Deciding on a Goal Weight?

[Raine 170]

My first goal was to get off of all my meds, I was taking 20 pills pre op and am no on only 2 post op. Goal accomplished! Afterwards I Initially I set my goal by weight. No one ever thinks I weigh as much as I do and when I was around 190ish I said I wanted to lose about 50lbs more, people were a little shocked and thought I would look emaciated. I didn't think 140ish would be considered that LOL. I then decided (not because of this but because of how I carry my weight) to do it by size. At 181 I am in a size 12 comfortably, I would like to ultimately be in a size 6 just because I never have been lol.

[losingitin2012 3]

My first goal was to hit onederland and stay there. My surgeon has set 160 lbs based on what he thinks the sleeve can do (60-65% of EBW) - but that still places me in an overweight BMI category. I'm shooting for 131 as my second goal to be in a normal BMI, but would love to go lower. I'm only 5'1". Not sure if it's possible....

[nowatgoal 77]

It's so great to read these responses! I feel more "normal" (whatever that means) about the fact that I have several goal weights and they are arbitrary in how I picked them. I'm going to try not to become obsessive about reaching these goals - I want to Celebrate each pound along the way and rejoice in the JOURNEY... That won't come naturally to me since I can be obsessive about watching the scale. I'll need to post reminders to myself around the house with the mantra "Enjoy the Journey".

[RickM 1,753]

I set my goal based on body composition, looking to get down to around the 15% fat mass level, which is on the lean side of normal for men. Using the gross assumption that only fat would be lost, that would put me in the 200lb area as the initial goal, with a re-evaluation as I get closer. Now that I'm about 2/3 to that goal, it looks like 190 or so is the appropriate weight, so I will adjust accordingly. That would still be "overweight" on a BMI basis, but I'm in this for my health, not some numbers on an insurance company chart.

[Amanda131 214]

I struggled a lot with trying to figure out a goal weight- I even posted a topic on here about this. I finally settled on 165 since that would be a normal BMI (I am just shy of 5'10"). However, I recently had my body fat measured and learned that if I lost only fat from here on out that I would under 20% body fat at 190. That is considered athletic for women. Even now at 227 I am already wearing a 14/16. I have now mentally amended by goal to somewhere between 165-190. I really would like to be in a size 8/10 so we'll see where that lands me.

My only advise is that while goals are good, don't be afraid to amend your goal if you get down the road and learn that whatever goal you set previously wasn't realistic. For some goofy reason I, at first, felt like saying that I may not hit 165 was a failure rather than seeing this as a realistic adjustment based on new information.

[LR6909 10]

Wow! I love the responses. I had several goals as well. 1^st goal is to get to 210 or 200 by my dad’s anniversary on September 11^th. I want to turn a few of his "church members" heads. J 2^nd goal: Onederland. 3^rd goal: My doctor’s goal of 170. 4^th goal: 150’s. Final goal is to be in a healthy weight which is between 125-145. So we will see. During high school I ranged from a size 0-3 (freshman year/band—they tried to kill us) to size 9 when I graduated. I don’t ever remember weighing myself back then. I do remember being a size 14 when I was 190.—I was 22 then

[meggiep 57]

Goal #1 - weigh less than my husband! He is currently at 208 as he gained 5 pounds on our Hawaiian vacay ;-P I am at 223......and working hard! He jokes about trying to get to Onederland and making a happy dance video about it on MY You Tube channel!

Goal #2 Onederland Before my trip I had this fantasy of doing it by the end of summer- September 21st. We'll see....

Goal #3 170 My doctor's goal- which he actually changed from 160 recently- I am not sure why...

Goal #4- seeing where I end up! The exciting thing is being confident I CAN do this, and can keep it off.

I love my sleeve!!!

[nowatgoal 77]

Goal #1 - weigh less than my husband! He is currently at 208 as he gained 5 pounds on our Hawaiian vacay ;-P I am at 223......and working hard! He jokes about trying to get to Onederland and making a happy dance video about it on MY You Tube channel!

Goal #2 Onederland Before my trip I had this fantasy of doing it by the end of summer- September 21st. We'll see....

Goal #3 170 My doctor's goal- which he actually changed from 160 recently- I am not sure why...

Goal #4- seeing where I end up! The exciting thing is being confident I CAN do this, and can keep it off.

I love my sleeve!!!

Meggie - I really laughed when I saw your Goal #1 because that is a definite goal of mine too - There's something about weighing less than the man in your life that makes you feel a little more feminine! I've watched and enjoyed many of your youtube videos (so great that you are documenting this journey). I'm considering doing some youtube videos as well so I have something to look back on... I'll watch for your happy dance Onederland video!