How Did You Decide On A Goal Weight?

[Sylar 6]

I'm 5'4 my weight is 185 and my goal is 135lbs can't wait I think is doable but if I look scrawny or sick I'll probably raise up the pounds . I had my surgery 8/6/14 at 194lbs

[chasingpolaris321 214]

I originally chose 140 (I'm 5'5 SW 237 CW 191) but my doctor suggested 130 since it's right in the middle of a normal BMI range for me. I don't think BMI is always a great measure for health when you get down into a normal size for you, and my goal is to build strength while I lose weight and so I would definitely be totally content with a higher weight and more muscle. That being said, I wanted to set my goal at a level where I wasn't selling myself short by thinking that I can't get there just because it's such a foreign number. For me, believing that I can achieve a normal weight means using BMI as a guideline. I underwent surgery because I want to fundamentally change the way I view myself, and part of doing that is telling myself it's okay to think that I can get there even if it seems physically and mentally overwhelming!

[blacktxbelle 99]

I had surgery at 185lb. I am only 5' 0 tall so with that much weight it was getting a little hard to be comfortable doing anything including sitting. I thought about all of the weights I had been in the past 15 years. I think I looked the best and felt the best at 140lb. I recently found that it puts me in the overweight category so I went 10lb below that and have decided I will allow myself anywhere from 130-135ish. My Dr. seems to think I care about that cute little BMI chart of his that says I could weigh less. In the back of my mind I always think "Good luck with that thought".

[LessOfMe0503 157]

I don't have a specific goal yet. My PCP and surgeon are ok with that. I've stated, to both, that I have some sizes in mind- size 12 or smaller and they both think that will be no problem.

Conversations with the psychiatrist were different. He helped me realize that I won't be happy unless I'm under 200 and he thinks I will probably be happy around 150. It's been so long since I have seen any number that starts with a 1, I might pass out! It will be ok though, at that weight, the paramedics will be able to lift me then

[jea(n__n)ette 98]

My goal is to get down to 130 pounds, my former weight when I was 18-21. Even at those ages I was very sedentary. So if I can get toned and go back to wearing size 10, it'll be a NSV for me.

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[cat.jackson89 206]

I searched the App Store just now and found an app that tells you how obese you are, and tells you "what's normal" for your height. I'm 5'5&3/4" so I put in 5'5".. And got 120-142... My goal weight I had preset was 138.. So I'm right on target!

[Doc'sWife 56]

I'm 6'2" and I started at 350lbs. I set my goal when I got my band to 200lbs. I reached 190lbs and now getting my revision my dr says he thinks I could get down to 180-175. It makes me nervous because looking at the pictures of me from my lowest weight I felt I looked like I was at a perfect weight. We shall see tho. It gets addicting when you pass your goal weight. For me I wanted to keep pushing to see how far I could go. It's scary

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Edited April 29, 2016 by Doc'sWife