[little_ms_sunshyne]

Originally Posted by jelli

I have found that a weight the "professionals" say that I would be healthiest is not the weight I feel or look the healthiest in. Usually I feel and look best about 10-15lbs more.

Originally Posted by Miss Scarlett

About a year ago i asked my weight loss doc what he had in mind for my goal weight. His response was his goal for every patient was for them to feel better and improve their overall health rather than reach a certain (and often unrealistic) number on some chart.

Originally Posted by Tcountry

So....the other day Sunshyne & I were talking...(surprise)
A little background...we are the same height...different builds...but when looking up "goal weight" they don't ask how you're built...so, back to story...

So...she was looking up what the weight range is "supposed to be normal" for our height. She said xxx(I can't remember the number), & said they have categories for weight.
Under weight, normal, overweight, & obese....wth...anyway..."normal" was not doable for sure (I was there once, I looked like a teenage boy)...so I asked "what's the most I can weigh & just be overweight?" (cause obese just sounds bad)
This question cracked her up...

She did give me the answer...so now that is my goal...lol
Sorry had to share...

I started reading on what is considered a healthy weight. I really dislike the word obese. You know what I dislike even more? The combination of the words morbidly and obese. So when I began to re-evaluate my goals I asked myself "What makes me feel good...What is realistic?" I am in no way one of those girls I consider dainty that I spent most of my adolesence wanting to be like. As I matured, although lacking self confidence quite often, I began to appreciate a more volumptuous shape. I want a curve to my body...I want breasts that are full....I want thighs that someone can dig their fingertips in..... Not to say that wanting something else isnt ok....It really is a matter of perspective and what you want for yourself. Whatever your definition of healthy, beautiful, etc etc is. My desire for a healthy lifestyle is just that. I want to be healthy, find my self confidence, and quit limiting myself.

I shared the "normal" weight standards with T....It cracked me up when hy said...."Ummmm, I dont want to be that. What is the overweight standard? Can I aim for that?" What made me laugh, is that hy and I are aiming to be overweight according to "the standard". lol But really, I am just aiming to be me.

Kinda random...sorry! I tend to have random ramblings...and here I am rambling about my ramblings! lol