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Post by bakersdozen12 on May 9, 2019 15:37:26 GMT
Setting a goal weight is a very personal decision. There are so many factors that should be considered. That's why WW has weight ranges. Mine is between 117 to 146. I know that for me, 117 would be unrealistic for my body frame. I would look anorexic. When I originally made Lifetime, my goal was set at 135, and I got down to 128 as my lowest. However, I am 42 years old now. It's harder to lose weight and keep it off as you get older. My new, more realistic-to-me goal for my current situation is 145. Would I love to get down to 135 again? Of course. Can I realistically maintain that weight? Not so much. If you have any doubt of what is best for you, I suggest starting with a conversation with your doctor. Best of luck!
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Post by bakersdozen12 on May 9, 2019 15:38:28 GMT
I can’t believe that there doesn’t seem to be a weight range chart on the WW web site any longer. Just BMI BS. But here’s a chart from another web site that puts BMI and corresponding weights together. Find your height, then read down that column to find the BMIs in the green zone and find the corresponding weights in the left column.
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Post by zazzles on May 9, 2019 22:04:06 GMT
From my earlier Google search, WW Canada. Nothing came up for WW-USA. I had the same experience. Could not find a link on the U.S. site by searching Google to save my life. The color scheme on that page tells a story—it is a leftover on the old WW web site; there is still a lot of the old content out there which you can find, hit-or-miss, by searching Google.
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Post by Kitty on May 9, 2019 22:58:59 GMT
If you are not close to the top of your goal weight range, I would work toward sub-goals until I got closer to my range. I generally felt that it made sense to set my goal weight at the top of my range and to then assess how I felt after I had maintained for several months. In some cases, the top of the range may be too difficult to maintain. In that case, then it can make sense to pick a higher goal weight. If you are a meeting member and want life membership you would need a doctor's note for a goal weight above your goal range.
In the end, the best goal weight is going to be one that you can happily maintain.
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Post by quark12000 on May 10, 2019 4:03:51 GMT
On line only. Yes, I can access that link.
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Post by quark12000 on May 11, 2019 4:34:03 GMT
If you are not close to the top of your goal weight range, I would work toward sub-goals until I got closer to my range. I generally felt that it made sense to set my goal weight at the top of my range and to then assess how I felt after I had maintained for several months. In some cases, the top of the range may be too difficult to maintain. In that case, then it can make sense to pick a higher goal weight. If you are a meeting member and want life membership you would need a doctor's note for a goal weight above your goal range. In the end, the best goal weight is going to be one that you can happily maintain. When you say "goal weight range" are you referring to the chart in the link? Because that seems a bit suspect to me. No variations for gender or age? That doesn't seem very scientific.
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Post by Kitty on May 11, 2019 6:13:00 GMT
quark12000, That chart is a BMI charge. BMI is based upon weight and height. It is not based on gender or age. There is no real reason that someone older should weigh more for example. Men may weigh more but usually because they are taller. If you are an online member only you can't get to free lifetime so you don't have to go by the BMI chart. (Some online members join as a meeting member for the last bit of weight loss so they can get lifetime). You can choose a weight that is different from the BMI chart. The most important thing is to choose a weight that you can maintain long term.
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Post by zazzles on May 11, 2019 15:10:51 GMT
When you say "goal weight range" are you referring to the chart in the link? Because that seems a bit suspect to me. No variations for gender or age? That doesn't seem very scientific. Weight charts have always been based on gender and height, never on age. There is no real reason that someone older should weigh more for example. Men may weigh more but usually because they are taller. There have been medical studies that would disagree with that statement. Seniors with some extra padding often have better recovery outcomes when they suffer significant health events.
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Post by susan092907 on May 11, 2019 16:56:46 GMT
The most important thing is to choose a weight that you can maintain long term. This is commonly given advice but it hasn't worked for me. I'm now at my fourth time at goal after being on and off WW for almost 48 years. This is my first time ever maintaining, and I've been maintaining under goal since 2010. My current official WW goal weight is the top of my BMI range on the WW chart. But over the years I've also set goal weights of exact mid-range, upper mid-range, and once before - also top of range. I wasn't able to maintain any of those goal weights until I changed my eating behaviors and my emotional and cognitive approaches to eating. Before that, I couldn't even maintain my highest weight ever at 25 pounds above the top of my BMI. I'm a petite woman and this amount of overweight put me past into the obese range. But I would have kept gaining more and more weight - and not maintained even at that number - had I not made changes. My point is that it's not the number of pounds of goal weight that facilitates maintenance, it's those other factors that must be addressed to maintain any goal weight, in my opinion.
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Post by Kitty on May 11, 2019 18:15:30 GMT
The most important thing is to choose a weight that you can maintain long term. My point is that it's not the number of pounds of goal weight that facilitates maintenance, it's those other factors that must be addressed to maintain any goal weight, in my opinion. I agree that you have to address those things to maintain any goal weight. It is never easy. But, for example, 117 pounds is in my goal range and so is 146. For ME, I could set my goal weight at 117 and I would not be able to maintain that weight even though I have changed those factors. I simply can't eat and live at a level that would allow me to be 117 pounds and maintain. I would be miserable trying and I would fail. I can't happily maintain at that weight. On the other hand, I can maintain 146 pounds happily. I can use the good eating behaviors that I have learned and all of my strategies and can happily maintain that weight. Of course, if I stop using those behaviors then I can regain (hence my current weight about 7 pounds over that). But I can happily maintain that weight. For someone else my height though, they might want to maintain at 155 pounds and it is better to maintain at 155 pounds than try to get to 146 and repeatedly fail just like I would fail at 117.
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Post by susan092907 on May 11, 2019 21:38:00 GMT
I can maintain 146 pounds happily You make good points and I certainly understand your perspective. But for me, I can't say that I can maintain any goal weight happily. At goal weight of 118, I was hungry and wanted to eat more and more. Same at 125 and at 132 goal weights. And at my obese, highest ever weight, I was still hungry and wanted to eat more and more. When I got to goal this last time - goal weight 132 at the top of my range - I continued to stay in weight loss mode until I got down to my personal goal of 120. I maintained that for about 2-3 years. It was a big effort. Over the past 5-6 years, my weight has gradually gone up toward my official goal weight. In the past year, there have been times when I've bordered on not being able to weigh in for free as I have since 2010. It's a big effort for me now to continue to be a free Lifetime member. I don't think upping my goal to a weight above my official goal weight would make it any easier for me to maintain. I think that at whatever goal weight I might choose now, even going up to my highest ever weight, I wouldn't be able to happily maintain. I guess that after all these years, I'm still feeling that weight loss and maintenance is a big mystery. I do what I have to do, and that's about the best I can say.
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Post by finreporter on May 13, 2019 18:06:40 GMT
I agree with kitty, it is much easier for me to maintain certain higher weights rather than something that "sounds" good or looks good on paper. I'm short (5'2") so my BMI range is as low as 108 I think? While some super low or even mid range weight may sound good because of some old fashioned ideals of being "skinny", I can't even get down to that weight without practicing extreme deprivation, let alone have any chance of maintaining at that level. I also have more of an ideal in my head to look more on the side of firm and fit through strength training which for me typically means sacrificing a lower weight to some extent.
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Post by limefan on May 13, 2019 20:15:04 GMT
My goal weight is 135 pounds which is above what Weight Watchers range is, but a goal written by my doctor. I made it to goal weight and maintained for 1 year, but now I have been in the 150s for the last 2 years and struggling to get back to at least 137 so I can get back to free status. I am also short (4'8") and have been overweight my entire life. I tried to get the provider I saw 6 months ago to change my goal to 150 since that is where I seem to be stuck, but she refused based on the BMI chart. So I keep trying. I need to schedule another appointment for med refill this month so I will try again to get my goal weight to change by my doctor. I had to see another provider 6 months ago because mine was on maternity leave.
It has been extremely frustrating. I has taken me 6 months to lose 5 pounds. But I am glad I am at least losing since I switched back to Points Plus rather than gaining on Smart Points/Freestyle.
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