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*big grin* I'm French Candian and 100% Cajun.. a buldozer wouldn't shut me
up ;op -- Will~ 196.2 / 133.4 / 137 lbs 89 / 60.5 / 62.1 Kg Personal goal 125 lbs / 56.7 Kg "Miss Violette" wrote in message ... I think we are all saying the same thing just using different tools to get it said, French Canadian blunt???? Nah???? WG, DH is French Canadian, first child adopted into the states from Canada through catholic charities, raised in Chicago, and blunt about covers it, Lee Willow wrote in message . com... I hadn't weighted 125 lbs since I was about 12 years old.. which is about 18 years ago now O-O I'm old !!!!! *grin* My original goal weight was 140 lbs.. when I got there I still felt fat.. so kept loosing.. down to 118.. at which weight I was too thin.. and couldn't eat a pea without seeing it on the scale.. so I adjusted.. back and forth to 125 lbs.. I agree that we tend to put down unrealistic goals.. but I think it's part of the process to realize they ARE unrealistic and to adjust yourself.. 118lbs wasn't healthy (or good looking) for me.. I learned it.. Where I agree with you is that sometimes some members will put down unrealistic goals, and instead of re-evaluating the goal they set down.. they put themselves down.. as if they are a failure because they can't look like Britney Spears.. or something.. ( that's very frustrating.. But where I kind get stuck is the idea that an "overweight goal" is a bad goal.. NUH HUH ! I have a member who started at 485 lbs.. she made it down to 180.. wanted that to be her goal.. and a receptionist was like "you can't, it's out of the range"... ARG YES YOU CAN ! learn to live with the new you.. and when you're ready get back to loosing.. one day... you're much healthier at 180 than at 485 ! or at 200 than at 600.. or... see what I mean ? This is a life journey.. not a race.. and it's a journey one makes for oneself.. not to please the media/conventions/statistics.. I'm french Canadian, so I tend to be blunt, hope I haven't offended you.. be assured that I'm debating ideas.. not personalities or people worth or whatever ;o) -- Will~ The Old Tabby sits, in peace, watching... waiting patiently for our day to come. His purr will always warm my heart. Belkira 1997 - 2004 "GaryG" wrote in message ... "Willow" wrote in message om... See I don't agree.. I think that choosing a goal weight depends entirely on how you feel at any given weight.. I feel happy and healthy and energetic at 125 lbs.. I'm 5'5 30 years old.. some women my age and height would be happy and healthy at 120.. I'm not.. can't maintain it.. some others are happy and healthy at 135.. I'm not.. I feel flabby and unhealthy at that weight.. My best friend is my height.. and her weight maintains around 155 lbs (which is over WW range).. and it's great for her ! she feels great and she looks great.. and all is well in the world (she's 1 years younger than me) I have another friend who's trying to maintain at 115... she ain't gonna.. but hey.. I don't think you wanna go on statistics and measures and averages etc.. doesn't mean a thing.. it can give you a starting point.. but won't tell you what really matters... what matters is how you feel... so pick a number.. see how you feel there.. if it's too hard to maintain.. choose a higher number.. if it doesn't feel like you lost enough.. keep loosing (within reason of course.. )you'll find your place.. I think Lee got it right.. not the easiest way.. but the most sane one I would think.. This all being my opinion of course.. I don't disagree with anything you've said. But, the original question was about choosing a goal weight - in advance of achieving the goal. You're most comfortable at 125, and that's good. But, what if you hadn't weighed 125 in 15+ years? How would you know whether 125, or 115, or 135 was a reasonable and healthy goal? The original poster is currently 20 lbs above her presumptive goal, so she is unlikely to know how she's going to feel at that goal weight, or how hard (or easy) it may be to maintain at that weight. Many people (WW'ers excluded, presumably) choose weight goals based on misinformation (e.g., choosing a weight goal that is achievable, but is still overweight), or that is unrealistic (e.g., choosing a weight goal based on fashion model sizing). With just a small bit of analysis, I think folks can be assisted in making reasonable choices for healthy weight goals - goals that are a reasonable target to aim for, at least. As you say, each of us needs to re-evaluate our goals once we achieve them, based on how we feel, how much energy we have, and how we like (or dislike) the way we look. On this we most definitely agree. -- GG http://www.WeightWare.com Your Weight and Health Diary -- Will~ The Old Tabby sits, in peace, watching... waiting patiently for our day to come. His purr will always warm my heart. Belkira 1997 - 2004 "GaryG" wrote in message ... "Katherine" wrote in message ... I'm 5'9" female, and WW says I can weigh as much as 169 lbs. This seems a bit overboard for a 5'9" female, although I realize some women would be comfortable at this weight. I am currently 190.5 (which is a size 16 at this height), only about 20 lbs from a potential goal weight. Does anyone else here feel WW should split male/female weights? 169 for a 5'9" male seems appropriate to me. I'm not trying to talk negatively about anyones goal weight (including my own! but I am curious what others think of this. Thanks in advance, Shaynelle Setting an appropriate target weight is not particularly easy, and you've gotten some good advice from the previous posters. The appropriate weight for you depends on your goals, and how motivated you are to achieve them. It also depends somewhat on your age. One way of looking at weight is by comparing your weight percentile to others of your height and gender. You don't state how old you are, so here are some representative numbers, based on a 5' 9" American woman who weighs 169 lbs: If you are 50, you would be in the 35th weight percentile (in other words, at 169 lbs, 65% of 5' 9", 50 year old American women would weigh more than you). If you are 40, you would be in the 42nd weight percentile. If you are 30, you would be in the 52nd weight percentile. If you are 20, you would be in the 64th weight percentile. I find that comparing weight, height, age and gender can help in identifying reasonable weight loss goals (in addition to the more commonly used Body Mass Index approach). -- GG http://www.WeightWare.com Your Weight and Health Diary |
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*big grin* I'm French Candian and 100% Cajun.. a buldozer wouldn't shut me
up ;op -- Will~ 196.2 / 133.4 / 137 lbs 89 / 60.5 / 62.1 Kg Personal goal 125 lbs / 56.7 Kg "Miss Violette" wrote in message ... I think we are all saying the same thing just using different tools to get it said, French Canadian blunt???? Nah???? WG, DH is French Canadian, first child adopted into the states from Canada through catholic charities, raised in Chicago, and blunt about covers it, Lee Willow wrote in message . com... I hadn't weighted 125 lbs since I was about 12 years old.. which is about 18 years ago now O-O I'm old !!!!! *grin* My original goal weight was 140 lbs.. when I got there I still felt fat.. so kept loosing.. down to 118.. at which weight I was too thin.. and couldn't eat a pea without seeing it on the scale.. so I adjusted.. back and forth to 125 lbs.. I agree that we tend to put down unrealistic goals.. but I think it's part of the process to realize they ARE unrealistic and to adjust yourself.. 118lbs wasn't healthy (or good looking) for me.. I learned it.. Where I agree with you is that sometimes some members will put down unrealistic goals, and instead of re-evaluating the goal they set down.. they put themselves down.. as if they are a failure because they can't look like Britney Spears.. or something.. ( that's very frustrating.. But where I kind get stuck is the idea that an "overweight goal" is a bad goal.. NUH HUH ! I have a member who started at 485 lbs.. she made it down to 180.. wanted that to be her goal.. and a receptionist was like "you can't, it's out of the range"... ARG YES YOU CAN ! learn to live with the new you.. and when you're ready get back to loosing.. one day... you're much healthier at 180 than at 485 ! or at 200 than at 600.. or... see what I mean ? This is a life journey.. not a race.. and it's a journey one makes for oneself.. not to please the media/conventions/statistics.. I'm french Canadian, so I tend to be blunt, hope I haven't offended you.. be assured that I'm debating ideas.. not personalities or people worth or whatever ;o) -- Will~ The Old Tabby sits, in peace, watching... waiting patiently for our day to come. His purr will always warm my heart. Belkira 1997 - 2004 "GaryG" wrote in message ... "Willow" wrote in message om... See I don't agree.. I think that choosing a goal weight depends entirely on how you feel at any given weight.. I feel happy and healthy and energetic at 125 lbs.. I'm 5'5 30 years old.. some women my age and height would be happy and healthy at 120.. I'm not.. can't maintain it.. some others are happy and healthy at 135.. I'm not.. I feel flabby and unhealthy at that weight.. My best friend is my height.. and her weight maintains around 155 lbs (which is over WW range).. and it's great for her ! she feels great and she looks great.. and all is well in the world (she's 1 years younger than me) I have another friend who's trying to maintain at 115... she ain't gonna.. but hey.. I don't think you wanna go on statistics and measures and averages etc.. doesn't mean a thing.. it can give you a starting point.. but won't tell you what really matters... what matters is how you feel... so pick a number.. see how you feel there.. if it's too hard to maintain.. choose a higher number.. if it doesn't feel like you lost enough.. keep loosing (within reason of course.. )you'll find your place.. I think Lee got it right.. not the easiest way.. but the most sane one I would think.. This all being my opinion of course.. I don't disagree with anything you've said. But, the original question was about choosing a goal weight - in advance of achieving the goal. You're most comfortable at 125, and that's good. But, what if you hadn't weighed 125 in 15+ years? How would you know whether 125, or 115, or 135 was a reasonable and healthy goal? The original poster is currently 20 lbs above her presumptive goal, so she is unlikely to know how she's going to feel at that goal weight, or how hard (or easy) it may be to maintain at that weight. Many people (WW'ers excluded, presumably) choose weight goals based on misinformation (e.g., choosing a weight goal that is achievable, but is still overweight), or that is unrealistic (e.g., choosing a weight goal based on fashion model sizing). With just a small bit of analysis, I think folks can be assisted in making reasonable choices for healthy weight goals - goals that are a reasonable target to aim for, at least. As you say, each of us needs to re-evaluate our goals once we achieve them, based on how we feel, how much energy we have, and how we like (or dislike) the way we look. On this we most definitely agree. -- GG http://www.WeightWare.com Your Weight and Health Diary -- Will~ The Old Tabby sits, in peace, watching... waiting patiently for our day to come. His purr will always warm my heart. Belkira 1997 - 2004 "GaryG" wrote in message ... "Katherine" wrote in message ... I'm 5'9" female, and WW says I can weigh as much as 169 lbs. This seems a bit overboard for a 5'9" female, although I realize some women would be comfortable at this weight. I am currently 190.5 (which is a size 16 at this height), only about 20 lbs from a potential goal weight. Does anyone else here feel WW should split male/female weights? 169 for a 5'9" male seems appropriate to me. I'm not trying to talk negatively about anyones goal weight (including my own! but I am curious what others think of this. Thanks in advance, Shaynelle Setting an appropriate target weight is not particularly easy, and you've gotten some good advice from the previous posters. The appropriate weight for you depends on your goals, and how motivated you are to achieve them. It also depends somewhat on your age. One way of looking at weight is by comparing your weight percentile to others of your height and gender. You don't state how old you are, so here are some representative numbers, based on a 5' 9" American woman who weighs 169 lbs: If you are 50, you would be in the 35th weight percentile (in other words, at 169 lbs, 65% of 5' 9", 50 year old American women would weigh more than you). If you are 40, you would be in the 42nd weight percentile. If you are 30, you would be in the 52nd weight percentile. If you are 20, you would be in the 64th weight percentile. I find that comparing weight, height, age and gender can help in identifying reasonable weight loss goals (in addition to the more commonly used Body Mass Index approach). -- GG http://www.WeightWare.com Your Weight and Health Diary |
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That's the way M'lady !
-- Will~ 196.2 / 133.4 / 137 lbs 89 / 60.5 / 62.1 Kg Personal goal 125 lbs / 56.7 Kg "Miss Violette" wrote in message ... thank you, I arrived at my answer by deciding it was more a matter of health and over all quality of life, Yes I want to look the best I can, but I also know me, I refuse to be hungry and I refuse to be miserable to look good, so by doing it my way I give myself permission to set a goal and then change it and not be a failure, Lee Willow wrote in message om... See I don't agree.. I think that choosing a goal weight depends entirely on how you feel at any given weight.. I feel happy and healthy and energetic at 125 lbs.. I'm 5'5 30 years old.. some women my age and height would be happy and healthy at 120.. I'm not.. can't maintain it.. some others are happy and healthy at 135.. I'm not.. I feel flabby and unhealthy at that weight.. My best friend is my height.. and her weight maintains around 155 lbs (which is over WW range).. and it's great for her ! she feels great and she looks great.. and all is well in the world (she's 1 years younger than me) I have another friend who's trying to maintain at 115... she ain't gonna.. but hey.. I don't think you wanna go on statistics and measures and averages etc.. doesn't mean a thing.. it can give you a starting point.. but won't tell you what really matters... what matters is how you feel... so pick a number.. see how you feel there.. if it's too hard to maintain.. choose a higher number.. if it doesn't feel like you lost enough.. keep loosing (within reason of course.. )you'll find your place.. I think Lee got it right.. not the easiest way.. but the most sane one I would think.. This all being my opinion of course.. -- Will~ The Old Tabby sits, in peace, watching... waiting patiently for our day to come. His purr will always warm my heart. Belkira 1997 - 2004 "GaryG" wrote in message ... "Katherine" wrote in message ... I'm 5'9" female, and WW says I can weigh as much as 169 lbs. This seems a bit overboard for a 5'9" female, although I realize some women would be comfortable at this weight. I am currently 190.5 (which is a size 16 at this height), only about 20 lbs from a potential goal weight. Does anyone else here feel WW should split male/female weights? 169 for a 5'9" male seems appropriate to me. I'm not trying to talk negatively about anyones goal weight (including my own! but I am curious what others think of this. Thanks in advance, Shaynelle Setting an appropriate target weight is not particularly easy, and you've gotten some good advice from the previous posters. The appropriate weight for you depends on your goals, and how motivated you are to achieve them. It also depends somewhat on your age. One way of looking at weight is by comparing your weight percentile to others of your height and gender. You don't state how old you are, so here are some representative numbers, based on a 5' 9" American woman who weighs 169 lbs: If you are 50, you would be in the 35th weight percentile (in other words, at 169 lbs, 65% of 5' 9", 50 year old American women would weigh more than you). If you are 40, you would be in the 42nd weight percentile. If you are 30, you would be in the 52nd weight percentile. If you are 20, you would be in the 64th weight percentile. I find that comparing weight, height, age and gender can help in identifying reasonable weight loss goals (in addition to the more commonly used Body Mass Index approach). -- GG http://www.WeightWare.com Your Weight and Health Diary |
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That's the way M'lady !
-- Will~ 196.2 / 133.4 / 137 lbs 89 / 60.5 / 62.1 Kg Personal goal 125 lbs / 56.7 Kg "Miss Violette" wrote in message ... thank you, I arrived at my answer by deciding it was more a matter of health and over all quality of life, Yes I want to look the best I can, but I also know me, I refuse to be hungry and I refuse to be miserable to look good, so by doing it my way I give myself permission to set a goal and then change it and not be a failure, Lee Willow wrote in message om... See I don't agree.. I think that choosing a goal weight depends entirely on how you feel at any given weight.. I feel happy and healthy and energetic at 125 lbs.. I'm 5'5 30 years old.. some women my age and height would be happy and healthy at 120.. I'm not.. can't maintain it.. some others are happy and healthy at 135.. I'm not.. I feel flabby and unhealthy at that weight.. My best friend is my height.. and her weight maintains around 155 lbs (which is over WW range).. and it's great for her ! she feels great and she looks great.. and all is well in the world (she's 1 years younger than me) I have another friend who's trying to maintain at 115... she ain't gonna.. but hey.. I don't think you wanna go on statistics and measures and averages etc.. doesn't mean a thing.. it can give you a starting point.. but won't tell you what really matters... what matters is how you feel... so pick a number.. see how you feel there.. if it's too hard to maintain.. choose a higher number.. if it doesn't feel like you lost enough.. keep loosing (within reason of course.. )you'll find your place.. I think Lee got it right.. not the easiest way.. but the most sane one I would think.. This all being my opinion of course.. -- Will~ The Old Tabby sits, in peace, watching... waiting patiently for our day to come. His purr will always warm my heart. Belkira 1997 - 2004 "GaryG" wrote in message ... "Katherine" wrote in message ... I'm 5'9" female, and WW says I can weigh as much as 169 lbs. This seems a bit overboard for a 5'9" female, although I realize some women would be comfortable at this weight. I am currently 190.5 (which is a size 16 at this height), only about 20 lbs from a potential goal weight. Does anyone else here feel WW should split male/female weights? 169 for a 5'9" male seems appropriate to me. I'm not trying to talk negatively about anyones goal weight (including my own! but I am curious what others think of this. Thanks in advance, Shaynelle Setting an appropriate target weight is not particularly easy, and you've gotten some good advice from the previous posters. The appropriate weight for you depends on your goals, and how motivated you are to achieve them. It also depends somewhat on your age. One way of looking at weight is by comparing your weight percentile to others of your height and gender. You don't state how old you are, so here are some representative numbers, based on a 5' 9" American woman who weighs 169 lbs: If you are 50, you would be in the 35th weight percentile (in other words, at 169 lbs, 65% of 5' 9", 50 year old American women would weigh more than you). If you are 40, you would be in the 42nd weight percentile. If you are 30, you would be in the 52nd weight percentile. If you are 20, you would be in the 64th weight percentile. I find that comparing weight, height, age and gender can help in identifying reasonable weight loss goals (in addition to the more commonly used Body Mass Index approach). -- GG http://www.WeightWare.com Your Weight and Health Diary |
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wonderful, Lee
Willow wrote in message om... *big grin* I'm French Candian and 100% Cajun.. a buldozer wouldn't shut me up ;op -- Will~ 196.2 / 133.4 / 137 lbs 89 / 60.5 / 62.1 Kg Personal goal 125 lbs / 56.7 Kg "Miss Violette" wrote in message ... I think we are all saying the same thing just using different tools to get it said, French Canadian blunt???? Nah???? WG, DH is French Canadian, first child adopted into the states from Canada through catholic charities, raised in Chicago, and blunt about covers it, Lee Willow wrote in message . com... I hadn't weighted 125 lbs since I was about 12 years old.. which is about 18 years ago now O-O I'm old !!!!! *grin* My original goal weight was 140 lbs.. when I got there I still felt fat.. so kept loosing.. down to 118.. at which weight I was too thin.. and couldn't eat a pea without seeing it on the scale.. so I adjusted.. back and forth to 125 lbs.. I agree that we tend to put down unrealistic goals.. but I think it's part of the process to realize they ARE unrealistic and to adjust yourself.. 118lbs wasn't healthy (or good looking) for me.. I learned it.. Where I agree with you is that sometimes some members will put down unrealistic goals, and instead of re-evaluating the goal they set down.. they put themselves down.. as if they are a failure because they can't look like Britney Spears.. or something.. ( that's very frustrating.. But where I kind get stuck is the idea that an "overweight goal" is a bad goal.. NUH HUH ! I have a member who started at 485 lbs.. she made it down to 180.. wanted that to be her goal.. and a receptionist was like "you can't, it's out of the range"... ARG YES YOU CAN ! learn to live with the new you.. and when you're ready get back to loosing.. one day... you're much healthier at 180 than at 485 ! or at 200 than at 600.. or... see what I mean ? This is a life journey.. not a race.. and it's a journey one makes for oneself.. not to please the media/conventions/statistics.. I'm french Canadian, so I tend to be blunt, hope I haven't offended you.. be assured that I'm debating ideas.. not personalities or people worth or whatever ;o) -- Will~ The Old Tabby sits, in peace, watching... waiting patiently for our day to come. His purr will always warm my heart. Belkira 1997 - 2004 "GaryG" wrote in message ... "Willow" wrote in message om... See I don't agree.. I think that choosing a goal weight depends entirely on how you feel at any given weight.. I feel happy and healthy and energetic at 125 lbs.. I'm 5'5 30 years old.. some women my age and height would be happy and healthy at 120.. I'm not.. can't maintain it.. some others are happy and healthy at 135.. I'm not.. I feel flabby and unhealthy at that weight.. My best friend is my height.. and her weight maintains around 155 lbs (which is over WW range).. and it's great for her ! she feels great and she looks great.. and all is well in the world (she's 1 years younger than me) I have another friend who's trying to maintain at 115... she ain't gonna.. but hey.. I don't think you wanna go on statistics and measures and averages etc.. doesn't mean a thing.. it can give you a starting point.. but won't tell you what really matters... what matters is how you feel... so pick a number.. see how you feel there.. if it's too hard to maintain.. choose a higher number.. if it doesn't feel like you lost enough.. keep loosing (within reason of course.. )you'll find your place.. I think Lee got it right.. not the easiest way.. but the most sane one I would think.. This all being my opinion of course.. I don't disagree with anything you've said. But, the original question was about choosing a goal weight - in advance of achieving the goal. You're most comfortable at 125, and that's good. But, what if you hadn't weighed 125 in 15+ years? How would you know whether 125, or 115, or 135 was a reasonable and healthy goal? The original poster is currently 20 lbs above her presumptive goal, so she is unlikely to know how she's going to feel at that goal weight, or how hard (or easy) it may be to maintain at that weight. Many people (WW'ers excluded, presumably) choose weight goals based on misinformation (e.g., choosing a weight goal that is achievable, but is still overweight), or that is unrealistic (e.g., choosing a weight goal based on fashion model sizing). With just a small bit of analysis, I think folks can be assisted in making reasonable choices for healthy weight goals - goals that are a reasonable target to aim for, at least. As you say, each of us needs to re-evaluate our goals once we achieve them, based on how we feel, how much energy we have, and how we like (or dislike) the way we look. On this we most definitely agree. -- GG http://www.WeightWare.com Your Weight and Health Diary -- Will~ The Old Tabby sits, in peace, watching... waiting patiently for our day to come. His purr will always warm my heart. Belkira 1997 - 2004 "GaryG" wrote in message ... "Katherine" wrote in message ... I'm 5'9" female, and WW says I can weigh as much as 169 lbs. This seems a bit overboard for a 5'9" female, although I realize some women would be comfortable at this weight. I am currently 190.5 (which is a size 16 at this height), only about 20 lbs from a potential goal weight. Does anyone else here feel WW should split male/female weights? 169 for a 5'9" male seems appropriate to me. I'm not trying to talk negatively about anyones goal weight (including my own! but I am curious what others think of this. Thanks in advance, Shaynelle Setting an appropriate target weight is not particularly easy, and you've gotten some good advice from the previous posters. The appropriate weight for you depends on your goals, and how motivated you are to achieve them. It also depends somewhat on your age. One way of looking at weight is by comparing your weight percentile to others of your height and gender. You don't state how old you are, so here are some representative numbers, based on a 5' 9" American woman who weighs 169 lbs: If you are 50, you would be in the 35th weight percentile (in other words, at 169 lbs, 65% of 5' 9", 50 year old American women would weigh more than you). If you are 40, you would be in the 42nd weight percentile. If you are 30, you would be in the 52nd weight percentile. If you are 20, you would be in the 64th weight percentile. I find that comparing weight, height, age and gender can help in identifying reasonable weight loss goals (in addition to the more commonly used Body Mass Index approach). -- GG http://www.WeightWare.com Your Weight and Health Diary |
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wonderful, Lee
Willow wrote in message om... *big grin* I'm French Candian and 100% Cajun.. a buldozer wouldn't shut me up ;op -- Will~ 196.2 / 133.4 / 137 lbs 89 / 60.5 / 62.1 Kg Personal goal 125 lbs / 56.7 Kg "Miss Violette" wrote in message ... I think we are all saying the same thing just using different tools to get it said, French Canadian blunt???? Nah???? WG, DH is French Canadian, first child adopted into the states from Canada through catholic charities, raised in Chicago, and blunt about covers it, Lee Willow wrote in message . com... I hadn't weighted 125 lbs since I was about 12 years old.. which is about 18 years ago now O-O I'm old !!!!! *grin* My original goal weight was 140 lbs.. when I got there I still felt fat.. so kept loosing.. down to 118.. at which weight I was too thin.. and couldn't eat a pea without seeing it on the scale.. so I adjusted.. back and forth to 125 lbs.. I agree that we tend to put down unrealistic goals.. but I think it's part of the process to realize they ARE unrealistic and to adjust yourself.. 118lbs wasn't healthy (or good looking) for me.. I learned it.. Where I agree with you is that sometimes some members will put down unrealistic goals, and instead of re-evaluating the goal they set down.. they put themselves down.. as if they are a failure because they can't look like Britney Spears.. or something.. ( that's very frustrating.. But where I kind get stuck is the idea that an "overweight goal" is a bad goal.. NUH HUH ! I have a member who started at 485 lbs.. she made it down to 180.. wanted that to be her goal.. and a receptionist was like "you can't, it's out of the range"... ARG YES YOU CAN ! learn to live with the new you.. and when you're ready get back to loosing.. one day... you're much healthier at 180 than at 485 ! or at 200 than at 600.. or... see what I mean ? This is a life journey.. not a race.. and it's a journey one makes for oneself.. not to please the media/conventions/statistics.. I'm french Canadian, so I tend to be blunt, hope I haven't offended you.. be assured that I'm debating ideas.. not personalities or people worth or whatever ;o) -- Will~ The Old Tabby sits, in peace, watching... waiting patiently for our day to come. His purr will always warm my heart. Belkira 1997 - 2004 "GaryG" wrote in message ... "Willow" wrote in message om... See I don't agree.. I think that choosing a goal weight depends entirely on how you feel at any given weight.. I feel happy and healthy and energetic at 125 lbs.. I'm 5'5 30 years old.. some women my age and height would be happy and healthy at 120.. I'm not.. can't maintain it.. some others are happy and healthy at 135.. I'm not.. I feel flabby and unhealthy at that weight.. My best friend is my height.. and her weight maintains around 155 lbs (which is over WW range).. and it's great for her ! she feels great and she looks great.. and all is well in the world (she's 1 years younger than me) I have another friend who's trying to maintain at 115... she ain't gonna.. but hey.. I don't think you wanna go on statistics and measures and averages etc.. doesn't mean a thing.. it can give you a starting point.. but won't tell you what really matters... what matters is how you feel... so pick a number.. see how you feel there.. if it's too hard to maintain.. choose a higher number.. if it doesn't feel like you lost enough.. keep loosing (within reason of course.. )you'll find your place.. I think Lee got it right.. not the easiest way.. but the most sane one I would think.. This all being my opinion of course.. I don't disagree with anything you've said. But, the original question was about choosing a goal weight - in advance of achieving the goal. You're most comfortable at 125, and that's good. But, what if you hadn't weighed 125 in 15+ years? How would you know whether 125, or 115, or 135 was a reasonable and healthy goal? The original poster is currently 20 lbs above her presumptive goal, so she is unlikely to know how she's going to feel at that goal weight, or how hard (or easy) it may be to maintain at that weight. Many people (WW'ers excluded, presumably) choose weight goals based on misinformation (e.g., choosing a weight goal that is achievable, but is still overweight), or that is unrealistic (e.g., choosing a weight goal based on fashion model sizing). With just a small bit of analysis, I think folks can be assisted in making reasonable choices for healthy weight goals - goals that are a reasonable target to aim for, at least. As you say, each of us needs to re-evaluate our goals once we achieve them, based on how we feel, how much energy we have, and how we like (or dislike) the way we look. On this we most definitely agree. -- GG http://www.WeightWare.com Your Weight and Health Diary -- Will~ The Old Tabby sits, in peace, watching... waiting patiently for our day to come. His purr will always warm my heart. Belkira 1997 - 2004 "GaryG" wrote in message ... "Katherine" wrote in message ... I'm 5'9" female, and WW says I can weigh as much as 169 lbs. This seems a bit overboard for a 5'9" female, although I realize some women would be comfortable at this weight. I am currently 190.5 (which is a size 16 at this height), only about 20 lbs from a potential goal weight. Does anyone else here feel WW should split male/female weights? 169 for a 5'9" male seems appropriate to me. I'm not trying to talk negatively about anyones goal weight (including my own! but I am curious what others think of this. Thanks in advance, Shaynelle Setting an appropriate target weight is not particularly easy, and you've gotten some good advice from the previous posters. The appropriate weight for you depends on your goals, and how motivated you are to achieve them. It also depends somewhat on your age. One way of looking at weight is by comparing your weight percentile to others of your height and gender. You don't state how old you are, so here are some representative numbers, based on a 5' 9" American woman who weighs 169 lbs: If you are 50, you would be in the 35th weight percentile (in other words, at 169 lbs, 65% of 5' 9", 50 year old American women would weigh more than you). If you are 40, you would be in the 42nd weight percentile. If you are 30, you would be in the 52nd weight percentile. If you are 20, you would be in the 64th weight percentile. I find that comparing weight, height, age and gender can help in identifying reasonable weight loss goals (in addition to the more commonly used Body Mass Index approach). -- GG http://www.WeightWare.com Your Weight and Health Diary |
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