I am sitting here thinking about the new year that is upon us and i have a question:

What is your goal weight?

I have been asked this a couple of times and I don't really have one. I just want to be comfortable in my own skin again. I have always been a plus sized girl. Even in high school I was wearing a 3x t-shirt. My goal is to not shop in Lane Bryant.

Do you have a goal weight or do you have a general goal you'd like to share?

Hi and Merry Christmas

I am 5'6 and would like to be around 157 pounds. That is my first goal.

My second goal is to compete in crossfit tournaments and place in my age division (that is a HUGE goal and to some untainable, but I really want this!)

Good luck to you and congratulations on your new lifestyle!!

When the dr asked me that question at my first consult In my mind I recalled being 175 and comfortable once after a liquid diet... He said that was too high. I am 5'9". He suggested 150 and I freaked out. We settled on 160... Insurmountable really since that was either 217 or 227 lbs I had to lose. So I decided to take it 10 lbs at a time and see what happened. Well today I am 157... And while the race to 150 isn't imperative I would like to get there one day...just because. But don't get me wrong I am thrilled to be in a size 8 and happier with myself than I have ever been in my life.

My goal is to be 125 by June 1st. I also want to run a marathon.

my short goal right now is to get under 200. i really want to see 199

My goal is to never go back to 362 I am at 197 heading to 175 and then I will see how I feel.

I'm 3 weeks in and not sure how to set my goals. I need to lose anywhere between 75-100 pounds. I'd really like to do that in one year and my doc says it's totally attainable. But I don't want to set the goal too high then not meet it but I also don't want to set it too low. I feel like I shouldn't even set a weight loss goal until I'm at least 6 weeks in. I do kind of feel like a first goal is onederland. Thoughts?

I am sitting here thinking about the new year that is upon us and i have a question:

What is your goal weight?

I have been asked this a couple of times and I don't really have one. I just want to be comfortable in my own skin again. I have always been a plus sized girl. Even in high school I was wearing a 3x t-shirt. My goal is to not shop in Lane Bryant.

Do you have a goal weight or do you have a general goal you'd like to share?

When I first got banded I didn't have a goal weight. I just wanted to get the weight off! Then about 4 months after being banded someone asked me what my goal was. I said I don't know maybe 160. So that became my goal until I talked with my doctor and told him my goal. He said that was too low of a weight for me (my BMI would be 22 & hard to maintain). He recommended a BMI of 25 which put me between 170-175. So my goal became that.

The weight is great, but really my goal was to be happy with me & I am. I look in the mirror & I like what I see. I think that is what it is all about. Liking the person we see looking back at us in the mirror.

I am 267 at 5'5" and my goal weight is 150. I am medium build and anything else makes me look unhealthy!

Ever since I can remember I have been overweight... So after my surgery on the 14th I was surprised when my doctor told me I had a small frame (but also excited that something on me was small before being banded I was 256 and I am currently 242... My goal is 135-140 and I am 5'8"... Happy new year everyone!!!

Thanks for the responses. I am going to have to do a but of research to see where I should be to be healthy for my height. I am excited about this journey but nervous because aside from childhood, I can't remember looking at myself in the mirror and being smaller than a 20.

I am 5'9" and my doctor says she is happy if I am anywhere between 150-200lbs. So I've chosen 175 or 170. I am about 180 right now and the weight loss is definitely slowing down. So, I am less tied to a specific number but seeing where my body naturally stops losing.

My short term goal is 200 lbs. then after I reach that I will see what goal I need to reach from that point.

Current pre-op wt 344 down 331.6

My goal is 200 lbs.... I've already lost 51lbs, I have my second fill in a week. I started at 396.... I'm 5"8, I feel being 180 wouldn't look right. I know I have a long way to go but I can do it. So far the weight is falling off, can't wait til I hit my sweet spot.... Good luck to!!!

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Will before I got band I was at 224lbs after band about month ago I'm at 205lbs everyone tells me I'm losing but I don't see it I see my self fat still is that wrong of me

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When I originally met with my surgeon we decided on 140lbs. I am 5'4" and as I am losing the weight I have adjusted my goal to 145lbs. Funny, I really don't want to be too thin! I am currently wearing a size 6-8 pants at 161lbs and I'm comfortable with that