adult.  She decided her goal will be 215.  She's not that tall.  5-2 to be exact and she's an absolute beautiful woman, physically and spiritually.  I know she could get lower, but she's happy stopping at that higher weight.  Her LapBand doctor wanted her to be 190 but she's afraid she will be "too skinny" and she'll look sickly.

Have you found this to be true with others?  As a college student I weighed 130's.  at 5-10, I was a slim and healthy competitive swimmer and runner.  Now 25 years later, I find myself not being happy with my weight in the 180's.  I want to be in the 130's.  I know how I looked and I know how I felt then and I was very happy.  I could wear anything and I felt good.  I know I am older and being at that low weight may not be feasible, but something tells me that I won't be happy until I get closer to that goal.

What does everyone think?  BTW, my surgeon was just thrilled to get me out of the 200's.  I started at close to 500.

First off, congratulations on your massive weight loss!  What an accomplishment.  My goal weight was determined by my weight in college- 120, I am 4'11''.

I have struggled with my weight my entire life.  I starved myself down to 125 lbs when I was 20 years old.  I am only 5' 2", but I have a large bone frame, and that put me in a size 5.  I stayed there for about 5 minutes.  It's just not natural for me to be that thin.  *sigh*

I would LOVE to get down to that size and weight again, but my goal is set at 150 lbs.  IF I get lower, I will be happy. 

You have just done so well, I am so proud of you!!

My goal weight was what I weighed when I graduated high school. I decided that there was no way that I was going to weigh what "the charts" say a 5'10" woman "should" weight and when I got within 20 pounds of that, I thought I looked VERY thin.

I'm not were I would like my weight to be, but I feel happier and healthier now, and I know that I have built up quite a bit of muscle, so I am not gonna complain.

Since the entire first portion of my adult life I was at 110, I'm 5'4", I don't figure that at 63 I would look good at that weight. My pcp had once told me that I was not to go below 145 due to my osteoporosis so that was my goal with my band. I made it plus an extra 3 to play with but when trying to maintain I bounced around between 150 and 160. I looked pretty good but last year when my band gave me trouble I ate ice cream just to have something (excuses) and by the time the decision to revise was made I was at 170. After revision and my horrible recovery I lost down to 135. I had hoped to get back to 145 but couldn't control the loss. Surprisingly, 135 looks and feels good on me and I seem to stay right around that without a ton of effort. My highest was 214 so I am very happy with where I am at.

Congrats on your fantastic loss! Kudos to you.

Sue