Wed, Dec-12-01, 12:29
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Senior Member
Posts: 495
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Plan: Modified Atkins
Stats: 270/205/160
BF:
Progress: 59%
Location: Connecticut, USA
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The mysterious goal weight
Victoria, the first time I read this goal weight concept:
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Originally posted by LC Sponge
They say that your *ideal* weight is the weight you remember feeling BEST at. That's the weight that should have been your goal from the beginning. We set "wimpy" goals, because we are scared we won't hit them if they are too difficult.
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I felt ripped off. I have felt really great at a lot of weights because I am generally a happy, contented person brimming with self esteem ( ), but none of them has yet been in a healthy range for me. (I remember weighing 100 lbs. in 5th grade and 140 in 6th grade - although I grew six inches between those years, I was still only 5'2"!) So I had to make an educated guess at my goal based on insurance tables. I think I initially picked 125 because that's what I picked the last time I really tried to lose weight (when I ended up at 150) and because I didn't want to be a wimp!
Then, I read some threads on this site about body fat percentages and frame sizes and did some intense measuring. Turns out I *AM* big boned and my body fat isn't as high (although still too porky for my toned-up goal!) as I'd thought. So, I adjusted my goal weight *UP* because it was actually below the healthy range for my frame and height. I've been having quite the journey just trying to pick a goal! It's making me feel better that even you super LC'ers who are near, at or below goal still aren't quite sure what your *ideal* weight is. At least, I think it does. Honestly, I was hoping for some concrete reassurance along the lines of Nat's instant gratification/handed to me on a silver platter post. No such luck, huh? I, too, will have to be content to examine my own body and pysche to find what's right for me while at the same time avoiding the demons of post-goal depression while searching for my next great quest...perhaps an Iron Man triathlon or crocodile wrestling?
Thanks for the great thread - I couldn't stop reading!
Dani
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