Are You Setting Your Target Weight Too Low?

Written by Sky Taylor, Diet Bites

How setting target weight loss numbers higher can set the pace for weight loss success. An original Weight Loss Tip from Diet Bites.

If you're like most dieters you start your diet with a certain number that you want to reach on the weight loss scales.

Checking the recommended weight charts, you grab the lowest number on the chart for your height - or the number based on frame size. We're using a medium size body frame in our data chart below. More notes on this after the data chart.

While this method for setting a target weight loss goal may be ideal for an individual losing a few pounds, it may be frustrating for a dieter in need of losing many pounds.  

Tip That Makes Losing Weight Easier, More Reachable

If you've experienced the frustration of trying to reach a target weight that appears so far away that you feel like you need a magnifying glass just to see it, we've got an easy suggestion that will allow you to reach your target weight loss goal much easier.

By simply choosing the highest recommended number on the weight chart, your diet motivation will be boosted, and weight loss will simply be more doable.  And a doable diet is a successful diet.

Once you reach your target weight number, you can choose to lose more weight if necessary.  

Then again, the target number may just be perfect.  

Based on the Diet Bites' weight charts, the following represents the highest number for recommended weight based on height and sex. Due to muscle and brawn, guys weigh a bit more.