Goal Weight?

How did you set your goal weight? Was this something your DR. set for you? Or somethiong you picked based on percentage of average weight lost with your specific surgery? Or was it a number within your ideal body range?

I want to make sure I have an ideal number in line and Dr. Dyer did not ask me or tell me a number. So I guess I am to pick my own.

Thanks for the help.

Sher

Hey Sher---I picked my goal weight range (between 145-155--I am 5'8") based on a couple things...first the weight range chart and then, based on when I was the healthiest & most comfortable in my life.  I weighed about 140-ish in my early 20s & then in my late 20s I was about 145-165....(I didn't gain all my weight until about 30 when I was dx'd with PCOS & then had three babies w/in 5 years...hello 293!!). 

I felt great at 155, even, and was wearing a size 9, which was good for my frame.  So, I set my goal taking all that into account.  When talkign w/Dr. Houston he thought 155 would be a good goal for me...but, I wouldn't mind having some "wiggle room", so I am thinking 145...but, I will modify the closer I get.....xo, Micheala.

 I've never been a healthy weight in my adult life.  So I just went by aiming for a normal (not even overweight) BMI.  At almost 5'5", the upper end of that is around 150.  That's a nice sounding number.

For now, it's just a guesstimate.  What will really determine the final number is how I feel and can I maintain it easily.  If I have to eat 800 cals and exercise 2 hours a day to maintain at 150, I might bump it up some.  

I'll just see when I get there!
Denise

I am 5'61/2 and my goal is 140 to 150. I base it on how
I  will look once I start losing.

I am 57 and 5'6.  I chose 145 off some chart that I saw.  I am going to stick with it, but I hope to be smart enough to know when enough is enough.  It may be more or less. than 145.  I don't want to look sick.  It is just a reference point for me.  Good health is the main thing I am striving for.

I am 5ft 4in and mid range of my healthy weight is131 that is what Dr.Olsen told me so that is what I am going for. I just hope I make it...lol

During my psychological review, the doctor helped me come up with a number.  We looked up the "average" and then we looked at how much skin could be removed.    My goal was 170, at 5"5" and 41, it sounded reasonable. 

THEN I ran the number by my doctor and my nutritionist at Vandy and both seemed fine...  my goal is a 160, at that is like the BIG goal after skin removal...  so I guess I should adjust my ticker again...  I'd like to get to 170 - 175, and then maintain that for a while.   Start saving money to have some reconstruction and skin removal.

Which is a LONG day down the road..  but I am closer than I was 6 months ago!!!