What the title said... I'm curious as to how those who are working toward a specific target determined that number?
For context, although at one point in my life I hit 277, this most recent weight loss attempt (two years now) started at 240. When I started, I looked at myself, looked at my smart scale stats on how much of my weight is "fat-free body weight," added in a percentage for reasonable amount of body fat, given my gender and age, and figured I needed to lose about 60 lbs.
Fast forward to hitting that 180 mark and realizing I still had a way to go--clearly plenty of fat still there. So I adjusted down to 165. Got there, still not "done." Adjusted down to 160. Still not done. I asked ChatGPT how to visualize a poundage and it said that you can roughly estimate 5 lbs of body fat to be about the physical dimensions of a loaf of bread. So looking at my current body, I see a loaf on each thigh, probably, and one on my stomach. So I'm *still* approximately 15 lbs away from done. That's not great, but it's okay. I'll get there, but I have to say that I would not have looked at my 240-lb body and thought I needed to lose 95 lbs. Maybe I was delusional but it's kind of eye-opening to know how far off my original estimate was!
So I'm curious as to whether people are working from self estimate, a target set by a doctor, or what?
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