Hi everyone! I'm new here and would like to introduce myself briefly before question. I'm a 25 year old mother of 2 (no more for me) and I've had issues with weight whole life. I should add that I'm 6' tall. Up until age 17, I was way too skinny. At best I weighed 150, usually around 130. I have a medium to large frame and it looked really bad on me and I didn't feel feminine at all. I gained some weight out of no where and shot up to 180. I was really happy there but everyone in family said I was too fat. Then I got pregnant and BAM! FAT! lol! I gained way too much weight and started binging badly. From there on out, I hovered around 275-290 between and after pregnancies. July of this year, I weighed 273 and decided I was done being fat. I started working out and dieting hardcore and today I weigh 209. I really don't know what I'm doing but it seems to be working. I still struggle with eating because now I have the opposite problem of binging, but that's an issue for another day.
question is, how much should goal weight be? I was assuming 175, but it's hard to tell because of stomach skin being what it is. I have weighed 209 before and I didn't look like this. Pregnancies also stretched out already "curvy" hips so they don't seem to be as slim as before. I don't want to look like a super model again, just fit, healthy, and curvy. I am planning on getting a tummy tuck/breast augmentation, so I need to have a realistic weight loss goal. I cannot lose more weight after surgery without ruining $9000 worth of work. lol!
Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you!
Need help setting realistic weight loss goal :)
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Re: Need help setting realistic weight loss goal :)
Hi there, hope you're doing well and CONBGRATS on the little ones. I'm sure you're doing a great job of helping to raise them 
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I'll get onto the crux of post later, though hopefully anything I write in the interim will be taken in good spirits, as I mean no criticism, just to humbly state the case of a third party observer.
I personally cannot comment on the surgery too much, as I have a fairly neutral stance on such things. I think sometimes it's necessary, like removal of loose skin, but in the case of things like augmentation I often don't think it's that necessary and the poor results, or bursting implants, or botched surgery or complications from having implants replaced, never seems like a good tradeoff for confidence to be gained from other things like physical condition or just looks.
Though I am not someone that dislikes augemnted females as I believe unless a person is a criminal or a person with a bad attitude, then I am pretty willing to get along with people or just let them be.
You have really feminine looks and a captivating appearance so maybe you are not considering the possibility that you would look just fine without them. Not a critique, just a polite observation.
Regarding your current physiology, If you were to weightlift properly, (not the 15 reps on a adductor machine with 3 plates every session rubbish), watch the diet and do a little cardio around 2-3 times a week, you could loose more tnan you intend.
Men usually are fine with 175, but females can look a little overburdened weight wise, even taller females, no disrespect intended by that observation.
I would suggest if you don't already, embarking on a weight training schedule to supplement diet.
The general gist of many beginner programmes is to focus on doing 8-10 repetitions per muscle group, with 2 lots, (sets), of 8-10 reps, using mostly exercises that work multiple muscles at once, rather than ones that focus mainly on a primary muscle.
This includes keeping things light, os the body can adjust to the biomechanics of weight lifting and would be done every oter day for 3 sessions a week until you've completed a 4-6 week period, then more weight / intensity could be added.
This is the sort of system you might be given in a Gym.
Squats, 8-10 reps, 2 sets.
Lunges, 8-10 reps, 2 sets.
Deadlifts, 8-10 reps, 2 sets
Bench Press, 8-10 reps, 2 sets.
Bent Over Barbell Rows, 8-10 reps, 2 sets
Shrugs, 8-10 reps, 2 sets.
Planks, 30-60 seconds.
1lb of added muscle can burn an extra 45-50 calories a day, so muscle is healthy for weight loss and for long-term health. It's nothing to be feared, despite all the scare stories about ugly man faced, steroid using women. Steroid users are not ugly, or manly in apperance, but someone in your condition wouldn't need to embark on such things, but gaining another 10lbs or so of "naturally gained" mass, coupled with some reduction of fat would be good, as the quality training would help strengthen bones and connective tissues too, which is very useful when you're older.
I would suggest getting a plan similar to the one shown above, at a local Gym, though they will decide what's best.
This is how a schedule might look in the context of a week.
Day 1. Weights.
Day 2. Cardio.
Day 3. Weights.
Day 4. Day off.
Day 5. Cardio.
Day 6. Weights.
Day 7. Day off.
The split days off allow for not training more than 3 days in a row and not doing nothing for 2 days in a row, to promote better rest and recovery and progress.
The cardio could be basic low level 1-2 interval training for example, 30 minutes max, which after a few weeks, could be increased in intensity to say level 3-4, once your bodies cardiovascular system was a bit more honed and adapted to what was being done.
You obviously do exercise, but may want to adapt to what I suggested, as like I said, I don't know what you currently do.
I would personally say being 6ft, you could aim for around 130-140lbs and see how that works out, I'd be saying around 110-120 if you were 6-8" shorter, as being taller the bit of added weight might sit better on you.
Hopeully that explains thing okay, but as another way to help you, what meals do you eat and what times do you eat?
I hope this has been of some use to you and if you need anything, please let us know. Whatever your choices are in the future, It's not for me to condemn or chastise, but I wish you well and hope they turn out all right for you.
Good luck and hopefully we can help you do more and in turn you can become a greater influence and rolemodel to your children, than you no doubt already are.
.I'll get onto the crux of post later, though hopefully anything I write in the interim will be taken in good spirits, as I mean no criticism, just to humbly state the case of a third party observer
.I personally cannot comment on the surgery too much, as I have a fairly neutral stance on such things. I think sometimes it's necessary, like removal of loose skin, but in the case of things like augmentation I often don't think it's that necessary and the poor results, or bursting implants, or botched surgery or complications from having implants replaced, never seems like a good tradeoff for confidence to be gained from other things like physical condition or just looks.
Though I am not someone that dislikes augemnted females as I believe unless a person is a criminal or a person with a bad attitude, then I am pretty willing to get along with people or just let them be.
You have really feminine looks and a captivating appearance so maybe you are not considering the possibility that you would look just fine without them. Not a critique, just a polite observation
.Regarding your current physiology, If you were to weightlift properly, (not the 15 reps on a adductor machine with 3 plates every session rubbish), watch the diet and do a little cardio around 2-3 times a week, you could loose more tnan you intend.
Men usually are fine with 175, but females can look a little overburdened weight wise, even taller females, no disrespect intended by that observation.
I would suggest if you don't already, embarking on a weight training schedule to supplement diet.
The general gist of many beginner programmes is to focus on doing 8-10 repetitions per muscle group, with 2 lots, (sets), of 8-10 reps, using mostly exercises that work multiple muscles at once, rather than ones that focus mainly on a primary muscle.
This includes keeping things light, os the body can adjust to the biomechanics of weight lifting and would be done every oter day for 3 sessions a week until you've completed a 4-6 week period, then more weight / intensity could be added.
This is the sort of system you might be given in a Gym.
Squats, 8-10 reps, 2 sets.
Lunges, 8-10 reps, 2 sets.
Deadlifts, 8-10 reps, 2 sets
Bench Press, 8-10 reps, 2 sets.
Bent Over Barbell Rows, 8-10 reps, 2 sets
Shrugs, 8-10 reps, 2 sets.
Planks, 30-60 seconds.
1lb of added muscle can burn an extra 45-50 calories a day, so muscle is healthy for weight loss and for long-term health. It's nothing to be feared, despite all the scare stories about ugly man faced, steroid using women. Steroid users are not ugly, or manly in apperance, but someone in your condition wouldn't need to embark on such things, but gaining another 10lbs or so of "naturally gained" mass, coupled with some reduction of fat would be good, as the quality training would help strengthen bones and connective tissues too, which is very useful when you're older
.I would suggest getting a plan similar to the one shown above, at a local Gym, though they will decide what's best.
This is how a schedule might look in the context of a week.
Day 1. Weights.
Day 2. Cardio.
Day 3. Weights.
Day 4. Day off.
Day 5. Cardio.
Day 6. Weights.
Day 7. Day off.
The split days off allow for not training more than 3 days in a row and not doing nothing for 2 days in a row, to promote better rest and recovery and progress.
The cardio could be basic low level 1-2 interval training for example, 30 minutes max, which after a few weeks, could be increased in intensity to say level 3-4, once your bodies cardiovascular system was a bit more honed and adapted to what was being done.
You obviously do exercise, but may want to adapt to what I suggested, as like I said, I don't know what you currently do.
I would personally say being 6ft, you could aim for around 130-140lbs and see how that works out, I'd be saying around 110-120 if you were 6-8" shorter, as being taller the bit of added weight might sit better on you.
Hopeully that explains thing okay, but as another way to help you, what meals do you eat and what times do you eat?
I hope this has been of some use to you and if you need anything, please let us know. Whatever your choices are in the future, It's not for me to condemn or chastise, but I wish you well and hope they turn out all right for you
.Good luck and hopefully we can help you do more and in turn you can become a greater influence and rolemodel to your children, than you no doubt already are
.