Daily Post--4/28/08

So, we're halfway through the challenge... How is everyone coming along? What is your goal when you reach your final goal weight? Do you have some sort of reward or celebration planned??

I haven't really thought about how I'm going to reward myself when I finally reach my goal. I've got another 39 pounds to lose to get to my goal weight. I guess I'm going to have to start thinking of something. I guess one thing I would like to do is to buy myself a beautiful new outfit...something I would NEVER have worn before my surgery.

I am rewarding myself before I get to my final goal...I am going to Hawaii, for 10 days the first of July. I have met my challenge goal, but then again, I was very conservative as I have had long stalls where I lose only 5 pounds for the month. BUT at least I am losing!! Gayle

Well, Ive given myself mini goals of 50 and 100 lbs, and I get a tattoo for each of those,(need to stay motivated) thats my story!!!!!! still trying to figure out what tattoo I want for the 50 lbs, but when I get to my goal of 149 and my 1 yr surgiversary, I want to take an awesome vacation. Not sure where or when, might even aim for one of the cruises next year, but it will be awesome!!!! Vivienne

I'm doing O.K. I don't have a reward set up, but hopefully, I'll get some ideas here. Jules

I am still struggling. It seems like I get this way every 10 pounds. I was stuck in the lower 180's for so long and then boom...I dropped into the 170's and moved along until I hit the lower 170's and then I was stuck again! Now it continues while I am in the 160's and I wonder what I can do to make it move down in to the 150's. I SO want to be in the 150's!!!!! My goal is 148 and if and when I EVER reach that, I will be in 7th heaven!!!!!!! I haven't thought of a celebration for reaching my goal. Hmmm...I will have to think on that. What a wonderful thing to celebrate! A night out....wearing a skinny, barely there, black, sexy dress! That sounds good! It would be nice to reach there by my birthday in September. I think I will make that my goal.

You know, it's funny. For most of us, me included, we always celebrated our milestones in life with a party, which of course included food. Reaching my goal will be the biggest personal milestone I will have ever reached, yet I haven't planned any kind of celebration for when that day comes. I think that I may buy myself a really nice leather coat when I hit goal. I've always wanted one, but they are so expensive, that I've always told myself that I'd buy one when I lost my weight. So I guess that's my reward. I'm 31 pounds away from my goal of 134. I've never been this close to my goal weight in my life. By the way, my lifelong dream has always been to go to Paris and the Netherlands. That should really be my reward, but I think it's not practical financially right now for me. But if I ever get there, I think I'll buy myself a really nice outfit at some little boutique on the Champs Elysees!

I am maintaining my goal of 150#. I don't want to go below that because next week I am having a Panniculectomy, so I will lose another 7-10 pounds with this. I really don't want to go under 140# because I think I would look too thin then. This is my reward/celebration for all my hard work. Best part is I appealed my insurance's decision to deny the surgery and won it, so I just have to pay my deductible/out of pocket and they'll cover the rest. Michele

Well I am not doing so well on meeting this Memorial Day challenge. I am at 191 and my challegne goal is 185. Over all I have lost a total of 115 lbs and would really like to loose another 31 to reach 160lbs. I am very fustrated because I just can't get any more weight to come off. I have been jumping up and down between 190 and 193 for over 6 weeks now and it is causing some real depression issues. As far as some kind of reward or celebration, my youngest daughter (who has also had WLS) and I promised each other that we would go to New York City and take in a couple Broadway Shows when we got to goal. The way we are both going we may never get there. Sally

Since I am below my final goal weight by 7-8 pounds I haven't set a celebration yet. I feel wonderful and that's award enough right now. I'm patiently waiting for the "economic stimulation" $ so that I can get a treat for myself; either a new computer (laptop) or I've been thinking maybe a treadmill because that's something I can do everyday (morning or/and night) when the kids are sleeping. Depends on how I feel when the $$ reaches my account.