I'm just curious how you all chose your goal weights.

I'm doing a little bit of bouncing on this one, as I've never been below 182#, in my post-puberty body. The charts & formulas all put me around 135-147#, with a minimum low of 121#. Lately, though, I've found some "success stories" both WLS & non-WLS, who were about the same height & start weight as me... One is now 125# & frankly, looks skeletal to me. Another is 175 & still going but looks really good. And there's another that's abt 155 & looks good but has lumps of skin.

I guess maybe I won't know until I get there...?

347*294/285/135 (*347HW/294SSW)

I had initially set my goal weight to be 185, that was the last weight that I remember under 200 pounds. I've looked at my BMI and I should be around 150 or so for my height. After some strong thinking I've decided that my goal weight will be 160-170. I still would like to be curvy and I think that around this goal weight I can be healthy and curvy too. I may change my mind as the weight comes off so who knows.

Mine was set by the insurance. I am 5'5" and insurance said I should be 140, and that's how I was qualified. Although my surgeon agrees with the number. I started this at 253. 140 sounds like a dream number to me. Esp since I'm 51 yrs old and losing weight very slowly at an average of about a pound a week. But i keep telling myself that the turtle won the race.....

I just went with the normal BMI weight for my height . Not to be skinny but HEALTHY