25 pounds would be nice, but I don’t think I’m hideous right now. I get moderate exercise (aerobics and upper body weights) three times a week. I have dropped carb intake down, so that I am mostly eating lean meats, fish, chicken, veggies, quinoa, legumes. I don’t completely avoid bread and sugar, but they are view as once in a while additions to my diet. I’m taking a multi vitamin, and making certain to drink plenty of water.
We might splurge once a week on wine or something “fried”, so I am just going to keep on keeping on with the healthy food, limited treats, and moderate exercise, and see how I fare.
Im 191 cm and 100 kg. If I dropped down to 91 kg i’d just scrape into the BMI for healthy, but I’m working slowly on not putting any more on and trying to drop down about 5kg.
Me too. I have to wear a wedding dress in three months. My mom, being the typical Asian tiger mom, keeps hinting that I’m going to look appalling on my wedding day unless I start restricting myself to tofu and carrots.
I need to lose about 12kg, which would see me at 65kg. I used to like being about 58 - 60kg but that weight, which I last weighed a few years ago before I did the yoyo thing again, now makes me look too gaunt.
I don’t know what this thread is all about. I learned in the Boy Scout thread that it is impossible to lose weight, so we should just give up!
Sloth and gluttony are OK, but I find that exercise is nearly as much fun. If you’re physically able try Couch 2 5k. That’s what got me into running. It’s liberating to be (mostly) alone with the sunrise feeling endorphins pump through your brain. Then when you finish you feel like a superhero for having hit your mileage goal.
Plus you have an excuse to buy clothing in truly bizarre colors.
My body wants to be where I am now, between 166-170 lbs. My brain (read: my vanity) wants to be about ten pounds lighter. The problem is I have a small spare tire around my waist that doesn’t want to go away. When the rest of my body is where it should be, as it normally is, the tire is there and I hate it. When I’m successful in minimizing it as much as I think I’ll ever be able, the rest of me looks too thin and I’ve had people ask me if I’m OK. So I think the tire is there to stay, unfortunately. But if I could reallocate the weight I have, that would be ideal.
I am 83 lb below my top weight and could lose another 5 lb. Although 15 would get me down to a BMI of 25. But I keep reading studies that show that people my age who are somewhat above 25 seem to live longer. But as they say, correlation does not equal causation. And when I lost 20 lb three years ago, my doctor freaked and sent me for tests (chest X-ray and abdominal ultrasound, both normal). When I lost another 20, he tried to do it again (I ignored it). My DIL (a family physician) started to worry out loud that I was losing my appetite (Ha!). So while I might want to lose another five lb, I am leery of more.
I’m 5’ 6", and I was at 210 pounds in December. I’m down to 166, which puts my BMI at 27, still overweight. If I get down to 140 pounds, just about the lowest weight I’ve been as an adult, I’ll be in the high end of the “healthy weight” category. I wouldn’t be underweight until 118, at which point I’d never need an X-ray - just stand me in front of a bright light.
It’s a constant struggle to get and kep the weight off. The thought of taking off another 26 pounds is daunting. Now I’m depressed - where’s the ice cream?
Forget about BMI and the charts. People know what a good weight is for themself and if you know you need to lose some weight it doesn’t matter whether you reach some artificially designated number.
I voted 25, though I’m actually not concerning myself about my weight right now. I have decided to concentrate on two goals, getting stronger and more toned, and fitting into single-digit jeans sizes again.
Until I was 45 I wore a size 4, then the hormones went nutso, my stress level did as well, and the pounds came piling on. I’m 50 1/2 now and wear a size 10 or 12. 5’4" and 150 pounds, though I look like I weigh 130 - 135. I’ve been working with kettlebells and just started going back to barre class, and am starting to see changes, but the number on the scale isn’t budging. So what, I tell myself, I’m building muscle and getting stronger! I never in my life thought I could work out with a 12 kilo weight (at the minimum) but I do it all the time now and love it.
I’m at 197, down from 240 last year, so I ticked the 50lbs option to make it ~150 ideal weight. But realistically, I’ll be happy if I get to 180. I started the journey to get diabetes under control, and it’s been working marvelously!
