Whenever I attempt to lose weight, I struggle with knowing what my actual goal weight is. According to Weight Watchers, I have about 70 pounds to lose. To get to where I was at my most in shape EVER (sophomore year in high school), I would need to lose 50. To get to where I was when I started dating my husband, I'd need to lose about 30. And to get to where my doctor says I should be, I'd need to lose about 20.
The problem is that I have been overweight for a long time. That combined with the fact that I am built pretty solidly (so I weigh a lot more than people realize) makes it hard to settle on an "ideal weight". I want to be comfortable in my clothes. I would prefer than those clothes be a smaller size. I want to feel better naked. I want my engagement ring to fit like it did the day my husband proposed. I want to wear sleeveless shirts.
So whatever I have to lose to make all that happen would be great. For now, I am going to focus on one weigh in at a time. Weeks that I lose weight I will consider successful and weeks that I don't I will consider less than successful. For now, my tangible goal will be to drop from a 16 to a 14 in pants (which would mean buying new pants!). I'll wait and see how that feels before deciding what goal to set next.
Baby steps, right?
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Exactly! Baby steps! One goal at a time! And I agree with you... when I'm at what I feel is a good weight, my "BMI" still says I'm overweight, yet I don't look it at all!! I'm just dense :) I'm glad I'm not crazy! Good luck!!!
ReplyDeleteBaby steps!! & like you said, I'm also "solid" and I think that makes it harder to set a goal. When I look very thin, I'm just teetering on BMI's scale of normal & overweight.
ReplyDeleteSo I try to go by the number on the scale & clothes size!
You're doing great! Keep it up!