Setting My Ultimate Goal Weight

I have been doing some research into what my ultimate healthy weight should be.  My first thought is to look at a BMI chart.

This is the one I use, I like it because it takes into account quite a few factors which makes it more accurate:

https://www.kiwicover.co.nz/your-health/bmi/calculator?ref=google&gclid=CPXoiPvP8cQCFRUJvAodK0UAvA

This is my current chart:

I am still just within the obese category (with a BMI of 29.9). I'm just stoked I'm under a score of 30 now!

It also tells you a recommended weight. Mine is 75kgs. This means I have another 18.7 kgs to lose.

I haven't been 75 kgs since 1999!

16 years... or so.  I can pin point this because at the time I was a devout journaler. It was a special time of my life, when Hubby and I first met and I'm kind of sentimental about it, so I have a journal entry of that era that proves it.

I find it somewhat humorous but also disheartening that I was unhappy with my weight, which was obviously quite healthy back then! It is also funny that I still spell exercise incorrectly - except these days spellcheck fixes it up for me

:-)

What was I thinking? I know there are other people out there that struggle with accepting their body image. Is there anybody that is completely happy with what they have got? I certainly hope I would be happy with 76 kgs today. If not, I need a big reality check!

So I think I will settle for a goal weight of 76kgs. Afterall, it has special historical significance to me and who cares if I am a kg over the ideal. I won't really know if this is going to work for me until I lose a bit more. I might feel I am healthy at 80 kgs. I can ultimately decide this for myself, but for now I have my sights set on 76.