So I'm (F43) 5'3" and I've lost 60lbs in the last year. I originally set my goal weight to 140lbs. That would be the weight that would finally get me to "healthy" BMI for my height and the last weight I had been over 20 years ago when I was still considered "in shape", I suppose. When I started the actual losing weight path last year on purpose I was 210, although in the last 15 years the highest it had gotten up to was 260 after going through childbirth and having hypothyroidism with other health issues that weren't successfully being treated.
But since I've lost weight I'm noticing people around my height have lower weight goals and it's making me wonder if I need to set mine lower because that's the actual place it should be?
For instance, I've seen people in various weight loss subs say their start or current weight is around my weight now (150) and their goal weight is around 110-125. I also talked to a neighbor recently (she's around my height, maybe an inch taller) who noticed my weight loss and said she's always been around 125 and needs to lose weight as she is now in the 150s, noting it's the heaviest she's ever been. Looking at her I would never consider her overweight, and just have always seen her as average weight/in shape. She has also always looked the same weight to me (she's lived here for about 3 years) so I'm not sure when she gained that weight she's talking about.
It just kind of cuts a little bit because it's like the weight I finally got to, which I haven't been in forever, is a weight that other people are starting at and aren't happy with/consider big for themselves.
It doesn't take away from my loss necessarily, as I know I've still lost a lot, but it just makes me wonder if my goal weight is not enough for someone my height and I really should aim lower. I was going to be flexible anyway about my goal and assess it after I got to my general goal, but I figured my goal weight was still good/healthy for my height but now I'm questioning it.
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