Goal Weight

Hi,

  How do you know what your goal weight should be.. according to the charts my weight should be 135 for my height of 5'2"  but i think that is too low I think I should be about 150-160.  Does that sound right any thoughts.. Thanks.

                susan.

I'm 5-3 and my ultimate goal is 130, but I think a more realistic one is 140-150. I have a larger frame and big bones. My rib cage is HUGE.

thanks so I guess 150 for me will be ok if I ever get there

                    susan

I don't know...I'm 5'8" and at my lowest adult weight after high school I was 165.  I looked good, but even then knew I could stand to lose 10 lbs.  And I do have a large bone structure - I am broad shouldered, with long fingers, large head circumference, etc. I was also pretty muscular at that time.  I actually set my goal weight at 155.  So 160 for 5'2" does seem high to me.  But I think the important thing is to feel comfortable with where you are.  So it might be heavier than your ideal weight, but perhaps that is ok with you.  Or maybe you will get to that weight and realize you can and do want to go lower.

I'm 5'7". My surgeon picked 140 (didn't tell me how or why, just saw it in my chart). The highest I could be and still have a normal BMI is 159. In high school I was 150 and felt good. I decided I wanted to have some breathing room so that if I gained 1-2 lbs I wouldn't move into the overweight range for BMI. So I picked 155. Now that I'm within 10 lbs, I'm thinking I would like to be 150, so that's my new goal.
Eileen

Susan,

I set my gaol weight at the point where my BMI is "Normal". The BMI number is a range so you could be at the upper end of the range and still have a mormal BMI.

Good luck,
George

thanks for all the suggestions that helps..

                    susan

I'm 5'4-1/2".  Pre-surgery, the NUT wrote a goal of 122.5 lbs, based on 100 lbs. for the 1st 5', the 5lbs for ea*****h above that.  She and I both agreed that, with my very large bone structure, I would look anorexic at that weight.  I was 148 for a minute or 2 when I was 18, and had bones sticking out everywhere.  148 puts me into a normal BMI range.  At my 2 week post op, based on the new scales that break weight down to fat and lean muscle mass, the NUT set my goal weight at 180.  My muscle mass was more than my fat and looking at a ratio of losing 1 lb lean to 9 lbs fat, I should be around 180 or my fat ratio would be too low.  I am not totally convinced, but my plan is to wait until I get to 180 and then go from there.

I set it at the lowest weight I ever got down to as an adult (for 5mins!) @ 155. That is on the upper limit of the normal BMI for my height of 5'7". I know I had more to go at 155, prob 8-10lbs.. maybe, but it's hard to guesstimate with the excess skin I have too.. so.. I plan to work this thing until my body refuses to lose anymore, as long as it takes me.. In my secret heart, I'd love to wind up in the 140's.

Even now at 200, I am a success and feel 100% better than I did at 280! I have a very pear shaped bod, hippy and curvy from the waist down, and I don't mind being a double digit size.. even size 14 looks good on me and I lived many years in the 165-175 range and felt great there.. but, this time I want more if I can get it! So.. I say, don't focus on a goal weight so much as allow yourself to keep working it until you are happy with what you see (in clothes or out, depending!).. you may find when you get to 150, that you still have some more to go.. or you may feel comfortable and like it. Numbers lie, so go with how you feel and how you look in your clothes..