How to pick goal weight

[1970MaleJaxFL 7]

I know what I look like at the highest end of the 'normal' scale on the BMI charts and it is way too skinny. Those charts are not really all that accurate for a lot of people. At 6' 3" and 205 lbs in high school, I looked stupid skinny. 230 lbs is perfect for my bones and the BMI chart is way off in my case.

[Jodi_620 37]

I agree Jachut. Normal BMI is 18.5-24.9. I weigh 133 with a BMI of 22.8. That is mid-range normal. I am in no way a stick, I have curves and breasts and do not look at all sickly. My husband who has never been overweight is 5’5” and 152 pounds. He has little love handles and a little bit of a belly but is muscular too and I don’t mind saying looks damn fine

I have not reached the lower end of normal BMI and don’t intend to. To do so would require me to weigh 108 pounds. When I was around a 20 BMI (120 pounds) my face was a bit sunken and I did not think I looked well. At higher-end normal (145 pounds) I was within the healthy BMI range and still looked a little “chunky”. Only a 12 pound difference from where I am now but at normal weight 12 pounds lost or gained is much more noticeable.

The BMI chart is not ideal and does not work for every body type. Just saying that at least for me, I can be within the healthy BMI and still have the ability to choose to have a little bit of meat on my bones or no meat at all.