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What is your GW/goal BMI, and specifically why?

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#1 ·
Hey, I was just wondering what others are aiming for, and why. Do you like the number itself, is it a previous LW, etc.

My GW right now is 96 because i would have a BMI of 17.0, enough to maybe feel thin. Also, because even with potential water weight fluctuations, I would stay under 100 lbs and also a maximum of 17.5 BMI.

My UGW is where I think i might feel safer from being fat. And it's the lowest adult weight i've had. I would be in the 16s, which would be nice because i don't really like the number 7.

so, anyone else have a specific reason for their GW/UGW/BMI?
 
#2 ·
My UGW is 115 with the same BMI as your UGW, 17! I've seen girls at my height and their weight and many of them are models, and modeling has always been a secret dream of mine. Also, similar reasoning to yours that even with minor fluctuations I would go up to BMI 17.5 and definitely never above 18. I can't wait till I get there!

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#3 ·
Currently my goal weight is around 58-60kg, because when I was at that weight before I was fitting into my clothes amazingly, like everything I had looked really good on me :D The problem around 58kg is that I'll want to go to 57, then 56, then 55 :unsure:
 
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#5 ·
I want a BMI of 18, or just above 18. I figure then, I will fit into 00 pants and have a flat stomach. For me thats a little less than 100 lbs. I figure I could still be relatively healthy at that weight, and look good but not emaciated.
 
#6 ·
16.6%, 100lbs - because I got this low about 3 years ago, and looking back at pics, I like how I looked then. Of course at the time I didn't, so I probably won't when I get there this time either, but hey :)
 
#7 ·
Well my goal weight is 110 lbs, with a BMI of 17.75 and it's basically just because I rather like the number and would feel more good about myself. But my UGW would be 105 which would land me at 16.95 and I would just ADORE to ever be this weight, I'd feel so thin and light and good about myself.
 
#9 · (Edited by Moderator)
Currently at about a ~16.3 BMI. Want to at least get down to 14.7, as long as I can do that without parents interfering, because that's my previous low weight and I kind of want to take pictures this time for perspective, because I didn't before and always felt like I wasn't that thin even then. So, at my height that means about 97 pounds..also below 15 BMI is clinically emaciated, and for some sick reason, that calls out to me. The sick part of me, anyway.
 
#13 ·
Somehow, I don't feel thin enough to comment on this, but I'll explain each of my goal weights:

My first goal weight, 144 lbs, because I do not want to be considered "overweight" anymore and do not want to be dancing exactly on that edge.

My second goal weight, 135 lbs, because a guy I know weighs that much and I do not want to weigh more than he does.

My third goal weight, 125 lbs, because that was always my ultimate goal weight until I thought, "Well, maybe just a little more. Try harder. You're not perfect. You won't be -- not even then."

My fourth goal weight, 115 lbs, because it is just below the "normal" range and again - not dancing on the edge exactly.

My fifth - and final - goal weight, 100 lbs, simply because it's 100, perfect.

I doubt I'll ever get there, but here it is. I just realized how messed up this probably is.
 
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#14 ·
My UGW is 98lbs and that would give me a BMI of 16.8 but in my head right now that is no where near achievable :(

My next goal weight is 110lbs and a BMI of 18.9
Then my goal after that is 105lbs and a BMI of 18 both of which I've never been near before so it's exciting to think about!
 
#17 ·
My goal weight is 100 pounds which would put me at 18.3 for my weight. My reasoning? Being 5'2" makes me look so much bigger for my height then it would if I was just a few inches taller. So, in order to look how i want I have to be 100. I also want to prove wrong anyone who has ever called my thunder thighs in the past and be thin enough to like myself.
 
#19 ·
I always thought my ugw was 117 but when I got to 122 I realized I could prob lose another 10lbs so now it's 112
 
#20 ·
Back when I did a bit of modelling I weighed 43 kgs and I'd like to get somewhere close to that again. If I can get to 50 kgs my bmi would be 17.5. Though I'd go lower if I can. I've already lost 33 kgs and still have 19kgs to go. So we're getting there.
 
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#21 · (Edited)
I'm a little torn on what my UGW is gonna be. For some time in the early days, I wanted to be 115lbs (which would put me on the cusp of the lowest end of healthy BMI-wise for my height, so I figured that way I wouldn't look like a total skeleton because that's not really my intent), but then I decided to change it to 98lbs a couple years back (partially because that means I could say I'm 7 stone and that has a nice ring to it, partially because at the time I was expressing a problem/concern to my mom, which is hard for me to do, and she ended up brushing it off and essentially saying I'm being oversensitive even though I was trying to make it clear this was a serious problem in my eyes and I kind of want to prove that words do hurt and I do have a problem in regards to weight and self-image and shit, if that makes sense).

So yeah basically it's 115, and from there I'll decide if I want to go lower or not basically.
 
#23 ·
115, BMI is 20 something. I have DD+ size boobs... very large, and never go down when I lose weight. Factoring those in, I'd technically look as if I weighed 100lbs without "Deflating" lol
 
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#24 · (Edited)
Gw: 36kg = BMI: 12
Why?: Because over 40kg always felt.. fat to me. Maybe it's because after I gained over 40, I started hearing people call themselves fat. And they were 38-45kg. Which is kinda stupid consering I was atleast 10cm shorter back then. But my anorexic life long best friend is 40kg, and I want to be thinner than her. Despite she is over head shorter than I am.
And I want to be emancipated. I want a weight and bmi that makes normal people shiver.
 
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#26 ·
90lbs. That would put me at a BMI of 15.2

There is no specific reason why I picked it. I was fairly happy at my lowest weight (93lbs) but I feel like I'd look even better if I lost a little more than that. My goal weight is subject to change. We'll see how I feel when I get to 90