weight charts/setting goals

[Guest guest]

HI all,

My sister just joined ww in her area. She and her dh were here for

dinner about 3 weeks ago (just before she joined) and I was sharing

some of my information with her. When we checked the weight charts

for goal weights, if I remember right her highest weight should be

145. She is 5'4 " and started at 183 pounds. She is 49 years old.

Anyway, she has been somewhat overweight most of her adult life and

in the past has been on several " diets " and she said she feels

really good at 150 and clothes fit well, etc. My question is, can

she set her goal weight at 150 even tho the charts say her highest

should be 145?? I think she would look great at 150, and I don't

want her to get discouraged.

Thank you,

Terri in Wisconsin

[Guest guest]

Hi Terri,

My goal of 145 is above WW goal for my height.....but at 159 I'm in a

single digit size and have people questioning if I should lose more

weight......I think the guidelines are fine.......but we all know where

we feel good....I think your sis should set her goal where she feels she

will look andfeel good, despite what WW says......bone density and

muscle tone have so much to add.

Liz

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Yes, you can set your goal above what the weight charts say. But generally you

have to have a doctor's note to do so.

Terri wrote:

she said she feels really good at 150 and clothes fit well, etc. My question

is, can she set her goal weight at 150 even tho the charts say her highest

should be 145?? I think she would look great at 150, and I don't

want her to get discouraged.

Thank you,

Terri in Wisconsin

Gymmie in Cali °Ü°!!!!!

WW Baby-No Mo' Flab born 10/13/2K3 Wt. 6.5 lbs

Ya Ya Name--Marchiioness Whispering Thunder

Bond Girl Name--Sasha Sparks

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My question is, can she set her goal weight at 150 even tho the

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[Guest guest]

A note of caution before you go to your doctor and ask about setting

your goal weight. He/She may ask that you loose more than the top of WW

ranges. Our WW leader told us that one of the gals in her other meeting

is very tall and she wanted to set her weight goal at about 10 lbs

higher than WW. Our leader agreed with her because she looked great and

she was fairly large boned and so she told her to go ahead and get a

note from her doctor. She went to her doctor and he recommended that she

loose another 20 pounds!!! She was very upset and was thinking about

quitting WW. Our leader felt terrible about the whole thing. This all

came up when we were discussing how the goal weights are determined.

Most of us in our meeting felt there should be some way to factor in a

persons body fat and bone structure so that the goal weight can be more

individualized.

Kris

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Yes, you can set your goal above what the weight charts say. But

generally you have to have a doctor's note to do so.

Terri wrote:

[Guest guest]

My doctors weight charts are a lot lower than the WW ones. They are set by

the insurance companies, and the insurance industry is preparing to lower

those weights again in the near future. When I went to get my life

insurance increased last year State Farm told me that they were looking to

lower them again as a 'whole' industry by 10% since studies have shown that

people who weigh 10% less than the current insurance standards live longer

more healthy lives.

Moe

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Everyone is different. Like in my case when I was at 165, I could wear a

6/8-pants/skirts/*some* dresses--I have an 8 dress that I can fit. Because the

boob fairy hasn't found her way to my house, most tops are a different story.

Actually I think she has, I think she's adding what she's taking from others to

me. If I went down to what my height/weight chart says, it would probably put

me in a 2/4. I was almost in some 4s as it was at 165. I had gotten down to 155

and couldn't maintain that very well. I maintained really good at 165, until a

lot of stress came into my life and some of the weight came back on. But I feel

much better at 165 than I would at 145.

Terri wrote:Wow, that is too bad. I would think that

would discourage a lot of people who would benefit from a weight loss, even if

it isn't as much as ww thinks it should be.

Terri

Gymmie in Cali °Ü°!!!!!

WW Baby-No Mo' Flab born 10/13/2K3 Wt. 6.5 lbs

Ya Ya Name--Marchiioness Whispering Thunder

Bond Girl Name--Sasha Sparks

[Guest guest]

I agree. A lot more folks are lifting weights these days and reshaping their

bodies. So that's why a lot of folks can weigh more and wear smaller sizes. A

lot of athletes are considered to be obese or very overweight on the

height/weight chart, but the majority of them are nothing but muscle.

Jay & Kris Swofford wrote:

This all came up when we were discussing how the goal weights are determined.

Most of us in our meeting felt there should be some way to factor in a persons

body fat and bone structure so that the goal weight can be more

individualized.

Kris

194/142/128

Gymmie in Cali °Ü°!!!!!

WW Baby-No Mo' Flab born 10/13/2K3 Wt. 6.5 lbs

Ya Ya Name--Marchiioness Whispering Thunder

Bond Girl Name--Sasha Sparks

[Guest guest]

Now that makes NO sense.

First of all, to quit WW just because a doctor thinks she should lose 20

more pounds is just plain childish. You've found a program that works

for you (not you...but the collective you, or maybe I should say she)

and you're going to quit because the doctor said something you didn't

like. Please.

Second of all, perhaps the doctor found something on the physical that

caused concern. What is best for our bodies and what we think may be

best, may not always jibe. If she felt that the doctor was off, there is

more than one doctor in the world. She could have seen another one.

Someone like that will be back doing it all over again, I guarantee.

That person was more interested in looks and money than a lifestyle

change and good health. Heck, I'll keep paying for WW until I die if I

need to do that to keep my health in order.

> RE: weight charts/setting goals

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> A note of caution before you go to your doctor and ask about

> setting your goal weight. He/She may ask that you loose more

> than the top of WW ranges. Our WW leader told us that one of

> the gals in her other meeting is very tall and she wanted to

> set her weight goal at about 10 lbs higher than WW. Our

> leader agreed with her because she looked great and she was

> fairly large boned and so she told her to go ahead and get a

> note from her doctor. She went to her doctor and he

> recommended that she loose another 20 pounds!!! She was very

> upset and was thinking about quitting WW. Our leader felt

> terrible about the whole thing. This all came up when we were

> discussing how the goal weights are determined. Most of us in

> our meeting felt there should be some way to factor in a

> persons body fat and bone structure so that the goal weight

> can be more individualized.

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> Kris

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> Yes, you can set your goal above what the weight charts say.

> But generally you have to have a doctor's note to do so.

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