你是如何确定目标体重的？

[leeann82]

也许这个问题有点傻……你是参考BMI指数表来减肥的吗？还是别的什么方法？

我从来就不是正常体型的成年人，所以没办法用BMI来判断。我目前的目标是130磅（约59公斤），作为参考，我是44岁的女性，身高5英尺4英寸（约163厘米）。BMI指数表显示正常体重应该在110-140磅（约50-63公斤）之间。我最近遇到一位老朋友，她看到我的身材后很惊讶，说我太瘦了。我现在体重142磅（约64公斤）。

 

[deleted.user.16]

我个人不会太在意朋友或陌生人的话（没有双关的意思）。如果他们习惯了你以前的样子，你的外貌改变可能会让他们感到震惊，很多人本能地会对改变产生负面反应。这是比较委婉的解释；有时候，人们就是喜欢无缘无故地发表负面评论，或者莫名其妙地想破坏你的计划。身高

5英尺4英寸（约163厘米），体重在100磅（约45公斤）到145磅（约66公斤）之间都比较合适（如果你想的话，可以参考一下美国疾病控制与预防中心的BMI计算器）。这可能也很大程度上取决于你的身体成分。如果你久坐不动，145磅可能有点高，但如果你每周进行几个小时的力量训练，那可能就非常理想了。总之，做让你感觉最舒服、看起来最自在的事情就好。真正重要的只有你自己的意见和你医生的意见。

 

[leeann82]

我个人不会太在意朋友或陌生人的话（没有双关的意思）。如果他们习惯了你以前的样子，你的外貌改变可能会让他们感到震惊，很多人本能地会对改变产生负面反应。这是比较委婉的解释；有时候，人们就是喜欢无缘无故地发表负面评论，或者莫名其妙地想破坏你的计划。身高

5英尺4英寸（约163厘米），体重在100磅（约45公斤）到145磅（约66公斤）之间都比较合适（如果你想的话，可以参考一下美国疾病控制与预防中心的BMI计算器）。这可能也很大程度上取决于你的身体成分。如果你久坐不动，145磅可能有点高，但如果你每周进行几个小时的力量训练，那可能就非常理想了。总之，做让你感觉最舒服、看起来最自在的事情就好。真正重要的只有你自己的意见和你医生的意见。

谢谢……我肯定没做任何训练……每周练几次瑜伽，做一份非常辛苦的工作，也就这些了。我患有埃勒斯-当洛斯综合征，大部分时间都感觉骨头脱位或半脱位，哈哈。

 

[Turbo-Farmer]

Be aware that the BMI is a mathematical function that doesn’t work for everyone. If you have a non-typical body type you may fall outside of the norm and still be healthy.

Like wise you people who have a BMI in a normal range may carry an unhealthy amount of visceral fat.

As a general rule if you’re shorter than average or taller than average then it may not be accurate for your body type.

For me 6’9” it always shows me as overweight even though I feel comfortable with my weight. I have weight to lose, but it’s significantly less than the BMI.

My last visit with my Dr I asked how much should I weigh, using the New BMI calculator from Oxford University she told me that if I got down to 255 instead of the CDC recommended weight of 235 I would be good. A difference of 20 pounds.

 

[Sasquatch]

If you do any zip-lining, there's usually a 250lb. limit. I shit you not.

I've lied and fudged the rules for too long.

 

[woundcarping]

My start weight for peptides was 282, currently 240lb, my goal weight is 200lb with the target of 185-190lb. I'm something like 6'1-2" tall, so if I'm having a tall day 190lb would put me in a normal BMI. I was 225lb as a freshman in college after a semester of ROTC doing PT 5 days a week... I've certainly lost muscle in the last 20 odd years.

Goal is the number I really plan on making, target is the approximation of that I'm shooting for. At the target weight I should have visible abs based on my projected body fat at that weight.

 

[Chili777]

I went for 65 lbs to take me back to my weight when I got married, and I did it. Except unlike then, I still look like a misshapen ball of dough, so I'm going for 10 more. My muscle mass at 67 is much different than at 30.

 

[deleted.user.16]

I went for 65 lbs to take me back to my weight when I got married, and I did it. Except unlike then, I still look like a misshapen ball of dough, so I'm going for 10 more. My muscle mass at 67 is much different than at 30.

This is so extremely real. I'm 165lb now, which I think was my weight toward the end of middle school. Except the first time I weighed 165 my stomach was completely flat. If only it weren't so!

 

[Chili777]

This is so extremely real. I'm 165lb now, which I think was my weight toward the end of middle school. Except the first time I weighed 165 my stomach was completely flat. If only it weren't so!

I feel you. Totally.

 

[TacoLifter420]

I dont really have a goal weight. Started at 270 with size 38 pants. Im 200 right now, comfortably in size 32's. I would like to be under 12% body fat, figure im somewhere from 15 to 17 now.

Im 5, 9 so I have a decent amount of muscle. Thats really my goal, preserve muscle mass and stays lean. Man, this use to be easy in my 20's and 30's. It's work at almost 51.

 

[Vash_]

I don’t have a goal weight I have a goal physique.

 

[lessthanhalf]

In the end you need to find something you are comfortable with, either in terms of looks or physical comfort in your body or health. It likely does not make much difference to health once you get to normal or even near normal BMI's, at those weights cardiovascular fitness matters much more for long term health. But it does need to be something you can live with, there is not much point in trying to get to a BMI of 21 and being chronically hungry and constantly forcing yourself to eat less, it is just not sustainable long term, even if staying on GLP's long term. I do not know where you started in terms of being overweight but if the obesity was significant and long term then staying on them is usually the right approach.

 

[sheilarae74]

Last time I lost a lot of weight I got down to 162 lbs and I felt pretty good, but I was starting to look too thin so I figured this time around I should shoot for 165. I'm 5'9" and pretty big boned. I always wanted to weigh 125 when I was young but I would look like a crackhead if I did.

 

[MsGizmo]

Maybe a silly question....but did you go by a bmi chart? Or?

As someone who has never been a normal sized adult, I can't base it off of that. My current goal is 130, for reference, im a 44F and 5'4..bmi chart for normal says i should be between 110-140 lbs. I recently saw an old friend who was shocked by my appearance and said I looked too skinny. I'm currently 142 pounds.

The BMI charts were deigned using data exclusively from white men. As a woman with large T&A even when I was thin I was considered "overweight" The one and only time in my life (after puberty) where I was classified as being a healthy weight according to the BMI charts I was working a full time job, was a full time college student, working on a fixer upper house and babysat on the weekends. I was running myself ragged. I looked gaunt and was exhausted. It was horrible. I am also 5'4" and I had dropped down to 145 at that time.

I was at my healthiest and happiest at 160-170. But at this point in my life I would be happy just to get under 200.

 

[Ruckus4519]

Maybe a silly question....but did you go by a bmi chart? Or?

As someone who has never been a normal sized adult, I can't base it off of that. My current goal is 130, for reference, im a 44F and 5'4..bmi chart for normal says i should be between 110-140 lbs. I recently saw an old friend who was shocked by my appearance and said I looked too skinny. I'm currently 142 pounds.

I have no memories of ever being at a healthy weight, so I don't really have a vision for what I'd physically look like at any points of my goal.

BMI: the upper limit of Overweight, maybe. BMI doesn't take into account muscle and bone mass, so I'm the least strict on this.

Scale: I want to get down to at least 140-160lbs and re-evaluate from there. 120 also sounds good, but again, I have no frame of reference for this. Haven't been under 200 since high school, at least ten years ago.

Body Fat: 16-24% from the current >50%. I don't care for visible abs.

Non-number goals are pretty important too, though. I stopped running because it was uncomfortable. I want to be fit enough to physically pull myself and another person up. Or get out the pool without using the ladder. Or just stop feeling so tired all the damn time.

 

[HereKittyKitty]

First of all, congratulations on getting to 142!!!!

As @Turbo-Farmer said: try not to let negative comments from others sway you.

Your weight and good health are between you and your doctor. Also agree on the BMI clarifications they made.

You're doing great.

 

[Foggy-Hollow]

The first time I lost weight I went for top-end BMI number. I was scared of that number. It felt amazing, that was about 17 years ago, and it’s been 14+ years since I’ve been there.

The people around you are seeing change - and that’s good. Take their comments as: They might be scared of the change. Given that 70+% of Americans are overweight or obese, YES healthy looks skinny compared to most people. Quite literally.

Someone mentioned body fat, and it is a more accurate metric. Just be prepared: people overestimate how muscular they are. (Yes I am one.) Also keep in mind: impedance scales are reasonable /directional/ indicators even if the number isn’t perfectly correct. Read: if your BF% is dropping in one of that type of scales, it’s probably really dropping. But the actual number has a large error band. But directionally they are useful as long as time of day and hydration is relatively consistent.

Pick a metric then go get it.

 

[ambot88]

Maybe a silly question....but did you go by a bmi chart? Or?

As someone who has never been a normal sized adult, I can't base it off of that. My current goal is 130, for reference, im a 44F and 5'4..bmi chart for normal says i should be between 110-140 lbs. I recently saw an old friend who was shocked by my appearance and said I looked too skinny. I'm currently 142 pounds.

We have the exact stats - I am 44/f/5'4/143lbs Currently at the top of the "normal' BMI which is what I thought my goal was when I was over 200lbs but now that I'm here, I'm still fat, I need to work on muscle mass now for sure, I do very little working out and am skinny fat now which, while better than fat fat, is still not ideal. So new goal - I'd like to see 139 just because it seems crazy that I could weigh that but mostly my goal is to have some more muscle and endurance.

 

[janedoe]

I took out some of my jeans from 15 years ago and used it as a marker, which also lined up with BMI charting for me.

 

[m100568]

I love this question. I was stacking Tirz and Reta. The weight kept dropping and I changed my goal weight 4 times. In the end my body told me where it wanted to stabilize at. I'm down 112lbs and I feel great. Blood work is perfect. Blood pressure is perfect. The elevator was down on Friday and I had to climb 4 flights of stairs. Much to my surprise I wasn't out of breath. Everyone is different. My advice is to listen to your body.