Did you rethink your goal weight the closer you got to it?

Hi guys! I've been laying low because I won't be an official "vet" til Thursday of this week! I do have a questiont though! I am about 5 pounds away from my original goal weight that I had set for myself. I remember when I set that weight that I never really thought I'd get there..let alone in a year! Now, I have doubts whether this is where I want to stop. I'm not sure. I keep thinking that I'm pushing my luck wanting to go another 10 pounds or so! What do you think? Anybody else change their goal weight? Thanks! Marla (almost a vet!!!!)

That is exactly what I did! My doc, nut and I set 165 as being realistic and a more or less acceptable weight - still slightly over a normal BMI but not by much. I couldn't believe I would actually get there! Biut I did. So I set a new goal of 150. Got there and decided i wouldn't mind being 140! I'm not there and if I don't get there, I am happy where I am (size 10/12. BMI unbder 25). I think it is almost addictive! I can afford to lose a bit more and have got my family to keep on eye on me and tell me if i am starting to look scrawny! At 57, i think that is a real risk! My feeling - go for what feels good and ask friends and family to be honest if they think you have gone too far! (Careful who you ask - I find people who are thinner than me started saying - "don't lose any more" when i was still overweight!) Kate

My goal weight was 150 - that would put my bmi at 24. I had people telling my I had to quit when I was 175. I think after you have been overweight and then you start to look good people have a poor sense of how much you really weigh. I quit at 155. Might still want to lose another 5 but as Kate said - have to be careful. I am 52 and I don't want to look 62. So, I guess I am the opposite of you - I moved my goal up, not down further. If I don't lose another pound I am still thrilled with where I am and happy to say I look normal. I was looking for a cardigan to go over a sleeveless dress the other day and this woman whom I did not know (who probably weighed about 200) commented "oh, you'll find something, look at how tiny you are, you must have no trouble shopping". I was speechless! Nicest thing I have heard in a decade!

Hi Marla (almost a vet), Rethinking your goal weight is a good thing, if you want to do it. Originally, I set my goal weight at 140 with a "I'll be happy if I get to 150" attitude. Well, 150 happens easily, as did 140. At 140, one of the doctors (not my surgeon but another doctor in the practice that my doctor was then at) asked me who I felt. I remember saying, "I am happy with my weight. If I lose another 5 pounds, it's good - but I am perfectly content here." His reply was, "you have done great but you need to lose another 15 pounds." I'm not kidding!!!!! At that point, he actually prescribed diet pills to help me lose another 15 pounds. I say this only to tell you, rethink your goal IF IT IS WHAT YOU WANT TO DO!!! After much soul searching, taking the diet pills (even though I didn't want to) and dropping the 15 pounds (actually dropped another 18) to discover I didn't like how I looked at that weight, I ended up knowing that 125 was not the weight for me. The weight for me is 130. I can be as low as about 127 or as high as 135 and look good. Anything above or below that is not a good look on me. Once you get to your original goal weight, take a good, long objective look in the mirror. Are you happy with what you see? Or, can you at least live with it if you don't want to continue the hard work to continue losing weight? If so, you are there and be happy. If not, rethink your goal. But only if YOU want to rethink it. Good luck.

Hi, Marla! Well, my doctor wanted me to be at 160, for my ideal. I was 58, then. so, I actually went down to 140lbs., and he, and everyone, else, told me I looked sick! Too thin, in my face. So, I went up to 155, and I like it here! He is happy, too. I vary and go up, sometimes, to 158-159, but for the most part, stay at 155. I think I'd lose another 20 pounds, if I had my arms, tummy, thighs, and boobs, all done, BUT, I'm old, and don't have the funds, for all of that! I also, have had enough pain, with MANY surgeries, non band related, in the last 8 years!

You are as old as you portray.......and to me, you're just a kid!! You're sweet, supportive, kind, and loving. And your weight sounds very appropriate!! Enjoy it.... You're a huge success story!!

Thank you, Sweetie!