My surgeon set my "goal"...and it seems so outrageous to me that if I reach it I'll be thrilled. I've not weighed his goal weight since I was a child. I say the normal BMI would be a good personal goal. Christina S

Im confused as to what is the best goal weight for me. My Dr said she would expect me to hit 165 ( I am at 169) right now. She said that I can have a personal goal and I have no idea what that would be. I want to be as thin as I can be...at first I was going for 130 but is that realistic for a 40yo 5 foot 2'er? I then settled on 145 in my mind and I thought is that still to much? My BMI normal range is 130-135. OK so..how did you decide ?? TIA! Linda

Congrats to you MC...I can only imagine how you feel, size 8-10's and Mediums. I don't think I could wipe the grin off of my face if this were me. You are doing great...I'm just wondering though, do you think that size 8 will be to big come spring? ...I'll bet it will be. Keep up the good work, you're doing great! ~~~T C.~~~

So, I went shopping on Sunday at JCPenney - they were having a big sale. Most of the tops I bought were MEDIUMS... oh my GOSH. I can't believe I'm wearing mediums in the misses dept. That's crazy. I bought all size 10 pants and a size 8 skirt (hoping to get into that in a month or two. I am ALMOST in the single digit clothing sizes!! I'm kinda freaking out because I seriously cannot remember ever being this small. I've been overweight since I was a kid. Even in Junior high, I think I was a size 12 or 14. It was soooo awesome to go to the clearance rack and find things MY size and be able to buy clothes for $5 or $6. I bought so many clothes for so cheap. Shopping is now fun and I used to HATE it. I also bought (gasp) bathing suits (tankinis)!!! The size 10s fit now but I went ahead and bought size 8s (which fit, but tightly) so that they will hopefully fit in the Spring/summer when I need them. I bought a size 10 tankini in JUNIORS. Wow... I think I had a very eye-opening, mind blowing weekend in regards to my shopping trip.

1. What types of food did you eat this week? The usual but I have added pork into my diet. I made a boiled/baked bbq pork that was awesome with rice and broccoli. I've also eaten pork ribs but that's a little difficult because it's fatty and I have to try to get to the meat. A lotta work but worth it cause the meat is GOOD. I've also gotten really into raisins. 2. What types of exercise did you do this week? I haven't exercised... I fell off a horse and had terrible back pain and this week I'm sick, so it's been about two weeks since I've done formal exercise. I shopped on Sunday for 8 hours though so that was a lot of exercise. 3. How much weight did you lose? Total loss? I didn't lose any... total loss is still somewhere around 90 lbs since surgery... a touch over 100 since the beginning. My monthly visitor came so I'm expecting a bigger weight loss this week. I weigh on Fridays only so we'll see.... I lost a notch on my belt this weekend! 4. What was your biggest challenge? Pain from the horseback riding accident (better now) and being sick. 5. Are you receiving unwanted attention??? How are you dealing with it? I'm receiving a lot of attention, but it doesn't really bother me. I actually find the looks and attention to be confidence boosters. I still don't SEE myself the way I really am. I see myself as still being bigger - not as big as I was, but bigger than my new size 10 frame. I'm having a hard time understanding what everyone else sees so that attention actually helps me with that. *Fun bonus question: You're having dinner with a dead person? Who is it? Why? What questions will you ask them? My dad who died when I was 4. I'd like to meet him. I don't really remember that much about him but have been told my whole life what a loving and wonderful father he was to us. I'd like to ask him ALL kinds of questions about who he was, what heaven's like, etc. I'd also love to tell him all about me, my growing up, who I am now, etc. Maybe he already knows...?