Random Poll o' the Week: Fact or perception?

Me too (now...you remember the time when that was not true for me though).

These days I just want that body I had back at my low weight. I could give a damn now what number that correlates to on the scale.

Yes, I remember.  I think we all go through some period of time where the number on the scale is almost consuming.  Then we mature (or we just get over it, LOL).

Lora

On September 18, 2012 at 1:13 PM Pacific Time, ****rogirl wrote: Yes, I remember.  I think we all go through some period of time where the number on the scale is almost consuming.  Then we mature (or we just get over it, LOL).

Lora  


 Then we mature (or we just get over it, LOL).  I LOVE IT!!!!

Both!

Initially when I started considering surgery and started down the losing trail I was looking to get below 160 lbs.  I had considered 150 lbs as a goal for me.  My surgeon was one of those that set weight goals and he said 130 lbs.  I literally looked at him dumbfounded, I had to pick my jaw up off the ground.

I did reach and exceed his goal, never imainged it would happen.  Now I tend to look at both how I look and what the scale shows.  The number doesn't dictate my day, never has I do use it as another tool to keep myself in check.   I don't give myself much of an upper range limit and I regroup, refocus and go from a 90% good choices to about a 98% good choice few days.  I guess I'm one of the lucky ones that I can still lose the 2-3 lbs up within a few days.

It is important to me to achieve a certain number. I really really really really want to be "normal weight". I'm happy with my appearance I was never really unhappy with the way I looked. I thought I was cute when I was 290 and I think I'm cute now. I am happy that I can fit into normal sized clothes.

 My surgeon set a weight goal for me. He felt 160 was a good amount for my height. I remember thinking, what??? That means you expect me to lose one hundred and fourteen pounds?!! Ummm yeah, like that's gonna happen. I couldn't even imagine it. Then I started to drop the pounds and I said to myself, hmmm 150 might be doable.. I liked the thought of that number, it's where I was before I got married and I felt healthy and strong at that weight. I am now at 141, I'm still losing weight. I look much thinner than the scale says, most people guess my weight at around 120. I am not sure that I can say that the number on the scale makes me feel good or bad. Physically I don't feel well, is that indicative of what I weigh? I would guess that it is but only because I struggle getting in food. I have read so many stories of the dreaded 2 year regain that I have set a goal of 150, which was my original personal goal. I know I won't feel happy if I do start to gain but, I will be ok if I eventually end up there. Because in my memory that's where I felt good about myself. It seems tho, that something has happened to my body as I have aged, like I'm shrinking in mass... Even one of my oldest friends commented that I appear much smaller than I did when I was young, my shoulders are much narrower ect.. Even my wrists.. It's weird, IM WEIRD! Will I ever feel good about my weight or my size? I don't know.. But it's been a trip going through this.

 For me, the number doesn't really matter. Never has. I know how I want to look, and when I get there (if I get there) I'll be satisfied. 

cute avi, Charlie

Can I be greedy and have both A and B? lol

Well my doc said someone my height should weigh about 110-120, so I set my goal at 120. I'm at 149 now and feel so good and healthy. I can even run now!

6 months later I'm not sure if its all that important if I make it to that specific number, but I'd still like to. Feeling/being fit seems more important, but at the same time I still want the appearance and number. Forgive me, I'm 22, I want so much to be the most attractive version of myself possible. lol

Today I had a NSV and reached a "goal": I fit into a pair of size 10 jeans from Old Navy.

I'm 19 lb  from my goal and look great but for me I wont be happy until I get below 200. I dont care if I get my goal of 185-190 but my God I am not stopping til I get  to at least 199 and if I go even lower, thats great. I dont plan on being on the wrong side of 200 ever again. Once I get there, I dont care how great I look, I'm not going above it again.

I have a few people already tellng me not to lose more. I say thanks and change the subject. My goals are not theirs.