I am 5'9" wondering what my fellow tall girls set as goal weight? I am 253lbs, goal weight 170 tentatively.

I'm 5ft 10. I started at 250 and I'm aiming for about an 85lb loss... Don't want to look skeletal!

Same here...I was 170 before I had children...don't think I can be smaller than that, but I guess we shall see!!

I am 5"11 and my aim is 175. I don't want to look like a bean pole either.

I was 5'9, but somehow now 5'8 and weigh about 280. I want to aim between 170 (heaviest) to 160 (smallest).

Edited October 11, 201312 yr by ReEstDec2013

5'10" and i am aiming for 165 - 175..

I saw a post on this forum and a person was relatively tall and 125. WOAHHHH!! Made me think maybe I was coo-coo!!! Seems like we all are in the same ballpark.

I always thought I was 5'10" -- i used to be anyways. I think maybe being obese compressed me a bit as I aged (I'm 41). So when the surgeon's office measured me at 5'9" I was surprised. However, I went with it because it helped get my BMI to the surgery- qualifying number of 40. I'm curious to see fi when I get to a more normal weight I get that inch back

ANYWAYS! I started at 289, and now I'm at 214 ish. My surgeon's goal is 150, although I picked it & they said fine; it's not like they picked it for me. If that is reasonably achievable for me, then I will actually shoot for 145 as a personal goal.

The caveat here is that if I were to get to say, 165, and find that I'm quite happy, I will make that my goal. I really just want to get to that normal BMI, and be happy and healthy.

I'm 5'10 and my doctors goal is 182. I think mine is 165-175.

I'm 5'9, starting weight 233, goal weight 140. My Dr. was fine with that. I know it's an ambitious goal, but I didn't go through this surgery to be just ok with a weight. I need to give this my all!! Power to the Amazon Ladies!!

I'm 5'8 and my surgeon's goal is 175 but my goal is 150 which was what I weighed in college. When I graduated from HS I was 125 and while I would love to be that skinny again, I just don't think it's realistic at my age. We'll see what happens...

I'm 5'11" and I'm shooting for 170. Willing to go a bit lower but I want to see what it is like there first.

A close friend of mine suggested 150 to me. I still think I will set my first goal at 170 and then decide if I want to lose more.

I am 5'9" and my goal is actually 169, so that I can be "average" bmi, instead of overweight. But it is so arbitrary. I will see how I feel when I make it to the loser's bench. My surgeon wouldn't set a goal for me, actually. They said there were too many factors. So, I set one for myself.

My surgeon hasn't to this point set a,goal weight for me either, but he asked where I would like to be and agreed that 170 was good weight. My NUT said I don't fit on the bmi scale anyway, so she too agreed that my goal was good. When would the surgeon set a goal weight? I am scheduled for 12/16. My last appt with surgeon is 12/12.

5'9" fellow tall girls set as goal weight?

ladies

doc and i put my goal weight at 135

my official goal weight became and has stayed 130 lbs these past 10 months

oh.....

did i forget to mention i'm a shorty at 5'3

i bow my head, and now look up to you all!!!!

good luck with figuring and achieving your goals

kathy