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I'm Confused - Anyone understand WW goals?
In my blog post from last night (at the very end), I asked this question (below), but I decided to give it it's own blog post and ask again.
Now.....for you all who are good at the Weight Watchers details! My WW leader told me that my healthy weight range for my age and height (53 and 5'6") is 129 to 155. I talked it over with my Dr. last Friday, and he said that he thought I ought to land on 150. So....tonight I asked my leader if I make my goal 150, does that mean I have a 7 pound leeway? What I mean by that is.....if I happened to gain weight, could I go clear to 157 without having to pay (once I've made lifetime, I mean)? Or would I only get to gain to 152 before I would have to pay? She said, "No, if you make 150 your goal, you do not have a 7 pound leeway before you'd have to pay again". But then she said something that totally confused me, and I couldn't ask her again, because she got interrupted by something else at the meeting and off she went. She said, "But maybe what you should do, is go on down to maybe 153 lbs.". Well, here's my confusion. If, no matter what you pick as your goal, you can only go 2 pounds over it (even if your goal is in the lower end of your healthy weight range), then why would she have said that maybe I should go down to 153? I mean, what difference would 153 be, to what my Dr. said of 150, if no matter what I pick as my goal, I can only go 2 lbs. over it before having to pay again? Can anybody on here help me figure this one out? I will be forever grateful to you!
Now.....for you all who are good at the Weight Watchers details! My WW leader told me that my healthy weight range for my age and height (53 and 5'6") is 129 to 155. I talked it over with my Dr. last Friday, and he said that he thought I ought to land on 150. So....tonight I asked my leader if I make my goal 150, does that mean I have a 7 pound leeway? What I mean by that is.....if I happened to gain weight, could I go clear to 157 without having to pay (once I've made lifetime, I mean)? Or would I only get to gain to 152 before I would have to pay? She said, "No, if you make 150 your goal, you do not have a 7 pound leeway before you'd have to pay again". But then she said something that totally confused me, and I couldn't ask her again, because she got interrupted by something else at the meeting and off she went. She said, "But maybe what you should do, is go on down to maybe 153 lbs.". Well, here's my confusion. If, no matter what you pick as your goal, you can only go 2 pounds over it (even if your goal is in the lower end of your healthy weight range), then why would she have said that maybe I should go down to 153? I mean, what difference would 153 be, to what my Dr. said of 150, if no matter what I pick as my goal, I can only go 2 lbs. over it before having to pay again? Can anybody on here help me figure this one out? I will be forever grateful to you!
6 Comments
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Comment by Alisha on May 22, 2008 at 11:44am - I am in the same weight range as you. I have been struggling literally for the last three months at 160 OP...all the way OP. Last year this time it felt like the weight was melting away and now I'm stuck. I had first told my leader I wanted to be 150 (even though my doc says that at 5'6" anyone should weigh only as high as 130....no joke, I almost died), but anyway the leader said to go ahead and set my WW goal for the highest in the range, that way you can make lifetime quicker and not pay, but then I can set a personal goal of 150 and work toward that next. That is what I like about her, she is honest and said that is what she had done and then lost 14 more lbs to stay safely away from the WW goal. Hope this helps!! (I'm not sure why your leader told you 153?!?!?
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Comment by Tanya on May 22, 2008 at 12:40pm - I'm not sure what your leader was trying to say. Perhaps she was stating if you make your WW goal a little more than what you really want to get to, then you don't have to worry so much. That's what I did. When I started WW I was 209 (after already losing 30 lbs) and I made my goal 155. I knew I wanted to weigh less but I wasn't sure how I would look since I hadn't been that weight since college. I met my 155 and made lifetime. However, I continued to loose and still am. I'm currently 137 and have lost a total of 103 lbs. Does that make sense? You also have to remember those ranges are just suggestions. Don't get too caught up on the numbers. If you still have questions, talk to your leader again or maybe give the office a call. Hope that helps and good luck!
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Comment by Tricia on May 22, 2008 at 12:42pm - Personally, I set my WW goal at 155, and my personal goal was 145. I wanted to stop paying sooner, hence the 155 goal. That would mean you could weigh up to 157 and not pay, but you can go lower than that with no problem. Does that make sense?
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Comment by Bonnie on May 22, 2008 at 1:24pm - Oh my gosh....you guys are all SO helpful! THANK YOU! I understand it now. So it looks like I did the right thing by picking my goal to be 155. Yippee! Only 18 more pounds to go, to get there! And Alicia, I hope you get unstuck! And I hope I don't get stuck at 160 too....tehehehe! I think I will definitely have a personal goal though, of 150....and then maybe lower, who know? At 53, I'm not sure I can pull off less than 150 though. I weighed 130 in High School, and that was 35 years ago.
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Comment by LA on May 23, 2008 at 9:01am - Hi Bonnie! I'm glad you got your question answered 'cause I had no clue. Sorry things are so crazy at work, but it's good to "see" you back online! Congrats on your loss!
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I've always been told that once you make your goal that 5 +- is normal at any given time?!