How did you arrive at Your goal weight?

Crazy question. 

How did you all arrive at your goal weight? How do you figure out how much weight you NEED to lose? 

Some doctors will give you one. Mine asked me what I wanted it to be. At the time I weighed 267 so I picked 165 just as a random number,which seemed unattainable at the time. I later revised it to 145 because I was still losing easily. I continued to follow the plan on the advice of the vets to give me some bounce back room. I got as low as 118 and then leveled out at 120 to 123. I've been there about 3 years now and feel good at this weight. Your body will help you figure it out!

My doctor did the same thing. Asked me what I wanted to weigh after surgery.

i told him 165 also. I've since said 155. I posed this question because ultimately our goal should be to achieve a healthy bmi. To me, 135 pounds seems like a pipe dream at the moment, but I do think I'm going to work towards that to achieve a healthy bmi.

thank you for responding! 

My doctor didn't ever expect me to reach or maintain a normal bmi but I did. Currently my bmi is 19.6 according to my scale. Personally I didn't have surgery to still be overweight! 

Exactly! I had the surgery to be the healthiest I could be.

im eleven days out. I still wonder if I truly had the surgery! Lol I am having no major issues. Now I'm setting goals. And my number one is to set a goal weight. 

The majority of people have absolutely no issues. I know I didnt. When you read online it seems like more do because those with issues post to get help and those with no problems don't.

A healthy BMI is not a bad goal to start with, but BMI is not that good of a gauge.  It does not account for body fat/muscle mass, etc.  Here is a video that is the best explanation I have seen on the topic, although this guy was not my doctor.

http://drmatthewweiner.com/how-much-weight-will-i-lose-after -bariatric-surgery/

My doctor said 150 pounds, did not make since to me.  I said 130 pounds.  moved that down to 120 pounds.  I seem to stay between 120 -125 pounds.  I would like to be closer to 118 i think but honestly do not know way.  My BMI is around 17% and i run and excercise a lot.  I love to work out, it is so easy with the weight gone.

losing was so much fun, maintenance is work and i am working at it every day.

In the beginning your goal weight is a random number...just pick one. Until you get closer....you don't really know.

I originally picked one at the upper region of my BMi. As I got closer to it, I began to realize it might not be realistic. So I went for body fat testing. It was pretty interesting. You can read about it on my blog page.

Body fat testing

So I readjusted my goal 19lbs higher after that. I passed that goal and am trying to find out where my happy place is.

At first I didn't set a goal. Surgeon's goal was 65% of EBW.   I told the nutritionist my goal was no insulins and a size 14.  She said you need a goal fine I want to be 129.9 pounds, just so I can say I'm in the 120s.  She scoffed at that asked when the last time I weighed that. Well never I replied. Told me to be realustic.  Alas she was right I wasn't being realistic  I got down to 119. I now hover btwn 124 to 128 with 13% body fat.